'Epic Kids - Live with Lindsey' Event Gives Kids from Around the World an Opportunity to Participate in a Live Online Kids Press
November 10 2009 - 5:36PM
PR Newswire (US)
-- The Live Streaming Webcast from Vail, Colo. will Utilize Social
Media and New Video Technology to Connect Kids with Lindsey Vonn
for a first-of-its-kind Interactive Event at
www.LindseyIsEpic.com/Live -- Kids Whose Questions are Selected and
Aired During the Nov. 20 Live with Lindsey Webcast Will Win a Vail
Resorts Children's Epic Pass VAIL, Colo., Nov. 10
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lindsey Vonn, the world's fastest female
skier and Vail hometown hero, will celebrate opening day of Vail
Mountain's 2009-2010 winter season on Friday, Nov. 20, by hosting a
live and interactive online kids press conference: "Epic Kids -
Live with Lindsey" from 5-6 p.m. MT (7-8 p.m. ET) at
http://www.lindseyisepic.com/Live. For the past week, the two-time
World Cup Overall ski champion has been training at her hometown
mountain of Vail in preparation for her World Cup race season and
for the upcoming Winter Olympics. Before she embarks on her "epic"
journey to compete in five alpine ski events at the Winter Games,
Vail Resorts (NYSE:MTN) is inviting kids and their parents to ask
questions and participate in a live conversation with Lindsey to
find out everything they've always wanted to know about the
25-year-old ski champ. Live Kids Press Conference Utilizes Social
Media and New Video Technology The "Epic Kids - Live with Lindsey"
event will be an hour-long online show broadcast at
http://www.lindseyisepic.com/Live direct from Lindsey's home at The
Arrabelle at Vail Square, A RockResort, located just steps from the
legendary slopes of Vail Mountain. Kids and their parents around
the world can watch the show live on their computers on Friday,
Nov. 20 and participate in the press conference with pre-submitted
video questions via YouTube or with written questions posted on the
Lindsey Is Epic Facebook fan page. Questions may be submitted in
any language and will be translated if selected and aired during
the show. A select group of kids and their parents will join
Lindsey in Vail on Friday and be part of a live audience during
which they'll have the opportunity to ask questions in person. "The
Epic Kids - Live with Lindsey" show will be available for viewing
after the Nov. 20 live show at http://www.lindseyisepic.com/Live.
Vail Resorts is using the new video technology of LiveStream to
host the live streamed webcast on http://www.lindseyisepic.com/Live
and kids and their parents will be using social media tools to
submit their video questions via YouTube and written questions via
Facebook. The "Epic Kids - Live with Lindsey" show will be one of
the first events of its kind to integrate the latest social media
tools and a new video platform to connect kids with a sports hero
in an interactive, live event. Be an Epic Kids Reporter Kids:
Here's your chance to be an Epic Kids Reporter for the first-ever
"Live with Lindsey" online show. Ask for your parents' help in
recording a video question to Lindsey and then submit your video on
the Lindsey Is Epic YouTube page by midnight on Nov. 17. For
complete details and instructions on how to submit a video or a
question or for the terms and conditions, visit
http://www.lindseyisepic.com/Live. After submitting your videotaped
question, you'll need to post a status update on the Lindsey is
Epic Facebook fan page to be entered for the chance to win an Epic
Pass. Then, if your video or written question is aired during the
live online show, you will win a children's Epic Season Pass for
unlimited, unrestricted skiing or riding this winter season at Vail
Resorts' five world-class mountain resorts of Vail, Beaver Creek,
Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly, plus Arapahoe Basin. Or, you
can also post a Facebook question for Lindsey (with your parents
help, of course) on the Lindsey Is Epic Facebook page and then tune
in on Friday, Nov. 20 to see if Lindsey answers your question live,
online at http://www.lindseyisepic.com/. For more information,
visit http://www.lindseyisepic.com/Live. About Vail Resorts Vail
Resorts, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is the leading mountain
resort operator in the United States. The Company's subsidiaries
operate the mountain resort properties of Vail, Beaver Creek,
Breckenridge and Keystone mountain resorts in Colorado, the
Heavenly Ski Resort in the Lake Tahoe area of California and
Nevada, and the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. The
Company's subsidiary, RockResorts, a luxury resort hotel company,
manages casually elegant properties across the United States and in
the Caribbean. Vail Resorts Development Company is the real estate
planning, development and construction subsidiary of Vail Resorts,
Inc. Vail Resorts is a publicly held company traded on the New York
Stock Exchange (NYSE:MTN). The Vail Resorts company website is
http://www.vailresorts.com/ and consumer website is
http://www.snow.com/. DATASOURCE: Vail Resorts, Inc. CONTACT: Amy
Kemp, +1-303-404-1863, , or Liz Biebl, +1-970-754-3001, , both of
Vail Resorts, Inc. Web Site: http://www.vailresorts.com/
http://www.lindseyisepic.com/
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