USA Olympic Uniforms Are Ugly: There’s no two ways about it. The USA Olympic Uniforms for Sochi are ugly. These are the outfits that our athletes will be wearing at the opening ceremonies next month in Sochi, Russia. These new uniforms were just unveiled last week on the Today Show with Matt Lauer. The uniforms were designed by Ralph Lauren and made in America (Ralph Lauren’s 2012 London Olympic uniforms were made in China). In our opinion: yeah, they aren’t great, but we’d sure as hell love to be one of the people fortunate enough to wear one. Go team USA! […] SnowBrains | January 27, 2014 3 Comments
US Olympic Freeskiing Slopestyle and Halfpipe Teams Announced: After two weeks of competition at Park City, the US Olympic Freeskiing slopestyle and halfpipe teams have been announced. These 11 athletes make up four teams, the U.S. Olympic men’s and women’s slopestyle and halfpipe teams. For the 2014 Winter Olympics ski halfpipe and slopestyle were added to the winter sports competition. […] Olympics Chaz Diamond | January 23, 2014 2 Comments
BBC’s Winter Olympics Trailer Is Totally Over the Top Um… Hey, lady, yeah, that’s not how you carry skis… The BBC made this 2014 Winter Olympics trailer and it’s preposterous. The voice in the clip is British actor Charles Dance, who is famous for his role as Tywin Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones. This trailer has people who don’t know how to carry skis and who don’t really look like athletes going up against Mt. Doom. The best part is listening to […] Olympics SnowBrains | January 16, 2014 1 Comment
Are the Olympics & President Putin Ecologically Destroying Sochi, Russia? “It’s hard to say in one word how this makes me feel,” she said. “I want to be a giant and take all the buildings and trucks and break them.” She made a snapping motion with her hands. “It is horrible to make such things with nature.” – Maria Reneva, Russian Geographical Society scientific secretary in Sochi/Outside Magazine Featured Article SnowBrains | December 18, 2013 0 Comments
Canada Claims the North Pole Last Friday, the Canadian government submitted an application to the U.N. claiming that the outer limits of country’s continental shelf includes the North Pole. “We are determined to ensure that all Canadians benefit from the tremendous resources that are to be found in Canada’s far north,” John Baird, Canada’s foreign affairs minister/The Guardian Why would a country want to claim […] SnowBrains | December 12, 2013 0 Comments
Russia Releases “Snowboard Money” | 100-Ruble Note To commemorate the 2014 Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics Russia has created a 100-ruble note that has a snowboarder getting big air, smiling, saying “broooo”, and pulling off an old school grab. The boarder is flying through the air over what appears to be some of the Olympic stadiums in Sochi? On the back of the note is Fisht Olympic Stadium. 100 rubles is about $3 USD. […] Olympics SnowBrains | November 19, 2013 2 Comments
Friday Fun: Trained Grizzly Bear Hula Hoops | Only in Russia… This video is amazing to watch. You kinda feel bad for the Grizzly Bear, but maybe he likes this life. Regardless, this Grizzly Bear is special. He can play a horn while marching, he can set up and sit in a chair, he can hula-hoop, he can walk upright, he comes when he’s called, he does somersaults, he safely hangs out with dogs and humans, he can jump and clap, he’s basically the wonder bear. The only confusing part is how the trainer begins […] SnowBrains | October 18, 2013 3 Comments
Eric Pollard’s 2012/13 Season Was Only 4 Days Long… & His Edit is Still Sick Eric Pollard broke his leg last season in Russia after hitting a cat track with speed. It was only his 4th day of the season. Nevertheless, he was able to produce a soulful 3+ minute movie that’ll get ya stoked. “Four Day Season” is exactly what the title says; four days of skiing. However, these four days ended up being […] SnowBrains | October 4, 2013 2 Comments
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