I headed out to Kickinghorse this past weekend with a few friend and I remembered to charge my GoPro camera for the day. Got some great footage and had a super hard day of skiing… it was a blast Check out this video of Marc ripping down a tree line while I follow him with the...
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Tags: Camera Check, Gopro Camera, Kickinghorse, Skiing, Vids
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Georgian luge competitor Nodar Kumaritashvili was given emergency resuscitation treatment on Friday after a horrifying crash in training for the Vancouver Winter Olympics. His sled left the track at the Whistler Sliding Center at around 90mph, according to observers, and smashed into a course side structure. He was unconscious, a Reuters reporter said. Medics...
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Tags: Medics, Nodar Kumaritashvili, Reuters, Sled, Vancouver Winter Olympics, Winter Games, Winter Olympics
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Taken from http://www.popsci.com/ Dreams of Olympic glory could make athletes risk their lives on an experimental procedure Steroids seem so last-decade, now that gene therapy has caught the eye of athletes looking for a competitive edge. But scientists warn that gene therapy still represents a high-risk, experimental practice even within medicine, and that athletes...
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Tags: Defective Genes, Endurance Sports, Erythropoietin Epo, Immune System Function, Jesse Gelsinger, Red Blood Cells
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Race season is about to kick off for me.. .Yay! The first race on deck is The Orginal St. Patricks Day 5k. Short and sweet to get things started. The best part about this race is that I have made a small wager with my friend Gareth on who is going to win between us....
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Tags: Gareth, GG, Mass Start, Mt Norquay, Norquay Ski, Run up Norquay, Running Skirt, Ski Boots, Skort, Smith Events, Smithevents.ca, Tony Smith, Vertical Descent, Vertical Rise, Wager, Winter Triathlon, XTERRA
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You have seem pimped out cars, but have you seen a pimped out bike. found this on bikerhugger.com and fell in love. Have a look at all the detail, the bar warp, seat, bottle cage all matches the paint job. Nice set of wheels too! I bet this thing is a speed machine… at...
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Tags: bike, carbon, fast, Love, Paint Job, Pimped, Pimped Out Cars, scott, Speed Machine, Warp, Wheels
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USA Cycling earlier today announced that in response to a request from the UCI (The International Cycling Union) that radios be banned in all national calendar races, the USCF Board of Trustees have met and decided to amend the rule regarding the use of race radios in all USA Cycling sanctioned road and track...
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Tags: Audio Playback, Cycling, International Cycling Union, National Calendar, Playback Devices, Race radio, Road And Track, Track Races, usa
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When you say the words “pro bike race” most people think of the Tour de France, and yes, it is one of the biggest and best races out there but there are hundreds of other that are just as exciting. Here in Canada we don’t really get the TV coverage that the Europeans get,...
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Tags: Bike Race, Bike races, Coverage, Extra Cash, Little Ditty, Pro Bike, Tour De France, tv, Tv Coverage
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