Shaun White Secret Halfpipe
Reason number 1,673 why this job is so cool. Nine months before the start of the Vancouver Olympics, I found myself on top of a 12,000 foot mountain in Silverton, Colorado hanging out with Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Shawn White. His sponsor Red Bull had built a super secret halfpipe for Shaun and only Shaun [...]
Olympic Torch
Canadian hockey legend Wayne Gretzky runs with the Olympic torch to light the Vancouver 2010 Olympic cauldron at the conclusion of the Olympic opening ceremony. It was a very wet night in a pouring rain as “The Great One” entered the plaza to bring the Olympic flame from the BC Place and the Olympic opening [...]
Snowpacolypse 2010
The big snow hit DC last week. Two to three feet covered most of the region. Wandering around the mall with snow covered monuments is a remarkable sight. At one point, the Vietnam War Memorial was completely devoid of any pedestrian traffic.
Vancouver Oly Prep
Getting to Vancouver a few days before the Olympic opening ceremonies is always a busy time. Spent part of the morning running over one hundred feet of ethernet line in the rafters of the Canada Place Olympic hockey venue with my coworker Bert Hanashiro. The ethernet line will connect remote camera in the overhead catwalks [...]
