Subaru Freeskiing Tour Biggest Yet

January 3rd, 2007 at 09:56am Post Staff 3

LAKE TAHOE, CALIFORNIA (Post Time News)--With the addition of a fifth event at Squaw Valley USA on Feb. 14-17, the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series is the biggest yet with athletes competing for more than $100,000 cash prize purse.

Winter 2007 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird and returning for a second year are the Subaru Telluride Freeskiing Open and the Subaru Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open. The Big Mountain Heli Ride in Valais, Switzerland, takes the place of the Verbier Ride and joins the Columbia Freeride Les Arcs, in Les Arcs, France as World Tour events. Rounding out the series is the Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships at Kirkwood, with the possibility of a third European stop. Registration for all confirmed U.S. Freeskiing Series events sold out in only four days.

Title sponsor Subaru of America, Inc. has reaffirmed its support of competitive big-mountain freeskiing by signing a two-year deal. Presenting sponsors The North Face and Nordica have also stepped up their commitment along with new presenting sponsor Corona Extra.

New in 2007, MSI will be posting real-time daily video broadcasts on the newly redesigned usfreeskiing.com (to be re-launched Jan. 2007), featuring state of the art video and photo player technology. The daily uploads of video, photos, news and results of each day’s competition action will be available shortly after each day concludes.

The North Face Young Gun Award returns, honoring outstanding new talent in competitive freeskiing. Spectators can also anticipate freeskiing’s elite battling it out for the Tobias Lee Sickbird Award, renamed for the winner of the final Sickbird of 2006, Lee, who died in an avalanche in April.

“Being an announcer for over 10 years I have seen some of the most spirited competition runs ever. The Sickbird Award represents those performances,” said MSI Winter Sports Director Dak Williams. “I look forward to watching the youth and the legends come together to tear it up in the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series.”

2007 Subaru U.S. Freeskiing and Freeskiing World Tour Schedule

Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series (Stop #1)
Subaru Telluride Freeskiing Open
Telluride, Colorado
February 8-11
www.usfreeskiing.com

Freeskiing World Tour (Stop #1)
Columbia Freeride Les Arcs
Les Arcs, France
Feb 5-9
www.happyride.org

Freeskiing World Tour (Stop #2)
Big Mountain Heli Ride
Valais, Switzerland
Feb. 22-25
www.bigmountain-heliride.com

Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series (Stop #2)
Subaru Squaw Valley USA Freeskiing Open
Squaw Valley USA
Feb. 14-17
www.usfreeskiing.com

Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series (Stop #3)
Freeskiing World Tour (Stop #3)
Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals
Snowbird, Utah
March 6-11
www.usfreeskiing.com

Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series (Stop #4)
Subaru Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
March 15-18
www.usfreeskiing.com

Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series Finals (Stop #5)
Freeskiing World Tour (Stop #4)
Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships
Kirkwood, California
www.usfreeskiing.com

Freeskiing World Tour Finals (Stop #5)
Tignes, France
April – Dates TBD

Entry Filed under: Freeskiing, California, Jackson Hole, France, Switzerland, Lake Tahoe, Contests, Squaw Valley, Telluride, Les Arcs, Kirkwood