Tag: Olympics
What’s a medal worth?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Judged vs. timed sports: the value of Olympic gold. by George Koch in the Winter 2014 issue “Millions, we’re talking millions here.” The late, great U.S. downhill racer Bill Johnson’s notoriety […]
Read more »Short Turns * Buyer’s Guide 2012
/Reading Time: 7 minutes LET’S MAKE A DEAL ❖As foreign as they are to the entire ski world beyond Ontario, western New York and New Zealand, private ski clubs, where the membership owns the infrastructure and either […]
Read more »Of dirndl and lederhosen
/Reading Time: 3 minutes From the Travel Guide 2011 issue Odd, but some of my strongest memories of the Olympics last season are of women in push-up bras and men in leather trousers pushing […]
Read more »2010 Olympics: Ski Cross
/Reading Time: 7 minutes Making its debut at the Games, the newest medal event is generating more than its share of excitement. Start with four racers in a mad dash to nose ahead of […]
Read more »Betcha didn’t know that!
/Reading Time: 4 minutes From the Travel Guide 2010 issue So I am touring the fantastic Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, overlooking Lake Geneva and surrounded by swank villas with swimming pools—perks for the […]
Read more »Whistler on sale
/Reading Time: 4 minutes From the Buyer’s Guide 2010 issue Earlier this season Whistler-Blackcomb unveiled its lowest price ever for early-bird season passes at $1,099, which is $500 less than usual. It’s less simply […]
Read more »Lend a Hand for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games
/Reading Time: 3 minutes Just because you live in Hamilton or Edmonton doesn’t mean you can’t take part in the Games. After all, when something needs done, Canada is the type of country that […]
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