U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding Athletes Ring the NASDAQ Closing Bell
November 6, 2008 - U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding Athletes
About this Marketsite Event:
Olympic snowboardcross gold medalist Seth Wescott (Sugarloaf, ME) along with Paralympian Ralph Green (Brooklyn, NY) and freestyle skiing World Cup winner Shelly Robertson (Reno, NV) preside over the Closing Bell. The U.S. athletes, who are aiming to compete at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, will ring the Bell in recognition of the sponsors and donors that support the Team many of which will be attending the Team's annual Ski and Snowboard Ball at the Hammerstein Ballroom Thursday evening.
U.S. Ski Team/U.S. Snowboarding Sponsors traded on NASDAQ include:
Charles Schwab (SCHW), official brokerage firm of the Team
X Box 360 by Microsoft (MSFT), official video gaming partner of
the Team
Yahoo! (YHOO), official internet services of the Team
Sorel boots by Columbia (COLM), official lifestyle boot of U.S.
Snowboarding
About U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding:
The U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding are governed by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association, the national Olympic organization for skiing and snowboarding. The century old organization manages year-round nationwide development and elite programs, including the national teams, in six distinctly different Olympic sports: alpine, cross country, freestyle, nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding, as well as two Paralympic sports -- disabled alpine and disabled cross country. USSA is based in Park City, Utah. For more information about the Teams, visit www.usskiteam.com or www.ussnowboarding.com.
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