Video and Slideshow: Aspen Gay Ski Week’s Downhill Costume Contest
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Matte Curry, of Carbondale, performs a dance for the crowd at Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest Friday afternoon at the base of Ajax while the event's hostess, Miss Richfield 1981, comments on his moves.
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The team from the Aspen Club & Spa poses for photographs after the Downhill Costume Contest at Aspen Gay Ski Week.
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Participants in the Aspen Gay Ski Week Downhill Costume Contest ski down the Little Nell run Friday afternoon.
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A massive gay pride flag is skied down the Little Nell run Friday afternoon during Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest.
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Miss Richfield 1981 background,, the host of the Downhill Costume Contest at Aspen Gay Ski Week, dances with a contestant.
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Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo, second from right, jokes around with participants in Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest Friday by handing them money.
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Miss Richfield 1981, the Aspen Gay Ski Week Downhill Costume Contest hostess, introduces Matte Curry, of Carbondale, at Aspen Gay Ski Week last year after he ran down Little Nell without any skis strapped to his feet. He did, however, dance and smile the whole way down. Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo, one of the event's judges, watches from the background.
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Matte Curry, left, reacts as Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo, right, judges his performance at Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest Friday.
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Kei Koizumi, right, and Jeff Dutton perform a risque dance on stage after skiing down Little Nell during Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest Friday.
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Jeff Dutton, right, tries to prevent his Downhill Costume Contest partner Kei Koizumi from falling down while approaching the finish area near the Silver Queen Gondola. Koizumi ended up falling on his bare bottom.
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Spectators at Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest laugh as they watch the show from the base area next to the Silver Queen Gondola.
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A contestant in the Downhill Costume Contest shows off his homemade costume as hostess Miss Richfield 1981 makes fun of him.
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A.J. Makibbin, of Carbondale, performs a dance for the judges at Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest. Makibbin's drag queen name is Visa D'Kline.
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A.J. Makibbin, a.k.a. Visa D'Kline, skis down Little Nell during Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume Contest last year.
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Pitkin County Sheriff Joe DiSalvo, second from right, awards a participant 10 points out of a possible 10 during Aspen Gay Ski Week's Downhill Costume contest Friday.
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The base of the Silver Queen Gondola was the festive scene of one of Aspen Gay Ski Week’s flagship events Friday afternoon. The Downhill Costume Competition and Party came alive as drag queens paraded their way down the Little Nell ski run.
Wipe-outs were common, as were scantily clad participants hitting the snow with their bare skin. The scene at the base of the mountain was like a VIP room in a nightclub, except the sun was shining and the entertainment was flawless.
Only in Aspen can you attend an event like this and see the county sheriff on stage as one of the guest judges.
