It’s been 16 years since Jay Henry captured the last Vail 100 title. On Saturday, James Deighan’s original 100-mile mountain bike ultra, which ran from 1999-2006, begins a new chapter with Vailhalla Gravel, a “reimagination.
Friends, family members and colleagues of Jeff Brausch who gathered Friday afternoon for a private memorial at Vail’s Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater received a delightful surprise.
This has been a very difficult time for all of us who are part of the Eagle County community, and we are heartbroken to join with those who share in the recent loss of several…
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James Deighan, left, and Jeff Brausch, right, of Highline Sports and Entertainment, pose with Stephen Marley, who was playing a concert in Vail.
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Jeffery Charles Brausch encapsulated the word “family.” The Highline Family lost its founding father last week. His family, Kelli, Keaton, Kiana and Kamryn, have lost their father. The Vail Valley has lost a true pioneer and friend.
In 1995 Jeff, along with Kelli and her brother Scott McCormick, set out to start a sports marketing business in and around the mogul skiing world. A few other characters along the way joined the team: Rod Higgins, Adam Baker, Herb Heneman and myself, weaving our way around a brand new type of business, just as though we were navigating the bumps of the infamous Chair 10 Highline mogul run, the bump-run after which the company was aptly named.