What’s up around the Truckee Area, 2008 SUBARU U.S. Freeskiing Series & Freeskiing World Tour SCHEDULE

I had the opportunity to watch the competition at Squaw Valley. Yet another great reason to live in the Truckee area. There is always something great going on around the Truckee area, ask Tilly to see whats going on and why the Truckee/Tahoe area is a great place to live.

Stop 1: Subaru Telluride Freeskiing Open, Telluride CO, February 7-10

Stop 2: Subaru Squaw Valley Freeskiing Open, Squaw Valley, CA, February 14-17

Stop 3: Subaru U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships, Crested Butte, CO, February 19-23 (World Tour #1)

Stop 4: Subaru Jackson Hole Freeskiing Open, Jackson Hole, WY, March 13-16

Stop 5: Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals, Snowbird, UT, March 18-23 (World Tour #2)

Stop 6: Subaru Freeskiing World Championships and Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series Finals, Alyeska, AK, April 9-13 (World Tour #3)

Blazing into its third year, the Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series (USFS) and Freeskiing World Tour (FWT) have become the largest cohesive competitive Big Mountain Freeskiing tours in the history of the sport, with the Subaru USFS featuring an unprecedented six stops. With two new locations added to the already impressive roll-call of resorts, both tours culminate at the ultimate big mountain competition venue of Alyeska Resort, Alaska, in April.

The Subaru USFS continues to bring fierce competition to the best Big Mountain Freeskiing resorts inNorth America. The 2008 season will include the Subaru U.S. Extreme Freeskiing Championships at Crested Butte, CO. A longstanding and well-known event, this will be the official stop on both the SubaruUSFS as well as the FWT. Eric “H” Baumm, CBMR On-Mountain Events Director, is thrilled to join forces with MSI for a stop on the tour: “We are so excited to be a part of the U.S. Series and the World Tour.Crested Butte will be a great place to showcase this event and the athletes that make these competitions so unique.” The USFS, which is owned and operated by sports marketing and promotions company Mountain Sports International (MSI) and sanctioned by the International Freeskiers Association (IFSA), now boasts a bigger prize purse than ever before at over $100,000 cash.

Continuing to support the USFS is title sponsor Subaru of America. “Subaru has a long history of supporting organizations and events that resonate with our customers, like the 2008 Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series and Freeskiing World Tour competitions,” said Tim Mahoney, Senior Vice President and CMO of Subaru of America, Inc. “The expansion of the Freeskiing Series this year is a big compliment to the outstanding job that Mountain Sports International does in producing the tour.”

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