2013 American Ski Classic

VAIL, COLORADO MARCH 20–24, 2013

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Š2011 F. Korbel Bros., Guerneville, CA. Producers of fine California methodÊ champenoise champagnes for 129 years. KORBEL is a registered trademark.

Celebrate Responsibly.

Welcome On behalf of the board of directors of the Vail Valley Foundation, it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the 31th anniversary celebration of the Korbel American Ski Classic, March 20-24 in Vail.

The 2013 edition of the Korbel American Ski Classic will obviously be a special time for many of our participants that have been involved since this great event’s inception in 1983, especially considering that we are immersed in the 50th Anniversary celebration of Vail. Whether you are a Volvo Legend of Skiing, Korbel Ford Cup competitors or our valued sponsor partners, everyone will most certainly have a favorite memory or story to share by the end of the week.

The Korbel American Ski Classic has always been a true celebration of skiing. The Volvo Legends Giant Slalom provides the lone annual competitive reunion of some of the greatest names that have helped write the history of our sport, while the Korbel Ford Cup celebrity team races truly underscore the fact that skiing’s main ingredient is indeed fun.

The Korbel American Ski Classic is also about giving back to our community as we raise much needed funds for the Vail Valley Foundation’s numerous initiatives through the Hold ‘em for Hope benefit evening, while also honoring Tamara McKinney, one of the greatest skiers this country has ever produced, at the Legend of Skiing Banquet.

None of this would be possible without the generous support of our valued title partner Korbel. Through this tremendous brand’s dedication and commitment, we are able to annually celebrate skiing together in a most appropriate fashion, both on and off the snow.

Looking back over the past 50 years of Vail, the resort, in many ways, is very much like the Korbel American Ski Classic. Fifty years ago, it was just the right time, the right place and the right people involved for something magical to occur.

The 2013 Korbel American Ski Classic is proud to help Vail celebrate its 50th birthday and for all who have been part of that special group of friends, we salute the unparalleled spirit that represents both Vail and the Korbel American Ski Classic.

Ceil Folz President, Vail Valley Foundation

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American Ski Classic Event Schedule All events held at Golden Peak in Vail, unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, March 20 8am–5pm

Registration Open

9:30am–11am Conway Cup presented by Korbel Registration/Bib pick-up 11:30am

Conway Cup presented by Korbel Race

3pm

Conway Cup presented by Korbel Finals and Awards

3pm–5pm

Conway Cup presented by Korbel Party

Thursday, March 21 8am–8pm

Registration Open

10:30am

Cindy Nelson Race Clinic—Black Forest Race Arena

12pm–1pm

Korbel Ford Cup Team Meet & Greet

1pm–2:30pm

Korbel Ford Cup Handicapping

3pm Volvo Legends Giant Slalom Meeting, Bib Pick Up & Photo 3:30pm

Volvo Legends Giant Slalom Course Inspection

4:30pm

Volvo Legends Giant Slalom Qualifiers

5pm

Volvo Legends Giant Slalom Race

5:30pm Welcome Party presented by Maui Jim (invitation required) 6pm

Volvo Legends Giant Slalom Finals

6:25pm

Volvo Legends Giant Slalom Awards—Finish Corral

6:30pm Bud Light Mountains of Music Free Concert featuring North Mississippi Allstars

Friday, March 22 8am–5pm

Registration Open

9:30am

Korbel Ford Cup Day 1

2:30pm

Future Legends Race

4pm–6pm

Gorsuch Tea Dance—Four Seasons (invitation required)

7:30pm

Hold ‘Em for Hope—Sebastian Vail (tickets required)

Saturday, March 23 8am–5pm

Registration Open

9:30am

Korbel Ford Cup Day 2

2:30pm

Korbel Ford Cup Finals

3:45pm

Battle of the Legends Relay

4pm

Korbel Ford Cup Awards & Party

7pm Legends of Skiing Banquet honoring Tamara McKinney– Park Hyatt Resort (invitation required)

Sunday, March 24 7:30am First Light, First Tracks—Chair 6, Golden Peak (credentials required) 9am–11am 4

Brunch–Golden Peak

About the Vail Valley Foundation Since 1981, the nonprofit Vail Valley Foundation has most certainly fulfilled its mission of enriching and sustaining the unique spirit of the Vail Valley by providing leadership in delivering unparalleled arts, world class athletics and inspiring Youth Foundation education programs throughout the community. Fueled by the generous support from private and corporate entities, the VVF is responsible for providing the Vail Valley community with some of its most treasured annual events, such as the Korbel American Ski Classic, Summer and Winter Mountain Games, Birds of Prey World Cup Race Week and the Vail International Dance Festival.

The organization owns and operates two performing arts venues in the exquisite Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek and the awardwinning Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater in Vail, which is home to one of the VVF’s trio of free concert series. The Foundation’s education initiatives, spearheaded by The Youth Foundation, reach from cradle to college, with a focused early childhood effort, along with the valley’s largest collegiate scholarship program. The Vail Valley Foundation…Inspiring Lives.

Enriching Community.

History of the American Ski Classic The Korbel American Ski Classic is proud to celebrate its 31st anniversary in March of 2013. Throughout the years, America’s longest running annual celebration of skiing has brought together celebrities from all walks of life, along with some of the greatest names in ski racing history for five fun-filled days of Vail spring sun and snow for the Volvo Legends Giant Slalom and Korbel Ford Cup competitions. A full slate of social events paints a festive backdrop for the racecourse action, honoring the sport’s superstars, while also helping to raise funds for worthy initiatives throughout the community. The past 31 years have provided a great many memories and some even greater moments, both on and off the racecourse. But no matter how far we have come, the Korbel American Ski Classic remains a gathering of great friends, sharing their love of skiing with the world.

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4th annual Conway Cup presented by The 2013 Korbel American Ski Classic will come out of the gate flying Wednesday, March 20, as the fourth annual Conway Cup Community Team Race, presented by Korbel, officially kicks off the fun and festivities at Vail Mountain’s Golden Peak.

The Conway Cup, presented by Korbel, is scheduled for an 11:30 a.m start and will feature 40 four-member teams of local racers, competing in a dual race format, with one team earning the right to advance to a spot in the Korbel Ford Cup celebrity team competition March 22-23. Second and third place teams will also receive prizes.

Entries are priced at $80 per team. For registration or additional information, contact Matt Andrews at the Vail Valley Foundation at mandrews@vvf.org.

Dan Conway 1963–2009 The Conway Cup, presented

by Korbel, is named and run in memory of Dan Conway, a great friend to ski racing at all levels throughout the Vail Valley, who passed away in May of 2009.

Through his position as Director of Racing for Vail and Vail Resorts, he played a key role in all competitions held on Vail and Beaver Creek Mountains, from World Cup to NASTAR, including the annual Korbel American Ski Classic.

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Hold ‘Em for Hope Vail Valley residents and guests will once again have the opportunity to showcase their casino prowess on March 23 as tickets for the fifth annual “Hold ‘Em For Hope” benefit dinner and auction are now on sale through the Vail Valley Foundation.

The 2013 edition of Hold ‘Em For Hope is held in conjunction with the Korbel American Ski Classic, which kicks off on March 20 on Vail Mountain’s Golden Peak.

Held at The Sebastian in Vail Village, Hold ‘Em For Hope will get underway at 7:30 p.m., featuring a Las Vegas-style buffet, auctions and a wide array of casino games. Ticket and auction proceeds from the evening will benefit the overarching mission of the Vail Valley Foundation.

“Hold ‘em For Hope is most certainly one of the primary highlights of the Korbel American Ski Classic,” offered Tina Vardaman, Vice President of Membership and Development for the Vail Valley Foundation. “Not only does it raise needed funds for deserving programs, but it is a great opportunity to mingle with some of the skiing legends and celebrities that are here for our event. It is a terrific evening that helps fund a great many wonderful projects throughout our community.”

In addition to the casino games, live and silent auctions items will also get the competitive juices flowing, with a plethora of “can’t miss” items and experiences to make even the most jaded participant envious.

A limited number of tickets are available and priced at $200 per person.

Tickets will provide dinner, the auctions and an array of casino games.

For additional information on the Hold ‘Em For Hope benefit dinner and auction or to purchase tickets, contact the Vail Valley Foundation at (970) 777-2015.

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Our Legend of Honor Tara McKinney Tamara McKinney had a long time in which to perfect her skiing technique. She was on skis before she could walk, schussing along between the legs of her mother, Frances, as well as her brothers and sisters.

Life in the McKinney family revolved around skiing. Frances, who was an instructor at the Tamara won the gold in the 1989 old Skye Tavern and Slide Mountain near Reno, World Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek. moved her eight children west from Lexington, Kentucky so they could ski and race, while father Rigan, a Hall of Fame steeplechase jockey, remained in the Bluegrass State to raise horses.

The Nevada authorities took a dim view of a family in which none of the children were officially enrolled in a school, but Frances persuaded the governor to certify her home as the Ponderosa Day School so that she could continue to educate her brood through Calvert Home Instruction courses. However, ski racing was what the young McKinneys majored in and their professor was Anderl Molterer, the Austrian ski racing star of the 50’s.

Tamara was named to the U.S. Ski Team, joining the World Cup tour in 1977. The following winter, she finished third in a World Cup Slalom in Piancavallo, Italy, shortly after turning 16. Her first World Cup win came in January of 1981, a Giant Slalom in Haute Nendaz, Switzerland, one of four victories that winter that propelled her to the season-long GS title.

Two years later, in 1983, she would stun the world by winning the Overall World Cup crystal globe, courtesy of seven victories on the season. No other American woman had ever won the Overall and only one other nonEuropean, Canadian Nancy Greene, had ever managed the feat.

Tamara would go on to claim World Championships Combined bronze medals in both the 1985 and 1987 Championships in Bormio, Italy and Crans-Montana, Switzerland, but in 1989, following several challenging years, McKinney came back to reclaim her title as the best American woman on skis, capturing the gold medal in Combined on home snow at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek. She would also lay claim to the bronze medal in Slalom.

Trailing Swiss superstar Vreni Schneider by 12-hundredths of a second following the Combined Slalom, McKinney, not known as a speed specialist, laid down the third fastest Downhill run to secure the win.

McKinney retired from competitive skiing in 1990 with a total of 18 individual World Cup wins, three World Cup Giant Slalom discipline titles, the 1983 Overall World Cup crown and four World Alpine Ski Championships medals.

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Past Legends of Honor Recipients

Korbel ASC Ski Racing Legends at the 2012 Legends of Honor Banquet honoring Marc Girardelli.

YEAR

LEGENDs of honor

1984

Emile Allais

1985

Birger Ruud

1986 Dick Durrance & Gretchen Fraser 1987

Toni Seelos

1988

Stein Eriksen

1989

Freidl Pfeifer

1990

Karl Molitor

1991

The Werner Family

1992 Andrea Mead Lawrence 1993

Christl Cranz

1994

Christian Pravda

1995

Tom Corcoran

1996

Barney McLean

1997

Anderl Molterer

1998

Nancy Greene-Raine

1999

Pepi Gramshammer

2000 Marielle & Christine Goitschel 2001

Toni Sailer

2002 Billy Kidd & Jimmie Heuga 2003

Gustavo Thoeni

2004

Bob Beattie

2005

Bernhard Russi

2006 Rosi Mittermaier-Neureuther 2007 President Gerald Ford & Family 2008

Franz Klammer

2009

Cindy Nelson

2010

The Crazy Canucks

2011

Phil & Steve Mahre

2012

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Volvo Legends of Skiing TERRY AHOLA A member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1980-83, the Ski Club Vail alumnus made Vail his home base while competing on the U.S. Pro Tour until 1986, being named Rookie of the Year in 1984. He currently resides in his hometown of Gladstone, Michigan and serves as A&R for Banshee Music. He was inducted into the Upper Penninsula Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.

KILIAN ALBRECHT Kilian was born in Austria and has represented both Austria and Bulgaria on the FIS World Cup Tour and at the Winter Olympic Games.

His two podium appearances on the World Cup came in the form of a pair of runner-up slalom performances in Kitzbuhel in 2000 and Sestriere in 2002. He just missed the medals at the 2002 Salt Lake Games with a fourth place showing in the Olympic slalom.

JIM “MOOSE” BARROWS Moose Barrows was a member of the U.S. Ski Team from 1965 through 1970 and represented the U.S. at the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile, and the 1968 Grenoble Olympics. Primarily a downhiller, Barrows was third in a World Cup Downhill at Franconia, New Hampshire in 1967 and was the 1969 North American Downhill champion.

BRENDA BUGLIONE A four-time NCAA All American skier for the University of Colorado, Brenda Buglione spent four years with the U.S. Ski Team from 1980-83 as a technical racer, representing the U.S. at the World University Games in 1985. She turned her attention to the Women’s Pro Tour from 1987 through 1993 and currently serves as host of Snow Motion, a ski magazine show on Fox Sports.

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BARBARA FERRIES-HENDERSON Barbara was a member of the 1962 World Championships team in Chamonix, France and brought home a bronze medal in Downhill. She was also a member of the 1964 Olympic Team to the Innsbruck Games. But perhaps her best year came in 1961 when she won the Harriman Cup in Sun Valley, Idaho, as well as claiming double wins in the Aspen Roch Cup at the age of 17.

HOLLY FLANDERS A 10-year veteran of the U.S. Ski Team, Flanders was a member of both the 1980 and the 1984 Olympic teams in Lake Placid and Sarajevo, as well as the 1982 and 1985 World Championship teams in Schladming, Austria and Bormio, Italy. Perhaps her best season came in 1982 when she recorded a pair of World Cup downhill victories and led the downhill standings up to the final race of the season before dropping to second.

CHAD FLEISCHER A ten-year member of the U.S. Ski Team, Fleischer hails from that hotbed of ski racing…

Nebraska. A two-time Olympian, Fleischer captured the 1996 and 1999 U.S. national Downhill titles and earned the runner-up position in Downhill at the 1999 World Cup Finals. One of his most memorable career highlights came in his own backyard in the form of a sixth place showing in Super-G at the 1999 World Alpine Ski Championships on Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey course.

PAM FLETCHER Without a doubt, “Fletch” has some very fond memories of Vail and the American Ski Classic.

In 1986, she came out of the 30th start position to capture the World Cup Downhill.

Pam was on her way to a second victory the next day in Super-G when she hooked a tip three gates from the finish.

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TORIL FORLAND In the heyday of women’s professional racing, the late 70s and early 80s, Norway’s Toril Forland was the sport’s dominant figure.

She won five overall pro titles, including four consecutive ones from 1981—84.

MARTINA FORTKORD A six-year World Cup veteran with the Swedish team from 1994 to 1999, Fortkord’s top result came in the form of a podium third place Giant Slalom showing in the opening World Cup race of the 1997-98 season on the glacier in Tignes, France.

MARC GIRARDELLI One of the greatest four-event skiers of all times, Luxembourg’s Marc Girardelli ranks fourth in career World Cup victories with 46, trailing only Sweden’s Ingemar Stenmark, Austria’s Hermann Maier and Italy’s Alberto Tomba. Although born in Austria, Girardelli switched federations when he was twelve years old when his father Helmut decided that he was not getting the proper attention from the Austrian team. From a World Cup standpoint, he won the season-long overall title a record five times, unmatched on the men’s tour, with only the legendary Austrian Annemarie Moser-Proell recording six career overall crowns.

JARLE HALSNES A native of Sauda, Norway, Jarle dominated professional skiing in the 80’s, claiming 27 career victories and a trio of overall titles in 1984, 1985 and 1987. Prior to turning pro, Jarle skied for the Norwegian National Team at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid.

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STEIN HALSNES Stein was part of the Halsnes troika that literally owned the professional ski racing circuit in the 1980s. In 1984, Stein finished sixth in the overall Peugeot Grand Prix standings and was 10th in the 1985 rankings with one victory that season.

SCOTT HENDERSON A member of the Canadian national team from 1962–69, Henderson competed in both the 1964 Innsbruck and 1968 Grenoble Olympic Winter Games, as well as the 1966 World Championships in Portillo, Chile. He was a Europa Cup winner in Downhill, Slalom and Giant Slalom. Following his days as a competitor, Henderson coached the infamous “Crazy Canucks” men’s downhill team for Canada.

FINN CHRISTIAN JAGGE A 15-year veteran of the World Cup circuit, Norway’s Jagge recorded a total of seven career World Cup wins, while also collecting an Olympic gold medal for his Slalom victory at the 1992 Albertville Games.

BILLY KIDD One of the more prominent U.S. Ski Team members from the 1960s and 70s, Kidd made the “Stars and Stripes” look popular with his red, white and blue “Captain America” sweater and Downhill helmet. He was the first U.S. male to win an Olympic medal, the silver in Slalom at the 1964 Innsbruck Games. In 1970, he became the first Amerian male to claim a World Championships medal with a gold in the Combined in Val Gardena, Italy.

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CHRISTA KINSHOFER The first multi-national legend, Kinshofer began her illustrious World Cup career as a member of the German team, capturing the 1979 World Cup giant slalom crown, while claiming the Olympic silver medal in slalom in Lake Placid the following year. She then transferred her nationality and skiing skills to the Netherlands for five years, claiming the Europa Cup overall, Super-G and giant slalom titles in 1987. She rejoined the German team prior to the start of the 1988 season and skier her way to a silver medal in giant slalom and a bronze in slalom at the Calgary Olympic Winter Games.

FRANZ KLAMMER In one run of the 1976 Innsbruck Olympic Winter Games, Franz Klammer romanticized the sport of downhill skiing for millions of viewers as he sped to victory from the 15th start position. “The Kaiser” accumulated 25 World Cup Downhill victories, including a four-year span from 1974–77 when he won 19 of the 33 downhills contested, with a nine-win streak at one point.

KRISTINA KOZNICK Koznick was the youngest American woman ever to compete in a World Cup event, having been named to the Ski Team at 15. She separated from the USST to train and compete on her own from 2001-2003 and would enjoy her best World Cup season in 2002, ending the winter in 2nd place in the Slalom rankings. Koz ended her career at the conclusion of the 2006 campaign with a total of six World Cup Slalom wins and five U.S. National Slalom titles. Koznick is the reigning Volvo Legends Giant Slalom champion.

PHIL MAHRE Phil’s 27 World Cup career victories now stands as the second highest for an American male racer, while his trio of consecutive overall World Cup titles in 1981, 82 and 83, were finally matched by Lindsey Vonn in 2010. Few will forget the one-two punch that Phil and Steve delivered in the 1984 Olympic slalom in Sarajevo, with Phil winning the gold and Steve taking home the silver.

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STEVE MAHRE During his illustrious career on the World Cup circuit, Steve collected a total of nine victories, including a pair of historic slalom wins in 1982 as Phil claimed the runner-up spot in both. That same season, Steve also captured the gold medal in giant slalom at the World Championships in Schladming, Austria, marking the first World Championships gold medal for an American male in an individual event. He rounded out his career with a silver medal in slalom at the 1984 Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo.

TAMARA MCKINNEY During the course of her 13-year racing career, McKinney’s brightest moment came at the 1989 World Championships in Vail where she won the gold medal in the combined and a bronze in slalom before a most appreciative home crowd.

Prior to Lindsey Vonn’s incredible run, Tamara was the only American woman to have ever won the overall World Cup title, that coming in 1983. She also earned a career total of 19 World Cup victories, along with a trio of World Cup discipline titles in slalom and giant slalom. In addition to her medals at Vail, McKinney was a bronze medalist in the combined at both the 1985 and 1987 World Championships in Bormio, Italy and Crans-Montana, Switzerland. Tamara is the 2013 Legend of Honor.

ALEXANDRA MEISSNITZER Born in Abtenau, Austria, Alexandra’s father, Hans, a mechanic by trade, taught her to ski at an early age. During the course of her 17-year World Cup career, Meissi would collect 14 victories, her first coming in 1995 in Val d’ Isere, France. In the 1998 Nagano Games, she would mine silver and bronze in Giant Slalom and Super-G respectively. She struck gold the following year at the 1999 World Championships in Vail Beaver Creek, winning both Giant Slalom and Super-G, while finishing just off the Downhill podium in fourth. In addition to her World Championships exploits, she also claimed the Overall World Cup title that year. Meissnitzer just missed the medals again in Salt Lake with a pair of fourth place showings, but in 2006 in Torino, Alexandra captured the bronze in Super-G. Meissi now serves as the expert women’s ski commentator for ORF TV.

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YLVA NOWEN A native of Oestersund, Nowen was a 12year veteran of the World Cup tour, collecting a total of four career wins, all in Slalom, during that time span. This quartet of Slalom victories carried her to the top of the World Cup discipline rankings in 1998 and she was rewarded with the World Cup Slalom crown.

BRIGITTE OERTLI A ten-year veteran of the powerful Swiss women’s team from 1981 to 1990, Oertli claimed a bronze medal in Combined at the 1989 World Alpine Ski Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek, while also picking up a pair of silver medals in Downhill and Combined at the 1988 Winter Games in Calgary.

ANJA PAERSON Drawing inspiration from two legendary skiers, Vreni Schneider and Ingemar Stenmark, Paerson, who like Stenmark hails from Tarnaby, Sweden, has climbed to the same heights as her heroes, tasting victory in all major competitions at all levels. During the course of her 14-year career, Anja recorded a total of 42 World Cup victories, capturing the Overall crystal globe in both 2004 and 2005. A veteran of three Olympic Games, Paerson mined gold in Slalom in 2006, while capturing one silver and four bronze Olympic medals along the way. Her World Championships stats include a total of seven individual gold medals, one silver and three bronze. With her trio of gold medals at the 2007 World Championships in Are, Sweden, Anja became the first skier in history to win World Championships gold in all five disciplines.

LIISA SAVIJARVI The only Canadian woman to compete in Downhill, Super-G and Giant Slalom in the 80s, Savijarvi earned her lone career World Cup victory in 1986 with a Super-G win in Furano, Japan. She represented Canada at the 1984 Olympic Winter Games of Sarajevo, finishing ninth in Giant Slalom, as well as the 1985 World Championships in Bormio, Italy.

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ANDREAS SCHIFFERER Born in Radstadt, Austria, Andy was racing by age three. At the 1997 World Championships in Sestriere, Italy, he claimed the bronze medal in Giant Slalom, just missing a second medal with a fifth place Downhill showing. One year later, Schifferer stood on the top step of four World Cup Downhill podiums en route to laying claim to the season-long discipline title, while finishing second in the World Cup Overall standing behind teammate Hermann Maier. The brightest moment of his career came at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake with a bronze medal in Super-G. During the course of his 12-year World Cup career, Schifferer won a total of eight races, seven in Downhill and one in Super-G. His first Downhill victory came on Birds of Prey during the course’s world debut in 1997. He retired from racing in 2006.

SARAH SCHLEPER Colorado native Sarah Schleper began racing with Ski Club Vail at age 11 and just five years later, made her World Cup debut…in Vail, no less. The only American female four-time alpine Olympian, Schleper, missed the 2007 season to rehab from ACL surgery and spent 2008 welcoming her son Lasse with her husband Federico Gaxiola. She announced her retirement shortly before competing in her last World Cup slalom in 2011 in Lienz, Austria, where she stopped halfway down the course to pick up Lasse and carry him to the finish.

During her 15-year career, Schleper recorded four podium appearances, including a 2005 slalom win in Lenzerheide, Switzerland.

ERIK SCHLOPY Born in upstate New York, Erik started skiing at Kissing Bridge Ski Area near Buffalo. When the family moved to Vermont, Schlopy became a force in junior racing and was Eastern junior champ at 14, J1 slalom and GS champ at 16, on the U.S. Ski Team at 18. He competed in three Olympics: 1994, 2002, and 2006, finishing 14th in Slalom in Salt Lake and 13th in Giant Slalom at the Torino Games.

He left the World Cup after the ‘95 season to race pro before deciding to return to the White Circus, paying for his training and racing during the winter of 1999, and renamed to the U.S. Team in 2000. His brightest moment came at the 2003 World Alpine Ski Championshiin St. Moritz where he captured the bronze medal in Giant Slalom. Schlopy is married to former Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders and they have two children.

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KAREN STEMMLE A successful five-year member of the Canadian Alpine Team, Stemmle recorded numerous top-five World Cup Downhill finishes during the course of her career, while also earning top honors as Canadian Junior Downhill champion and wearing back-to-back North American Downhill crowns.

PICABO STREET One of the most prolific women’s racers to ever grace the U.S. Ski Team, Picabo Street was most definitely a ski racing personality. The native of tiny Triumph, Idaho announced her retirement from competition following the 2002 women’s Olympic downhill at Snowbasin, Utah, ending a career that included nine career World Cup victories, the 1995 and 1996 World Cup downhill discipline titles and a trio of World Championships medals to go along with her two Olympic medals, including the Super-G gold at the 1998 Nagano Games. In addition, Street collected a total of four U.S. National titles during her illustrious career, despite being injured and away from ski racing for two years.

OTTO TSCHUDI An American Ski Classic participant since the event’s inception in 1981, Tschudi began his 17-year ski racing career as a member of the Norwegian national team in 1964 and represented his country at the 1968 Grenoble and 1972 Sapporo Olympics, in addition to the 1970 World Championships in Val Gardena.

During his tenure on the Norwegian Team, he earned five Norwegian National titles before coming to the U.S. to ski for the University of Denver.

FRANZ WEBER Once given the title of the “fastest human on skis” by the Guiness Book of World Records, Weber is a former six-time World Speed Skiing champion, who was clocked at 138.1 miles per hour at the peak of his career. From the late 1970s to the mid-80s, Weber dominated the sport of speed skiing, winning six consecutive titles from 1980–85, while also competing on the World Pro Tour.

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Celebrity Guests ROBERT CARRADINE Carradine made his film debut in 1972 in The Cowboys with John Wayne. He made an appearance as a killer in the Martin Scorsese film Mean Streets alongside his brother David; and was in Massacre at Central High in 1976.

One of his more successful films, and what he’s most remembered for, was the Revenge of the Nerds series as the nerd named Lewis Skolnick.

TRENT DIMAS Dimas became an Olympic champion at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games, earning the United States’ only gymnastics gold medal, on the high bar. As a younger gymnast, Dimas became the first junior gymnast to medal in a men’s Senior National Championships.

GREG ELLIS Ellis is known for his TV, film, and video game voice over work. He has appeared in films such as the Pirates of the Caribbean series, the 2009 Star Trek film, Titanic, Beowulf, To End All Wars, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith. His television work includes Trust Me, The X-Files, Valentine, Nip-Tuck, the 2008 remake Knight Rider series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and in the third season of 24.

GIANCARLO ESPOSITO Esposito joined the cast of the critically acclaimed drama Homicide: Life on the Streets, in 2001. He has an impressive list of film credits, as well as television and theater accolades.

He has also appeared in several Spike Lee productions, including Do The Right Thing, School Daze, Mo Better Blues and Malcolm X.

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DAN JANSEN Dan Jansen was known as the world’s best speed skater in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

He competed in three Olympiads, earning a gold medal in his final competition of the 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. After his retirement from skating, Jansen became a motivational speaker, while also founding the Dan Jansen Foundation, which contributes to youth sports programs and leukemia research. He has also worked as an Olympic commentator for CBS television and is involved with the Paralympics.

CAROL LEWIS-ZILLI Carol was one of the U.S.’s best long jumpers in the early 1980s, making the first of three Olympic teams as a high school student in 1980. She went on to break the American record twice, and claimed a bronze medal at her first World Championships in 1983. During her illustrious career, Carol captured four national titles, and two NCAA Championships for the University of Houston.

STEVE LUNDQUIST Steve Lundquist, better known as “Lunk the Hunk” in the swim world, emerged as the best American breaststroker in the history of international swimming during the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. In that year, he swam to two gold medals and as many world records, including the gold in his favorite and and best event, the 100m breaststroke.

JUSTIN MELVEY Melvey is best known to US television audiences for his work on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, playing Dr. Colin Murphy, while also starring in General Hospital as Andrew Walker.

He was the host presenter for Australian Fox Studios’ 2010 Olympic Winter Games coverage and currently serves as the Australian Ski Ambassador for Vail Resorts.

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ALFONSO RIBEIRO Alfonso Ribeiro is best known for his role as spoiled rich-kid Carlton Banks in the former hit television sitcom The Fresh Prince of BelAir. From 1990 to 1996, his character Carlton was often mercilessly teased by Will Smith’s lead character and called upon to do a usually improvised dance routine to Tom Jones’ hit song It’s Not Unusual. Currently Ribeiro hosts the game show Catch 21on the Game Show Network (GSN) and co-hosts GSN Live with Heidi Bohay.

MARK RYPIEN Rypien enjoyed his best years playing for the Washington Redskins from 1987 to 1993. He led the team to the playoffs in three consecutive seasons (1990–92). Rypien pioneered the Redskins to victory in Super Bowl XXVI by passing for 292 yards and two touchdowns in Washington’s 37-24 win over the Buffalo Bills where he was named the game’s MVP.

BRET SABERHAGEN Although Saberhagen was selected in the 19th round out of high school in the 1982 Major League draft, he quickly proved to be a fine acquisition for the Kansas City Royals. In 1985, Saberhagen not only became the youngest pitcher ever to capture the Cy Young Award, but ran away with World Series MVP honors.

In 1989, he again excelled, leading the American League in wins (23-6) and ERA (2.16).

SUMMER SANDERS At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Sanders emerged as the most decorated U.S. swimmer, winning four medals–two gold, a silver and a bronze, becoming the first U.S. woman since Hall of Famer Shirley Babashoff in 1976 to qualify for four individual events at one Olympiad. During her career she won eight U.S. National Championships. Following retirement from swimming in 1994, Sanders pursued a career in television. She married Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team Alpine racer Erik Schlopy and the couple has two children, Skye and Spider.

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RICHARD SCHIFF Schiff is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on the NBC television drama The West Wing, a role for which he received an Emmy Award. After working on The West Wing for six seasons, Schiff chose to leave the series, fulfilling his contractual obligations by appearing in half of the following season’s episodes. In 2009, he co-starred in the movies Imagine That, with Eddie Murphy, and Solitary Man, with Michael Douglas and Susan Sarandon. He will portray Dr. Emil Hamilton in Zack Snyder’s 2013 Superman film, Man of Steel.

GRANT SHOW Grant Show is widely recognized from his role as Jake Hanson in Melrose Place. His additional television series credits include regular roles in Point Pleasant and the daytime drama Ryan’s Hope, as well as recurring roles in Six Feet Under, Private Practice, Dirt, Strong Medicine and Beautiful People.

KERRI STRUG Two-time Olympian and gold medalist, Strug was the youngest Olympian at the 1992 Games in Barcelona at age 14, but it was four years later that she captured America’s heart at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. As the team competition neared its end, Kerri was up last on vault. After shocking spectators by falling and injuring her ankle on her first vault, she managed to stick the landing on her second vault before collapsing in pain, helping to secure gold for the American team.

RYAN SUTTER Vail’s Ryan Sutter was the winner of ABC’s The Bachelorette television show, marrying Trista Rehn on ABC in 2003. A spokesperson for the First Descents program that provides outdoor activities for young adults with cancer, Sutter has competed in the Ironman Triathlon in Hawaii. The Vail couple now have two children.

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CORBIN TIMBROOK Actor Corbin Timbrook’s film credits include starring roles in the comedy hit Ski Patrol, the critically acclaimed The Glass Shield, The Killer Within, An American Reunion and most recently, Taken By Force with Elliott Gould. His television credits include recurring roles on the hit shows Reasonable Doubts, Renegade, Air America, Coach, and The Bold and The Beautiful.

PATRICK WARBURTON Patrick Warburton is a TV and voice actor best known for roles as The Tick, David Puddy on Seinfeld, the evil Johnny Johnson on NewsRadio, and anchorman Jeb Denton on Less Than Perfect. As a voice actor, his uniquely deep voice has been lent to well-known roles including Ken in Bee Movie, Kronk in The Emperor’s New Groove and its sequels, bodyguard Brock Samson on The Venture Bros., the wheelchair-using Joe Swanson on Family Guy, Steve Barkin on Kim Possible, and The Wolf in Hoodwinked, among others.

PAUL WYLIE A Silver Medalist at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville, figure skater Paul Wylie participated in all levels of International Skating Union Championships, two Olympic Winter Games and numerous professional championships and tours. He has been a commentator for CBS, NBC, FOX, TNT and ESPN, as well as a columnist for Newsweek and USA Today.

FAREED ZAKARIA Born in Mumbai, India, Fareed Zakaria has distinguished himself as a journalist, columnist, author, editor, commentator and television host specializing in international relations and foreign affairs. He hosts CNN’s flagship foreign affairs show, is Editor-at-Large of TIME Magazine, a Washington Post columnist, and a New York Times bestselling author. Esquire Magazine called him “the most influential foreign policy adviser of his generation.”

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Bud Light Mountains of Music Free Concert NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS Thursday, March 21, 6:30PM Korbel American Ski Classic Finish Stadium The North Mississippi Allstars formed in 1996; the product of a special time for modern Mississippi country blues. Brothers Luther and Cody Dickinson soaked up the music of their father, Memphis legend Jim Dickinson, and absorbed the North Mississippi legacy while playing and shaking it down in the juke joints with their blues ancestors, pioneering their own brand of blues-infused rock and roll.

The Allstars released their debut album, Shake Hands With Shorty, in the spring of 2000, an effort that earned them a Grammy nomination for ‘Best Contemporary Blues Album’. After garnering two more Grammy nominations in the same category for 51 Phantom (2001) and Electric Blue Watermelon (2005), the North Mississippi Allstars earned the reputation as one of the most intriguing acts to emerge from the loam of Southern blues and roots rock.

In 2008, after five studio albums and more than a decade touring together, the Dickinsons decided to branch out and pursue other projects.

The brothers reunited in 2010 to record Keys to the Kingdom after the passing of their father. Jim had always told them, “You need to be playing music together. You are better together than you will ever be apart.”

Inspired by his words, Luther and Cody went into the family’s home recording studio Zebra Ranch, to create a record that could help them cope with the loss and rejoice in his honor.

Most recently, Luther and Cody have toured extensively with Robert Plant & The Band of Joy, headlined major festivals and toured internationally as a headliner and with Ian Siegal as part of The Mississippi Mudbloods.

They also released two live bootleg records, 2011’s Live in the Hills and 2012’s Live in the Hills Volume II, both recorded at the annual North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic in Potts Camp.

Luther and Cody continually expand the tradition of the Mississippi hill country blues that has inspired them from the beginning, but as Rolling Stone aptly notes, “the Allstars may be children of tradition, but they’re digging deep in undiscovered country”.

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American Ski Classic Race Formats Volvo LEGENDS OF SKIING GIANT SLALOM Seeding Run: Each competitor, grouped by ages, will take one run on each course, with the fastest eight women and 16 men advancing, based on the best time of the two runs. There are no handicaps in the seeding runs.

Qualifying Brackets: The qualifying women and men are seeded in brackets and the final rounds are head-to-head single elimination runs, factoring in handicaps. To ensure a level playing field and a fair and close competition, the handicaps are updated after each run.

Final Four: The final four women and men will compete in an exciting head-to-head single elimination race, factoring in handicaps. Awards will immediately follow the conclusion of the race, leading into the Bud Light Mountains of Music free concert.

KORBEL FORD CUP CELEBRITY TEAM RACE Cap Time Violation: To avoid potential “sandbagging”, a penalty time is assessed to any competitor racing faster than the allowed percentage of improvement. Though not disqualified, the racer’s penalty time is added to the overall time and one point is given to the opponent.

Pool Groups: Each team is made up of five racers, a total of six pools, comprised of 30 teams and a total of 150 racers. All racing will be headto-head, with the teams alternating courses with each new matchup. Each racer skis twice on Friday and twice on Saturday, with the winning team of each pool, plus wild card teams, advancing to Saturday afternoon’s finals. All Dandicap adjustments are made at the start when the gates open early or stay closed, based on the time adjustment needed. As in a true dual, the racer that crosses the finish line first wins that matchup and scores a point.

Korbel Ford Cup Finals: Teams are seeded according to their overall point score for the two days of competition. Competitors race head-to-head in a single elimination bracket format, until there is a final team champion crowned.

BATTLE OF THE LEGENDS RELAY Legends relay: Two teams, Team North America and Team International, comprised of five Legends each, will compete in a non-stop, dual format no handicap relay. The first pair of Legends will run head-tohead and when each racer crosses the finish line, only then will the start gate for the next racer open and that racer will take to the course. This will continue until all five of a team’s racers have completed the course and a team winner is determined. Teams will be comprised of 3 men and 2 ladies, with team members representing a trio of age groups: 30’s, 40’s and 50’s.

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The Venue: Vail Mountain’s Golden Peak The primary venue for the 2013 Korbel American Ski Classic is Vail’s Golden Peak, the eastern-most portal to the legendary Vail Mountain and just a short walk from the heart of Vail Village. All social and race activities are conveniently located at the base of Golden Peak, with the spectacular Gore Range as a backdrop. Wednesday’s Conway Cup Community Race, presented by Korbel, and Thursday’s Bud Light Mountains of Music free concert with the North Mississippi Allstars will be held at Golden Peak.

Celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2012-13 winter, Vail Mountain features seven miles of front-side ski runs, along with seven internationally renowned Back Bowls. In addition, the mountain showcases three terrain parks and is blessed with 300 days of sunshine a year and 5,289 acres of unmatched skiing and riding.

With miles of ski and snowboard terrain, luxurious accommodations, gourmet dining, spas, shopping and so much more, there is always something to do in Vail—Like Nothing on Earth.

2013 American Ski Classic Past Champions VOLVO LEGENDS OF SKIING DOWNHILL YEAR

MEN

WOMEN

1986

Anderl Molterer

NO RACES HELD

1987

Anderl Molterer

Kiki Cutter

1988

Otto Tschudi

Cindy Nelson

1990

Hansi Hinterseer

Cindy Nelson

1991

Andreas Wenzel

Judy Nagel

1992

Franz Klammer

Laurie Graham

1993

Franz Klammer

Karin Dedler

1994

Leonhard Stock

Laurie Graham

1995

Leonhard Stock

Karin Dedler

1996

Leonhard Stock

Cindy Nelson

1997

Franz Weber

Laurie Graham

1998

Bernhard Russi

Nancy Greene

2000

Franz Klammer

Laurie Graham

2001

Dave Irwin

Laurie Graham

2002

Franz Klammer

Laurie Graham

2003

Franz Klammer

Laurie Graham

2005

Bernhard Russi

Laurie Graham

2006

Franz Klammer

Toril Forland

2007

Kjetil A. Aamodt

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VOLVO LEGENDS OF SKIING Giant slalom YEAR

MEN

WOMEN

1983

Otto Tschudi

Kiki Cutter

1984

Jean Claude Killy

Gretchen Fraser

1985

Dick Durrance

Joan Hannah

1986

Pepi Stiegler

Joan Hannah

1987

Toni Sailer

Putzi Frandl-Crotty

1988

Paul Carson

Holly Flanders

1989

Jure Franco

Cindy Nelson

1990

Franz Klammer

Cindy Nelson

1991

Franz Weber

Elisabeth Kirchler

1992

Franz Weber

Brigitte Oertli

1993

Stein Eriksen

Toril Forland

1994

Pepi Gramshammer

Cindy Nelson

1995

Franz Klammer

Pam Fletcher

1996 Changed to Team Format David Currier, Toril Forland & Peter Wirnsberger 1997

Anderl Molterer, Dave Irwin & Debbie Armstrong

1998

Lisi Kirchler, Phil Mahre & Paul Carson

1999 Combined with Downhill Results Tamara McKinney, Toril Forland, Armin Assinger, Steve Mahre, Stein Halsnes & Anderl Molterer 2000 Combined with Ford Cup Results Martin Bell 2001 Combined with Downhill Results Laurie Graham, Erika Hess, Patrick Ortlieb, Ken Read & Steve Graham 2002 Scott Henderson, Terry Ahola, Peter Wirnsberger, Katharina Gutensohn, Eric Archer 2003

No Giant Slalom held

2004

Chad Fleischer

Barbara Henderson

2005

Jake Fiala

Cindy Nelson

2006

Stein Halsnes

Marina Kiehl

2007

Kjetil A. Aamodt

Kristina Koznick

2008

Phil Mahre

Ylva Nowen

2009

Franz Klammer

Pernilla Wiberg

2010

Casey Puckett

Isolde Kostner

2011

Marco Tonazzi

Kristina Koznick

2012

Patrik Jaerbyn

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