ski like a girl & The Takeaway

The Takeaway is a national morning news program that invites listeners to be part of the American conversation. Hosts John Hockenberry and Celeste Headlee, along with partners The New York Times, BBC World Service, WNYC, Public Radio International and WGBH Boston, deliver news and analysis and help you prepare for the day ahead.

And in just a few short hours (too few, I should really get to sleep) I'm going to be part of a round table of bloggers who are writing about the Olympics.  I will be chatting from the comfort of my home in my pj's about all things skiing and the Olympics. While attempting to be as coherent and informative as I can manage at 4 am (PST).  There will be a link on The Takeaway for those of you who don't love me enough to get up at 4. 

xoxo,
ski girl

ski like a girl- How They Train: Speed Skater Apolo Ohno

All I can say is WOW!  A 45 minute stair workout and much more.  Inspirational. This is going to change my training. I want to go to the gym right now.
Apolo Ohno is prepared for the Games!
xoxo,
ski girl

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ski like a girl & How They Train for the Winter Games

TIME is following U.S. Winter Olympic hopefuls in 9 sports as they train for Vancouver 2010. Stay tuned for the Web video series on TIME.com

This is an amazing video series.  Enjoy it!  Be inspired!  Watch the Games!  Support your Olympic athletes!

xoxo,

ski girl

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ski like a girl & the One Winter, Five Dreams Gold Blogger Contest

Enter for your chance to win a trip to the Winter Olympics.

Only 8 days left to enter

Panasonic's One Winter, Five Dreams brings our attention to five lesser known athletes who all share the common dream of making it to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Bloggers from around the world have the opportunity to spread the word about the five athletes, share their inspiring stories, and cheer them on as the opening ceremony of games draws near.
The featured athletes are:

• Clyde Getty: Argentina, Men's Freestyle Skiing

• Tugba Karademir: Turkey, Ladies Figure Skating

• Robel Teklemariam: Ethipoia, Men's Cross Country-Skiing

• Katharine Eustace: New Zealand, Women's Skeleton

• Kazuhiro Koshi: Japan, Men's Skeleton

Gold Blogger:
From the Panasonic One Winter, Five Dreams athletes blog:
Bloggers around the world who would like to see the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, please give us a hand! A Gold Blogger will be selected from users who have posted heart-warming messages on the blogs （of any of these 5 athletes）, or who have supported these athletes through their blogging and/or other social media activities. The selected “Gold Blogger” will be sent to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games to represent the online supporters by blogging about the athletes’ activities and competitive performances. The Gold Blogger will also deliver the online messages from the participators of the site to the athletes (subject to the conditions at the location). Your voices of support will encourage the athletes in their pursuit of their dreams and lead them to victory. So let’s share their passion!

xoxo,
ski girl aka gold blogger (fingers crossed)
p.s. You know I have entered. Check out my posts at ski like a girl for more information on the One Winter, Five Dreams athletes. And help me cheer them on!

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ski like a girl is watching Tugba at the European Ice Skating Championships

Watch the graceful and beautiful Tugba Karademir as she skates her way into 10th place after the short program at the ISU European Ice Skating Championships. With her technical points she is ranked 5th! Tugba became the first Turkish figure skater in history to compete at the Olympic Winter Games in Torino, 2006. The 24-year-old skater knew after last year's world championships in March that she was bound for her second Olympics. Her 10th place finish in 2007 at the European Championships is the best placement of a Turkish figure skater in an ISU Championship so far.
Tugba started skating at age 5 as a part of her kindergarten activities when the first ice rink opened in Ankara, Turkey. She moved with her parents to Canada when she was 12 years old for better practice conditions. She was offered a chance to compete for Canada but chose to compete for her birthplace, Turkey. Some skaters she looks up to are Katarina Witt (GER), Kurt Browning (CAN), Steven Cousins (GBR), Jamie Sale and David Pelletier (CAN). Kurt Browning choreographed her current short program.


Click here to view Tugba's skating career results. She is steadily moving up in the rankings and is the perfect position heading into the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Tugba is one of the five athletes featured on Panasonic's One Winter, Five Dreams site. Follow her blog and leave her messages of support as she continues her journey to Vancouver for her second bid at an Olympic gold medal.
Congratulations Tugba! ski like a girl is rooting for you!
xoxo,
ski girl
p.s. Remember Gold Blogger applications must be submitted by January 31st, 2010 24:00 (JST)

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ski like a girl and yet another One Winter, Five Dreams Post

Don't say I didn't warn you about the OCD thing.  I've been a busy little ski girl.  Today I built a Squidoo lens for the One Winter, Five Dreams athletes. It puts their blogs, youtube videos, pictures, and other info all in one place.  Hopefully it will draw a little more attention to these incredibly hard working athletes as they count down the days to the big event.  Yes, only 22 days!  I've turned into quite the fan.

Speaking of fans I started two new Facebook fan pages today.

Kazuhiro Koshi on Facebook
Katharine Eustace on Facebook

Become a fan and post comments.  I'll make sure and pass them on.

One Winter, Five Dreams facebook stats:
Clyde Getty has 181 fans, Robel Teklemariam has 214 fans, and Tugba Karademir has 11 on her English page and 860 on her personal page.  So far I'm the only fan on Kazuhiro Koshi's and Katharine Eustace's pages.  Let's change that!  And while you're at it why don't you become fans of all five athletes.  I am.

While we're talking about Facebook, ski like a girl has a Facebook fan page too and could use a little more love.  It takes 25 fans to be able to get a custom Facebook username (instead of that ridiculously long and convoluted one) and we have 8 fans right now.  Please fan us!  You'll get ski like a girl updates and we can chat on Facebook.  All kinds of good stuff.  If you have a page let me know.  I'm a really good fan.  Kind of stalkerish at times.  Did you see "The Fan" or  "Swimfan".  Well I'm not that bad.  Really! Don't be scared.

xoxo,
ski girl
p.s.  I'm still working on making my gold blogger dreams come true.  The Gold Blogger contest ends on January 31st, 2010 24:00 (JST).  Get your enteries in to win a trip to the games.  Even if you don't enter you can leave messages for each of the athletes.  Encourage these amazing athletes as they their pursue their dreams and cheer them to victory. Let’s share their passion!