ROSS REBAGLIATI

Names and Games Gary Kingston, Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, September 29, 2007 THE TOKE JOKE Former Olympic snowboarder Ross Rebagliati, the Whistler product who famously had his gold medal stripped briefly in Nagano in 1998 after a positive marijuana test he blamed on second-hand smoke, can still laugh about it. The director of snowboarding and skiing at the still-under-development Kelowna Mountain has named his training academy RASTA (Rebagliati Alpine Snowboard Training Academy). Rastas, or Rastafarians, view marijuana as the "wisdom weed."

I'm in Vancouver now for the Ultimate Shootout, a golf competition at Canada Place. 200 qaulifying golfers hit golf balls off Canada Place on to a floating green built on a barge out in the ocean. The top qualifiers come back on Friday for the televised finals.  

Tomorrow morning I am also hosting the Gong Show on Bro Jake's show in the morning.