How will this work?

[Mike Thompson]

I noticed that you have three pros on your team.How and when can I ride with them?In the past when you guys had the big pros riding they would just cut the line and take like 5 laps before i could even get one.Then when I would catch up to them they were jerks holding up a feature so I couldn't even ride it,let alone WITH them.Do you have to pay to ride with the pros.Can I get some kinda special private lessons with my idol Mark Franc Montoya?

[Chief Marketing Officer]

Ha, I'm lauging as I read this.  Not a you.  But I think we've all experienced that exact situation at one time or another.

Not that it's an excuse but what most people don't realize is that when real pros are on the mountain, they are usually working.  Shooting, filming, practicing a feature, etc.  It's different work from you or me but it's what it takes to get the job done and for that we ususally let them cut line.  Again, that's not always the case, here or at other resorts, but a significant portion.

With regards to them being rude, there's no excuse for that but I can totally see when or why it might happen.  I can count on two hands the number of times someone has interrupted me or ridden through my line when I was trying to get a shot.  And I can only imagine how much worse it might be if I was a celebrity.

Now Cronk is here quite a bit so you can ride with him most any time.  Marco will be here three or four times this year.  And Louie will be here a couple times but mostly later in the season after the Olympics.  To ride with them you can either catch them on the mountain (I'm sure we'll let people know when they are around) OR you can enter a "Text To Win" Sweepstakes that we'll be rolling out in December where riders can win an official day on the mountain with their hero.  It's going to be pretty cool and you'll be seeing more of it as we get closer to the season.  Best of luck.