ROSS REBAGLIATI

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Rebagliati Moves to Kelowna

by Camille Jensen - Story: 31513 July 07, 2007 / 9:00 am  

Getting snowboarding tips from Olympic snowboard champion Ross Rebagliati is something most kids only dream about. The creation of Kelowna Mountain, a new ski resort planned on Chute Lake Road, may make that dream a reality after officially signing Ross Rebagliati as their new director of Snowboarding and Skiing. The multi phase project has plans to create a four season residential resort including a golf course, ski hill and snowboard park.

By DAVID CROMPTON    Penticton Herald    Olympic gold-medalist Ross Rebagliati recalls in his younger days spending the summer holidays at his grandparents’ home in Naramata. After accepting the job as director of snowboarding and skiing for Kelowna Mountain – a four-season residential resort planned for Kelowna – Rebagliati will be close enough to visit Naramata on his lunch break if he so desires.    “I’m just a 20-minute drive away on my dirt bike from where we are at Kelowna Mountain,” said Rebagliati, who became the world’s first Olympic snowboarding champion at the 1998 Winter

July 3, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KELOWNA – The world’s first Olympic snowboarding champion will be training future Olympians at a four-seasons residential resort planned for Kelowna. Ross Rebagliati, B.C.’s Olympic gold medalist from the 1998 Nagano Games, is the new Director of Snowboarding and Skiing for Kelowna Mountain. Rebagliati lived in Whistler for 17 exciting and productive years. Ross and his wife Alexandra plan to share their time between Whistler and the Okanagan. Alexandra worked as a realtor in Whistler with Macdonald Realty and will continue to work with Macdonald Realty in Kelowna. “We believe having Ross join