Off Piste

It started just over three decades ago when a friend and fellow sports nut asked me who I thought would win the NCAA basketball tournament. I told him.

The first day of spring tuned out not only to be a glorious one weather-wise but also one that proved a good news day for two local mountain bike areas on BLM lands-Horse Ridge and The Maston Allotment.
First to how the good news was delivered.

Editor’s note: Frequent Source contributor Bob Woodward has been on the road for several weeks travelling and vacationing in California. Expect to see new posts to his blog by next week.

A whitewater park in Bend may still be a few years out, but that isn’t stopping paddling enthusiasts from celebrating their sport this month. Paddlers announced this week that they are preparing to host the second annual Riverhouse Run slalom championships on Sunday, March 28.

During the first week of the Vancouver Olympic Games, daily e-mail wax updates from the Swiss ski wax maker Toko noted that the waxing for the cross-country races was relatively easy. Competitors were using a mix of klisters.

As a dedicated Nordic nerd, the best story of the entire games for me was the success of the U.S.

It's time to award platinum medals to the best and lead medals to the worst the past week at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver
Platinums for guts go to Petra Magjic, Annya Pearson and Lindsey Vonn.
Slovenia cross-country racer Madjic took a horrific fall into a ditch during training for the women's sprint competition and was airlifted to the hospital.

When it comes to musicians who left an indelible imprint on America music, jazzmen Louis Armstrong and Thelonious Monk come to mind. Yet both have, to a greater degree, been widely overlooked and/or misunderstood by the general public.

 
 
A year ago a father and son were mountain bike riding on the Maston trail when the father heard a bullet zing overhead.  He braked to a halt and grabbed his son off his bike and both fell to the ground.

A year ago a father and son were mountain bike riding on the Maston trail when the father heard a bullet zing overhead. He braked to a halt and grabbed his son off his bike and both fell to the ground.