Camelback hosts ESPN and Gold Medalist.
Release date: 1/25/2009
Camelback hosts ESPN and Gold Medalist.
Prototype equipment tested in preparation for upcoming X Games
TANNERSVILLE, PA – On Sunday, January 25, 2009, Kevin Bramble, a two-time Paralympics gold medalist (Torino and Salt Lake City), two-time first place competitor in the downhill at the U.S. Championships and World Cup downhill champion, will be is Aspen, Colorado competing in the 13th Winter X Games. This time, however, instead of downhill, Bramble will compete in the Mono Skier-Cross. In addition, Bramble will be competing on a monoski that he first tested as a prototype while visiting Camelback Mountain Resort. A film crew from ESPN joined Bramble to document the excitement and profile his dynamic personality as part of their coverage for the upcoming X-games.
TANNERSVILLE, PA – On Sunday, January 25, 2009, Kevin Bramble, a two-time Paralympics gold medalist (Torino and Salt Lake City), two-time first place competitor in the downhill at the U.S. Championships and World Cup downhill champion, will be is Aspen, Colorado competing in the 13th Winter X Games. This time, however, instead of downhill, Bramble will compete in the Mono Skier-Cross. In addition, Bramble will be competing on a monoski that he first tested as a prototype while visiting Camelback Mountain Resort. A film crew from ESPN joined Bramble to document the excitement and profile his dynamic personality as part of their coverage for the upcoming X-games.
“The reason I asked ESPN to join me at Camelback is because I skied there as a kid and remember it being the best in the Pocono Mountains. Camelback was gracious to accommodate my pre X-game training regiment and the staff at Camelback was world class in going out of their way to help as much as possible” commented Bramble.
Bramble is more than just a world-class athlete, he also operates his own business, Kevin Bramble Goodz (KGB), through which he designs and manufactures high-performance monoskis. Currently, a majority of the current U.S. Disabled Ski Team monoskiers ski in KGB monoskis.
Bramble is credited for being one of the first athletes to take the monoski into terrain parks and halfpipes. His talent and contagious enthusiasm caught the eye of legendary filmmaker, Warren Miller, who invited Bramble to join him in Alaska and featured Bramble’s pioneering big-mountain sit ski lines in the 2006 movie, Off the Grid.
“Obviously, it was a pleasure to host ESPN and Kevin at Camelback,” says Jerry Lawlor, VP of Marketing and Sales at Camelback Mountain Resort. “Anytime a world-class athlete chooses to train at your facility it validates all the hard work that the staff invests in delivering top-notch conditions.” Lawlor, continued, “For the past decade, Camelback has been the proud host of the Pennsylvania Adaptive Ski Center. Kevin’s accomplishments are a great inspiration for all the athletes and volunteers committed to this fantastic program, right here at Camelback. We all wish Kevin great success in Aspen and look forward to seeing him bring home the gold.”
Bramble’s attempt to win gold in the Mono Skier-Cross will air on the ESPN networks on Sunday, January 25, 2009. Footage from Kevin’s visit to Camelback Mountain Resort is scheduled to be part of ESPN’s broadcast.
For more information on Kevin Bramble please visit:
www.usparalympics.org/athlete/athlete/2659 or www.espn.go.com/action/news/story?id=2745078
For more information on the Pennsylvania Adaptive Sports Center please contact:
Camelback Mountain Resort (570.629.1661) or Isabel Bohn with the PCAS (215.765.5118); pacenter@aol.com