ROSS REBAGLIATI

Sea-to-Sky Feast of Fields

  Rebagliati Park, Whistler. Aug 30. 1-5pm

            Join the good folks from Farm Folk City Folk, for the their annual, Sea-to-Sky Feast of Fields --- a gourmet, wandering, picnic harvest festival. With a wine glass and linen napkin in hand, you can taste the very best of BC from Chefs, Vintners, Brewers, Farmers, and Food Artisans from across the Province.      Connections are made between producers and chefs, food producers and consumers, farm folks and city folks.

Ross Rebagliati will be on the Bro Jake show in Vancouver on Thursday (July 17) morning.

Link to hear Ross Rebagliati's interview with Rob Michaels (July 16, 2008)

 

http://blog.rogersradiointernet.com/robmichaels/2008/07/16/its-newits-rebagliati/

WHISTLER BLACKCOMB TAKING ALL PEAK 2 PEAK GONDOLA QUESTIONS

P2P Website Home to Question of the Week And E-Newsletter “The Wire”

WHISTLER, BC, July 15, 2008 – The engineering feat of connecting Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains has inspired many questions and the PEAK 2 PEAK Question of the Week hopes to satisfy enquiring minds. Members of the community are invited to submit their questions surrounding the building and operation of the Gondola. Whistler Blackcomb will choose one question each week to answer in the local newspapers and will feature all questions and answers on the PEAK 2 PEAK section of whistlerblackcomb.com.

CENTRAL OKANAGAN MARKET  

FIRST HALF OF 2008  

 

The first half of 2008 has performed pretty much as expected given the economic climate and the exposure this subject has garnered in the media.  Kelowna has not remained untouched by the adjustment in the market , but it is still the preferred choice of our long time customers from Vancouver, Alberta and Saskatchewan. 

 

A comparison of the first half of 2008 with the same period in 2007 yields the following results:

 

Residential unit sales were 1134 this year compared to 1614

STRINGING OF 28KM WORTH OF ROPE CABLE CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ON PEAK 2 PEAK GONDOLA CONSTRUCTION

Four Track Rope Cables and One Haul Rope to be Installed Between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains

WHISTLER, BC, July 9, 2008 – With sightseeing, mountain biking, and glacier skiing taking place on the mountains, Whistler Blackcomb’s guests have been able to get up close and personal to watch the exciting construction action taking place on the PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola. Those lucky enough to time their visit right may witness the current task of stringing 28 kilometres worth of cable across the valley. This feat of engineering

Sports Illustrated Article:

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1141822/index.htm

 

WHEN ROSS REBAGLIATI, a Canadian, won the inaugural snowboarding event—the men's giant slalom—at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, the question afterward was not about steroids but another drug: Did he inhale?

Rebagliati tested positive for marijuana after his winning run and immediately had his gold medal revoked. He claimed the culprit was secondhand smoke that he'd been exposed to at a party less than a month before the Games. "Honestly, I didn't go to the Olympics with a