From Bardonecchia, Italy:
Fine wine, mountain vistas, rustic charm, raven-haired women, boarder cross and halfpipe finals. Alpine heaven. Turin's down the road.
NBC's calling it Torino, as if John C. Oklahoma speaks I-talian and would be offended to hear the anglicized version of the name. Guess they'll reference Muenchen this summer with the World Cup. right.
No matter. Bardonecchia's the place to be. 2/12 for the pipe; 2/16 for the bx.
VT--by way of Ross Powers (below) and Kelly Clark--made two golden appearances in SLC. Let's hope the Virdis Montis faction carries the US through the games once again for bragging rights.
2002 finals
1 USA Powers, Ross 46.10, 32.00, 46.10
2 USA Kass, Danny 42.50, 41.50, 42.50
3 USA Thomas, J.J. 33.20, 42.10, 42.10
4 Italy Kratter, Giacomo 34.90, 42.00, 42.00
5 Japan Nakai, Takaharu 38.30, 40.70, 40.70
6 USA Czeschin, Tommy 40.60, 40.50, 40.60
7 Finland Sorsa, Heikki 36.80, 40.40, 40.40
8 Finland Koski, Markku 39.00, 25.40, 39.00
9 Canada Andrew, Trevor 30.30, 38.60, 38.60
10 Norway Franck, Daniel 29.20, 37.40, 37.40
If not for the VT locals, I'd be backing the Norwegians.
Daniel Franck, the legendary enfant terrible of the snowboarding world:
One of my favorite boards of all time was Df's first K2 pro model. I rode it into the ground. A couple of the K-town OGs will remember how well that board treated me.
Btw, there's irony in Df's olympic appearances. Franck started the Arctic Challenge with fellow Norwegian Terje Håkonsen. This man is the name in snowboarding. There is no other. 3 ISF halfpipe championships, 3 US Open halfpipe championships (which I witnessed), 5 European halfpipe championships, et cetera et cetera et cetera. Terje chose to boycott the games after the IOC selected FIS (Fédération Internationale de Ski) to handle qualification rather than ISF (International Snowboard Federation). We're talking Hatfield-McCoy wrong here. And yet Daniel went along with it.
Then there's Norwegian freestyle (moguls) gold medalist Kari Traa. Hello. You don't exactly have the Michelle Kwanesque wholesome look going on, do you?
Oh, wait. There it is.
Damn. So, get this. I used to work with this man, Finn Christian Jagge. Another Norwegian gold medalist. I should have asked him to introduce me to the entire ski team when I had the opportunity. Alas! bygone chances and days of yore. Keep smiling, Finn.
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The Norwegians, we can see why you have got their back. That one photo clearly belongs in an addendum to your "Nudity Question" thesis (sing to the 60s folk Pete Seeger tune: "Where have all her fingers gone?"). Kapow! It's odd that the bottomless is so much more risqué than the fully bare. Why is that?
As for Dan Franck, the pic is screaming for a comparison to Johnny Depp, minus the clodhoppers, of course. It looks like a Vanity Fair cover story photo. Si prétentieux. But he is hot in that pretty boy, Eurotrash way. I mean, c'mon, peep those lapels!
Half-nekkid lazy Sunday? With the paper and doing the crossword puzzle? That's a little slice of heaven to me.
The recipe is on, just add fresh lemon juice - Harry's allegedly invented the Sidecar, c.1900.
I had to Google Jermyn St. Your culture is very impressive.
What did you teach?
Did you tell me about Buddha Bar? I mean, how many times do I have to listen to that frayed yarn? Kidding, I really miss our little fireside chats.
As for the older ladies, guess that's another thing you and JT have in common.
"And he goes by the name... Justin Wowoowoooo!"
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