The BaseCamp Music Experience, presented in conjunction with The Ski Tour (TST), a four-stop tour in which the world's best skiers will compete in skiercross or skier halfpipe competitions for $500,000"”the largest purse in skiing"”will be the focal point of off-hill entertainment at each of the tour stops. BaseCamp will feature over 30 bands and DJs, including Sean Paul, Hinder, Three Days Grace, Tommy Lee, Michael Franti & Spearhead, The Wailers, Blackalicious, Gomez, Donavon Frankenreiter, Swollen Members, Don Carlos, Elan, Kamphire Collective, DJ Logic, DJ Jillian Ann and more.
At most stops, these big-name acts will play in a centrally located, 14,000 square foot heated pavilion, accommodating up to 3,000 people. This structure, erected in the center of town, will occupy a city block. In addition to hosting the headline concert, the pavilion will be the hub for all of the festivities, featuring an array of events throughout the weekend, including street party bonfires, the Limelight Film Festival, rail jams, VIP, athlete, and pro photo shootout parties, fashion shows, and many more activities celebrating mountain culture.
"We're going to take the entire ski experience"”from the first chair to apres to late-night entertainment"”and turbo charge it into a three-day cultural experience for everyone who loves the mountain lifestyle," said TST co-founder Kipp Nelson. "If you're only going to go skiing one weekend of the year, you want it to be one of these four."
The launch of TST comes at a pivotal time for skiercross as the International Olympic Committee recently approved skiecross as a freestyle skiing event for the 2010 Olympics. TST founders want to see skier halfpipe follow suit. TST will put these sports into the national limelight, helping to promote them as viable Olympic sports.
For BaseCamp Music Experience and The Ski Tour photos, videos, music and athlete bios, competition schedules, music updates, and more, visit the newly re-launched www.theskitour.com
THE DETAILS 2007 TST/BaseCamp dates and locations Sun Valley, Idaho January 11-14, 2007 Breckenridge, Colorado February 1-4, 2007 Aspen/Snowmass, Colorado February 22-25, 2007 Squaw Valley, California March 8-11, 2007
