media

One of the great experiences of supporting events at the BC Canada Place here in Torino was meeting the CTV team -- including Murray, Brent, Kevin, and Vicki (apologies if I've missed some people). If you want to get a real sense for how media functions on the ground during such a crazy news period as the Olympics, check out Murray's blog, aka Chopper Murman. These guys are working super hard and going through a lot, and for such a sustained amount of time that the fatigue levels are astounding.

Murray has been doing a fantastic job of chronicling the experience with words and pictures on his blog, which he started right at the beginning of the Torino experience. I like this post about filming a typical Italian family's reaction to the open ceremonies (since non-rights holders can't cover ANY events that take place directly at official Olympic venues). They ended up editing the shots directly at the dinner table -- check out The Opening:

I watched bits and pieces of coverage today and catching up tonight, so here are few notes along the way, ...

Snowboard Half-pipe

Watching replays of Shaun White's snowboard run and also watching video of him on skateboard half pipe, I am very impressed by the athleticism, imagination and enthusiasm displayed by the young, gangly redhead.  Kudos also to two-time medalist Danny Kass who scored his second Silver.

Markku Koski of Finland took Bronze while another Finn, world champion Antti Autti dropped to 5th.  Finland may be the best per capita Winter Olympians, - maybe.