Vancouver 2010 Olympics Coverage Daily - snowboarding

High-Flying Canadian Snowboarder Crispin Lipscomb - Olympic Outsider podcast #9

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:14:36 -0700

Recorded at the post-Turin Olympic flag tour in May 2006, top-placing Canadian half-pipe snowboarder Crispin Lipscomb talks about his Olympic experience, pre-race rituals and 2010 plans - plus offers insight into the Whistler lifestyle, future of the sport, and how to help young boarders.

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(Somewhat Lame) Poll Results

Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:58:24 -0800

The latest Poll idea was cool, but i forgot to include Snowboarding so (i ssume) that most votes counted in "something else" were for the omitted sport - ooops.

Beyond that, Short-track Speedskating was the popular pick with 25% of the 61 votes, followed by Ski Jumping (my vote) with 20% (12 votes), then "Something Else" (likely Snowboarding) 16% rounded out the top 3 picks.

Freestyle Skiing and the Sliding Sports (luge, bob, skeleton) tied for a strong fourth with 13% each while Longtrack Speedskating (11%) and Cross Country Skiiing (2%) rounded out the poll.

Any new sports you think should be added to future Winter Olympics?

SLC Winter Olympics 2002 Flashback P.4 - Half-pipe and Hockey

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 14:39:07 -0800

The day, February 11, 2002 started with an morning drive to Park City to park, at this point we were getting familiar to the routine of hopping shuttle bus, wait in security lines, waiting more... but i was getting a little irked cause the eyelets on my boots always chirping the metal detectors so i'd get moved over to the secondary line to get wanded down by some 19-year National Guardsman.

Cops from all over the US had come to help out and provide reinforcements and while I won't rant on this topic, I did find it a "bit* distracting but post 9/11 etc .... you know the routine.

New additions join the Western Lightship tour

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 14:25:59 -0700

Here's some news from Ross' tour of BC and Alberta.

The very popular Bell Lightship tour across Canada is now being accompanied by the Bell Community Cruiser, a vintage 1976 Airstream trailer, which visits communities across Alberta and B.C.

This state-of-the-art cruiser is being driven by the world's first Olympic snowboarding gold medallist, Ross Rebagliati, who is hosting autograph sessions and media events in each community included on the tour. Ross recently announced his plans to return to competitive snowboarding with the objective of competing at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics where Bell is a corporate partner.

The Lightship tour is also supported by a team of Community Ambassadors who take to the street daily promoting excitement and distributing promotional materials and time limited offers designed to drive Bell awareness and store traffic.

Onsite at the cruiser, visitors can fill out a ballot to win a
once-in-a-lifetime flight on the Bell Lightship, as well as to learn more about Bell's innovative technology, including the latest wireless phones, data devices and digital satellite television.

All across the West, Bell customers and potential customers are seeing the Bell brand here, there and everywhere!