SPECIAL ADVERTISINGSPECIAL SUPPLEMENT ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT Airing: March 18, 2017 @3:30pm ET March 25, 2017 @3:30pm ET Volume XVII No.1 MARCH 2017 H I S T O R Y O F P R O S K I I N G Pro Ski Challenge at Sunday River launches new World Pro Ski Tour LISA MUTZ-NELSON The 1990s: The past pinnacle of pro ski racing. 2017 Hot shots revving up: Vermont’s Robby Kelley is currently ranked 3rd in the U.S. in slalom. Going Pro The Pro Ski Challenge at Sun- By Tony Chamberlain day River signals the rebirth of We are thrilled to host the return Reprinted from Skiing History Magazine professional alpine ski racing in May-June 2013 with permission. the United States with the “of this world-class event and ignite launch of the World Pro Ski ounting only prize money, this season’s high- Tour. The special debut event a new tour season to come. cest ranked alpine ski racer–Tina Maze of will feature the professional dual Dana Bullen, Sunday River president Slovenia, with 11 World Cup wins and 24 podium alpine ski race format that had finishes–earned 701,797 Swiss francs, or about tremendous success in the U.S. $726,000. That tops the prize earnings of friend and from 1970 to 1999. The field is Starting Gate to learn more season in premier ski resorts rival Lindsey Vonn of the United States, who pulled filled with Olympic, World Cup, about these and other athletes. all across the country. ” in about $220,000. The number-one male skier was and NCAA competitors such as The Pro Ski Challenge will air “We are thrilled to bring the Marcel Hirscher of Austria, who won $554,286. In 2012 National GS Champion March 18 & 25 at 3:30pm ET on professional skiing model back the 2012-2013 season–the 21st winter since the Robby Kelley, 2015 Nor-Am Cup CBS Sports Network, the 24- to the United States. The ski Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) first began Overall Champion Michael hour home of CBS Sports, which industry is growing rapidly and to allow cash purses–more than $8 million in prize Ankeny, and 2016 National GS is available nationally. This the success of American ski rac- Champion Kieffer Christianson. event will kick-start a more ex- Please see PRO SKI Please see GOING PRO on page 9 Flip through the rest of the tensive schedule in the 2017-18 CHALLENGE on page 2 STARTING GATE 1 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT Pro Ski Challenge S T A F F from page 1 ers has fueled that growth. We are World Pro Ski Tour Kevin Clarke committed to this enterprise to pro- 5 Old Sloop Lane vide high quality events for skiers and Bath, Maine 04530 A native of Fryeburg, Maine, Kevin ski racing fans alike,” said Ed Rogers, (207) 446-1492 works for Martignetti Companies, one email: [email protected] president of the World Pro Ski Tour. of New England's leading liquor dis- “Our main goal is to stimulate the ski Edwin A. Rogers ........................................... President tributors. He was a pro racer during Kevin Clarke ......................................... Vice President industry by providing young racers an Craig Marshall ................................ Executive Director the 1980s and went on to take a posi- opportunity to experience financial Marty Ehrlich ............... Executive Producer Pro Ski TV tion as an announcer and sponsorship success in order to pursue their Christopher Lincoln ...... Producer/Director Pro Ski TV activation specialist on Ed Rogers' U.S. dreams.” John Jacobs ..................................................... Director Pro Ski Tour in the 1990's. Kevin Known as a world-class venue for Justin Burley ..................................................... Director enjoys skiing in the winter and car Kevin Clarke (l.) with 1992 Bill Stratton ....................................................... Director ski, snowboard, and other special racing of all types in the summer. Tour Champion Ove Nygren Bill Despo ..................... Secretary & General Counsel of Norway. events, Sunday River is hosting the Barrett Stein ................................................. Treasurer race in their Monday Mourning Race Lisa Mutz-Nelson ................................... Photographer Marty Ehrlich Lisa Mutz-Nelson photo. Arena on Barker Mountain. The race Carl Schlick ....................................... Creative Director GP Bonenfant ....... Graphic Artist/Sign Shop Manager As Executive Producer for pro ski TV, site provides excellent viewing angles Marty has over 25 years experience of for spectators on snow and foot as it is The Starting Gate is a publication of World Pro Ski Tour production and program creation. He located just in front of the Barker Copyright 2017 - All rights reserved. has produced, represented and cre- Lisa Mutz-Nelson Printed at the Portland Press Herald, Portland, Maine USA Lodge and the parking lot close by. “I ated hundreds of world class proper- Professional photographer Lisa grew up watching the World Pro Ski ties and has a combination of over 30 Mutz-Nelson was behind the cam- Tour along with many of Sunday www.worldproskitour.com Emmy awards and nominations. eras as the World Pro Ski Tour River's guests,” Dana Bullen, resort official photographer back when president and general manager for worldproskitour Christopher Lincoln Kodachrome color slides were the Sunday River, says. “We are thrilled medium of choice. “Shooting digital to host the return of this world-class As a producer and director, Christo- is a whole different world,” says the event and ignite a new tour season to @worldproskitour pher has earned a reputation for de- Avon, come.” livering both exciting and informative Colorodo programming in a variety of sports @worldproskitour resident, and entertainment. Over the past “and I look thirty-three years, he has been a part forward to of ten Olympic games having worked working Craig Marshall for the host broadcaster and with three with the tour Craig grew up at Sugarloaf, Maine US rights holders (CBS, NBC, ABC). again.” and ski raced while at Carrabassett Since 2007, Flying Fish Productions Valley Academy and at the NCAA has supported Olympic Broadcast Ser- Division I level for Colby College. vices in an award-winning production He moved to Port- at the Beijing and London games from Barrett Stein land, Maine in Au- 2007-12. Barrett grew up ski racing at Buck Catch all the action on: gust of 2015 and Hill in Minnesota and started his still lives there John Jacobs coaching career there. He spent fif- while running the John lives in Glens Falls, NY where teen years in Telluride and Aspen as WPST. Craig still he runs the world famous Reliable a program director and race coordina- enjoys skiing in Racing Supply, a company that was tor. He is passionate about the WPST addition to playing started by his parents in 1969. His dual format and is excited to help Airing: golf and squash. experience in pro tour skiing runs bring this event, which is geared to March 18, 2017 @3:30pm ET spectators, back into ski racing. Be- Ed Rogers back to the days of Bob Beattie’s tour March 25, 2017 @3:30pm ET and he stayed involved through the sides skiing Barrett loves to golf and Ed is a legend in the skiing world 1980’s and 90’s. John still enjoys ski- ride anything with two wheels. following his twenty year run as the ing and sailing. director of a regional pro tour start- Carl Schlick Former ing in 1976 that grew to become the Olympian World Pro Ski Tour until 1998. Ed Maine native Carl Schlick skied alpine ski has been working to bring back the Sugarloaf mountain when there racer Pam pro tour ever since and is now the were only three t-bars serving the Fletcher will Chairman of the Board of Directors slopes and Ed Rogers was just get- be a voice of the WPST. He resides in Bath, ting started with his infamous Red during the ME where he owns and operates JR Stallion Inn. As creative director, TV broadcast. Maxwell’s, a restaurant downtown. Carl has worked with Ed for almost He is very active in the local com- Ed Rogers (l.) with pro Christian 40 years, 20 of those with the pro munity, working to drive tourism Orlainsky and Chrysler’s Lee Iacocca. skiing tours. He enjoys playing and increase economic activity while drums in local bands. still finding time to sail. Lisa Mutz-Nelson photo. 2 MARCH 2017 SPECIAL ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT N E X T R U N Just like the past– By Craig Marshall World Pro Ski Tour Executive Director The future of professional dual “ alpine ski racing is bright This event is the he global ski community has racing to every ski fan across the struggled for years as a sparse world, whether it be at their local hill Tamount of dual events have barely or through our TV broadcasts. product of years of work satisfied their withdrawals from al- The Pyeongchang Olympics next most twenty years without a pro tour. season will bring the debut of the dual The time is right to launch the World Nations Team Event in Olympic com- from our staff and signals Pro Ski Tour as a way to benefit ski petition. This provides an excellent racers, resorts, businesses, and the opportunity for athletes who show tal- local economies of ski towns. ent and an affinity for dual to train the beginning of a new era In the 2018 season, the World Pro specifically for the dual event in pur- Ski Tour will take hold 4-6 events at suit of Olympic medals. One day, can’t fine resorts across the U.S. and you imagine the Team Event at the in ski racing history. Canada. From there, it will grow in- Olympics being full of pro tour ath- crementally until it reaches a full letes who have dedicated their career schedule of weekend events from De- specifically to dual pro racing? cember to April with international We sincerely hope that you enjoy races in places like Europe, South the Pro Ski Challenge at Sunday America, Asia, Australia, New River, March 9-11.