Deer Valley, Park City, Utah (November 30, 2006) –Deer Valley Resort will kick off its winter ski season with the excitement of a celebrity ski race. This year's event, The Deer Valley Celebrity SkiFest, will take place December 2 and 3, 2006. The invitational ski event pairs former Olympic ski legends with television and film celebrities for a weekend of skiing, live music and fundraising for the environmental group Waterkeeper Alliance, which works with 155 local Waterkeeper programs around the world standing up for clean water and strong communities.

Zeal Optics, creating the finest and latest in eyewear innovations over the past 10 years, shows its appreciation for this community-based organization by donating eyewear to the to the Celebrity Skifest. This is the fifth year that Zeal has been the official eyewear sponsor for this event.  We are always excited to provide our Zeal Optics sunglasses and goggles for this successful and worthy event,” says Wink Jackson, Zeal Optics’ co-founder. “It’s a great way to support such a dynamic non-profit group and help provide some really fun entertainment.”

The Deer Valley Celebrity SkiFest will include giant slalom races on both Saturday, December 2 and Sunday, December 3 on Deer Valley's Birdseye run. The competition will be televised by CBS on Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 5 P.M. (EST) following NFL Football. The public is welcome to watch the ski racing portion of the event adjacent to the Birdseye ski run. A Pro-Am race will be held Saturday, December 2nd at noon, with the final race on Sunday, December 3rd at noon.

Celebrities scheduled to attend at this time include: Glenn Close, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Larry David, Laurie David, Nicole Miller, Richard Dean Anderson, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Max Kennedy, Kerri Kennedy, Buzz Aldrin, Stanley Tucci, Rob Morrow, Dylan Bruno, David Conrad and James Blunt. Some of the best-known legends of U.S. skiing will compete in this year's event, including Phil and Steve Mahre, Tommy Moe, Diann Roffe, Hilary Lindh and Deer Valley's own Ambassador of Skiing Heidi Voelker.

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