The Vancouver Winter Olympics open tonight with snow and money stories, plus a smart ass red head.
Like many Western Ski areas Whistler's Intrawest development is struggling for lack of green, and proceeding through a Wall Street foreclosure, just as the games kick off. Talk about supporting the Olympic Spirit of amateur athletics!
Freestyle skiing and snowboarding are being hosted closer to Vancouver, at Cypress Mountain - where, curiously they have no snow..
Shaun White, the jaggeresque redheaded snow boarder is a good bet for plenty of US Gold, and should prove to be quite entertaining. Speculation will no doubt continue as to White's supply of green, certainly he is not hurting for the monetary kind.
FWIW, I do hear that semi-legal marijuana is openly available, and used, in Whistler. Personally I remember paddling the Class IV Capilano River **in** West Vancouver (located between Cypress Mountain and Grouse Mountain, hosting the Today show crew) high, only time I did so, with the Canadian National Whitewater Slalom Champ.
Quite memorable, that.
Comments (2)
Finally, Finally…I’ve been looking for this information for a long time. Thanks
Posted by the video boss | February 13, 2010 7:48 AM
Posted on February 13, 2010 07:48
Chris is absolutely right. (Although, in future, if you want to make a reference about blue-nosed suburbanites, Boyertown, PA wouldn't be my first choice. Try Reading instead.)
Posted by Kylie Bennight | February 18, 2010 1:26 PM
Posted on February 18, 2010 13:26