SEVEN SPRINGS MOUNTAIN RESORT HOSTS HOMECOMING 2010: THE KRISTI LESKINEN INVITATIONAL
Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Pennsylvania’s premier four-season resort, is pleased to present Homecoming 2010, February 20 – 21, 2010.
Leskinen, a pioneer in women’s freeskiing and native of Uniontown, Pa., recently won ABC’s “The Superstars” with her partner professional ballroom dancer Maksim Chmerkovsky. She also took home a bronze medal at the Winter X Games IX in the Women’s Superpipe. Her career highlights also include: second place Slopestyle at the 2009 Aspen Open, second place Slopestyle at the 2008 North American Open, third place Slopestyle at the 2007 US and Japan Opens, first place Halfpipe in the 2005 Gravity Games, second place Halfpipe in the 2005 World Championships and in 1999 she was the first female to compete in the US Open.
“We have an amazing group of athletes coming and Seven Springs is pulling out all the stops to make this event a huge success,” said Leskinen.
Top female skiers like Kaya Turski, Keri Herman, Dania Assaly, Jen Hudak, Michelle Parker, Meg Olenick, Ashley Battersby, Athena Bronson, Amy Sheehan and Roz Groenewoud will join Leskinen at Seven Springs for the all-girls slopestyle event. The contest will be an opportunity for the girls to push themselves, progress the sport and raise awareness and interest in the sport among young girls and women.
The course will be created specifically for the purpose of showcasing the girls’ abilities and the sport. The event will be a rider-judged jam format encouraging the girls to go for their biggest tricks.
Practice sessions will be held Fri., Feb. 19. The first rounds of the competition will be at 12:45 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. with finals held at 2:30 p.m., Sat., Feb. 20. The Homecoming crowns will be awarded at 4:30 p.m., Saturday on the Foggy Goggle deck. On Sun., Feb. 21, from 1 until 3 p.m., there will be a free amateur rail jam in the Foggy Goggle Bowl.
About Seven Springs Mountain Resort
Seven Springs Mountain Resort, located in Seven Springs, Pa., is the perfect place for family vacations that create lifelong memories. Each year the family-friendly resort hosts more than one million overnight and day guests who enjoy a vacation that includes the finest skiing, snowboarding and golf that Pennsylvania has to offer, the exhilaration of sporting clays, the ultimate in relaxation at the luxurious Trillium Spa, a variety of dining options that range from intercontinental cuisine at Helen’s Restaurant to the variety of delicious buffets offered at the Slopeside Dining Room to the quick fix options like pizza and sandwiches to satisfy any craving.
Seven Springs Mountain Resort can accommodate more than 5,000 overnight guests in its recently renovated 418-room, 10-story high-rise hotel, nearly 1,200 condominiums and townhomes, eight cabins and 15 chalets.
With more than 60,000 square feet of meeting space available, Seven Springs also hosts more than 1,000 meetings, conferences and banquet groups per year.
Located within 200 miles of the major metropolitan areas of Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cleveland and Washington D.C., Seven Springs is easily accessible from either exit 91 or 110 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
Fri., February 19, 2010
11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Practice in The Spot
Sat., February 20, 2010
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Practice in The Spot
12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., First heat in The Spot
1:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Second heat in The Spot
2:30 – 3:30 p.m., Finals in The Spot
4:30 p.m., Awards ceremony, Foggy Goggle
6 to 8 p.m., Apres Ski Buffet in Convention Hall with the athletes having a meet and greet with autographs, DJ entertainment, face painting, games, and our mascot, Seven. (You must be having the Apres Buffet to take part in these events.)
Sun., February 21, 2010
12 p.m. to 1 p.m., Registration for Amateur Rail Jam, Foggy Goggle
1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Amateur Rail Jam in the Foggy Bowl
This schedule of events is subject to change.
For more information on event details, please visit 7Springs.com