Coloradans will drive to support and promote skiing and snowboarding
I posted previously about the creation of a snowsports-theme Colorado license plate. My first post was about the petition promoted by Colorado Ski Country USA and the second was about the passage of Senate Bill 161, creating the country's first plate with ski and snowboard figures on it. Earlier this week, Governor Bill Ritter signed the bill against the snow-covered slopes of Arapahoe Basin, the only Colorado ski area that has not yet lowered the curtain on the 2008-09 season. There is was in a gubernatorial suitcoat, surrounded by people whose attired was more "Denver" than "ski area."
"For decades now, people have wondered why Colorado doesn’t offer a ski license plate," Gov. Ritter said. "After all, Colorado is the ski and snowboard capital of the world. Colorado’s skiers and snowboarders are a unique part of our culture, and I am delighted to sign this bill into law."
Full details of when the new plate will be available are still to come, and my next post on the topic will be when I get mine.
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Its a very good news that Governor Bill Ritter signed Colorado Ski License Plate Bill.His speech is also very good.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they can offer a mountain climbing license plate next!
ReplyDeleteIt would be pretty cool to superimpose some climbers on the mountains on Colorado's regular plates -- very subtle.
ReplyDeleteTurns out the Colorado's new plate is not the first with both a skier and a rider. The "first in the nation" came from Colorado Ski Country USA, and I believed them. Washington State has one, but as Scott Kaden of the Pacific Northwest Ski & Snowboard Assn. wrote to a ski industry trade publication, "Colorado's plate is not country's first to depict a skier and rider. Further, the Washington state plate clearly states "Ski and Ride Washington" -- quite possibly a 'first' (but I haven't done my fact checking). With some of the Pacific Northwest ski areas witnessing an even ratio (i.e., 50/50 split) of skiers and snowboarders, the designers of the plate felt it absolutely necessary to incorporate both disciplines into the plate design.) The confusion might exist because there are so few of these "Ski and Ride Washington" license plates on the roadways of the west." I'm planning to put one on my Colorado when it becomes available, and I hope more snowriders in Washington put the ski/ride plates on their cars too.
ReplyDeleteWe've been looking into this and I wanted to give you a little update. It turns out that is was the Department of Revenue that gave us the statistic that Colorado was (supposedly) the first state to have a license plate with a snowboarder. Clearly they were misinformed. We apologize for the incorrect information and have changed all our press material accordingly. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we regret any trouble caused to you by reporting the story with this incorrect fact. The next time the government gives us information we'll be more inclined to fact check it more closely.
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Jennifer Rudolph
Colorado Ski Country USA