Dozens of Olympic gold medalists and other winter sports athletes sent a letter to President Barack Obama today urging action on climate and clean energy. From the letter, which can be found here at Protect our Winters: As professional athletes, representing a community of 23 million winter sports enthusiasts, we’re witnessing climate change first-hand. Last…
Tag: Snow
Snow sports
When it comes to braving the elements, generally speaking, I’m a wuss. I hate being cold. So you can imagine my dismay when the triathlon cub that I’m a member of shared this photo of a triathlon club in Alaska kicking ass at their winter spinning workout. Later in the day, I came across…
Powder Magazine’s “A Year Out from Sochi”
Climate change. Migrant works abuse. Test runs. Powder Magazine takes a good look at Sochi, Russia, where the 2014 Winter Olympics will take place. The piece is by Ryan Dunfee, whose been keeping an eye on things in Russia. Will there be enough snow? But Russian president, Vladimir Putin, may be a bigger headache then…
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