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ASPEN — Vail Ski and Snowboard Academy Faye Gulini had some bad luck at Saturday’s Snowboard X finals, but she’s riding really well and is look-ing forward to making her first Olympic appearance next month.

Gulini, 17, won the consolation round of racing, which ultimately placed her seventh overall, her best Winter X re-sult. The bad luck came in the semi final round where Gulini took a tough digger

as she was neck-and-neck for the lead. Saturday’s snowboard cross racing

was pretty brutal with a lot of bad crash-es for both the men and woman. But Gu-lini says that, while the X Games course is bigger that the courses on the World Cup, it’s actually much safer.

The former Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athlete somewhat questioned her decision to “go for a pass” in the semis – a decision that ultimately caused her to fall. At the time, she was in second place; the top three advance to the finals.

But the 17-year-old reconsidered say-

ing, “I’d rather charge it and fall than be a wuss.”

While the crash looked pretty brutal on TV, she says she was unhurt.

“The competition is a lot tougher on the World Cup and at the Olympics, but I’m happy that I was able to win the con-solation round at the X Games,” she told the Mountaineer on Saturday.

Gulini’s snowboard cross teammate Lindsey Jacobellis continued her domi-nation of the sport taking home her third-consecutive gold medal. But the

Gulini wins consolationround at X Games 14Vail snowboard cross athlete overcomes crash in finals to earn her best career finish at Winter X

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By Geoff MintzMountaineer Staff Writer

Vonn snapswin streakPlaces 5th in World Cup downhill as Olympics loom

It took a year’s worth of hard work, three trips to the Indianapolis, a pseudo threat from Steamboat Ski Resort and several shipping delays, but Splen-dido at the Chateau Executive Chef David Walford’s “Wood Fire and Cham-pagne Powder” is on shelves and selling nicely. See story inside.

Chef’s latest masterpiece ...

Lindsey Vonn is no longer perfect in downhill races. Not to worry, says the Vail resident. It might help her win an Olympic title.

Vonn, the world champion and two-time World Cup champ in the event, is now a mere 5-for-6 this season. She placed fifth Saturday after her ski hit a hole in a race won by Germany’s Maria Riesch.

“I was hoping to continue on with the series, but everything has to come to an end and no one’s perfect,” Vonn said.

The former Ski and Snowboard Club Vail athlete had actually won six straight, including the final downhill race of last season. Vonn’s next test in the downhill

[See VONN, page 20]

American hikers still in Iranian jailThe mother of one of three Americans

jailed in Iran for six months says even hiring an attorney in Iran has brought no new information about the welfare of her son or his friends.

Shane Bauer of Pine City, Minn. and his friends Sarah Shourd and Josh Fattal were hiking in northern Iraq’s Kurdistan region at the end of last July when Irani-an authorities arrested them. The Amer-icans are accused of illegally crossing into that country. Their families say it was an accident.

Swiss diplomats briefly visited the Americans in late October. Bauer’s mother says the families’ attorney hasn’t gotten access to them or any information on possible charges.

U.S. beefing up defenses of Gulf allies

As the Obama administration edges toward imposing tougher sanctions on

[See THE UPDATE, pages 14-15]

[See GULINI, page 20]

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2 Vail Mountaineer Sunday, January 31, 2010

The ancient Greeks invented philosophy, democracy and beer, which all tend to attract people with time on their hands.

The 2010 Silly Season offi-cially kicked off with last week’s State of the Union speech. It’s Us. Vs. Them, with no one quite sure whose side the beer is on.

The beer is on your side.In the name of pouring beer into

the Body Politic, our good bud-dy Buddy combined the ancient Greeks’ top three inventions and took them one step further, turn-ing them into a political drinking game.

He calls it The State of the Union Drinking Game.The rules are simple:• One sip of beer each time a politician says, “As

I have always said …” That means he’s about to say something he has never said.

• Two sips of beer each time a politician begins a sentence with “There are those who say …” When, in fact, no one with the sense God gave gravel ever said such a thing.

• One gulp of beer each time a politician says the word “inherited.”

• Two gulps of beer each time a politician says “we must invest in ...” That means they want to extract another pile of tax dollars from you and spend it on something like coyote contraception.

• Two gulps of beer each time a politician says, “This is not about me …” Add one shot if the next sentence begins with “I.” Trust your Uncle Randy when he tells you, it’s about them.

The replacementsBefore you fly Maverick Airways to euphoria over

the recent senate and governor elections, remember this sage counsel:

The best thing about tossing out Democrats or Re-publicans is that they’ll be replaced by Republicans or Democrats.

That’s also the worst thing.

Hubris has its costsIn his first year, President Obama accomplished one

thing that neither George McGovern or Jimmy Carter never did – he lost Massachusetts.

Before Scott Brown’s election in Massachusetts, the stock market went down 100 points while Obama was speaking.

The stock market went up 150 points when it looked like Scott Brown was going to get elected.

It then went down 100 points after he did.

Parting shotWindmills are a big propeller with a screw attached,

powered by your tax subsidy. Every time it goes around, the taxpayers get screwed.

Uncle Randy says local Democrats have the best libation participation with their semi-regular gather-ing, “Drinking Liberally.” Email him at [email protected] for details.

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Jesse Canestorp gave his heart to the Valley and in his absence the Valley gave back.

In honor of the outpouring of gifts in honor of the 33-year-old West Vail man, who was killed while cross-ing the Interstate in December, his family and friends are hosting “Rememory Jesse” at Sandbar in West Vail tonight.

“When we had the memorial, people kept saying they wanted to donate stuff for the funeral, but my parents and the pastor there took care of most of it, so there wasn’t much,” said Canestorp’s sister Lucy.

Lucy and friends decided to host a silent auction and raffle to raise money for a memorial bench in Jesse’s honor, while also benefiting his best friends Nicki and Jeremy Chase’s children.

The Chase children, 6 1/2-year-old Bootsie and 2 1/2-year-old Baby Blue - aka Sandman - were born with a rare chromosome disease, the only two children to ever be diagnosed with such a disorder. The family lovingly refers to it as “Kookie Chromosome” disease.

The disorder, among other complications, causes de-layed fine motor skills, growth motor skills and speech, said Nicki.

Jeremy and Jesse were inseparable since meeting on the mountain nearly 12 years ago. They worked con-struction jobs in the summer together and Jesse helped finish the family home in Denver. To the Chase chil-dren, he was known as Uncle Jesse.

“Rememory Jesse,” will feature the musical talents of ASG, who Jesse befriended after catching their act with Lucy in Florida. The rock band is well known for touring with Volcom Entertainment, the Warped Tour and their debut album ‘The Amplification of Self Grati-fication.’

Also taking the stage during “Rememory Jesse,” is the Seattle based Kandi Coded, featuring snowboard legend Jamie Lynn.

The silent auction and raffle will feature snowboard-ing gear such as goggles, helmets, and jackets. Gift cer-tificates from Pazzo’s Pizzeria, Garinkel’s, Moe’s and

Bart and Yeti’s ranging from $50 to $100 will also be up for bid.

Jesse had lived in the valley for roughly 13 years, holding a number of ski shop jobs that funded his snow-boarding habit. He managed One Track Mind when it was in Lionshead and the Burton Store when it was housed in the Village.

“I never noticed until my brother passed away, but he never had a bad word to say about anyone, ever,” said Lucy.

Doors open at 7 p.m., music starts at 10 p.m. at the Sandbar in Vail, 2161 Interstate 70 Frontage Road.

Donations “In Memory of Uncle Jesse” are still being accepted for the Chase childen’s “Kookie Chromosome Benefit Fund.” Check may be mailed to First Bank of Vail, C/O Matt A. Turner, 17 Vail Rd. Vail, CO 81657.

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Jesse Canestorp was killed while attempting to cross Interstate 70 in Vail last month. Tonight his friends are honoring him with a benefit for two local children he loved who suffer from a rare chromosome disor-der. The event begins at 7 p.m. at Sandbar in West Vail and features bands ASG and Kandi Coded.

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The Vail Valley Foundation is thrilled to welcome MOMIX back to the Vilar Performing Arts Center to-night at 7:30 p.m.

The acclaimed 20 year-old company will make their fourth appearance in Beaver Creek, with their program “The Best of Momix,” which features classic pieces from choreographer Moses Pendleton’s repertoire, as well as brand new pieces that are sure to astound.

Since the early ‘80s, audiences have watched chore-ographer/director Moses Pendleton transform Momix dancers into sidewinders and Gila monsters, float-ing them weightlessly through extraterrestrial terrains and defying gravity with his breathtaking and entirely unique universe of movement. This world-renowned company of uncannily athletic dancers presents “The Best of Momix,” boasting an unpredictable, out-of-this world journey featuring the most striking images from more than 25 years of Momix repertoire.

Under the innovative direction of Moses Pendleton, the 20-year-old company has been celebrated for its ability to conjure up a world of surrealistic images us-ing props, light, shadow, humor and the human body to arrive at a vocabulary of movement all their own. The resulting performance style is not unlike a Cirque de Soleil – where grace meets acrobatics, where lithe dancers float weightlessly across the stage thanks to stunning sets and illusions.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Monday, Feb. 1 is the Cordillera Valley Club 5k snowshoe race to benefit the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability.

The Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability “fosters alignment of community and environment through leadership, education, ad-vocacy and service,” according to their Web site.

The race is followed by celebra-

tion and hoopla over dinner and drinks at the cash bar (post meal in-cluded in the fee). The entry fee is $25 per race and $30 if you pay the day of. 100 percent of the proceeds go to the Eagle Valley Alliance for Sustainability. Registration begins at 5:30, the race starts at 6:30 p.m.

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representatives were considering me for the new executivechef. They wanted to name the restaurant Splendido. I wasn’tenamored of the name. San Francisco and Toronto alreadyhad restaurants named Splendido, and there was the originalHotel Splendido in Portofino, Italy. I assumed they were en-visioning an Italian-inspired restaurant. Not so. “We justlike the name,” they told me. “It’s for the splendid view andthe splendid food you’re going to make.”

I was intrigued and challenged by the idea of opening arestaurant in Beaver Creek, especially one that would betucked in a French-style chateau nestled in an aspen grove onthe resort’s western hillside. The Chateau is a beautiful prop-

erty comprised of mountain vacation condos and chalets fortravelers and families seeking luxury, service and privacy. Ineeded to create a restaurant that would respect the home-owner’s desire for a home-like intimacy and a destinationrestaurant that would attract resort guests with terrific foodand a fabulous ambience. The Chateau had never called at-tention to itself. It was the jewel of a secluded oasis for thosewho owned homes there or were fortunate enough to havebeen guests. But for a restaurant to be successful, the wordhad to get out and the word had to be great and I set myselfto the task. I knew I was a good cook, I knew that I had amajor role in the success of Sweet Basil in Vail, but I was not

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IT WAS 1994WHEN I FIRST VISITEDThe Chateau in Beaver Creek and met its homeowners. Afterworking for more than two decades in some of the country’sfinest and certainly the Vail Valley’s best restaurants, I waslooking for a new opportunity. Coincidentally, the Chateauwas reinventing its restaurant and needed a new chef toguide the way. What started as a unique and tricky challengewas to become the most-career defining and professionallyrewarding experience in my life.

The builder of the Chateau, an Austrian auto parts mag-nate from Toronto, was a regular client at Sweet Basil when Iwas cooking there and I was flattered that he and Chateau

1 INTRODUCTIONBY DAVID WALFORD

It has taken a year’s worth of hard work, three trips to Indianapolis, a pseu-do threat from Steamboat Ski Resort and several shipping delays, but local chef David Walford’s “Wood Fire and Champagne Powder, Colorado Cuisine, Elevated” is finally on the shelves.

And now that it’s here, he couldn’t be happier.

“It’s exciting to have book done and out,” Walford said recently in an inter-view with the Vail Mountaineer. “It’s fun seeing people enjoying them.”

The souvenir cookbook combines a col-lection of recipes from Walford’s Splen-dido at the Chateau restaurant at Beaver Creek with a photographic montage that serves as a memento of the area.

Copies of the book are located on the bookstand as you walk in the door at Splendido, and although it’s only been out about five weeks, Walford says he has already sold hundreds as any regular that sees the book wants one. A reward-ing validation of his effort, as the task of putting the book together was daunting -- both costly and time consuming.

“I always thought that you needed a year off work and a $100,000 advance to make a book,” says Walford. “And of course I didn’t have either of those.”

Ultimately, though, Walford was able to find a publisher and, among all the other things he was doing, make several trips to their Indianapolis headquarters and squeeze in all the writing, photo shoots, editing, re-editing, touching and retouching it took to produce the book.

“Every spare moment we were work-ing on it,” he says. “It’s a tedious job, but in looking back I guess it wasn’t so bad.”

And now the project one more accom-plishment for the chef to look back on.

Before becoming executive chef at Splendido in 1994, Walford was execu-tive chef at Sweet Basil for nine years. Before that he trained with master chefs Masa Kobayashi of Auberge du Soleil,

in California’s Napa Valley, and Masa’s in San Francisco; Udo Neschutneys of Miramonte, in St. Helena, California; Roland Mazère of Hotel Le Centenaire, in France; and Bernard Loiseau of La Côte d’Or, also in France.

Walford became the owner of Splen-dido in 2005.

Since the very beginning, Splendido has had a wood burning oven in the kitchen. Part of their menu has always

been based on wood oven cuisine, with wood oven roasted lamb, lobster, chick-en and seasonal items like wood oven roasted sea scallops being featured in their changing menus. The book’s cov-er shows the restaurant’s open kitchen, with the wood oven visible in the back-ground.

The champagne powder part of the title is a different story. We haven’t had a lot of it this year, but the wonderful

champagne powder snow that’s singular to the Rocky Mountains was an obvious choice for Chef David to couple with Splendido’s wood fire as he considered titles for his book, and so it stuck.

“I grew up in Colorado, and as long as I can remember, everybody refers to Rocky Mountain powder as champagne powder,” said Walford. “We were trying to tie the name in not only with cooking with wood fire, which is what are known for at the restaurant, but also the fact that it’s in a world-class ski area.”

Steamboat Resort wasn’t as keen on the idea as Walford was.

“Steamboat wrote me a letter that said ‘Well, we’ll let it go this time,’” says Walford. “I didn’t know Steamboat owns that name, or they think they own that name, but I happen to disagree ... People in Vail and Beaver Creek and even peo-ple in Utah call their powder champagne powder.”

According to local lore, the term originated in Steamboat in the ’50s by a rancher there. It specifically refers to light, dry snow.

Walford says his lawyers agreed with him in respectfully disagreeing with Steamboat.

Aside from Steamboat, Walford says he’s received very positive reviews from his readers. But there has been one critic, and it was someone very close to Wal-ford.

Walford’s 19-year-old son Benjamin accused him of over spicing one of the dishes in the book.

“He said Dad, you got way too much Cheyenne pepper in that recipe. I know it because I’ve made that recipe before and it’s spicy,” said Walford.

While music is his true passion, Benja-min’s worked on and off in Splendido’s kitchen since he was 14, so knows what he’s talking about. We’ll let you try to fig-ure out which recipe he was referring to.

“Wood Fire and Champagne Powder” is available at Splendido Restaurant, The Bookworm in Edwards, Kitchen Collage in Edwards, and online at Amazon.com and splendidobeavercreek.com

Above are scenes from Splendido Owner/Executive Chef David Walford’s new book “Wood Fire and Champagne Powder, Colorado Cuisine, Elevated.” Walford said he wanted the book to be a souvenir of the area as well as a cookbook.

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In 1970 Vail was considerably smaller. Instead of getting chopped up by noon, powder stuck around for three days, Blue Sky Basin was an 885 acre wilderness called Category III, and Roger Benedict, along with just 27 other lucky kids, was graduated from Battle Mountain High School.

Just three years earlier, in 1967, Benedict says he was “probably the happiest kid in the world” when his fa-ther told him they were moving to Vail.

Benedict’s father was in the carpet business in the ’60s and became the property manager at the Antler af-ter moving to Vail. After High School Benedict decided that he might want to be a lawyer, and left the Valley for CSU to study Political Science. But the Valley called him back, and after just two years he left CSU and started up Ruggs Benedict. The year was 1972.

In the beginning, it was just Benedict and his brother installing carpet and other floorings. Benedict says that in between installs, when work was slow, he would “go see who was digging a hole,” because a new hole in the ground meant a new development, and eventually they were going to need a floor installed.

Things have definitely changed for Benedict. He no longer aspires to be a lawyer, and he doesn’t need to drive around in his van looking for holes in the ground. Instead he has 12 installers on staff and an installation manager that has been with him for more than 20 years. He has created a successful family business and sense of community with his employees. Most of his staff has been with him for at least 5 years, and his turnover rate remains low. Employees tend to stay with Bene-dict because he treats them like family and has a suc-cessful business model.

Benedict says that he has based his management style in part on several factors, but the most important,

he says, is that “If people will recommend you as a 9 or a 10 out of 10 to a friend, then they will buy from you again and will also send other customers to you.”

In his words, Benedict has grown a successful busi-ness “one step at a time.”

Benedict hasn’t relied on get-rich-quick schemes, or looked for rapid growth. He has instead made slow, deliberate steps to grow his business, and despite the economic recession, he has continued to see growth.

Although Benedict started the business in ’72, he didn’t start buying and selling rugs until ’84. These

rugs are now one of the most unique and intriguing fea-tures of his store. An incredible amount of handwork goes into each individual rug, and as such, each piece has its own unique personality. These rugs, with all of their artistic and exclusive imperfections, are hand sewn by Tibetan workers using the same techniques that have been implemented for hundreds of years. Benedicit says buying one of these rugs is more like buying a piece of art than a piece of flooring.

“[The Tibetans] may take a full team of 40 or 50 people more than a year of handwork to finish one area rug,” he says.

Benedict has also grown his business by making wise decisions. By pairing with Carpet One, Benedict can utilize the buying and financing power of a large corpo-ration. He can offer financing to customers at no cost, and Carpet One also allows him to buy and sell at the same prices as a large corporation. It has also allowed him to implement policies like the “Beautiful Guaran-tee.” This guarantee means simply that if you don’t like your floor, after it is installed, they will replace it for free.

In addition to this, Benedict has found ways to capi-talize on the recession. Because there are fewer people spending, many manufacturers have large amounts of overstock that they are willing to sell far below nor-mal costs. Benedict takes advantage of these below average prices and instead of reducing, he adds to his inventory. This allows him to sell to his customers and low costs, and will allow him to continue to do so as costs rise in the future.

In addition to this, Benedict remembers to give back to the community that has helped him achieve his dream. He donates to more than 40 local and national charities and has already this year has given away 12 area rugs, most worth more than $1000.

To see a full list of charities Ruggs Benedict donates to go to: http://ruggsbenedict.com/community.asp

Roger Benedict no longer looking for holesRuggs Benedict, a Valley institution built from the ground up

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Purley Bertroch, a lifetime Gypsum resi-dent, died on Jan. 28, 2010. A memorial ser-vice will be held on February 1, 2010 at the Gypsum Town Hall at 2:00 p.m. His grand-son Matthew Elliott will be officiating.

Purley was born to Jesse and Maud Ber-troch on April 24, 1917 in Greeley, Colo. His family homesteaded to Gypsum in the 1920s. After years of working the family farm, Pur-ley enlisted as a solider in World War II, serv-ing in the First Calvary of the United States Army from April 4, 1941 to Oct. 15, 1945, when he received an honorable discharge. On March 1, 1946 he married his wife of 63 years Betty Ella Reed. Purley and Betty have seven children Mary(Jon) Ezequelle, Gary Bertroch, Kenneth Bertroch, Myrna(John) Murray, Eileen(Mike) Elliott, June Nestor and Sue Duncan. Purley made his living as a carpenter throughout Eagle County and he re-tired as a general contractor and developer. In 1977 Purley and his two sons, Bertroch and Sons developed much of what is considered old Gypsum.

Purley was proceeded in death by his par-ents, nine siblings, one son-in-law and two grandchildren. He is survived by his wife, all of his children, 14 grandchildren and 21 great-grand children.

WWII vet Purley Bertroch, 1917-2010

Longtime Gypsum resident and WWII veteran Purley Ber-troch passed away on Jan. 28. He was 92.

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ATHLETIC STUFF

Ligety nabs 2nd GS PodiumMarcel Hirscher of Austria won a World Cup giant

slalom yesterday, while Ted Ligety finished third on a bumpy course the day after his victory in this same event.

Hirscher earned his second win of the season with a flawless second run on the Podkoren 3 course to finish in a combined time of 2 minutes, 31.30 seconds.

“It’s still nice to make it to the podium again,” said Ligety, who won the past three GS’s on the Podkoren course. “I felt pretty bad the whole way down in the first run. It was hard to find the rhythm. The snow is pretty bumpy.”

It was Ligety’s second GS podium finish this season. With one World Cup giant slalom remaining, the Park City, Utah racer leads the discipline standings with 352 points.

Hirscher was 0.47 seconds back in fifth after the opening leg.

“It’s unbelievable, just awesome,” said the 20-year-old Hirscher, who won his first career title in December a GS in Val d’Isere, France. “I think this was maybe the best giant slalom run I’ve ever had. The other guys were fast as well, so I didn’t believe I could still win it.”

Kjetil Jansrud of Norway, who led going into the fi-nal run, was 0.45 back in second for his best career World Cup result.

Ligety was more satisfied with his final run.“I was pretty happy with the way I skied,” he said.

“But Hirscher just killed the bottom part of the course. He won 0.6 or 0.7 of a second on all the top guys there.”

Hirscher said he charged hard to put extra pressure on the four skiers behind him.

“I went full risk. Skiing without risks isn’t fun for me,” Hirscher said. “I am small, so I have to risk every-thing to be as fast as the taller guys.”

Ligety said the Austrian could become a serious com-petitor for the overall title soon.

“It’s crazy to see how he’s evolved from just being a slalom skier a couple of years ago to an even better GS skier now,” Ligety said. “He is a phenomenal skier and he will be an overall contender pretty soon.”

Benjamin Raich of Austria finished sixth and extend-ed his lead in the overall standings over ninth-place Carlo Janka of Switzerland, 967-897.

“My run definitely wasn’t the best,” Raich said. “At the moment I haven’t got the feeling for really fast turns. I am not too fresh after racing for so many weeks.”

Janka was third after the opening leg but seemed to hold back and avoid risks in his second run, posting only the 23rd run time.

The event will end with a slalom today, the final race ahead of the Vancouver Olympics.

American racer leads discipline in World Cup points

Ted Ligety speeds down the course to place fourth in the first run of a World Cup Giant Slalom in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia, yesterday. AP photo.

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SSCV men take top 4 J2 spots at Smartwool GS

Ski and Snowboard Club Vail took the first four spots for the J2 men and placed five women into the top 15 at the Smart-wool GS yesterday in Steamboat.

The University of Colorado was also there to race, and the top five places for the women belonged to CU. Skiing for SSCV and the University of Colorado, Erika Ghent took 3rd overall, only .30 seconds behind the 1st place time of her teammate, Katie Hartman.

Also making it onto the first page of results (top 15) for SSCV was Kendall VanHee, 1st for the J3 women, 6th over-all, Caroline Byrne, 2nd for the J3s, 7th overall, Olivia Swift, 4th for the J3s, 11th overall, and Molly McGrew, 5th for the J3s and 13th overall. Katie Tal-

bot also made it into to the top 20 with a 19th place.

The SSCV men at the Smartwool GS had Anthony Romano, Thomas Grant, Nick Braun, and Greycody Johns plac-ing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively for the J2 men, and 8th, 11th, 12th, and 13th respectively overall. Nicholas Romano placed 3rd for the J3 men, 16th overall, and Clayton Kirwood placed 7th for the J3s and moved up 40 spots to finish 22nd overall.

“It was a very good day for our J3 ski-ers,” said coach Scott Meyers. “They are skiing well, they have the confidence to ski fast, they are putting together skills we have been working on, and they are starting to take chances.”

Waring takes 2nd at RMD tour event

The Ski and Snowboard Club Vail Freestyle team yesterday took to one of the most challenging mogul runs in the country, and the steepest mogul arena on the RMD tour: Breckenridge’s Mach 1.

The top air landing (the landing after the first jump on the course) on Mach 1 is a frightening 33 degrees.

SSCV’s Kristi Waring took 2nd place for her runs down the track in Saturday’s competition while Erin Coyne placed 6th, and Mikhaela Redovian took 9th.

The SSCV men had Andre Lane in 10th and Hunter Bailey in 3rd for the J3 men, the first top three finish in the J3 category for Bailey.

“It’s a challenge to be able to be determined and aggressive while keeping your cool at the same time,” said coach Kelsey Teran about the steepness of the landing after the first jump. “You need to stay cool, be aggressive, and remain determined to be successful on this hill, and our athletes were able to embody that balance ... I was really proud of them.”

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Prior to Winter X Games 14, Nate Holland was asked his thoughts on the possibility of his fifth consecutive gold medal in Men’s Snowboarder X.

The always confident Holland said that he knew the course well and knew where to make his move. Those words turned out to be prophetic, as Hol-land defeated Seth Wescott in a back-and-forth battle to claim his record-setting fifth consecutive Snowboarder X gold.

“It is pretty surreal to win big again like this, es-pecially with this caliber of riders,” Holland said following the race. “To win gold once, I remem-ber how fired up I was. So to do it five times I don’t know what to say. Wescott gave me a heck of a battle; the best battle I had all day.”

“I love this hill, I love Aspen and I love X Games.”

Wescott, who was looking for his first X Games gold, held the lead several times in the race but was unable to overcome Holland’s time of 1:31.942.

“Out of the gate and after that crash in the semi-finals I was just trying to stay on my feet,” West-cott, who finished with a time of 1:32.510, said. “This ended up being some of the best racing I have been a part of and one of the best heats that I have ever had.”

Italy’s Alberto Schiavon took the bronze with a time of 1:32.529.

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Nate Holland salutes the crowd yesterday after winning his fifth consecutive Winter X Games Snowboarder Cross gold medal. Jon Feldman photo.

Brown Takes Second MedalOn Friday night Bobby Brown personified perfection

with a perfect score in Skiing Big Air.In yesterday afternoon’s Winter X Games Skiing

Slopestyle, he wasn’t quite perfect, but his final round score of 94.33 was enough to beat Andeas Hatveit’s 92.00.

“Last night when I won Big Air I was freaking out,” an excited Brown said. “Now I am freaking out twice as much. Last year I was an alternate and this year I came in with a lot more confidence.”

Hatveit, who led after the first round, said he was proud of his performance.

“I was completely stoked for this competition so nerve wracking but unbelievable,” the silver medalist said. “I have no problem at all with second place given the competition.“

The bronze medal went to Sammy Carlson who fin-ished with a high score of 89.33.

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An new Nike advertisement featuring the NBA’s two biggest superstars, Kobe Bryant and Lebron James, that includes a gun reference is causing quite the stir.

The Nike ad, which appears in several publications including Sports Illustrated and ESPN The Magazine, has LeBron James on one page and Kobe Bryant on the other. Along with the slogan, “Prepare For Combat,” is a quote from each player showing how tough he is. This just after two players were suspended for carrying firearms into the lockerroom.

Bryant’s blurb says: “I’ll do whatever it takes to win games. I don’t leave anything in the chamber.”

The chamber in a gun is the compartment that holds the bullet before it is fired.

NBA commissioner David Stern is sensitive to the issue of gun violence, and the NBA criticized the ad.

“We had no prior notice of this ad,” spokesman Tim Frank said. “We think it is inappropriate.”

James defended Bryant, saying the words were taken out of context.

“That has nothing, zero, to do with guns,” James said, raising his voice at reporters. “At all. At all. Zero. That’s very simple. For somebody to even say that --

Shortly after Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton were suspended for bringing guns into the locker-room, Nike released an ad with gun references that was criticized by the NBA. AP photo.

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James said such slang is common among his peers.

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False Alarm! Daly not quitting golf after allWhen John Daly shot rounds of 79-71 at Tourney

Pines this week, he said he was done with golf. Sat-urday he took that back.

“Never said retirement in anything or twitter-i want to correct that! simply sayin I need my time & working through these bad times thank you,” Daly’s tweet said.

Daly, who missed the cut by 9 shots, stopped in the parking lot by a crew from Golf Channel, which is filming his reality show, Daly said in a series of clipped responses, “I’m done. … I can’t compete. … Just can’t play like I used to.”

Early Saturday, Daly thanked his fans in a two-part message on Facebook and claimed he wasn’t financially able to continue on the tour

He continued: “i want to thank my fans throughout all these years & I don’t like to continue to embar-

rass myself— maybe my mind may change down the road but right now i don’t have the money to be on the tour. My game has never been the same since my rib injury during the Honda Classic in 2007. God Bless! JD”

About an hour later, Daly clarified his position on Twitter.

It was the second time in six months Daly has said he was retiring. He threatened to quit after shoot-ing 88 in the Buick Open last summer, although his swing coach attributed that to rapid weight loss. Daly went on to play four more times.

Golf Channel has been promoting a reality show starring Daly that is to debut in March. Daly is scheduled to play in two weeks at Pebble Beach, and he has received a sponsor’s exemption to the Transi-tions Championship outside Tampa, Fla., in March.

LEFT: John Daly, looking fresh with his zebra striped pants, reads a putt on the second green of the South Course during the opening round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines on Thursday. After Daly missed the cut by 9 shots, he vowed he was done with competitive golf. He has since rescinded that statement. AP photo.

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PGA releases groovy statementThe PGA responded with comment

yesterday about the recent groove con-troversy that world No. 2 Phil Mickelson has been in the middle of. The statement reads:

In light of the public comments that have been made regarding the use of pre-1990 Ping Eye 2 irons in competitions sanctioned by the PGA Tour, it is impor-tant for our players, fans and the media to understand the following:

Under the Rules of Golf and the 2010 Condition of Competition for Groove Specifications promulgated by the USGA, pre-1990 Ping Eye 2 irons are permitted

for play and any player who uses them in PGA Tour sanctioned events taking place in jurisdictions of the USGA is not in vio-lation of the Rules of Golf; and because the use of pre-1990 Ping Eye 2 irons is permitted for play, public comments or criticisms characterizing their use as a violation of the Rules of Golf as promul-gated by the USGA are inappropriate at best.

Commissioner Finchem will address this issue in greater detail on Tuesday, Feb. 2 during a regularly scheduled player meet-ing and with the media during the 2010 Northern Trust Open. Tour player Scott

McCarron stirred up most of the contro-versy when he accused Phil Mickelson, John Daly and others of cheating finding a loophole to the new groove rule.

Irons with square grooves were made illegal for use on the PGA Tour starting with the 2010 season; however, in 1993, the PGA Tour agreed to settle a lawsuit over square grooves that was initiated by Ping (the USGA already had settled in 1990). As part of the settlement, the Tour agreed to follow all USGA rules, including the one that grandfathers the use of Eye 2 irons and wedges from the 1984-2000 time period.

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Iran, it has begun upgrading its approach to defending its Persian Gulf allies against potential Iranian missile strikes, officials said Saturday.

The United States has quietly increased the capability of land-based Patriot defensive missiles in several Gulf Arab nations, and one military official said the Navy is beefing up the presence of ships capable of knocking down hostile missiles in flight.

The officials discussed aspects of the defensive strat-egy on condition of anonymity because some elements are classified.

The moves have been in the works for months and are part of a broader adjustment in the U.S. approach to missile defense, including in Europe and Asia.

The administration will send a review of ballistic missile strategy to Congress on Monday that frames the larger shifts. Attention to defense of the Persian Gulf region, a focus on diffuse networks of sensors and weapons and cooperation with Russia are major ele-ments of the study, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

More embarrassment for U.N. climate panel

The UK telegraph is reporting more fallout from a flawed UN climate change panel’s global warming re-port, claiming they based some of their evidence on a “student’s dissertation and a magazine article.”

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) The Nobel-prize winning climate scientists have apologized for glaring errors that wrongly pre-dicted that glaciers in the Himalayas could melt away by 2035, hundred of years earlier than the data actually indicates.

“In its most recent report, it stated that observed re-ductions in mountain ice in the Andes, Alps and Africa was being caused by global warming, citing two papers as the source of the information,” reports the Telegraph. “However, it can be revealed that one of the sources quoted was a feature article published in a popular magazine for climbers which was based on anecdotal evidence from mountaineers about the changes they were witnessing on the mountainsides around them.”

Toyota has sticky fixToyota Motor Corp. plans to start sending parts to

dealers in the coming days to fix a sticky gas pedal problem that has tarnished its image and led to the re-call of 4.2 million cars and trucks on three continents, according to people briefed on the matter.

Toyota plans to reveal details of the fix on Monday morning, according to two dealers who asked not to be identified because the plan had not been announced. Several dealers have said the fix involves slipping a shim into an area where springs push the gas pedal back to its resting position after a driver has eased off the gas, but Toyota has not commented on the repair.

The automaker told the dealers about the plan Sat-urday after hearing from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it did not object to the fix, the dealers said.

Idol-smith could be full throttle band

’80s rocker Billy Idol is rumored to be up for replac-ing Steven Tyler as frontman of Aerosmith, the San

Francisco Chronicle reports.Guitarist Joe Perry has revealed the band will be host-

ing auditions to replace Tyler while he recovers from pain medication addiction at a rehab in California.

“Joe said he wanted to talk to Billy about joining Aerosmith, because the band were having problems with Steven. As far as I know Idol did not show up due to having a cold,” a source told the Chronicle.

Perry admitted to talking to talking with other sing-ers to replace Tyler, but refused to divulge any names: “(There’s) a few people we’ve talked to, and we’ll see how it goes... As far as auditions go, we’ll probably just sit around and have a couple of drinks and see if we get along - because we’re already gonna know that they can sing.”

Ethics report clears Bush lawyers

Newsweek is reporting an upcoming Justice Depart-ment report softening misconduct charges against Bush Administration lawyers.

An earlier version of the report accused John Yoo, now a law professor, and Jay Bybee, now a federal judge, of violating their professional obligations as lawyers.

The Bush lawyers who provided the legal rationale for waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics. The new version merely accuses them of using “poor judgment.”

Ripped Rip Torn’s banking adventure

Actor Elmore “Rip” Torn has been charged with breaking into a Connecticut bank and carrying a loaded handgun while intoxicated.

State police say the 78-year-old Salisbury resident was arrested Friday night after police found him inside the Litchfield Bancorp with a loaded revolver.

The “Men in Black” actor has been taken into custo-dy and booked on charges including burglary and pos-session of firearm without a permit. He is being held on

Billy Idol performs at the Bottom Line in New York Tuesday, April 24, 2001. AP photo.

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$100,000 bond and is scheduled for a Monday appearance in Bantam Superior Court.

Last year, Torn was given proba-tion in a Connecticut drunken driv-ing case and granted permission to enter an alcohol education program. He also has two previous drunken driving arrests in New York. A spokesman for Torn did not immedi-ately return phone calls yesterday.

Justice department looking at monopoly

The Obama administration is considering several steps that would review the legality of the controversial Bowl Championship Series, the Justice Department said in a letter Friday to a senator who had asked for an antitrust review.

In the letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch, obtained by The Associated Press, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote that the Justice Department is review-ing Hatch’s request and other materials to determine whether to open an investigation into whether the BCS violates antitrust laws.

“Importantly, and in addition, the administration also is exploring other options that might be available to ad-dress concerns with the college football postseason,” Weich wrote, including asking the Federal Trade Com-mission to review the legality of the BCS under con-sumer protection laws.

Several lawmakers and many critics want the BCS to switch to a playoff system, rather than the ratings system it uses to determine the teams that play in the championship game.

Republicans going soft on policy test for candidatesThe Republican National Committee, pressed to find

a way to more clearly distinguish itself from Demo-crats, on Friday adopted a rule that will prod GOP lead-ers to provide financial support to only those candidates who support the party’s platform.

The resolution, enacted by voice vote with no opposi-tion at the party’s winter meeting here, is an alternative to a more stringent proposal that would have required GOP candidates to support 10 policy positions if they wanted party help.

That proposal, sponsored by Indiana RNC member James Bopp and backed by the RNC’s more conserva-tive members, was strongly opposed by party Chair-man Michael Steele and a group of state party chairs.

The alternative, offered by RNC member Bill Crock-er of Texas, does not contain a specific litmus test and thus grants party officials more flexibility in how to vet GOP candidates seeking party support. It urges leaders of local, state and national Republican parties to “care-fully screen” the voting record and positions of Repub-lican candidates that want party backing, and determine whether they “wholeheartedly support the core principles and positions” of the party as laid out in its platform.

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Somali pirates have hearts

Somali pirates have said they will donate their booty to the Haitian earthquake relief effort.

“They are the ones pirating mankind for many years,” a spokesman told Agencia Matriz del Sur.

The pirates have taken in more than $150 million in the past 2 years, by one estimate, and now aim to redistribute some while thumbing their noses at Western powers.

Venezuela is a riotPolice fired tear gas to chase off thousands of stu-

dents demonstrating in the capital Thursday, a fifth day of protests against President Hugo Chavez for pressur-ing cable and satellite TV providers to drop an opposi-tion channel.

Some of the protesters threw rocks at police in riot gear when officers moved to break up the rally outside the offices of the state-run electricity company.

While charging that the government is trying to curb criticism, the students also used their demonstration to call attention to electricity shortages plaguing much of Venezuela and other pressing domestic problems like double-digit inflation.

University students have taken to the streets daily since Sunday, after government pressure led cable TV services to drop Radio Caracas Television Internation-al, which has long been a critic of Chavez’s socialist policies.

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THE BEST PASTRAMI SANDWICH, the best ice cream, the best staff … it’s the best, Jerry! Joe’s Deli on Bridge street in Vail is a must visit when in Vail. Let Joe and his super friendly staff get you set up with the best deli stuff around, period.

BURGER? HOW ABOUT SOME FOOS? You name it and the Saltwater Cowboy probably has it. Coming soon, the new stage followed by live music Fridays and Saturdays. Let the mountaineer keep you posted on all happenings at the Cowboy.


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WITH A FIRST LOCATION in Beaver Creek and a second one in Edwards, its never been easier to find real vintage posters of antique ski and travel scenes. Contact Steve at Christopher and Co if you have questions, or if you just want to take a tour of some rare stuff.

ONCE AGAIN, Bridge street will transform into Bourbon street at CarniVail’s annual Fat Tuesday Parade on February 16th. Local businesses, organizations and creative individuals are cordially invited to participate in the Fat Tuesday Float Competition that boasts $1,000 grand prize. Contest and registration details are available at carnivail.net or by calling (970) 476-6797.


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HERE’S HOLLY AND “BIG JOHN” loving the 2010 Vail ski season and each other!

PHOTOG JON FELDMAN caught the Axe Girls at yesterday’s X Games. They were seeing if anyone could pull off the double pits to chesty, and found themselves sorely disappointed. Maybe next year.


win didn’t come easy for Jacobellis as she had to come from behind and hold off a hard-charging Helene Olafsen to capture the crown.

“It’s nice to do well at X Games,” Jacobellis said. “I seem to always have strong crowd support here. So it is great to win for them.”

Olafsen led the group out of the gates and through the first couple of turns, but once the group made their way past the rollers, Jacobellis gained speed and took over first place from Olafsen and held on defeating Olafsen 1:38.145 to 1:38.664

“I think the course was really good, I loved it,” Olafsen said. “I really wanted to win but I will take second.”

Joanie Anderson was the bronze medal winner with a time of 1:43.018.Snowboarder X consists of a downhill course over 3,500 feet long, filled with

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is a big one — the Vancouver Games on Feb. 17.

“I do think it helps a little bit going into the Olympics that I haven’t won all the World Cups,” Vonn said. “Maybe that takes a little of the pressure off me. As soon as you get wrapped up in records and those kinds of things, you always get distracted.”

The victory ended Vonn’s chance of matching the streak set by Austrian great Annemarie Moser-Proell, who swept all eight downhills in the 1972-73 season.

Riesch was timed in 1 minute, 41.31 seconds on the Corviglia course and trails Vonn by 61 points in the overall stand-ings. Ingrid Jacquemod of France was second, 0.79 seconds behind, and Fabi-enne Suter of Switzerland was third.

Seven of the top 10 finishers were among the first 11 starters, including two more Americans. Alice McKennis was a career-best ninth on the World Cup circuit and Chelsea Marshall was a season-best 10th. Other American fin-ishers were: Stacey Cook (12th), Leanne Smith (18th), Julia Mancuso (22nd) and Laurenne Ross (28th).

Riesch, three times a runner-up dur-ing Vonn’s six wins, saw her victory as a boost for the Olympics.

“It’s an important success for me to

have the feeling that I can win,” she said.

Vonn wasn’t happy about the hole in the course created from Friday’s super combined.

“I knew the hole was there. It was defi-nitely dangerous,” she said. “But when I was on course, the light was so flat I couldn’t see anything. I lost my direc-tion and barely made my next gate. I was pretty close to going out there.”

The trouble spot also affected Tina Maze of Slovenia. The 2008 St. Moritz winner was taken so far down the hill she thought she’d missed a gate and skied casually to the finish. Nadja Kamer of Switzerland went way too wide and was disqualified.

Riesch skied out in Friday’s race when she misjudged her line. Vonn was pleased her friend and rival regrouped the next day.

“For her to come back and have the win today was really cool,” Vonn said.

Vonn’s focus turns to Sunday’s super-G — the final World Cup race before the Olympics — and keeping a safe distance from teammates who have suddenly tak-en sick.

“I’m trying,” she joked “to stay away from them as much as I can.”

Lindsey Vonn of Vail reacts after taking the fifth place in a World Cup downhill race in St. Moritz, Switzerland, yesterday. AP photo.

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