CALENDAR: Chicago USSA ball set for Oct. 26

The USSA fundraiser season continues Oct. 26 with the 2007 Chicago Ski and Snowboard Ball.

SR's SNOWSPORT COMMUNITY EVENTS CALENDAR

U.S. Ski and Snowboard Foundation fundraisers   
   
Oct. 26 — 2007 Chicago Ski and Snowboard Ball
The Standard Club, Chicago

Featuring World Cup champion aerialist Jeret Peterson, Olympic bronze snowboard medalist Chris Klug and World Cup alpine winner Steven Nyman

Location: The Standard Club, Chicago
Contact: 800-809-SNOW or donate@ussa.org
Register by Oct. 16; register online at foundation.usskiteam.com/events.html

Nov. 8 — New York Ski and Snowboard Ball
Hammerstein Ballroom

Featuring Olympic halfpipe silver medalist Gretchen Bleiler, World Championships nordic combined silver medalist Bill Demong and World Cup disabled champion Stephani Victor

Location: The Hammerstein Ballroom, New York
Contact: 800-809-SNOW or donate@ussa.org

Nov. 14 — New England Ski and Snowboard Ball
Harvard Club, Boston

Featuring Olympic SBX gold medalist Seth Wescott, men’s alpiner Jimmy Cochran and Paralympic medalist Chris Devlin-Young

Location: Harvard Club, Boston
Contact: 800-809-SNOW or donate@ussa.org

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Boulder fall lectures featuring Ron LeMaster
    The Boulder Center for Sports Medicine 2007 Fall Lecture Series is ongoing in Boulder, Colorado.
    The series runs on Wednesdays from 7-8 p.m. at the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine, Sports Science Lab, 311 Mapleton Avenue in Boulder. The lectures are free.
    Ski Racing magazine contributor Ron LeMaster, a technical advisor to the U.S. Ski Team, will host the lecture “New faces on the World Cup” on Nov. 14.
    Other lectures in the series:
• Oct. 17 — “Strength training for endurance athletes,” Neal Henderson, MS, CSCS
• Oct. 24 — “Getting to the core of core stability: treating low back pain using diagnostic ultrasound,” Cathy Fraser, PT, and Russ Overy, DPT
• Nov. 7 — “Environmental stress and the winter athlete: prevention, diagnosis and treatment,” Matt Schneider, PA-C
    For more information, call 303-441-2173 or go to www.bch.org/sportsmedicine. 

Ski Racing's Snowsport Community Events Calendar is your source for information on charity events, lectures, seminars, parties, fundraisers and fun races. Send your event information to: dcameron@skiracing.com.