Jon Montgomery talks about his start in Skeleton
Canada’s favorite Skeleton man, Jon Montgomery discusses how he originally discovered Skeleton and what steps he went through to get involved in the sport:
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Rickard’s Dark Food Pairing Event
While not directly Olympics related, it happened during the games so I’m going to include it here as it’s all part of my experiences in February. This event was a nice diversion after a week of Olympics related activity. My good friends at Molson invited a bunch of local folks over to their brewery to…
People of the Games [Part 2]
Here’s some more amazing people that I’ve come across during my Olympic adventures: Jon Montgomery After winning the gold medal in skeleton, he walked through Whistler Village to do an interview and someone handed him a pitcher of beer which he drank from…to me this is one of the defining moments of the games that…
Olympic Hair
This is just too awesome to not post: This girl was in the media centre with her family watching the women’s gold medal final hockey game…she made my day!
Johnny Weir chats with Kris Krug
kk and I had a chance to talk with Johnny Weir (USA: Figure Skating) about his experiences in Vancouver during these Olympic Games:
Nardwuar and the Olympics
As I’ve mentioned before, the BC Media Centre hosts a lot of press conferences. One highlight of many of them is long time Vancouver favorite, Nardwuar the Human Serviette asking questions of various people on stage. First he asked Governor Arnold Swartzenegger about his previous vinyl efforts: then today, he asked Canadian Ice Dance Gold…
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A Taste of the Yukon
I never expected to be doing many of the things I’ve had the chance do during these Olympic Games. The pavilions during the Games have been a great way to learn more about my country and a boon to the various tourism organizations in Canada. As I mentioned in my previous post, Alberta rented out…
Taking the Alberta Train to Whistler
Last week, I had the chance to ride the Alberta Train to Whistler. Yes you read that right…although I didn’t go to Alberta, for a good part of the day, I was treated like I was in Alberta. Normally, the train is the Rocky Mountaineer but Travel Alberta had rented it out for the duration…
Meeting Lord Stanley’s Cup
One of the many benefits of the BC Media Centre is that all sorts of cool things come through here. The other day, Lord Stanley’s Cup stopped by: The rules as told by Craig & Phil (who are Archivists for the Hockey Hall of Fame) is that anyone can touch, hug, kiss the Cup, but…
Canada’s Northern House
Earlier this week I stopped by Canada’s Northern House Pavillion on Hastings & Seymour. It’s a huge two level pavilion that seems to be drawing big lineups but since they let in 40 people at a time, the lines move quickly. Lots of interactive displays and live performances for the whole family. We also had…