With a nail biting, heart stopping final period where the USA even it up with just 22 seconds to go, the crowds finally get to celebrate: Sydney Crosby scored the winning goal in overtime. And oh how they celebrated!
Hockey Olympic Gold for Canadian men
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 28th, 2010
Day 16 – at day at the sliding center
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 28th, 2010Just when I was officially ‘over’ the games I was given a ticket to the final of the men’s 4-man bobsled. Huge, huge crowds. Lots of crazy fans and a bronze for the Canadian piloted by Lyndon Rush – just .01 second behind the Germans!
Rob and I had fun at the track and in the village afterwards:
Kuban Cossack Choir
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 25th, 2010This is the Kuban Cossack Choir singing in Whistler Village Square as part of the 2010 Whistler Live! Olympic celebrations. This choir were singing in recognition of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games being held in Sochi, Russia.
Fire and Ice Dance
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 22nd, 2010Unbelievable performance from the Fire and Ice twirlers and dancers during the Fire and Ice show in Whistler. Ramped up for the Olympic Winter Games you can’t help but get caught up in the performance.
Animal Nation
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 21st, 2010Whistler based Animal Nation are one of the acts on the Village Square stage – part of Whistler Live! during the Olympics. Sunny weather brought out a large crowd.
Five Alarm Funk at the Olympics
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 20th, 2010Five Alarm Funk could barely fit on the stage at Whistler Live! today and they drew huge crowds. Funny to see the band taking photos of the crowd! They were awesome and super high energy as always.
Drummers
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 20th, 2010These drummers played between the women’s and men’s skeleton Olympic finals at the Whistler Sliding Center. I’m not sure of their name but they were fantastic and I’m stoked with the photographs largely due to the beautiful early evening sky.
Kuba Oms plays Whistler Live!
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 20th, 2010Victoria based Kuba Oms gets the crowd rockin’ during Whistler Live! – part of the cultural Olympiad surrounding the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Olympic Skeleton
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 20th, 2010What a fantastic day! So much going on, from the volunteers and track workers who make it happen, to the racers, their equipment, the track and the fans. But of course today was a great day for me as both British and Canadian citizen with Amy Williams of Britain and Jon Montgomery of Canada both winning gold. Awesome!
Winter Olympics – Day 3
Written by Sarah Bourne on February 15th, 2010Day 3 in Whistler. So much going on. These are photos from Celebration Plaza – doubling as a medals plaza and amazing live music venue. Followed by a school drum band, then the new and improved Fire and Ice show:
