STORY
SUMMARY: (North Lake Tahoe, CA. – January 12, 2010) –
Squaw Valley USA played host to an exposition of historic longboards
put on by the Plumas Ski Club on January 10, 2010 at Resort at Squaw
Creek.
FOOTAGE
INCLUDES:
B-Roll from the Longboard Exposition, plus soundbites. Footage
shot Sunday, Jan 10, 2010.
Note:
Other video segments are in separate releases in the Olympic
Heritage Celebration video vault.
SUPPORTING
COPY :
North Lake Tahoe's Olympic Heritage Celebration, underway January 8-17,
commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1960 VIII Olympic Winter Games
held in Squaw Valley and Tahoma, in North Lake Tahoe. The ten-day series
of events inlcudes races, historic tours and reenactments, demonstrations,
expos, parties, and more.
LOCATORS:
- Squaw Valley USA, Olympic Valley, Ca.
- Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, Ca.
Longboarding
Exposition - January 10th.
Members of the Plumas Ski Club, organizers of the Longboard Revival
Race Series, provided guests and spectators with an exciting demonstration
of historic longboarding on Sunday, January 10th at the Resort at Squaw
Creek at the base of Squaw Valley USA.
Plumas
Ski Club, founded in 1950, promotes community ski events, and preserves
the historic longboarding heritage of Plumas County, site of the oldest
recorded sport skiing in the Western Hemisphere, in 1860.
Soundbites
Include: (Soundbite
package available here)
- Phil Gallagher, Plumas Ski Club Member, Onion Valley, Ca.
- Rob Russel, Plumas Ski Club Board Member, Quincy, Ca.
- Tom Fralick, Event Participant, Tahoma, Ca.
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Footage/Releases
provided by:
Lake Tahoe Media Center
Contact:
Eric Brandt
(530) 583-4206
eric@tahoetv.com
TAPE
COPIES AND DUBS: To request a hard copy/dub of any segment
on BetaSP or Mini DV, please call (530)583-4206 or email eric@tahoemediacenter.com
