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Show 0 k . -' aMn hosts Snoi'Jttoam Olympic champions Kelly Claik (Mount Snow, Vt.) and Ross Powers (South Londonderry, Vt.) plus thiee other U.S. snow-boarding snow-boarding Olympic medalists, along with the legendary Red Hot Chili Peppers, headline the action, which includes national primetime television coveiage, when the Chevy Truck U.S. Snowboard Grand Pnx gets underway Dec. 19-21 at Paik City Mountain Resort. Claik, who collected the fust US gold medal at the 2002 Olympics, and Poweis, who led a history-making 1-2-3 American medals sweep the next day in men's halfpipe at Park City, will be facing an even tougher field in the resort's Olympic Eagle Superpipe. Each nation at the Olympics has a lestucted pipes. Olympic bronze medalist Chris Klug (Aspen, Colo.) heads the U.S. contingent in the parallel giant slalom, which will open the three days of riding on Dec. 19. The next day, the qualifying rounds of halfpipe will be followed fol-lowed by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in a concert that begins at 5:30 p.m. The superpipe finals will begin at 7 p.m. and will be broadcast the next night on NBC's Saturday night primetime lineup, starting at 9 p.m. MST. "The Grand Prix events are always killer," said Thomas, who won one of the two Grand Prix halfpipe Olympic qualifiers a year ago (Czeschm won the other) "MiKir anrl cnnwhnarrlinn haP alAa; in Breckenndoe, Colo. "But with the quota; in the Giand Prix, there , jmnnrtant f i Kinn chl1' PePPers Play,n9 and NBC are no such reactions, so the feen an important tUSIOn. ng up tk volumesfor everybody competition will be highly -AbbiNyberg across the country, it sounds like it's intense, especially among u.y m c Snowboard ma's event coordinator Qomq to be a super sick event. I m riders. Clark swept everything of importance last season Olympics, X-Games, U.S. Open, three Grand Prix halfpipe contests while Powers showed why he's called "Ross the Boss." He'll be joined by Olympic silver medalist medal-ist Danny Kass (Hamburg, N.J.), bronze medalist J.J. Thomas (Golden, Colo.) and, among others, Olympic teammate Tommy Czeschm (Mammoth Lakes, Calif.) in the superpipe created by Pat Malendoski, the acknowledged master sculptor of super- -His- - Choose a Beautiful Smile Barely There or fieay info Metal Brace yourself! We've got you covered. ROBERT A. MILLER, DMD PC ' , Spixsln :n L::bi-:u ;-r Mul'.s ad Children 649-3884 1830 Prospector Ave Park City, UT 84060 www.gr8grins.com definitely looking forward to com peting." Concluding the Grand Prix opening events will be the grand opening of Park City's Kings Crown Terrain Park forerun by the Yahoo! Sports Big Air and Style Show. Highlighting the Yahoo! Rail to jib Jam exhibition will be the Park City Mountain All-Stars led by locals Jeremy Jones, J.R Walker and Chris Englesman. "The Park City All-Star team brings major credibility to the Resort's freende initiative which includes the Resort's three new terrain parks, halfpipe and superpipe," said Park City Freeride Manager Jim Mangan. "Our All-Star athletes have been a major influence influ-ence in Utah's street rail movement and to have the Jib Jam as part of the Grand Prix is huge for us and for the Utah scene." Abbi Nyberg, U.S. Snowboarding's event coordinator, added, "Music and snowboarding have always been an important fusion. The mix of the Chili Peppers, the Olympic medal winners and thousands of screaming fans should be huge for PCMR and a great kick-off kick-off to the Chevy Truck U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix." For a complete schedule of events and information, visit the U.S. Snowboarding's web site at www.ussnowboard.com. Thursday's PGS, Friday's superpipe qualifications qualifica-tions and Saturday's events are free and open to the general public. Tickets for Friday's superpipe finals and special performance by the Red Hot Chili Peppers are available for $22.00 and can be purchased at all Smith's Tix outlets, charged by phone at (801) 467-TIXX or purchased pur-chased online at www.smithtix.com. Straight Talk, Hard Work... And Fun In The Process! Choose a Realtor unfit experience, a great reputation and great connections in the Real Estate worUL Marty knows Park City, and the Hrber and fCtmai arras, Marty works with his preferred partners to make your Real Estate transaction one smooth process. H4 nf Marty Graybill (435) 640-2202 (800) 574-9504 "Mnygr.ytHII.coin 4gi Prudential |