Wintergreen, VA – Dispense with the anxiety, shelve the trepidation. Wintergreen Resort, located high atop Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, has a guarantee for first-time skiers and snowboarders this winter season: take a lesson with its professional teaching staff and you’ll be turning and stopping when it’s all over. If not, the next lesson is on … Continue reading Virginia Resort Guarantees Learning to Ski or Snowboard
Park City, UT – Following the departure of Jim Mangan, Utah’s Park City Mountain Resort today named Jeremy Cooper as the ski resort’s new Terrain Park Manager, effective immediately.n“Park City Mountain Resort is committed to maintaining a leadership position in the action sports world,” said Jenni Smith, vice president of Resort Administration for Park City … Continue reading Park City Mountain Resort Names Jeremy Cooper as New Terrain Park Manager
Denver, CO – Jeremy Bloom, one of the most decorated freestyle skiers in United States history and a two sport athlete who also played in the National Football League, today announced his official retirement from competitive skiing. Bloom was preparing to compete in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, but has decided to forgo … Continue reading Bloom Retires from Moguls Skiing
Lookout Pass, ID – We’re starting to lose count of the number of northwestern ski resorts opening early this week. The latest to turn the “open” sign is Lookout Pass ski area, straddling the Idaho/Montana border.nDespite a base depth of only 10 inches, and 18 inches at the summit, Lookout will nonetheless have top-to-bottom skiing … Continue reading Lookout Pass Opens Friday
San Francisco, CA – Online ski lift ticket discounter Liftopia.com has announced numerous new resort partnerships this fall, bringing its total number of partners for the 2009-2010 ski and snowboard season to over 120 ski resorts across North America. Liftopia.com resort partners, including new additions Winter Park, Killington, and Keystone, will offer exclusive deals on … Continue reading 120 North American Ski Resorts Offer Discount Lift Tickets Through Liftopia.com
Mountain View, CA – Talenthouse, a global creative platform for artists, has teamed with adidas to develop a unique “Creative Invite” for the Talenthouse community. With the Winter Olympics coming up in February 2010, adidas eyewear is inviting designers from the Talenthouse community to customize a pair of adidas iD2 goggles to be worn by … Continue reading Design Goggles for Olympic Competitors
Colorado Springs, CO – U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is encouraging students with physical disabilities who promote physical fitness in their daily lives to apply for the 2010 Paralympic Experience in Vancouver.nTwelve student athletes with physical disabilities and six adults, made up of coaches, teachers and program leaders, will earn a … Continue reading Student Athletes with Disabilities Earn Trips to the Paralympic Games