2010

Happy (early) new year! Hopefully the next year fares better for you than 2010 did for these guys.
Ouch.
Brave cameraman.
Excellent, sire.… Read the rest

Sassy the Sustainable Sasquatch is packing his bags and leaving the Wend HQ for Vancouver for a while. Apparently, Sassy will be moseying around in the Great White North under the alias “Quatchi” to promote the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The Wend… Read the rest crew has been giving Sassy a lot of crap

Remember when Olympic organizers in Vancouver, British Columbia closed Cypress Mountain early this year in order to preserve snow for the 2010 Winter games? Well it looks like that might not have been enough.
Skinet.com is reporting that conditions at the resort are now so grim that dump trucks have… Read the rest

Austria’s anti-doping goons have provisionally suspended 2002 Olympic cross-country ski champion Christian Hoffman for alleged blood doping.
There is a certain irony to the accusations. In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Hoffman was awarded the gold medal in the 30 km freestyle mass start event despite coming… Read the rest

Last week the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed a case that, if successful, would have included Women’s ski jumping in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
The outcome is the culmination of a year-and-a-half long legal battle between Canada’s female ski jumpers and the International Olympic Committee, which decides which sports will… Read the rest

As the end of the year approaches, it’s time to dream about where you’ll be exploring in 2010 – there have been lots of changes in travelling trends over the past few years. Instead of popular spots like Italy and Thailand, travelers these days are searching for something different, something… Read the rest