As many of you know, Scotty Lago won the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in snowboard halfpipe. What many of you also know is that he was kicked out of the Olympic village and told that he could not attend the closing ceremonies; all because of a semi provocative picture, taken with a reporter at a party biting his medal. What the US Olympic authorities took issue with is the fact that he was wearing a US snowboard team shirt at the time the picture was taken. What? Anyway he has been getting a lot of press lately, not just in the snowboarding world but on a broader scale as well. It's really good to see a true snowboarder's snowboarder getting some press lately. To be honest I'm so sick of Shaun White. Here's Lago on The Jimmy Kimmel Show. Hey he even got his own closing ceremonies!
Lago also got his very own parade in his hometown of Seabrook, NH on the ice coast, I mean east coast.
In other news Kevin Pearce, who was injured in late December trying a cab double cork training for the Olympics in Park City, is doing much better in his recovery at Craig Hospital. The first photo of Kevin since his accident was released a few days ago but because of copyright reasons we can't show that here. In the photo he looks very well and is with his family. He is able to walk and talk and the problems that he was having with short term memory are improving. The photo can be seen on snowfix.tv. Also, check out Kevin's Facebook support group: Well Wishes To Out Frend Kevin Pearce. Get well soon Kevin!!
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