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The Subaru U.S. Freesking Series' stop No. 2, held at Squaw Valley USA, concluded Friday. Post Time News reports: "Adrien Coirier of Les Arcs, France, and Squaw local Jamie Burge came out on top of the stacked international field as the Inaugural Subaru Squaw Valley USA Freeskiing Open concluded Friday on the Headwall in Enchanted Forest at Squaw Valley USA."
This January Squaw Valley USA celebrates the 25th anniversary of skiing's cult classic, "Hot Dog The Movie."
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DENVER, COLORADO (Post Time News)-- Specialty Sports Venture (SSV) has become an even bigger player in ski rentals and retailing.
SSV, a joint-venture majority-owned by Vail Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: MTN), announced that it entered into an agreement to acquire 18 Breeze Ski Rental shops at locations throughout Colorado, Utah and California for $6.5 million. SSV now has 145 shops in Colorado, Utah, and California, with more growth a distinct possibility.
Continue Reading June 24th, 2007
Memorial Day Weekend at Lake Tahoe is not complete without a Cable Car ride to High Camp and a dip in the mountaintop Swimming Lagoon. Squaw Valley’s Cable Car and Swimming Lagoon are opening specially for the holiday weekend May 26-28.
Continue Reading May 20th, 2007
SQUAW VALLEY USA, CALIF. (Post Time News)--Adrien Coirier of Les Arcs, France, and Squaw local Jamie Burge came out on top of the stacked international field as the Inaugural Subaru Squaw Valley USA Freeskiing Open concluded Friday on the Headwall in Enchanted Forest at Squaw Valley USA.
Photo by Mountain Sports International
Sitting in first position going into this morning’s run, freeskiing legend and ski-movie regular Jamie Burge solidified her lead on the women’s field with an extremely easy looking, smooth and aggressive first run which included a 20-foot cliff drop. Burge went into her second run six points ahead of Jess McMillan of Jackson Hole, Wyo. With such a commanding lead, Burge could have picked a safe run, yet she chose another technical line with lots of rock exposure and sealed her fate as winner of the first Subaru Squaw Valley USA Freeskiing Open. The remaining top six women who advanced to the finals were McMillan, Katharine Lange, Kate Olson, Emily Turner, and Molly Baker. They remained in that finish order after the super-finals.
“I love Squaw Valley, I ski here everyday,” Burge said. “I still compete because competitions are great, they really make you push yourself. It forces you to step it up and be competitive and its fun. You get to see everybody. I’m so honored to represent Squaw today and win this!”
After yesterday’s qualifier round only 8.6 points separated all 32 men who advanced, so it was almost anyone’s game going into today’s finals. First run stand-outs included: Ben Wheeler’s fast, smooth run, which incorporated a 15-foot cliff drop to a straight line; Kevin O’Meara whose gigantic, perfectly executed double-drop off the top section of the venue won him a Sickbird nomination; Craig Garbiel’s fast, aggressive airs and impressive gap-jump; and Adrien Coirier, recent winner of the Subaru Telluride Freeskiing Open, whose hesitation-free, beautifully executed run catapulted him into first place going into the super-finals.
Today’s super-finals began with Squaw locals, and skiing legends, Daron Rahlves and Gunner Newquist forerunning the venue. The two put on a spectacle, skiing together in unison, straight-lining the entire top portion of the venue and airing a 25-foot cliff near the bottom.
The men’s super-finals today will go down as being one of the best in Freeskiing history. Nine of the 16 men who advanced to the super-finals were nominated for the Sickbird award for their antics. Cliff Bennett of Snowbird, Utah, in fourth after today’s first run, had an incredible second run, nailing each and every aspect he hit, launching him to second position overall. Kevin O’Meara was sitting in second place going into the super-final, but was knocked back to eighth overall when he did a somersault upon landing a double-drop. He did, however receive his third Sickbird nomination of the competition. Corier who was just over two points ahead of O’Meara going into the finals, skied impossibly fast and nailed a huge straight-line with two 20-foot cliffs throughout the middle of the venue. He ended up winning the competition by nearly ten points. Coirier now leads the overall point’s standings for the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series.
“I have been working so hard for this,” Coirier said. “I was running out of money before the winter because I spent all my money in the summer training for this. Today the skiing was just like my mountains in France, it was really good snow and the line I did was exactly what I like to ski. It was perfect and I’m so happy to have won another event.”
This weekend’s the Tobias Lee Memorial Sickbird buckle was awarded to Kevin O’Meara, who was nominated more than any other athlete, at this stop of the tour, for his incredible stunts.
The Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series continues in three weeks at the 10th Anniversary of the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals at Snowbird, Utah. Additional stops to the U.S. Freeskiing Series, include the Subaru Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open at Jackson Hole, Wyo., and the Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships at Kirkwood, Calif.
February 17th, 2007
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.
Continue Reading January 3rd, 2007
The 25th anniversary celebration of "Hot Dog The Movie" is scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 20, and includes wild competitions, a special tribute screening of the film, and one gigantic dance party.
Continue Reading December 30th, 2006
A memorial honoring the life of Squaw legend Alex Cushing takes place on Saturday. The memorial will begin at 12 p.m., outside on the Olympic House Sundeck.
Continue Reading November 15th, 2006
SQUAW VALLEY, California (Post Times News)--The Ski Corp. has hired Tom Richards as its first terrain park director. Though some of the world's top freestylers have been pictured at Squaw, the resort remains most known for its natural terrain. So Ski Corp. lingered on whether investment into a worldclass terrain park was worth it. The verdict is in, Squaw has decided to invest and began by hiring Richards.
Continue Reading November 10th, 2006
It’s easy to slam Intrawest Corp., so I am going to start out by saying what I like about the company. From a corporate standpoint, they seem capable of accomplishing exactly what they set out to do—and the nice premium from Friday’s sale announcement is no doubt richly deserved. In the last decade or so, Intrawest has also seemed more than capable of bringing order to an unseemly skiing development scene, and it’s not unusual for the company to ride to the rescue of a faltering development. Their deal to develop Snowmass Base Village with Aspen Skiing Company is a case in point. So there’s a lot to like about Intrawest—particularly from a business standpoint. I would recommend their stock even as I decry their development philosophy.
Continue Reading August 13th, 2006
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