Official name	Town of Vail, Colorado
Native name
Settlement type	Town
Motto
Map caption	Location in Eagle County and the state of Colorado
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Pushpin label position
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Coordinates region	US-CO
Subdivision type	Country
Subdivision name
Subdivision type1	State
Subdivision name1
Subdivision type2	County
Subdivision name2	Eagle County
Subdivision name4
Government type	Home Rule Municipality
Leader title	Mayor
Leader name	Dick Cleveland
Leader title1	Town Manager
Leader name1	Stan Zemler
Established title2
Established title3	Incorporated
Established date3	1966
Unit pref	Imperial
Area total km2	11.7
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Population as of	2000
Population total	4531
Population density km2	387.3
Population density sq mi	1006.9
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Elevation m	2445
Elevation ft	8022
Postal code type	ZIP code
Postal code	81657
Area code	970
Blank name	FIPS code
Blank info	08-80040
Blank1 name	GNIS feature ID
Blank1 info	0202339
Website	Town of Vail
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The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town is primarily known as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally master planned and conceived. Vail Ski Resort was established in December, 1962 and is the second largest ski mountain in North America (after Whistler Blackcomb).

History

Vail was incorporated in 1966, four years after the opening of Vail Ski Resort. The ski area was founded by Pete Seibert and local rancher Earl Eaton in 1962, between the town of Eagle and Vail Pass. The pass was named after Charles Vail, the highway engineer who routed U.S. Highway 6 through the Vail Valley in 1940, which eventually became a leg of Interstate 70.

Seibert, a New England native, served in the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division during World War II, which trained at Camp Hale, 14 miles south of Vail between Red Cliff and Leadville. He was seriously wounded in Italy and told he should become a professional skier when he recovered.

Geography

Vail's average elevation is 8,150 feet (2484 m) above sea level. The town has a total area of 4.5 square miles (11.8 km²), with no lakes (there is, however, at least one pond). Gore Creek flows from east to west through the center of town.

The town is surrounded by the White River National Forest and the Vail Ski Resort is leased from the United States Forest Service. Mount of the Holy Cross is visible from Vail Mountain.

Vail Mountain

Vail Mountain rises from 8,120 feet (2,476 m) to 11,570 feet (3,527 m), giving a vertical height of 3,450 feet (1,052 m). It has a skiable area, 33 ski lifts, 193 marked skiing trails on three faces: the front side, the back bowls, and Blue Sky Basin. The seven back bowls are Sun Down Bowl, Sun Up Bowl, Teacup Bowl, China Bowl, Siberia Bowl, Inner Mongolia Bowl, and Outer Mongolia Bowl.

Climate

Vail has pleasantly warm summers and cold winters because of its elevation. Depending on the classification used, it is either an alpine or subarctic climate. The temperature rarely rises above freezing point from late November to late February. The town receives an average of 200 inches of snowfall per season, with even more in the surrounding mountains. Roads may close occasionally during heavy snowfall. Summer temperatures can reach the 80s Fahrenheit, but are more often in the low to mid 70s. Combined with mountain breezes, this makes summers refreshing and cool.

Transportation

Vail is served by Eagle County Airport near Gypsum, 30 miles to the west. Native Americans used to call the area near the airport the "hole in the sky" because storms seemed to avoid it. Vail is modeled on European ski towns, many of which are car-free, and the town is partially pedestrianized. The town operates the largest free shuttle bus system in the United States and has one hybrid-electric bus. At each bus stop, a sign reports when the next two buses will arrive.

The In-Town Shuttle provides service every five minutes during peak winter times, and every 15 minutes off-peak, between Golden Peak, Vail Village, the business district, and Lionshead, with live schedule information provided at bus stops by Global Positioning System technology, which tracks buses. Other routes centering on the Transportation Center service the East and West Vail districts on a scheduled, but less frequent basis.

Eagle County provides bus service from the Transportation Center with service to Vail, Leadville, Minturn, Eagle-Vail, Avon, Beaver Creek, Edwards, Eagle, Gypsum and Dotsero.

Highways

Interstate 70 runs east-west through the middle of Vail and is the only road to or from Vail, with exits at West Vail, Vail town, and East Vail. Due east, the highway climbs Vail Pass and then travels to Denver, 97 miles away. To the west, it meets Highway 6 and Highway 24 at Dowd Junction, passes through Avon, Eagle, and Grand Junction, and reaches Utah, where it ends at the intersection with Interstate 15.

In West Vail, Highway 6 merges with I-70 at Dowd Junction. It roughly follows the original Highway 6 route until the two highways diverge again in Silverthorne, 31 miles to the east.

Demographics

The 2000 census found 4,531 people, 2,165 households, and 762 families living in the town. The population density was 999.0 people per square mile (385.3/km²). There were 5,389 housing units at an average density of 1,188.1 per square mile (458.3/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 94.13% White, 0.29% African American, 0.49% Native American, 1.66% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 1.43% from other races, and 1.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 6.20% of the population.

There were 2,165 households in which 11.8% had children under the age of 18, 30.0% were married couples, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 64.8% were non-families. 33.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 2.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 people and the average family size was 2.62 people.

The population age distribution was 9.9% people under the age of 18, 14.8% from 18 to 24, 47.9% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 4.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. There were 140.1 males for every 100 females, and 143.0 males for every 100 females age 18 and over.

The median household income was $56,680, and the median family income was $66,389. Men had a median income of $33,534 versus $32,065 for women. The per capita income for the town was $42,390. About 1.8% of families and 6.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 0.9% of those under age 18 and 7.2% of those aged 65 or over.

Economy

The Vail economy relies mostly upon tourism. While most of the industry is based on winter activities like skiing and snowboarding, Vail is also popular for summer vacations. Summer activities include guided hikes, mountain biking, horseback riding, carriage rides and fishing. Vail is also developing as a cultural center, with various art and music venues active throughout the summer. The town has a developed culinary center, with a variety of restaurants.

! District	! I-70 Exit	! Feature
East Vail	East Vail	Single-family homes
Golf Course	Vail, East Vail	Golf course, Ford Park, low density homes
Golden Peak	Vail	Mountain portal, multi-family homes
Vail Village	Vail	Mountain portal, retail, resort, transportation center & public parking, Colorado Ski Museum. Ski lift access to the Mid Vail mountain complex.
Business	Vail	City government, hospital, banks, offices, inter-faith chapel, low density homes
Lionshead	Vail	Mountain portal, retail, resort, library, ice arena, public parking. Ski lift access to Eagle's Nest and Adventure Ridge mountain complexes.
Sandstone (North of I-70)	Vail, West Vail	Mixed-use: Retail, offices, grocery stores, post office, grade school, homes
Proposed (EverVail)	West Vail	Mountain portal, resort
Cascade Village	West Vail	Mountain portal, resort
West Vail	West Vail	Single-family homes

Arts and culture

Notable cultural events

Vail Film Festival — in March or early April, annually

Vail Lacrosse Shootout - Late June-Early July Ford Park.

Vail Valley Music Festival - featuring the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Vail International Dance Festival - summer dance festival featuring major ballet and contemporary dance companies. Notable companies include the New York City Ballet, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, and the San Francisco Ballet.

Museums and other points of interest

Betty Ford Alpine Gardens

Colorado Ski Museum

Steadman-Hawkins clinic — World renowned clinic for knee injuries

Vail Ski Resort

Government

Vail has a council-manager form of government and is led by a seven member town council elected at-large.

Education

Vail's public schools are part of Eagle County School District RE-50, with high school students attending Battle Mountain High School. Eagle County Schools also offers the Vail Ski & Snowboard Academy, a joint program with area ski programs for students in grades 8-12 who are involved in competitive skiing and snowboarding. Private schools in Vail include Vail Mountain School (K-12), Vail Christian High School (9-12), St. Clare of Assisi Catholic School (K-8), and The Vail Academy (PK-8). Higher education is available at the Vail Eagle Valley campus of Colorado Mountain College.

Media

The ''Vail Daily'' newspaper is published by Colorado Mountain News Media. Alternative news and information sources include Vail Mountaineer.

A broadcast translator for public radio station KUNC allows listeners in the Eagle Valley to listen at 99.7 FM.

Two specialty television networks have stations in Vail, Plum TV and Resort Sports Network. The latter, branded as TV-8, also broadcasts on the low-powered UHF station K45IE. The Ski Channel is available only on DirecTV on Channel 1860.

During the mid 1970s, Vail became known as the Western White House of President Gerald Ford, when he conducted much of the nation's business from ''The Lodge at Vail'' hotel. The national media followed Ford to Vail and often broadcast television pictures of Vail's mountain slopes.

Famous residents

Michael Bloomberg

Toby Dawson

Gerald Ford ''part-time'' (''also lived in Beaver Creek, Grand Rapids and Rancho Mirage'')

John Glenn ''part-time'' (''also lives in Cleveland and Orlando'')

Brad Ludden

Sarah Schleper

Richard Steadman

Ryan Sutter

Trista Sutter

Lindsey Vonn ''part-time'' (''also lives in Germany and Atlanta'')

Sister cities

St. Moritz, Switzerland

See also

Colorado municipalities

Eagle County, Colorado

Edwards Micropolitan Statistical Area

State of Colorado

Vail Lacrosse Shootout

Vail Ski Resort

References

External links

Town of Vail website

''Vail Valley Partnership'', The Chamber and Tourism Bureau

Category:Populated places in Eagle County, Colorado Category:Towns in Colorado

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Name	Deas Vail
Background	group_or_band
Origin	Russellville, Arkansas
Genre	Indie rock
Years active	2003—present
Label	Mono Vs Stereo(2009–present) Brave New World Records(2005–2008)
Website	DeasVail.com
Current members	Wes BlaylockLaura BlaylockAndy MooreJustin FroningWes Saunders
Past members	Jonathan ChildsKelsey Harelson }}

Deas Vail (pronounced "day-us vayl") is an indie rock band signed to Mono Vs Stereo label. Their band name is a combination of Latin and old French; it roughly translates to "servant of God".

History

Noted for having musical similarities to Death Cab for Cutie, Mew, Copeland, and Mae, Deas Vail was formed in the university town of Russellville, Arkansas in 2003. After a couple of years of touring, Deas Vail signed to Brave New World Records (founded by producer Mark Lee Townsend) in 2005. In the fall of 2006, they released the Collapse EP. Sales for the EP through touring alone exceeded 2,500 units. Deas Vail toured across the nation with artists such as John Reuben, The New Frontiers, and The Tide.

In late 2006, the band entered the studio again with Mark Lee Townsend to finish their first indie label LP, ''All the Houses Look the Same''. The album was nationally released on March 6, 2007 and featured in magazines such as ''Alternative Press'', ''Relevant Magazine'', and ''Hard Music Magazine''. Another EP, ''White Lights EP'', was released on August 26, 2008. Their latest album, ''Birds and Cages'', was released on October 27, 2009 through the revived label Mono vs. Stereo, available through the band's website, via iTunes, and on tour. The album had a full physical release on January 26, 2010.

In September 2009, the band toured with Mae, followed by a tour with Owl City and Lights in early 2010. In March and April 2010, Deas Vail toured as an opening band for Copeland on their farewell tour. Deas Vail performed as part of the 2010 Vans Warped Tour from August 1 through August 15. In late 2010, two-fifths of Deas Vail, Wes Blaylock and Andy Moore, performed as an acoustic duo to open a set of Christmas-themed shows with Sherwood and Relient K.

In the music video for "Excuses", all band members were seen wearing an armband with a key attached to it on their left forearm. When questioned at their concert with Owl City and Lights at the Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge, LA, Laura Blaylock stated, "The keys are kind of from our new album ''Birds & Cages'' and they represent freedom from cages."

By October 2010, the band had begun work on their new self-titled album, which is set to be released October 11, 2011. On May 25, 2011, they released a lyric video of their new song, "Sixteen", with another video, "Summer Forgets Me", premiering on Alt Press' website nearly a month later.

Band members

Wes Blaylock – lead vocals

Laura Blaylock – piano, keyboards, synthesizers, programming

Justin Froning – bass guitar

Wes Saunders – drums, percussion

Andy Moore – guitars

Discography

Title !! Date !! Label
''This Place Is Painted Red''	April 27, 2005	Self-publishing>Self Published
''Colapse	Collapse''
''All the Houses Look the Same''
''White Lights''
''Birds and Cages''	January 26, 2010
''Deas Vail''	October 11, 2011

See also

Mark Lee Townsend

References

External links

Deas Vail's official website

Deas Vail at CD Baby

Full Review of 'Birds & Cages' on The Album Project

Deas Vail at Absolute Punk

Category:American indie rock groups Category:Musical groups from Arkansas

Name	Lindsey Vonn
Country
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Club	Vail SSC
Skis	Head
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}}

Lindsey Caroline Vonn (née Kildow, born October 18, 1984) is an American alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team. She has won three consecutive overall World Cup and downhill championships (2008, 2009, 2010), the first American woman and third woman ever to accomplish this. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman. Vonn also won three consecutive World Cup season titles in Super G (the first American woman to do so), and two consecutive titles in the combined.

As of March 2011, she has 41 World Cup wins in four disciplines (downhill, Super G, slalom, and super combined). With her Olympic gold and bronze medals, two World Championship gold medals in 2009 (plus three silver medals in 2007 / 2011), and three overall World Cup titles, Vonn has become the most successful American skier in ski racing history.

Vonn received the Laureus World Sports Awards Sportswoman of the Year for 2010. She was also honored again as the USOC's sportswoman of the year for 2010.

Personal life

Vonn was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, as Lindsey Caroline Kildow and raised in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, in Burnsville. She was on skis at age two before moving into Erich Sailer's renowned development program at Buck Hill, which also produced slalom racer Kristina Koznick. Her father, Alan Kildow, who had been a national junior skiing champion before a knee injury at 18, "pushed" her very hard, according to Sailer.

When Vonn was ten years old, she met Olympic gold medalist ski racer Picabo Street, whom she considers her heroine and role model. Their meeting made such an impression on Street that she remembered the meeting and later would serve as Vonn's mentor in skiing. Vonn commuted to Colorado to train for several years before her family moved to Vail in the late 1990s.

Vonn attended University of Missouri High School, an online program through the university's Center for Distance and Independent Study.

Vonn's nicknames are "Kildon", "Don Don" and "The Don." Her hobbies include cycling, tennis, reading, and watching NBC's ''Law & Order;'' Vonn appeared as a guest star in the final series episode ("Rubber Room") on ''Law & Order'' on May 24, 2010. She married fellow 2002 Olympian and former U.S. Ski Team athlete Thomas Vonn on September 29, 2007, at the Silver Lake Lodge in Deer Valley, Utah.

During the World Cup racing season in Europe, the U.S. team stayed in Kirchberg. The most unusual of Vonn's trophies also lives in Kirchberg: Olympe the cow. Vonn kept the oversized pet instead of the check for her 2005 win in Val D'Isère.

She also frequently stays at the home of her friend and major competitor, Maria Riesch in Garmisch, Germany. Traditionally, Lindsey and Thomas Vonn spend Christmas Eve at the Riesch family home; Lindsey is fluent in German with an Austrian accent. During the off-season, the Vonns reside in Vail, Colorado., but also have residences in Germany and Atlanta.

Vonn appeared in ''Sports Illustrated''s Swimsuit Edition that featured Winter Olympians in 2010. Vonn also made #59 on ''Maxim'''s Hot 100 list.

Through December 2010, Vonn has yet to record a World Cup victory on U.S. snow, but has eight wins in North America in seven consecutive seasons, all at Lake Louise, Alberta.

Skiing career

Early years

In 1999, Vonn became the first American female to win at Italy's ''Trofeo Topolino'' (for skiers of ages 11–14) where she was victorious in slalom. After climbing through the ranks of the U.S. Ski Team, she made her World Cup debut at age 16 on November 18, 2000 in Park City, Utah.

2002–2005

In her Olympic debut at the 2002 Winter Olympics at age 17, Vonn raced in both slalom and combined in Salt Lake City, with her best result coming with sixth in combined. On March 4, 2003, she earned a silver medal in downhill in the Junior World Championship at Puy Saint-Vincent, France.

Vonn credits a change in her attitude towards training after a bike ride with fellow ski racer Julia Mancuso and Mancuso's father Ciro while visiting them at their Lake Tahoe home in California. With little biking experience, she quickly found herself miles behind Julia and Ciro. Alone and embarrassed, she decided she needed to drastically revise her training regimen and her attitude towards training if she was going to be successful.

On March 24, 2004, Vonn was the downhill silver medalist at the U.S. Alpine Championships in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. In December 2004, Vonn climbed onto the World Cup podium for the first time with a downhill victory at Lake Louise, Alberta. She captured five more World Cup podiums over the next two months.

In 2005, she competed in four races at her first World Championships held in Bormio, Italy, pulling in fourth place finishes in both the downhill and the combined. She was ninth in Super-G, but failed to finish the giant slalom. She cited the unexpected appearance of her father, with whom she has a strained relationship, for rattling her before the event.

2006–2007

At her second Winter Olympics in 2006, Vonn crashed in the final training run for the downhill race on February 13, 2006 in San Sicario, Italy; she was evacuated by helicopter to Turin and was hospitalized overnight. Despite a bruised hip, she returned the following day to compete and finished eighth. The gritty performance earned her the U.S. Olympic Spirit Award, as voted by American fans, fellow Team USA athletes, former U.S. Olympians, and members of the media for best representing the Olympic Spirit.

Vonn earned her first "big race" medals with silver in both downhill and Super-G at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden. A training crash before the slalom caused her a low-level ACL sprain to her right knee, ending her season four weeks early. Nevertheless, she finished third for the season in the women's 2007 World Cup disciplines of downhill and Super G.

2008–2010

In 2008, Lindsey Vonn won the overall World Cup title. She became only the second American woman to do so, following Tamara McKinney in 1983. American Bode Miller won the men's title to complete the first U.S. sweep of the men's and women's overall titles in 25 years (McKinney and Phil Mahre in 1983). She also won the World Cup season title in the downhill and the U.S. Alpine Championships combined title (downhill & slalom), marking her best ski season to date. Vonn also established a new all-time record for most World Cup downhill victories by an American with ten, winning at Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on March 8.

In 2009, Vonn repeated as overall World Cup champion, as well as repeating as champion in the downhill and also winning the season championship in Super-G by winning the final race of the season. During the season, she broke Tamara McKinney's American record of 18 World Cup victories when she won the Super G at Tarvisio in February. Her nine World Cup wins also set an American single-season record, surpassing Phil Mahre's total of eight in 1982. At the 2009 World Championships in Val-d'Isère, France, Vonn won her first world championship and became the first American woman to win the world Super-G title. In the super combined event, she won the downhill portion and had appeared to have finished second in the event with a strong slalom performance, but was disqualified for splitting a gate. Three days later she won the gold in the Downhill. During early 2009, she appeared in Alka-Seltzer television commercials in the United States as support for the United States Ski Team. During the summer of 2009, Vonn switched her equipment sponsor and supplier to Head skis, after previously racing her entire career on Rossignol skis. In October 2009, Vonn was awarded the Skieur d'Or Award by members of the International Association of Ski Journalists for her performances during the previous season.

In December 2009, Vonn sustained a bruised arm after a large crash during the opening run of the World Cup giant slalom. She continued racing as there was no fracture that would prevent her return and run at the Olympic Games in Vancouver. Despite skiing with her arm in a brace due to the injury, Vonn won three straight races (two downhills and a Super G) in Haus im Ennstal, Austria from January 8–10, 2010. The wins raised her to second among American skiers on the all-time career list for World Cup wins with 28, passing Phil Mahre and trailing only Bode Miller. On January 14, 2010, Lindsey Vonn was named Colorado Athlete of the Year for 2009. With her victory in a Super G just prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics, she clinched her second straight Super G discipline title with two races still to go. Vonn ended up also winning the overall title, as well as the discipline titles in downhill, Super G and combined, and by winning the last Super G of the season, she boosted her overall World Cup victory total to 33, surpassing Bode Miller for the most World Cup victories by an American. The third consecutive overall World Cup title also equals Phil Mahre's American record and makes Vonn the third woman to achieve it, behind Petra Kronberger with 3 straight and Annemarie Moser-Pröll with 5 straight. Vonn was also named by the Associated Press as 2010 Female Athlete of the Year.

2010 Winter Olympics

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vonn planned to compete in five events. On February 10, she revealed that she had a bruised shin. Vonn said the pain from her injury was "excruciating" and she would have a difficult time competing at the Winter Olympics. Due to unseasonably warm weather and resultant poor snow conditions, many of the Alpine skiing events were moved back, giving Vonn additional time to heal. On February 17, in her first event, Vonn won the gold medal in the downhill, besting longtime U.S. rival Julia Mancuso by 0.56 seconds, becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in downhill.

In her second event, the super-combined, Vonn finished first in the downhill portion of the race. However, in the slalom portion, she crashed out because she failed to get her ski around a right-hand gate. Vonn said her shin wasn't the problem. Vonn's friend, Maria Riesch, won the gold, and teammate Julia Mancuso earned the silver medal.

In her third event, the super-G, Vonn finished third behind Andrea Fischbacher and Tina Maze. Vonn was 0.74 second back from first place. On the last part of the race, Vonn said she didn't ski as aggressively as she could have and lost the race because of it. After the race, questions were raised about the setup of the course. Vonn's husband, Thomas, said the course was deliberately set up against Vonn. Austrian coach Juergen Kriechbaum denied any wrongdoing.

In her fourth event, the giant slalom, visibility was reduced by thick, low fog. Vonn crashed in her first run, resulting in a broken fourth finger and Vonn's disqualification from the event. In her fifth event, the slalom, Vonn lost control and straddled a gate, disqualifying her from the event.

World Cup victories

Season titles

12 titles (3 overall, 4 downhill, 3 super G, 2 combined)

Season	! Discipline
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"	2008	Overall
align=center
rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"	Overall
align=center	Downhill
align=center
rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"	Overall
align=center	Downhill
align=center
rowspan ="3" style="text-align:center;"	Combined

Race victories

41 race victories (21 downhill, 14 super G, 2 slalom, 4 combined)

{|class="wikitable" |- !Season !Date !Location !Race |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2005 || December 3, 2004|| Lake Louise, AB, Canada || align=center|Downhill |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2006 3 victories (2 DH, 1 SG) || December 3, 2005|| Lake Louise, AB, Canada || align=center|Downhill |- | December 17, 2005|| Val-d'Isère, France || align=center|Downhill |- | March 3, 2006|| Hafjell, Norway || align=center|Super G |- | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| 2007 3 victories (2 DH, 1 SG) || December 2, 2006|| Lake Louise, AB, Canada || align=center|Downhill |- | December 20, 2006|| Val-d'Isère, France || align=center|Downhill |- | January 28, 2007|| San Sicario, Italy || align=center|Super G |- | rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| 2008 6 victories (5 DH, 1 SC) || December 1, 2007|| Lake Louise, AB, Canada || align=center| Downhill |- | December 21, 2007|| rowspan=2| St. Anton, Austria || align=center|Downhill |- | December 22, 2007|| align=center|Super Combined |- | January 19, 2008|| Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || align=center|Downhill |- | February 9, 2008|| Sestriere, Italy || align=center|Downhill |- | March 8, 2008|| Crans-Montana, Switzerland || align=center|Downhill |- | rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| 2009 9 victories (2 DH, 4 SG, 2 SL, 1 SC) || November 15, 2008|| Levi, Finland || align=center|Slalom |- | December 5, 2008|| Lake Louise, AB, Canada || align=center|Downhill |- | January 17, 2009|| Altenmarkt, Austria || align=center|Super Combined |- | January 30, 2009|| rowspan=2| Garmisch, Germany || align=center|Slalom |- | February 1, 2009|| align=center|Super G |- | February 22, 2009|| Tarvisio, Italy || align=center|Super G |- | March 1, 2009|| Bansko, Bulgaria || align=center|Super G |- | March 11, 2009 || rowspan=2| Åre, Sweden || align=center|Downhill |- | March 12, 2009 || align=center|Super G |- | rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| 2010 11 victories (6 DH, 4 SG, 1 SC) || December 4, 2009 || rowspan=2| Lake Louise, AB, Canada || align=center|Downhill |- | December 5, 2009 || align=center|Downhill |- | December 18, 2009 || Val-d'Isère, France || align=center|Super Combined |- | January 8, 2010 || rowspan=3| Haus im Ennstal, Austria || align=center|Downhill |- | January 9, 2010 || align=center|Downhill |- | January 10, 2010 || align=center|Super G |- | January 22, 2010|| rowspan=2| Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || align=center|Super G |- | January 23, 2010|| align=center|Downhill |- | January 31, 2010|| St. Moritz, Switzerland || align=center|Super G |- | March 6, 2010|| Crans-Montana, Switzerland || align=center|Downhill |- | March 12, 2010|| Garmisch, Germany || align=center|Super G |- | rowspan="8" style="text-align:center;"| 2011 8 victories (3 DH, 4 SG, 1 SC) || December 5, 2010|| Lake Louise, AB, Canada || align=center|Super G |- | December 18, 2010|| rowspan=2| Val-d'Isère, France || align=center|Downhill |- | December 19, 2010|| align=center|Super Combined |- | January 8, 2011|| Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria || align=center|Downhill |- | January 21, 2011|| rowspan=2| Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy || align=center|Super G |- | January 23, 2011|| align=center|Super G |- | February 26, 2011|| Åre, Sweden || align=center|Downhill |- | March 6, 2011|| Tarvisio, Italy || align=center|Super G |}

References

External links

FIS-Ski.com – World Cup season standings - Lindsey Vonn

U.S. Ski Team - biography

Ski-DB.com - Results - Lindsey Vonn

2010 Winter Olympics - profile - Lindsey Vonn

lindseyvonn.com - official site

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2010 - Lindsey Vonn

The Ski Channel - profile

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name	Arsenio Hall
birth date	February 12, 1956
Birth place	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
occupation	Actor, comedian, television host
years active	1982–present
website	http://www.arseniohall.com/ }}

Arsenio Hall (born February 12, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, and former talk show host. He is best known for his talk show ''The Arsenio Hall Show'', which ran between 1989 and 1994, and his roles in the films ''Coming to America'' and ''Harlem Nights''.

Hall is also known for his appearance as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the talk show ''Thicke of the Night''.

Early years

Hall was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Anne and Fred Hall, a Baptist minister. Hall performed as a magician when he was a child. He attended Warrensville Heights High School in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. After he graduated, he attended Ohio University, where he was on the speech team with Nancy Cartwright and Leon Harris. He then transferred to Kent State University.

Career

He later moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue a career in stand-up comedy, making a couple of appearances on ''Soul Train''. Hall was the original voice of Winston Zeddemore in the cartoon ''The Real Ghostbusters'' from 1986–1987. In 1988, he co-starred in the comedy film ''Coming to America'' with Eddie Murphy. In 1984, he was also the announcer/sidekick for Alan Thicke during the short-lived talk show ''Thicke of the Night'' (a role for which he has on occasion noted his confusion with Monty Hall).

Talk shows

In 1986, the Fox network introduced ''The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers'', created to directly challenge ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''. After a moderate start, ratings for the show sagged. Behind-the-scenes relations between Rivers and network executives at Fox quickly eroded, and Rivers left in 1987. Renamed ''The Late Show'', it featured several hosts including Ross Shafer, Suzanne Somers, Richard Belzer, and Robert Townsend before it was cancelled in 1988. Hall was chosen to host the show in the fall of 1987, and proved to be immensely popular.

From January 2, 1989, until May 27, 1994, he hosted a syndicated late-night talk show, ''The Arsenio Hall Show''. The show became known for its audience's distinctive alternative to applause: chanting "Roo, Roo, Roo!" while pumping/cranking their fists. The practice soon became such a ritual that by 1991 had become a "pop-culture stamp of approval"—one that Hall said had become "so popular it's getting on people's nerves." The gesture made it into films of the time: the title character played by Julia Roberts did it in a polo scene in ''Pretty Woman'' (1990), and characters played by Penny Marshall and Michael J. Fox did it in ''The Hard Way''. This popular gesture can also be found in the 1993 Mel Brooks' comedy ''Robin Hood: Men in Tights''.

He also had a rivalry with Jay Leno after the latter was named host of ''The Tonight Show'', during which Hall said that he would "kick Jay's ass" in the ratings game.

Perhaps one of the show's most noted guest stars was then-Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Bill Clinton, who performed a rendition of Elvis Presley's ''Heartbreak Hotel'' on the saxophone during his appearance in June 1992. However, the ratings for Hall's program began to struggle and he also butted heads with Paramount, his distributor. The tension arose from Hall's invitation to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in February 1994. Hall gave the entire hour to Farrakhan and did not do anything else besides conduct an interview. The program was canceled in May 1994.

Hall used his fame during this period to help fight worldwide prejudice against HIV and AIDS, after Magic Johnson contracted the disease; Hall and Johnson filmed a PSA about the disease that aired in the early 1990s.

Hall had previously appeared as Alan Thicke's sidekick on the talk show ''Thicke of the Night''.

Current work

Since ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' ended, Hall has made many appearances on television (including a short-lived 1997 sitcom called ''Arsenio'') starring in ''Martial Law'' with Sammo Hung from 1999–2000 and hosting the revival of ''Star Search'' in 2003. On the latter program, he tried to popularize the catch phrase "Hit me with the digits!"

Hall appeared as himself in ''Chappelle's Show'' in March 2004, when Dave was imagining "what Arsenio is doing right now" in a dinner scene.

As of 2008, Hall is a guest co-host on Wednesday evenings on ''The Tim Conway Jr. Show'' on KLSX 97.1 FM radio. Hall also hosted MyNetworkTV's comedic clip show ''The World's Funniest Moments'' and TV One's ''100 Greatest Black Power Moves''.

Hall was considered to be the host of the syndicated version of ''Deal or No Deal'' and filmed a pilot (there were six taped). However, by the time the syndicated series began on September 8, 2008, Howie Mandel was the host.

Hall continued to host the myNetworkTV show ''The World's Funniest Moments'' (premiered July 15, 2009), an ''America's Funniest Home Videos'' style show reviewing funny clips from the internet and viewers. He appeared regularly on ''The Jay Leno Show'' and was a guest on ''Lopez Tonight'' (November 25, 2009). George Lopez credits Arsenio for being the reason he has a late night show; he appeared on ''The Arsenio Hall Show'' more times than any other comedian. Lopez requested Hall be a co-host on ''Lopez Tonight'' (November 25, 2009) since he was his inspiration and the first "late night party show host". Aside from discussing the 16 appearances by Lopez on Hall's talk show, he also discussed his relationship with Paula Abdul.

Personal life

Hall has never been married. He has one son.

Filmography

''The 1/2 Hour Comedy Hour'' (1983) – Host

''Thicke of the Night'' (1983) – Himself (1984)

''New Love, American Style'' (1985)

''The Motown Revue Starring Smokey Robinson'' (1985)

''Solid Gold'' (1980) – Himself (1986–1987)

''The Real Ghostbusters'' (1986) – Winston Zeddemore (voice) (1986–1987)

''The Late Show'' (1986) TV Series – Himself/Host (1987)

''Amazon Women on the Moon'' (1987) – Apartment Victim

''Uptown Comedy Express'' (1987) – Himself

''Coming to America'' (1988) – Semmi/Extremely Ugly Girl/Morris/Reverend Brown

''Harlem Nights'' (1989) – Crying Man

''Comic Relief III'' (1989) (TV) – Himself

''Paula Abdul: Straight Up'' (1989) – Himself

''The Arsenio Hall Show'' (1989–1994) – Host

''Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS, and You'' (1992) – Host

''Blankman'' (1994) – Himself

''Arsenio'' (1997) – Michael Atwood

''Muppets Tonight'' (1997) - Himself

''Martial Law'' (1998) – Terrell Parker

''Star Search'' (2003–2005) – Host

''Chappelle Show'' (2003) – Himself

''The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie'' (2005) – Himself

''The Proud Family Movie'' (2005) – Dr. Carver/Bobby Proud (voice; taking over for Cedric the Entertainer)

''Scooby Doo! Pirates Ahoy!'' (2006) – Captain Crothers (voice)

''Flavor of Love 3'' (2008) – Himself

''Igor'' (2008) – Carl Cristall (voice)

''Meet Dave'' (2008)

''Brothers'' (2009) (TV) – Himself

''Black Dynamite'' (2009) – Tasty Freeze

''Tosh.0'' (2010) – Himself

Discography

In 1989, Hall released an album on MCA Records, ''Large & In Charge'' (ASIN B000008EAV), under the moniker "Chunky A". Chunky A was supposed to be Hall's overweight "little brother". The album had one minor hit "Owww!" and featured guest rappers Ice-T and KRS-One and guest musicians Cameo.

References

Further reading

''Arsenio Hall'' by Norman King. William Morrow & Co., 1993. ISBN 0517145987

External links

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