Ripping a Turn!
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Getting a Turn!
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Lining Up
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Competition, Skiing
Action all over!
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USSA J4/J5/J6 Races at Ski Brule
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Competition, News, SkiingSki Brule hosted the United States Ski and Snowboard Association’s (Central Division Region II) Finale for J4/J5/J6 class skiers. I went there to ski and to photograph the youngsters skiing.
I enjoyed watching the skiing and I believe I obtained a number of good images I can use at this site. In addition, I learned a few things about capturing skiing on pixels, and I will share those.
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The Little Ski Resort that Could
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Competition, Resorts, Skiing, The Sharp EdgeWhen many people think of skiing the first resorts that come to mind are usually Vail, Aspen, Breckenridge, etc. However, recently we have all become aware of Buck Hill where Olympic downhill gold medalist Lindsey Vonn learned to ski.
In addition, Ski Brule near Iron River Michigan sent a snowboarder to the Olympics.
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The Winter Olympics are Behind Us
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Olympics
2010 WINTER OLYMPICS
Congratulations to team Canada on their sudden death win over the US Hockey squad. I confess to being a bandwagon hockey fan and was pumped about handing another loss to Team Canada, but it was not going to happen. Still, it was a great ending, with 24 seconds in the game and with the goalie pulled from the net team USA got the goal to send the game into overtime. I was watching the action at Ski Brule and the whole tavern burst into raucus cheers. However, five minutes later or so team Canada scored its game winning goal. As I said I’m a bandwagon hockey fan so the loss is something that did not bother myself for too long. In fact, it means a lot more to our Canadian brothers & sisters so I am happy for them in their win.
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Mancuso vs. Vonn
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Competition, Olympics, Skiing2010 WINTER OLYMPICS
I am connected to the women via Facebook and Twitter (for whatever that is worth). So I base this post on what I am seeing of their public thoughts and from what I know of skiing and competitors.
I have addressed what it is like to have to rerun a race. It is not something you like to do it costs you race-juice to run, race juice that takes rest and calories to replenish.
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Race Reruns
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Competition, Olympics, Skiing2010 WINTER OLYMPICS
Reruns stink!
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“Are You Stupid?” Gets Asked Again
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Olympics2010 WINTER OLYMPICS
Update: YouTube claims the IOC lodged a copyright complaint and therefore the video was pulled from YouTube. I will leave the link in, but do not expect to watch Mr. Kramer’s jerkism on display.
Watch this video, at least the clip where the NBC reporter asks Mr. Kramer who he is and where he is from:
Yes, he asks the reporter Are you stupid?.
Well looky here (from Reuters):
Sven Kramer, the overwhelming favorite to win the men’s 10,000 meters, threw down his glasses in fury after a lane violation Tuesday cost him his second gold medal at the Vancouver Games.Kramer’s disqualification for a violation with eight laps remaining in the race handed Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea the gold medal at the Richmond Olympic Oval.
Who is stupid now, Sven?
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Olympic TV Coverage
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Olympics2010 WINTER OLYMPICS
Phil Mushnick of the New York Post offers some commentary on NBC’s coverage of the Olympic games:
The thing I don’t get is the public’s ugly response to NBC’s “coverage.” Every two years, those who grew to value the Olympics as a news/sports event — as opposed to taped and packaged primetime programming — rage as if they expected better, or even different, from NBC.There are even intelligent folks who think that the IOC might be upset with NBC for what it has done to (that somewhat frightening and vague term) “Olympic movement.” [emphasis added] But as long as American TV remains the No. 1 underwriter of the Olympics, the IOC wouldn’t care if NBC showed speed skating in slow-motion and downhill skiing from the bottom up — unless the check bounced.
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A Quiet USA Night in Vancouver
By: The Wisconsin Skier In: Olympics2010 WINTER OLYMPICS
Still, the USA leads the medal count which seems odd to myself as well. I like it, as I much prefer the Winter Olympics over the summer Olympics.
Update: Premature, Davis and White won a sliver at the end of the evening in ice dancing.
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