Courtesy Steamboat Ski Corporation

Courtesy Steamboat Ski Corporation

OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST JONNY MOSELEY JOINS CADRE OF OLYMPIANS REPRESENTING STEAMBOAT

Thursday, December 27, 2007

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, CO, December 27, 2007-Olympic Gold Medalist, World Cup mogul champion, U.S. Freeskiing Open Champion, X-Games Silver medalist and innovator of the signature freestyle maneuvers such as the 360º mute grab and one-of-a-kind dinner roll, Jonny Moseley will join the cadre of Olympians that represent the Steamboat Ski Resort.

“Steamboat is known around the world as Ski Town, U.S.A.,” said Andy Wirth, executive vice president of sales & marketing and chief marketing officer for Intrawest. “To be able to have Jonny working along side freestyle legends Nelson Carmichael, Travis Mayer, Ann Battelle, Bobby Aldighieri, Kris “Fuzz” Feddersen as well as skiing icon Billy Kidd will truly elevate Steamboat to a totally new level.

In his new role with the resort, Moseley, a two-time Olympian, will ski with the public, represent the ski area at special events, make public appearances and participate in media events throughout the season. Moseley is currently in Ski Town, U.S.A.® and will return again in January as well as several additional times in 2008.

“Steamboat has been a favorite of mine since I first started coming here early in my career in 1993,” said Jonny Moseley. “I have been fortunate to ski and work with many of the legends of freestyle skiing from Steamboat and look forward to this unique opportunity to help promote Steamboat across the United States as well as around the world.”

No stranger to Steamboat, Moseley has trained with Steamboat coaches Copper Schell, Jeff Good and Park Smalley; competed in numerous events on the slopes of Mt. Werner such as Freestyle World Cups, made-for-television specials; as well as, honed his one-of-a-kind dinner roll trick during the 2002 US Olympic Freestyle Team training camp on the slopes of Voo Doo before the 2002 Winter Games.

With 17 World Cup career wins, Moseley captured the 1996 and 1995 World Cup Overall title. Then in 1998, he skied to the World Cup Mogul and US National Titles, before earning the first ever gold medal for the United States in freestyle moguls at the Olympics in Nagano Japan. A year later, he won the professional mogul tour, Sprint Bumps & Jumps and also placed second in the X-Games with his signature dinner roll. He is still the only skier to hold medals in both the Olympics and the X-Games. Moseley has also served as a television commentator covering skiing, appeared on Late Night with David Letterman; starred in Warren Miller ski movies; hosted Saturday Night Live; and emerged as a very popular MTV host and celebrity.

This year Moseley was inducted into U.S Ski Hall of Fame and narrated the most recent Warren Film “Playground”. Moseley, who is married to Malia and has one child, currently resides in Tiburon, California, where he recently finished his undergrad at the University of California, Berkeley and hosts a weekly radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio. He will split his time this winter between the Golden State and Ski Town, U.S.A.

Provided by Steamboat Ski Corporation