Steve Fonyo: Out of Order
31.01.10
Steve Fonyo, who raised more than $13 million for cancer research, may have lost his place in the Order of Canada, courtesy of too many convictions for fraud, drunk driving and assault.
But there's one even rarer award that Fonyo won't be forced to relinquish, one he happens to share with Sir Winston Churchill, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, Buzz Aldrin, Sir Edmund Hillary, Bob Hope and U.S. General George C. Marshall.
This would be the Variety International Humanitarian Award, given annually to someone who has shown "unusual understanding, empathy and devotion to mankind."
Fonyo was just the 31st recipient when he took the prize for 1985, a year after Dame Vera Lynn had been similarly honoured.
"It's really a stellar cast of individuals," says Bill Hopkins, chief operating officer at Variety International, the children's charity that has raised more than $1 billion (U.S.) since it was founded in Pittsburgh in 1928.
"He was given the humanitarian award for his accomplishments, which in 1985 were real and legitimate.''
Source: Toronto Star
Carter, Yates Win The North Face Masters of Snowboarding at Snowbird
27.01.10
With nearly seven feet of snow falling in seven days, competitors had to put themselves on hold, while they were treated to several epic days of riding the famous Utah powder. As the athletes boarded the tram Monday morning, a nervous anticipation permeated through the crowd of eager riders.
The women were slated to start things off, but low visibility threatened to shut things down yet again. The fog fortunately began to lift and the middle and bottom portions of the venue revealed their powdery goodness. By 11:00 the riders were on the course, laying down smooth lines through untracked fields of fresh. With an abundance of soft landings to be bombed, the women showed their fearlessness as they hucked themselves off every terrain feature in sight.
Squaw Valley, Calif.’s Iris Lazzareschi slayed a technical line down the east side of the venue just as the clouds parted, if only for a brief moment. “The windlips up high were great and the course was fun,” Lazzareschi
Source: First Tracks