Mar. 24, 2010 - Issue #753: Zion I
Fall Lines
Canuck glory
Canadians find success all over the place
Canadian Paralympic athletes picked up right where the Olympic athletes finished only a few weeks ago, winning three silver medals on the second day including Edmonton's Vivian Forest who finished second in the women's slalom for the visually impaired.
In her first race, together with her guide Lindsay Debou, Forest finished only one second behind the gold medal winner. Josh Dueck took silver in the men's slalom and Colette Bergonje started the ball rolling earlier in the day with a silver medal in the gruelling 10-kilometre sit-ski cross-country race.
This was only the beginning and when the games closed last Sunday, Canadian Paralympic athletes had garnered a record 19 medals including 10 gold, five silver and four bronze.
Forest's personal triumphs included gold, three silver and a bronze and much heralded cross-country skier Brian McKeever who nearly got to compete at the Olympics took home three gold medals.
At the top of the heap was Canadian skier Lauren Woolstencroft who got to hear "Oh Canada" multiple times because she captured a winter Paralympics record five gold medals.
Mr Super G
After personal disappointment with his Olympic performance, Erik Guay left nothing behind in the final week of the year's World Cup circuit. He started by winning the Super G in Norway. Three days later he took the downhill bronze in Garmish Partenkirchen on the famous Kandhar track. But he wasn't finished.
The next day he got right back up on the same mountain and won another Super G. With back-to-back Super G wins he vaulted from third place overall to capturing the season Super G title.
This is the first time a Canadian skier has won a World Cup crystal globe since Steve Podborski in 1982.
BC/DC and the Sunshine bands
Once again Sunshine Village is gearing up to play host to an outdoor spring concert series. For the first three weekends in May, bands will be rocking on the slopes and anyone with a lift ticket can come up and dance to the music or just lie back in the snow and take it all in.
First up on May 1 & 2 is the return of country legend George Canyon. The next weekend on May 8 & 9 is the return of Sunshine Redneck Rodeo including the Hubcap Hurl, Horseshoes and Redneck Ropin' and if you want some music, start dancing to the tunes of One More Girl. This Nashville band really consists of two girls named Britt and Cary McKillip and they are looking forward to some Sunshine fun.
The last concert weekend on May 15 will feature hard rockers BC/DC. These guys will certainly get the crowd going and hopefully the avalanche prone snowpack will be stabilized before they light up their guitars. For boarders and skiers the best part is that in between sets, you can go for a cruise. V
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