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During last week's broadcast of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, NBC set up a fun Twitter tracker for the mega global winter sports event. It represents tweets about each sport in a visual interface.
The Olympic Twitter Tracker, developed by Stamen Design, is an amusing addition to the standard tweet stream, which was provided by NBC as well. The feature was presented on the Twitter bog a couple weeks ago, and Twitter posted a video demo (below).
Snowboarding Olympic Champion Shaun White bust out his new "Double McTwist 1260" trick at the final Grand Prix practice session under the lights at Park City, Utah!
Congratulations Shaun for winning the Gold Medal again yesterday for the USA!!!
Ahead of the 2010 Winter Olympics, the gold medal favorite in alpine skiing, Lindsey Vonn, hit the slopes with the reporter Bill Pennington from the New York Times. She spoke about crashing, recovery and being the fastest woman on the mountain.
Lindsey Vonn is not only hot, she is a skiing athletic beast!!! What a champion. A couple days ago she revealed to the world press that is currently injured from a bad training fall a couple weeks ago, but I think she will "shake it off" and win at least one gold medal for the U.S Ski Team at the Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 Games.
Lindsey Vonn becomes the first American woman ever to win two overall world cup crowns after capturing her eighth downhill race of the season and second downhill title in Are, Sweden in March 2009. Lindsey Vonn is the greatest female ski racers United States has ever produced. She is currently the best woman skier in the world!
Go Lindsey! Go U.S. Men's and Women's Olympic Ski Racing Team at the Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 Games!!!
Here is the sexy Sports Illustrated video of hot 25 year old American ski racer Lindsey Vonn. Lindsey Vonn is not only a pretty face but she is also a champion. Vonn is in fact the 2008 and current 2009 Overall World Cup Ski Racing Champion - the best female skier in the world! She is like the Michael Phelps of ski racing but a lot better looking and she actually has a personality (Phelps doesn't). Baring any last minute injuries, Vonn is favorite to win 3 gold medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympic 2010 Games in British Colombia, Canada. She is overwhelming favorite to win the Women's Downhill - "Queen of the Mountain".
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Awesome Skier vs Snowboarder Fight - Pelea Mano A Mano En La Nieve!
A skier kicks the crap out of some punk snowboarder with a lightning punch on the slopes of Alta-Snowbird, Utah. The snowboarder's hat, goggles, and ego was knocked down to the snow. The boy got clocked and owned!!
What a good fight!!! The skier then beats up the snowboarder's friend, another snowboarder.....lol
Here is the website and short video of one of the United States' greatest ski resort - Squaw Valley USA.
Squaw Valley Ski Resortis Tahoe's most expansive resort has 33 lifts that access 4000 acres of legendary terrain. The resort hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics and that spirit lives on today. This season join in the fun as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of those Olympic games and the 60th anniversary of the resort's opening.
Looking at the Squaw Valley Tram with beautiful Lake Tahoe, CA. in the background!!!
The Mother Ship & me
After a hard & fun day of skiing the runs below "The Mothership" - KT - 22 liftat Squaw Valley USA! The greatest (most difficult) chair lift in America!!!
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Despues de un duro dia de diversion en las pistas de esqui por debajo de "The Mothership" (la Madre Nave) - KT-22 de elevacion en Squaw Valley USA!La grua mas grande (difícil) de esqui en los Estados Unidos!
High Camp @ El. 8,200 ft (2,499 meters)
Features - Spectacular views of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada, ice skate
at the Olympic Ice Pavilion, learn a little more
about the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at the Olympic Museum, enjoy the Snowtubing Arena, drink at the Poolside Umbrella Bar, and soak up the Sierra Nevada sun in the Swimming Lagoon
& Spa (opens for the Spring and Summer).
Look toward the Siberia ski lift at Squaw Valley USA.
At top of Granite Peak, Squaw Valley USA - Windbuffed.
Here is the rest of the album with bios and info of these hot ski girls. A couple snowboarder chicas are in the set but they are in the minority. Just like on the slopes........l