United States Ski and Snowboard Association

This season’s Skier’s Edge Eastern Masters Championships will be hosted by one of the more popular sites on the Sise Cup tour, Okemo Mountain. Because of its long, undulating venues, impeccable grooming, free-flowing course-sets, and solid race organization, Okemo is tops on most masters’ favorite racing sites. Its central location is also a plus in drawing a large, competitive field.

This year’s schedule of events will be similar to last year, with SG training on Thursday, the Championship SG race on Friday morning, followed by a one-run slalom, which will be combined with the SG to form a super combined competition. The SG and super combined will count toward the overall Eastern Championships scoring, along with the slalom and GS. The slalom race will be held on Saturday (with separate A/B and C/D courses) and the GS will wrap-up the program on Sunday.

Awards parties at the nearby Okemo Golf Course clubhouse on Friday and Saturday afternoon will include the usual array of food, video, raffles, and prizes. And in a change from past years, the Eastern Championship races will be included in the yearlong scoring for the Sise Cup.

Event announcement: www.nemasters.org/SkiersEdge_EasternChampionships_Okemo_2010.pdf

Entries to:

            Masters Race Secretary

            77 Okemo Ridge Rd

            Ludlow, Vt. 05149

                        or

            Sign up online at:

            www.nemasters.org 

Race contacts:

            Bill McCollom 802-234-9561 (bmccollom@skiracing.com)

            Racing@okemo.com

Lodging:

Okemo: 800-786-5366 (mention you will be attending the Eastern Championships to receive discounted rate. Slopeside lodging available at reasonable rates.