Team Naming + NASTAR Pacesetting Trials Moved to Nov. 21

COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO (Oct. 23, 2015)—Due to U.S. Ski Team athletes’ training schedule and warmer weather in Colorado, the date of the U.S. Ski Team’s annual Nature Valley First Tracks celebration and team announcement and Putnam Investments NASTAR Pacesetting Trials has been pushed from November 6 to November 21.
The tech teams have found training opportunities in Europe and will remain there until after the first Audi FIS Ski World Cup slalom race in Levi, Finland the weekend of November 14.
SEE HOW TO WIN A TRIP TO COPPER MOUNTAIN TO RACE TED LIGETY
The #WhatMakesAChamp contest, in which the winner will receive a trip to Copper Mountain to race Ted Ligety at the Putnam Investments NASTAR Pacesetting Trials, will end at the previously announced date of October 25. The prize changes as such: The winner will receive a trip for three to Copper Mountain, round-trip tickets to Colorado, transportation and two nights lodging in Copper’s Center Village on November 20-22, three two-day lift tickets and an official U.S. Ski Team uniform and VIP swag bag.