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Follow the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding on NBC, Versus and WCSN.com

PARK CITY, Utah (Nov. 22) - Fans can follow the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding this winter with season-long coverage on NBC, Versus (formerly OLN) and the new World Championship Sports Network (WCSN). The Team announced its domestic TV schedule featuring 10.5 hours on NBC, weekly coverage through most of the season on Versus and complete coverage of nearly every World Cup event on WCSN.com.

NBC will provide anchor coverage from each of the Team's major domestic events in alpine, freestyle and snowboard with Sunday afternoon coverage. Versus will expand its coverage from past years with a consistent 5 p.m. ET time slot on Sunday afternoons from November through early April and will begin Sunday, Nov. 26 with an alpine season preview kickoff show and coverage of the women's Sirius Satellite Radio Aspen Winternational. Most shows will be two hours and include two separate events.

Serious fans will enjoy the most thorough start-to-finish season coverage of the international World Cup circuits on WCSN. The new network, which began offering live webcasting of international events a year ago, will expand its coverage to include nearly every FIS World Cup in alpine, cross country, freestyle, nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboard for a total of more than 250 events. Coverage is now available online at www.wcsn.com.

NBC's coverage kicks off with the Sirius Satellite Radio Aspen Winternational women's slalom World Cup in Aspen, CO and the VISA Birds of Prey downhill from Beaver Creek, CO in early December. NBC also will cover all three of the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix events plus the State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup in Lake Placid, NY. And in freestyle skiing, NBC will be on hand for the Chevrolet Freestyle International at Deer Valley, UT and the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup at Lake Placid, NY, both World Cup competitions.

2006-07 Broadcast Schedule (Schedule subject to change. Check local listings):

Alpine Skiing

Sun. Nov. 26, 5 p.m., Sirius Satellite Radio W-SL, Aspen, CO - Versus

Sun. Dec. 3, 1 p.m., Aspen Winternational W-GS, Aspen, CO - NBC

Sun. Dec. 3, 5 p.m., Rauch W-GS, Aspen, CO - Versus

Sun. Dec. 3, 6 p.m., Sirius Satellite Radio M-GS, Beaver Creek, CO - Versus

Sun. Dec. 10, 5 p.m., VISA Birds of Prey M-DH, Beaver Creek, CO - NBC

Sun. Dec. 10, 5 p.m., Rauch M-SC, Beaver Creek, CO - Versus

Sun. Dec. 17, 5 pm, VISA M-DH, Beaver Creek, CO - Versus

Sun. Dec. 17, 6 p.m., Rauch M-SL, Beaver Creek, CO - Versus

Sun. Feb. 17, 2:30 p.m., FIS World Alpine Championships, Are, Sweden - NBC
Sun. Apr. 8, 5 p.m., U.S. Alpine Championships, Alyeska, AK - Versus

Snowboarding

Sun. Dec. 24, 3 p.m., Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, Breckenridge, CO - NBC

Sun. Dec. 24, 5 pm, Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, Breckenridge, CO - Versus

Sun. Dec. 24, 6 p.m., Paul Mitchell Progression Session, Breckenridge, CO - Versus
Sun. Feb. 11, 2:30 p.m., Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, Mountain Creek, NJ - NBC

Sun. Feb. 11, 5 p.m., Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, Mountain Creek, NJ - Versus

Sun. Feb. 11, 6 p.m., Paul Mitchell Progression Session, Mountain Creek, NJ - Versus

Sun. Mar. 4, 3 p.m., Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, Tamarack, ID - Versus
Sun. Mar. 4, 4 p.m., VISA U.S. Snowboard Cross Championships, Tamarack, ID - Versus

Sat. Mar. 10, 2 p.m., Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, Tamarack, ID - NBC

Sun. Mar. 18, 12 p.m., State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup, Lake Placid, NY - NBC

Sun. Mar. 18, 3 p.m., State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup HP, Lake Placid, NY - Versus

Sun. Mar. 18, 4 p.m., State Farm U.S. Snowboard Cup SBX, Lake Placid, NY - Versus

Sun. Mar. 25, 4 p.m., Paul Mitchell Progression Session, Lake Placid, NY - Versus

Freestyle Skiing
Sat. Jan. 20, 3 p.m., Chevrolet Freestyle International, Deer Valley, UT - NBC

Sun. Jan. 21, 5 p.m., Chevrolet Freestyle International, Deer Valley, UT - Versus

Sun. Jan. 21, 6 p.m., Nature Valley Freestyle Challenge, Deer Valley, UT - Versus

Sun. Jan. 28, 12 p.m., Nature Valley Freestyle Cup, Lake Placid, NY - NBC

Sun. Jan. 28, 5 p.m., Nature Valley Freestyle Cup, Lake Placid, NY - Versus

Sun. Jan. 28, 6 p.m., Nature Valley Freestyle Cup, Lake Placid, NY - Versus

Sun. Apr. 1, 3 p.m., Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships, Killington, VT - Versus

Sun. Apr. 1, 4 p.m., Nature Valley Freestyle Challenge, Killington, VT - Versus

PARK CITY, Utah (Nov. 21) - The U.S. Ski Team announced the return of U.S. Ski Team Day, slated for February 10, 2007 at participating ski areas around the country. For each ticket sold on event day, one dollar will be donated by the host resorts to support and develop programs for rising athletes. The inaugural event helped kick off the excitement of the 2006 Torino Games domestically as more than 50,000 skiing enthusiasts became honorary Team members for the day.

"U.S. Ski Team Day 2007 will celebrate skiers' national passion" said Bill Marolt, U.S. Ski Team President and CEO. "We know that tomorrow's competitors are making turns today at ski areas and resorts across the country. Our gratitude goes out to our partner resorts for helping us groom the next generation of U.S. athletes."

Guests who purchase a U.S. Ski Team Day lift ticket at these select venues will qualify to receive a complimentary subscription of either Ski Magazine or Skiing Magazine, courtesy of event partner Mountain Sports Media. "The U.S. Ski Team has been a valuable, long standing partner for our company", stated Jamie Pentz, Group Publisher. "We're proud to provide the resorts the opportunity to reward their guests with a choice of the top two publications in the sport," Pentz concluded.

In addition, U.S. Ski Team Day 2007 will partner with Nature Valley NASTAR to offer special ski racing opportunities at participating resorts.

Fresh off an exciting Olympic season that included gold medals by then 21-year olds Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) and Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) as well as bronze by moguls skier Toby Dawson (Vail, CO), the 2006-07 winter will be another big season as athletes compete for world championship medals. "Just as U.S. Ski Team Day helped us launch the Torino Games with fans in the U.S., the 2007 event will energize our Team as they compete for medals at the World Championships," added Marolt, a 1964 Olympian . The start of Alpine World Championships will coincide on the calendar with the domestic U.S. Ski Team Day campaign.

Ski areas are currently registering to host the 2007 event. Participating areas will celebrate the day with special collateral elements and will receive educational support materials to assist the development of local skiers.

More information about the event, including a list of participating resorts, will be available at www.usskiteamday.com.

The U.S. Ski Team, governed by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, the national governing body of Olympic skiing, fields and maintains teams of world-class athletes for national and international competition, including the Olympic Games. With the vision to be the best, the Team coordinates nationwide development and elite programs in six distinctly different Olympic sports - alpine, cross country, freestyle, nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboard - as well as two Paralympic sports disabled alpine and disabled cross country.

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