2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

[The AD]

Was the U.S. trying to hearken back to the days of "Chariots of Fire" with those outfits? I could almost hear the Vangelis theme playing in the background.

[shirk]

[vanisle]

nice,my new desktop background

[Some Good]

Is it too early to start bumping this?

[PulverSchwein]

no shit! way to go Shirk!

was that good enough or what!!!!!

[Spark]

What an amazing couple of weeks I will always remember! So happy I was here in Vancouver to experience it.

And that hockey game - intense but we overcame! GOLD!

I'm so proud to be Canadian

[XXX-er]

a group of ski buds went to whistler to form our own course crew and we had a great time,they gave us a free luxury condo and it was a pretty much a party evry night for 3 weeks

[forest]

I wasn't the biggest supporter of the whole idea, thinking it was too costly and too risky.

The last two weeks have completely changed my mind, and I feel really fortunate to have lived here through it. I've never seen so many people (from all countries) so happy. There definately was something special going on here. I've never been to another games so I can't compare but this country has come alive. Sure there's some hating from anonymous people on the internet, but here, live, I haven't heard one person say anything negative.

To cap it off with that game was unreal, both teams played the best hockey I've seen.

Now, as soon as I'm done counting trees I'm going to drink a litre of beer brewed in Squamish (thanks Spark), load my skidoo in the the truck and go ski some mountains. I don't know much about other places but damn I love this country.

[TeleHoar]

INFLATABLE BEAVERS!

heh

[filthyfrenchbum]

I wasn't the biggest supporter of the whole idea, thinking it was too costly and too risky.

The last two weeks have completely changed my mind, and I feel really fortunate to have lived here through it. I've never seen so many people (from all countries) so happy. There definately was something special going on here. I've never been to another games so I can't compare but this country has come alive. Sure there's some hating from anonymous people on the internet, but here, live, I haven't heard one person say anything negative.

My exact feelings. Man was this ever a blast, and the skiing in Whistler was good too!

On top of the amazing general atmosphere, it was really cool to see so many athletes, coaches, organizers, and locals just having a good time. Many good memories, like walking into an open bar party inside Blake Jorgenson's gallery with a bunch of the US team and wearing Vonn's tiara brand panties, crowd surfing in the middle of Vancouver, watching some amazing athletes, etc...

[f2f]

"The Big Picture" delivers again:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...rt_1_of_2.html

Part 2:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/201...rt_2_of_2.html

[xyz]

I wasn't the biggest supporter of the whole idea, thinking it was too costly and too risky.

The last two weeks have completely changed my mind, and I feel really fortunate to have lived here through it. I've never seen so many people (from all countries) so happy. There definately was something special going on here. I've never been to another games so I can't compare but this country has come alive. Sure there's some hating from anonymous people on the internet, but here, live, I haven't heard one person say anything negative.

To cap it off with that game was unreal, both teams played the best hockey I've seen.

My exact feelings x2.

These games brought this city and country together like nothing else. I'm more stoked than ever to be Canadian. Man, I love this place, and the world class, off the hook skiing in these beautiful uncrowded mtns doesn't hurt either!

[couloir]

ditto the above... was a sceptic in the years leading to this moment but now that ive experienced it all and felt it... id almost say im a convert... minus the mass marketing/advertising corporateness of it all... took in a bunch of events and a few medals ceremonies in whistler... loved every minute of it. highlight would be watching jon montgomery on tv auction off his pitcher of beer...priceless.
some images i took during the games:
http://bit.ly/ahNddB
enjoy...
ps who wouldve thought biathlon would be so exciting to watch in person...

[grapedrink]

a little late but here are a few pictures from whistler from the last couple of days

the whistler torch, not quite on the same scale as vancouvers


womens bobsled medals


jimmy fallon doing his neil young


the roots with the womens bobsled teams on stage


holy fuck its hard to take a half decent picture of a bobsled


the crashes were intense, really loud, it seemed like a third of the sleds flew by upside down. very cool event to see in person


the village after the win


blue rodeo probably playing to the most pumped up crowd of their career

[powder11]

I hope that was the pillow fight at your house after the win

[iscariot]

Bubbly, beer, cigar, babes...victory on ice.

[SILENCER]

ditto the above... was a sceptic in the years leading to this moment but now that ive experienced it all and felt it... id almost say im a convert... minus the mass marketing/advertising corporateness of it all... took in a bunch of events and a few medals ceremonies in whistler... loved every minute of it. highlight would be watching jon montgomery on tv auction off his pitcher of beer...priceless.
some images i took during the games:
http://bit.ly/ahNddB
enjoy...
ps who wouldve thought biathlon would be so exciting to watch in person...

I saw biathlon for the first time in 2002 thinking the same thing...how good is gonna be for $25? Ruled so hard. Made sure to catch it this go around in Whistler!

[Big Snowballs]

Bubbly, beer, cigar, babes...victory on ice.

Love it.
These girls are going to make great Moms.
Imagine this "Sorry Mom I was caught smoking and drinking at the rink"
Mom replies "its OK, nothing wrong with that"
Now that's Canadian!

[XXX-er]

my kid did biathalon awhile back, throwing a gun into the mix makes it much more exciting

but practises were more of a hassel , the coach had to keep the rifles and it took him 45 minutes to clean them all after every target practise

I am suprised Biathalon is not bigger in the US where they got millions of guns

[gimpy]

wish i coulda been up north for that shindig. one'o' these days.

after watching the biathalon on the tv we've been throwing around the idea of having a bc biathalon just outside the tahoe basin sinceguns aren't allowed in the basin. images of countless slaughterred varmints and birds littering the forest abound.

[Choucas]

Biathalon would be big in the US if was snowmobile/shoot.

[srsosbso]

Letterman last night...

TOP TEN SIGNS YOU HAVE WINTER OLYMPICS WITHDRAWAL

Number 9:

YOU EXERCISE ON NORDICTRACK WITH A RIFLE STRAPPED TO YOUR BACK

[shirk]

I hope that was the pillow fight at your house after the win

Just some photo off the net. Someone else was the lucky creator of that art.

[johngenx]

I tried biathlon when I was a teenager, and though I was a good skier and good shot, I couldn't believe how frikin' hard that sport was. The harder I skied, the worse my shooting got, and the better I shot, the slower I skied.

Today I'd be tempted to shoot the guy in front of me.

[XXX-er]

I heard a few kids including mine say they didnt really want to lie in a snow bank freezing their ass off

the canadian olympic biathelete Megan Tandy started at the same time as junior did , but he was way better

except he quit after 5 months and she stuck with it , if you told me Megan would be an olympic athelete I would have said you were on crack

she also posed in the nude calender ... Megan has grown up a lot