Wednesday January 27, 2010
28 year old Jake Zamansky of Aspen was chosen to compete in the U.S. Olympic men’s race team on Tuesday; he’ll be in his first Olympics, skiing in Giant Slalom on February 21st.
Another local: Alice McKennis, who started skiing as a child at ski sunlight and was coached by five- time Olympian Casey Puckett—was named to the U.S. Alpine Olympic Team on Tuesday. The first Olympics for the 20 year old Glenwood Springs resident has McKennis racing in the Downhill on February 17th.
Both announcements follow the news Monday that Aspen Snowboarder Chris Klug will be competing in his third Olympics this year.
Several members of the Aspen Skiing Company will be working the SIA show in Denver this week—-where big screens will air the action from Buttermilk live. The snow Sports industries America convention is the largest industry expo—formerly located in Las Vegas for nearly 40 years.
The city of Denver has an 11 year contract to hold the SIA at the downtown convention center…..the SIA will generate at least 30 million dollars annually in the Denver’s coffers—-plus draw thousands of visitors to the area. Industry delegates alone will reach nearly 17 thousand.
Denver was chosen as a new site for the SIA, just before the recession….as Las Vegas became more expensive….and Denver’s performance hosting the Democratic National Convention proved its ability to handle this major event.
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