All Stars Week in Portillo

[Knockneed Man]

News Release

March 31, 2004

THE ULTIMATE sKI ADVENTURE WEEK
SKI with the superstars in portillo, chile

New Event Sponsored by Delta Airlines Takes Place Aug. 21-28, 2004



Portillo, CHILE – What could be better than skiing for a week in the Andes Mountains, with arguably the best freeskiers in the world! This summer this dream week can come true, with the FIRST ANNUAL SKI WITH THE SUPERSTARS WEEK in Portillo Chile!



Organized by Davenport MountainSport Inc. and sponsored by Delta Airlines (www.delta.com), Ski with the Superstars Week takes place from Aug. 21–28, 2004. Participants will have the opportunity to spend the week mastering the steeps and deeps of the Chilean Andes with top freeskiing champions, including Chris Anthony, Wendy Fischer, Chris Davenport and other top professional freeskiers. All of these athletes have starred in films by Warren Miller, Teton Gravity Research, and Matchstick Productions, as well as having graced the pages of Ski, Skiing and Powder magazines.



Chris Anthony: 1996 Alaskan Extreme Skiing Champion, veteran of eight World Championships and 15 Warren Miller Titles.

Wendy Fischer: Former U.S. ski team member and three-time World Extreme Skiing Champion.

Chris Davenport: World Extreme Champion, 24 Hours of Aspen Winner, X Games Medallist, & Red Bull Ultracross Champion



Ski with the Superstars Week costs US$1,000 and includes the following: (See below for the additional cost of lodging/lift ticket package and information on Delta Airlines flights.)

Personalized instruction in small groups with a different freeskiing professional athlete each day.
Special welcome cocktail reception and nightly slideshows and presentations by the athletes.
A professional photographer will accompany the groups and present each participant with a CD of images at the end of the week.


Named one of the Top 10 ski resorts in the world by the Travel Channel, Ski magazine and Warren Miller Productions, Portillo, Chile, is the ultimate ski destination. Nestled in the Andes on the border of Chile and Argentina, Portillo offers unlimited lift-accessed skiing and amazing backcountry skiing accessible via hikes and helicopter.



The week of August 21–28 is also the annual Friends & Singles Week, which means a wealth of activities and special rate offers.



Portillo Ski Weeks begin at US$1650, including seven nights accommodations at the luxurious Hotel Portillo, seven days lift tickets, four meals each day in Hotel Portillo’s dining room, access to the fitness center, glorious pool and other amenities. Rates in the more affordable Octagon lodge start at $1,050 per person based on quad occupancy including accommodations, lift tickets, meals in Hotel Portillo’s dining room and all amenities of the hotel.



Delta Airlines flies from Atlanta – Santiago daily. To book a package including airfare, call toll-free from the U.S., 1.800.829.5325 or email reservas@skiportillo.com. For additional information, visit www.skiportillo.com. For information on Delta Airlines, visit www.delta.com.



www.skiportillo.com


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[raddam]

where's your name?

you are a star in Portillo!

make it happen

nice sig btw

[Knockneed Man]

For some reason I seem to be more of an allstar during Wine Week...

[Mountain Junkie]

Hmmm, $1000 to ski with the SuperStars, $1650 for lodging and meals, throw in airfare, so about $3400 total? That's quite a bit of pesos to throw down for some skiing.

[rip]

Originally posted by Knockneed Man

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Holy shit, a real live Cartman.

ya i want cheezy poofs!

[yogachik]

"4" meals a day?

[Phil]

T'is sweet but a little pricy. Who do they think they gonna attract with those prices ? Not skibums that's for sure. You need a sponsor to ski with the sponsored athletes. Tough to find good coaches at that level without having to shell out half of your yearly income...

Originally posted by yogachik
"4" meals a day?

Ya they've accepted the drunken late night meal as part of normal culture !

[The AD]

Originally posted by Phil
T'is sweet but a little pricy. Who do they think they gonna attract with those prices ? Not skibums that's for sure.

Pretty sure that's not the demographic they're targeting. Come to think if it, I doubt anyone is targeting that demographic.

[Phil]

Originally posted by The AD
Pretty sure that's not the demographic they're targeting. Come to think if it, I doubt anyone is targeting that demographic.

Well someone should get at it. I'm looking for an affordable way to learn some that doesn't involve so much trial an error. We got all this knowledge out there but it's locked away on the top shelf. We keep jumping to get a peak and alls we see is the lock.

An apprentership perhaps. Trade bitch work for time to hang with those on the top shelf.

[dude_le_skibum]

or the morphine is having good effects on you or your mind is clear, dude i'm seeing shit. whats up with these metaphores dude ? eh, the fact that the people on that top shelf have the key to the lock makes it all fucked, if too many people get on that shelf the whole wall is going to collapse. people attending stuff like that will probably not want to hang out too long on that shelf because they have all that money to care about, the options that come to you is a) stop looking at that shelf and turn around b) get out of the bitch state (...bitch !)

fuck em all, dude you have all the abilities to ski anything. thats what racing brings you, the next step is applying to what is around you and keeping your senses clear. sometimes its increadible the reflexes we have develloped that we don't even know about, (dudes defenition of reflex: something that you do and don't really think about) i have ridden with ya, i have ridden with some of the dudes and dudettes aspiring to that shelf, fuck i thought i was someone going for that shelf (i'm not even b-class, i might be around c, c+ on good days) what you will learn in that week of pimping has nothing to do with a 2 months of nothing to do but to ride, in SA or bc or wherever. its all about focusing your mind, we all know you can focus your mind buttfucker. you piss me off with that stoopid ability, why am i a fuckin delusional lunatic. anyway yeah, the knowledge is not locked, its up there on the hill, bitch get in shape, there are no trees where we are going, you should be ok. (sry for the cheap joke...) and i just can't wait to go explore that new knowledge with ya, we got new rocks to huck and that fucking dogleg in stoopid valley hermoso is fucking with me in my sleep, we got to go ski that stoopid ass sunbacked agua caliente face thats been mooning us for ever, set up a snow cave complex in the bottom of agua caliente, that backside nevado (aka check plane shot from dood) its going to be a big summer...

knowledge is not locked, its up there in the mountains for you to grab. can't wait to ride with ya again, we haven't done it much in the last few...year.

i'm a delusional lunatic

[Phil]

I know it's all about getting out there. That was the plan then my body was taken from me twice. Got a wopping 12 days in in two months. I never got the chance to improve nothing. Maybe a little more respect but that is all.

Sure I'd like to get to ski with the pros and learn some technique but that ain't my goal. I want to learn more "mountain sense". I want to know when a line is safe. Not spring safe, deep pow safe.

I have tons of questions and I love to get out there with someone that has a few more year under his/her belt. Kinda like trying to assimilate the highest amount of knowledge out there and then applying it to my style. Trial and error can only get you so far : for me it was the operating table. Time to try something else.

btw wtf are you doing on the computer don't you have health and like in pow land. Get out there for those who can't.

[dude_le_skibum]

shoulder is half-fucked, skis are sold, truck is in the garage