ski like a girl & SKI Magazine's Olympics 2010: Winners Pool and Voting

From Ski Magazine:

 "We know, you think Lindsey Vonn’s a good bet to win the women’s downhill at Whistler Blackcomb. And, of course, we agree. But what about the other alpine events? Take a stab at picking the winners, and log back in every Friday until the Olympics to see if other readers agree."

Click HERE for the Olympics 2010: Winners Pool and Voting | SKI Magazine

Check it out and let me know what you think.  I'd love to hear from you!  I'll post my picks this weekend.  I'm really excited about the Women's Ski Cross.  Those girls are crazy!

xoxo,
ski girl

ski like a girl: share the passion with Olympic figure skater, Tugba Karademir

Robel Teklemariam isn't the only one of the Panasonic's One Winter, Five Dreams athletes to have carried his country's flag in a Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony Parade of Athletes.  


In 2006 in Torino, fellow featured athlete, Tugba Karademir was also the flag-bearer for Turkey in the Winter Olympics.  She was called a natural choice, given her outgoing nature. In an article Article from her home town newspaper, Tugba is described as having a very bubbly personality. Perfect for the honor of representing her country in the opening ceremony.  In 2006 Tugba became the first Turkish figure skater to compete at the Olympic Winter Games.  Finishing in 21st place overall.

Carrying your nation's flag at an Olympic opening ceremony is considered one of sport's greatest honors.  The highlight of an athletic career. In her Panasonic One Winter, Five Dreams blog, Tugba writes about her experience at the Opening Ceremony.

"I had the honor of being the flag bearer for my country last time and I sincerely hope I will be granted to that honor again. Even thinking about the whole thing is so exciting, it puts tears of joy in my eyes and gives me goose bumps everyday since end of World Championships."

The Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for Feb. 12.  Who will be carrying the flag for Turkey?

2010 wil be the first time for a Winter Games opening ceremony to be staged indoors.  The Vancouver Winter Games will be the third time that Canada has hosted Olympics, the 1976 Montreal Summer Games and the Calgary Winter Games in 1988.

Join ski like a girl and support Tuba's dream.  Follow Tugba's journey as she prepares for her second bid at an Olympic Gold.

• Leave messages of support and encouragement at her One Winter, Five Dreams blog

• Become her fan on facebook

• Follow her progress on twitter  @tugba_owfd

xoxo,
ski girl
p.s.  Only a few hours left to enter the Gold Blogger contest.  Win a trip to the Games and share in the passion of the Olympics with Tugba and the other One Winter Five Dreams featured athletes!

ski like a girl's One Winter, Five Dreams Squidoo Lens

One Winter, Five Dreams Squidoo Lens!

Just for your convenience I've put all the cool stuff about the Panasonic's One Winter, Five Dreams featured athletes in one place. It's one stop shopping. Videos, photos, blogs, and much more.... find it all at ski like a girl's Squidoo Lens dedicated to One Winter, Five Dreams.

Quick: What's Squidoo?

Squidoo is the popular publishing platform and community that makes it easy for you to create "lenses" online. Lenses are pages, kind of like flyers or signposts or overview articles, that gather everything you know about your topic of interest--and snap it all into focus.

Check it out and let me know what you think! One Winter, Five Dreams Squidoo. Use it to share your messages of support with the athletes as they make their final preparations for the Olympic Games

xoxo, ski girl

ski like a girl loves Ben and Jerry's

Yummy!
I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ice Cream

Get over to your neighborhood Ben and Jerry's or stop by your grocery store for some of


Hannah Teter's Maple Blondie Ice Cream


Maple Ice Cream with Maple Blonde Brownie Chunks and a Maple Caramel Swirl

Hannah is an Olympic Gold Medal winner in Snowboarding half pipe and a native Vermonter.
Her charity Hannah's Gold donates proceeds from maple syrup, organic cotton and hemp wrist bands sales to help desperately poor children in Africa. Learn more at Hannah's Gold.

I'm definitely a chocoholic but I will try this.

xoxo,
ski girl

It’s Not Over -- Women Ski Jumpers File Appeal

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July 16, 2009

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It’s Not Over -- Women Ski Jumpers File Appeal

Vancouver – The women ski jumpers denied justice in last week’s BC Supreme Court decision have decided to file an appeal with the BC Court of Appeals seeking a ruling on men and women’s ski jumping events at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

“It’s not over,” Deedee Corradini, president of Women’s Ski Jump-USA and spokesperson for the group, said today. “We took a few days for our lawyers to review last week’s judgment and to canvass our plaintiffs to see what everyone thought and now we’re ready to continue our fight to get the women into 2010.”

According to lawyer Ross Clark, Q.C., the appeal will be based on the argument that VANOC must host the Games in accordance with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. “It cannot host events on Canadian soil that implement discrimination,” Clark pointed out.

“We believe with an expedited ruling in September that still leaves plenty of time for VANOC to plan and host a single women’s ski jumping event next February,” Corradini said. “When we hosted the Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002, we had contingency plans for everything. I’m sure they can accommodate us, especially given all the supportive comments they’ve made about the women ski jumpers’ situation.”

Highly ranked Canadian jumper Katie Willis says she is “thrilled” the fight is still on.

“We were so disheartened by last week’s decision, but we’re competitors: we won’t give up,” Willis said.


World champion ski jumper Lindsey Van echoed Willis’s comments. “I’m glad we’re going to appeal the court’s ruling. We have earned our right to be at the Games, just like all the other top athletes: with hard work, discipline and perseverance. I want my shot at Olympic gold.”

2010 Olympic Decision for Women Ski Jumpers

Sadly, the 2010 Winter Games won't include the women ski jumpers.

Fifteen female athletes sued Vancouver Olympic Games Organizing Committee
to get their sport into the 2010 Games. The B.C. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by women ski jumpers to be included in the 2010 Winter Games.



Check out Ski Channel's breaking news update. Click here to read more on the decision.


Women's reaction at the ruling from the Times Colonist.

American, Jessica Jerome said she is “extremely disheartened.”
“I feel like we were trying to do the right thing to advance the sport as a whole, not just for the girls currently competing, but for the upcoming generation as well. Unfortunately, this decision will affect a lot of talented skiers. I am hopeful the future of women’s ski jumping will look more promising.”

Ski jumping is the only sport in the Olympic Winter Games not open to both men and women. Supporters are still confident that woman's ski jumping will debut at the 2014 Olympic Games, in Sochi, Russia. And there is talk of an appeal for 2010. Some good news concerning the 2014 Olympics is that Halfpipe skiing will be included!
xoxo,
ski girl