Spider Lives at Park City Film

I am excited to sponsor this movie. As many of you know, I grew up in Aspen where Spider Sabich and his story were a big part of my childhood. Please come out this evening to enjoy a great story and kick off the ski season. Spider’s daughter, my childhood friend, Missy will be present plus the directors of the movie.

When the skiing champion Spider Sabich was shot and killed by his lover, the singer Claudine Longet, in Aspen in March 1976, it sparked a national fascination and a media feeding frenzy that would continue through Longet’s trial in the Pitkin County Courthouse the following year. The salacious story of the jilted girlfriend killing this dashing national ski hero has overshadowed Sabich’s life story and his accomplishments on snow and in professional racing in the decades since. Sabich’s teammates, coaches and friends are aiming to rectify that as he is inducted posthumously into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame.