Canadian wins moguls!

Slow to come, but last week my wife and I were fortunate enough to get tickets to the Olympic moguls competition at Cypress Mountain, just outside of Vancouver.  It was a day long extravaganza, and I am happy to announce a Canadian upset the field and won Canada's first gold medal of these Olympics, and the first Canadian gold won on home soil ever.  We were present, and the gold was fully deserved.

Our day started around 9 AM, a walk to the station, half hour Skytrain ride to downtown Vancouver, the Seabus over to Lonsdale Quay, then a 30 minute bus ride to Cypress Mountain.  Once there, we had to walk about 2 kms to the actual competition site, and find out seats.

How about that for a trip; train to the ocean followed by a bus to the snowcapped mountains ... only in Vancouver.

Out seats were metal, a little wet, and they were cold.  Although we did dress warmly, it was not warm enough for the next 8 hours outside, with no place to warm up.  Through training, qualification, break, more training, and then the finals, we soaked in the atmosphere.  The skiers, going down a steep heavily mogulled slope complete with 2 large jumps, pushed the limit on every run, seemingly on the verge of disaster with every turn.  Most of them successfully reached the bottom in one piece, and most of them wowed us with their skill.  

The Canadian, Alexandre Bilodeau was the best, and the cheer upon his victory made the day special and a lifelong memory.