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WelcomeOn 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 ScheduleAll 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 brunch–Golden Peak

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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 award-

winning 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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Dan Conway1963–2009

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.

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.

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Hold ‘Em for HopeVail 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

old Skye Tavern and Slide Mountain near Reno,

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 non-

European, 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.

Tamara won the gold in the 1989 World Championships in Vail and Beaver Creek.

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Past Legends of Honor Recipients

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 Marc Girardelli

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

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Volvo Legends of SkiingTERRy 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 12-

year 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 GuestsROBERT 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.”

The Celebrity Guests shown are confirmed as of February 26, 2013.

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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 FormatsVOLVO 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 head-

to-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-to-

head 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 PeakThe 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 ChampionsVOLVO 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 Laurie Graham

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DOWnHILL RESuLTS COnTInuED

2008 Phil Mahre Michaela Gerg

(1989, 2004–No downhill held. 1999–Changed to team format.)

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 Ylva Nowen

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