MOUNT SNOW — Freestyle skiing and snowboarding’s elite athletes converged at Carinthia in January 2009 and over 20,000 fans on the snow and millions on live NBC coverage, witnessed the event as Mount Snow hosted the second stop of the inaugural Winter Dew Tour. In 2010, the Dew Tour returns to Mount Snow, but this time for the Toyota Championships.
The finals of the Dew Tour, set for Feb. 5-7, is the crowning jewel of the three-stop tour and athletes will be throwing down for a piece of the $1.5 million cash purse and the Dew Cup. Athletes such as Simon Dumont, Danny Davis, Torstein Horgmo, Bobby Brown, JF Houle, Scotty Lago and many more will be competing in slopestyle and super pipe competitions over three days.
While the action takes a break, fans can check out the Festival Village right in the Carinthia Base Area. The Village features sponsor booths, interactive games, athlete autograph signings and tons of free stuff.
MANCHESTER — Attempting to top last year’s turnout and contributions to the Vermont/New Hampshire Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the Tubbs Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer Snowshoe Series is anticipating a stompin’ good time on Jan. 30 on Stratton Mountain.
In partnership with national sponsors such as Tubbs Snowshoes, Columbia Sportswear, and Green Mountain Coffee, the Romp to Stomp offers a fun, affordable, family-friendly way to beat the winter doldrums and get active with a 3K or 5K snowshoe walk or a 3K snowshoe race.
“The Romp to Stomp Out Breast Cancer is a fabulous excuse to get outdoors in the middle of winter and raise money for a great cause at the same time,� said Alyson Ruby, captain of Romp to Stomp team P-Ruby and a past series top fund-raiser.
KILLINGTON — The Killington Film Festival has issued a call for entries to the second festival, scheduled to be held April 8-11, 2010, in the town of Killington. The festival, which was a huge success in its inaugural season, celebrates films of any subject, genre or medium.
“Our first festival was an unqualified success, as we screened incredible films and presented forums with Vermont’s foremost filmmakers,� said Kerstin Karlhuber, a New York City filmmaker raised in Vermont, who serves as the festival’s creative director. “Once again in 2010, we look forward to welcoming filmmakers from throughout Vermont, New England and beyond for a stimulating four-day festival.�
STRATTON MOUNTAIN — Among the highlights from the New Year’s weekend at Stratton Mountain Resort was watching 2006 Olympic silver medalist and 2010 Olympic hopeful Lindsey Jacobellis tackle the boardercross course on East Byrneside.
Jacobellis took the time for a little Q and A while riding the American Express lift, transcribed here.
Q: What is it like being home?
A: It’s great coming home for the holidays and being at Stratton and on top of that it’s snowing. We get a little bit of freshies every day which makes it great for the mountain and makes it a very promising January.
Q: What’s the boardercross course like?
A: The course is pretty fun. It’s pretty fast and there is a nice little double in it. And I think it is a really great training experience for any youngster that wants to jump in there because we need that young exposure and for little kids to really get stoked on the course so it’s good that we have one at Stratton.
