FROM 2009:

Fall is here, which means winter can't be far behind, and with winter comes the Ski & Snowboard Season! Get ready to kick off your season right at the 18th annual Colorado Ski and Snowboard Expo.

Come celebrate America's proud heritage of Winter Olympic heroes as this year's Expo focuses on Olympic glory while also providing skiers and snowboarders a huge economic boost just as the 2009-10 ski season gets underway.

Colorado Ski & Golf will roll out the region's most impressive ski and snowboard sale, including 40-75% off 2008/09 equipment and apparel and resorts around the globe will offer their best pre-season savings on winter vacation packages, lift tickets and season passes.

Live demonstrations, interactive exhibits and ongoing giveaways provide Expo visitors with non-stop entertainment. Check out this video to see more of what it's all about.

Entertainment & Activities

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  • Olympic Freestyle Aerial Demonstration presented by Aspen/Snowmas: Featuring the Spectacular Flying Ace Team of Olympic, National and International Freestyle Skiing and Trampoline Champions showcasing an intricate routine of airborne maneuvers, from single flips to triple twisting somersaults as well as the latest freestyle and freeride tricks, flips and twists on two trampolines. Click the link for the schedule.
  • The EliTEAM Training Challenge presented by Eldora Mountain: interactive fun area for kids, hosted by Olympic downhiller Doug Lewis. Children of all ages will be able to play and challenge themselves on an obstacle course and in various skills drills.
  • Breckenridge Kid's Snopark & Learning Center: This comfortable indoor learning environment gently guides small fry on skis or snowboards, helping parents and children get a start on a lifetime of winter fun and family togetherness.
  • MBS Big Air Show presented by Echo Mountain: The MBS Big Air Demo Team brings the excitement of Mountainboarding out of the mountains and into the city. Watch some of today’s hottest and most exciting extreme sport professionals in this choreographed stunt show filled with speed, jumps, humor and a positive image. It’s an all new non-stop, action-packed, high energy show. Click the title for a schedule.
  • Colorado Ski & Golf's Olympic-Sized Mega-Sale: features merchandise at blowout prices plus staff expertise in putting the customer in the right equipment to make wintersports more comfortable, warmer and safer.
  • Grand Central Entertainment Stage:  A unique mixture of interactive resort sponsored events, demonstrations, athlete appearances and music. All right in the middle of the Expo- Hosted by the one and only Uncle E! Click Here for a schedule.

 

OLYMPIC SALUTE

Most people can at best barely imagine what it takes to become an Olympic athlete. Words like talent, grit, training, adversity and courage come to mind.   At the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo, Nov. 13-15, the Olympic story will unfold in the athletes’ own words. 

Highlighting this year’s Expo is an array of Olympians on hand to salute those who have competed at the top of the game and the US athletes who are headed for the 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler, British Columbia in February.

For showgoers and the media, this is a rare opportunity to hear the Olympic story unedited and in person.  The Olympic Salute will also showcase the names and faces to watch at this winter’s Games.  With the U.S. ski and snowboard teams poised to bring home the hardware in most events, this up-close-and-personal story of the Olympics holds special meaning this year.  Their inspirational tales will reveal both what it takes to get to the top, and what later comes from all  that hard work, personal dedication and sheer love of a sport.  For the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Expo audiences, this is a unique inside look at the Olympics and their charismatic stars, and a sure bet to provide a fitting kick-off to both the upcoming ski and snowboarding season and an inside track on who to look for at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in February.These athletes harbor a special lexicon for success.

Though the roster is not yet complete,it is expected to be a glittering line-up of Olympic stars including:

  • Donna Weinbrecht, 1992 Olympic moguls skiing gold medalist, winner of 46 World Cup events (most ever by an American skier in any discipline) and U.S. Ski Hall of Famer
  • Fuzz Federsen, three-time Olympic freestyle skier who also coached the 1998 U.S. Olympic freestyle team to two gold medals. 
  • Doug Lewis 1985 World Championship bronze medalist downhiller, two-time Olympian, two-time national champion, TV host and U.S. Ski Hall of Famer.