"“It’s carnage. It’s entertainment. It’s just fun,” retired bull rider Jed Moore said after he raced in a slalom event against 53 other cowboys and cowgirls from across the country in the 38th annual Bud Light Cowboy Downhill. “This is my 16th year (in the race), and I’ll be back for another 20.”
The riders, who are members of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association or the Professional Bull Riders, skied or snowboarded down a slalom course on Stampede to the delight of hundreds of spectators. Many cowboy hats didn’t make the trip down the course that had the cowboys launching off a 5-foot jump, lassoing a cowgirl and saddling a horse before crossing the finish line..."
(Scott Franz)
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Showing posts with label Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. Show all posts
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January 18, 2012
December 8, 2011
SandBox Comments: Steamboat Today "Howelsen Hill to host Race to the Cup snowboarding events"
"Steamboat Springs — Jon Casson, snowboarding director for the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club, is hoping for sunny skies, great snow and a good vibe this week as his program prepares to host a pair of NorAm Race to the Cup events at Howelsen Hill.
“Hopefully, we will get a big local crowd to come out and cheer these racers on,” Casson said Wednesday. “This is always an exciting event.”
The Alpine snowboarding races will open Friday afternoon with the qualifying rounds for the parallel giant slalom beginning at 2:30 p.m. The top riders will advance to the finals, which are expected to begin under the lights at 5:30 p.m.
Racing will resume at 11 a.m. Saturday with the parallel slalom. The finals are set to start at 1 p.m. Those races also will be held at Howelsen Hill...."
(John F. Russell)
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“Hopefully, we will get a big local crowd to come out and cheer these racers on,” Casson said Wednesday. “This is always an exciting event.”
The Alpine snowboarding races will open Friday afternoon with the qualifying rounds for the parallel giant slalom beginning at 2:30 p.m. The top riders will advance to the finals, which are expected to begin under the lights at 5:30 p.m.
Racing will resume at 11 a.m. Saturday with the parallel slalom. The finals are set to start at 1 p.m. Those races also will be held at Howelsen Hill...."
(John F. Russell)
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December 4, 2011
SandBox Comments: CBS Denver 4 "Steamboat Shop’s Ski Boots A Hit On The Slopes"
What an absolutely brilliant business model!
Congratulations to both Steamboat Springs for being so fortunate to have this small business join the ranks of all their other thriving folks (and) to Harry Martin and his crew at Ski & Bike Kare.
Good luck on this one!
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Congratulations to both Steamboat Springs for being so fortunate to have this small business join the ranks of all their other thriving folks (and) to Harry Martin and his crew at Ski & Bike Kare.
Good luck on this one!
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November 2, 2011
SandBox Comments: Steamboat Today "Voters support tax for winter air service program "
Aspen Skico needs to be very worried now.
Steamboat Springs has been moving steadily ahead, for over three years now, to take the second place seat under Vail Resorts as the best overall value for ski destinations in Colorado.
Yampa Valley Regional Airport just got a huge boost from voters who know that.
All across Colorado, the vote of the common man can be seen this morning.
Informed voters turned out in record numbers statewide. They passed the ballot issues that made sense. And soundly defeated the majority of all requests to raise taxes and to continue putting money into the apathetic and systemic failure that is our public education funding. Only a couple of school districts, still entrenched in either cronyism or through a spurt of energy from parents who rise up only when it's time to ask for further handouts; saw bare margins of success in passing mill rides. However, even those districts saw a complete disintegration of incumbents making their way back in to keep that cronyism alive. A clean sweep in most all school and post-secondary seats took place in Colorado yesterday. Statewide.
Good job, Coloradans.
But, this effort on the part of the folks over in the Routt County area is one of the ones that feels the best.
Congratulations!!
"Steamboat Springs — The sales tax rate in Steamboat Springs will go up a bit after voters here resoundingly approved Referendum 2B on Tuesday, a 0.25 percent tax increase that will help fund the winter air service program at Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
Referendum 2B passed with 61 percent of the vote.
Donning pilot hats and inflatable airplanes, about 40 supporters of the tax initiative celebrated its passage at Old Town Pub on Tuesday evening.
“We knew from the beginning that if everyone understood how important this was to our economy, then we had a good chance to pass it,” Yes 2 Air campaign manager Bill Stuart said. “It was a nonpartisan issue. People from all spectrums of life supported it.”
Referendum 2B was conceived by a group of community leaders to reverse the eroding ability of the business community to attract commercial airline flights to YVRA during the ski season. Without those flights, advocates of the tax fear the resort community’s ability to bring in high-spending winter vacationers would be compromised, further eroding the local tourism economy.
Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Diamond praised the air tax passage Tuesday night...."
(Scott Franz, Tom Ross)
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Steamboat Springs has been moving steadily ahead, for over three years now, to take the second place seat under Vail Resorts as the best overall value for ski destinations in Colorado.
Yampa Valley Regional Airport just got a huge boost from voters who know that.
All across Colorado, the vote of the common man can be seen this morning.
Informed voters turned out in record numbers statewide. They passed the ballot issues that made sense. And soundly defeated the majority of all requests to raise taxes and to continue putting money into the apathetic and systemic failure that is our public education funding. Only a couple of school districts, still entrenched in either cronyism or through a spurt of energy from parents who rise up only when it's time to ask for further handouts; saw bare margins of success in passing mill rides. However, even those districts saw a complete disintegration of incumbents making their way back in to keep that cronyism alive. A clean sweep in most all school and post-secondary seats took place in Colorado yesterday. Statewide.
Good job, Coloradans.
But, this effort on the part of the folks over in the Routt County area is one of the ones that feels the best.
Congratulations!!
"Steamboat Springs — The sales tax rate in Steamboat Springs will go up a bit after voters here resoundingly approved Referendum 2B on Tuesday, a 0.25 percent tax increase that will help fund the winter air service program at Yampa Valley Regional Airport.
Referendum 2B passed with 61 percent of the vote.
Donning pilot hats and inflatable airplanes, about 40 supporters of the tax initiative celebrated its passage at Old Town Pub on Tuesday evening.
“We knew from the beginning that if everyone understood how important this was to our economy, then we had a good chance to pass it,” Yes 2 Air campaign manager Bill Stuart said. “It was a nonpartisan issue. People from all spectrums of life supported it.”
Referendum 2B was conceived by a group of community leaders to reverse the eroding ability of the business community to attract commercial airline flights to YVRA during the ski season. Without those flights, advocates of the tax fear the resort community’s ability to bring in high-spending winter vacationers would be compromised, further eroding the local tourism economy.
Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Diamond praised the air tax passage Tuesday night...."
(Scott Franz, Tom Ross)
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