This year the ECES is proudly sponsoring one American Olympic PGS racer - Tyler Jewell! All proceeds from the event will be donated. However as we strive to keep costs down for our participants, there usually isn't a huge sum left over, so any extra donations will be greatly appreciated. For this reason, we are limiting our sponsorship to just one racer at this time. If a windfall of donations comes in, we will consider spreading it to the other US Olympic racers.
ECES T-shirt and raffle ticket sales will be used to generate our donation to Tyler. If you would like to contribute more than that to Tyler's ECES sponsorship, you may Pay Pal your donation to me at michaud.jack(at)gmail.com. Make sure you reference Tyler Jewell. Because the ECES happens after the Olympics, I will be personally fronting a minimum donation of $500 to Tyler before the Olympics.
This is a huge opportunity for the freecarving community to come together and show our support for our racing brethren. Tyler has worked hard and sacrificed much to live the racer's dream and get a college education, including living in a tent! I hope we can make a significant donation and help get Tyler to Vancouver. The time for us to step up is now!
Here are some info and articles about Tyler and his quest:
http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2452/index.html
http://www.teamusa.org/news/2009/07/20/going-for-the-gold-tyler-jewell/14440
http://skiing.teamusa.org/athletes/tyler-jewell?cmpid=2&keyword=Tyler%20Jewell
http://www.ussnowboarding.com/athletes/athlete?athleteId=1176
Thanks to Phil Fell for helping to put us in touch with Tyler.
Pay Pal your donation to michaud.jack(at)gmail.com and reference Tyler Jewell. (replace "(at)" with "@")
Thanks!!!