ski like a girl: Skeleton the best way to catch 5 Gs at the Olympics

Just wanted you to have a chance to view Skeleton from the slider's perspective.  Get a feel for what Katharine Eustace and Kazuhiro Koshi experience.





Slide head first
at up to 90 mph
on a curvy track of ice

with no brakes
or steering
experiencing five Gs of force
the equivalent of a space shuttle take off
Skeleton, catch it if you can.

Have a new respect for the sport?  Become a facebook fan of Japan's Kazuhiro Koshi and New Zealand's Katharine Eustace, two of the One Winter, Five Dreams featured athletes. ski like a girl is!
xoxo,
ski girl
p.s.  Kazuhiro Koshi is the oldest member of the Japanese Winter Olympic team.  Cheer him on as he prepares for the Games in Vancouver.  Leave a message for him in the comments and I'll make sure he gets it.

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ski like a girl: Kazuhiro Koshi is going for the Gold!

"I'm in it to win it," Kazuhiro Koshi told Japanese reporters after returning from a World Cup event in Europe. "All I am thinking of is the gold medal." One Winter, Five Dreams featured Skeleton athlete, Kazuhiro Koshi has qualified as the oldest member on the Japanese Winter Olympics team.

Koshi has this to say about age and athletics; "

I want the young ones to be more aggressive and much more hungry. I want them to challenge me more. Age has no relevance. It's one contender against the others. As a contender I need to feel that way. If I didn't I shouldn't even compete. If I'm not challenging myself for a medal I would betray my supporters and the media. Of course, only the gold."

Koshi is back in Japan from his overseas competitions. He arrived home the same day he qualified for the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. What a wonderful homecoming for him!

From Koshi's One Winter, Five Dreams blog:

"My goal is to earn a gold medal. But that's not all.

I also want to show my professional attitude and to not to give up until the end.

I hope, that if anything else, I can set an example for those who follow me and encourage them to follow their dreams.

I appreciate your support."

In 1999, Koshi became the first athlete from Japan to win at the Nagano World Cup. He also competed in the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games finishing 8th and 11th in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympic Games. For more about Koshi's Skeleton record click here.

Follow his story as at age 45, he once again is heading to the Olympics! With athletes from age 15 to 45, the Japanese team is multi-generational. Click here to read full article.

"Koshi said walking out at next month's opening ceremony alongside 15-year-old speed skater Miho Takagi, Japan's youngest competitor in Vancouver, would feel strange.

“It will be a bit like going out there with my 13-year-old daughter,” he said. “But I'll show you all what an old man can do — you wait!”

ski like a girl can't wait to see what Koshi can do!

xoxo,

ski girl

p.s. Check out Koshi's new facebook fan page. Become a fan and support his Olympic dream! 36 fans so far and growing. Spread the word and become a fan.

p.p.s.It's not too late to win a trip to the Olympics. Only 5 days left to enter. Panasonic's One Winter, Five Dreams Gold Blogger contest. ski like a girl has entered! Share in the passion and excitement of the 2010 Winter games!

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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!