why should these resorts be allowed to prohibit snowboarders on their slopes? Snowboarding is a rather new sport, with the first snowboards initially introduced to the world in 1965 by Sherman Poppen. Though snowboarding wasn't introduced as an Olympic sport until 1998. On the other hand, skiing has been around for millennia, with the first recorded skies discovered to have existed in 4000 bc, though it…
In “Russia ban adds to South Korea’s Winter Olympics woes” by James Griffiths explains how Russia not competing has had a major impact on the ticket sale of the already low amount for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Russian Athletes like Evgenia Medvedeva and Irina Avvakumova plan to not compete if they cannot compete under the Russian flag. With Russian spectators making up a large number of the visitors to winter games, South Korea struggles to get ticket buyers. The term oil with…
Case analysis: P&G “Thank You Mom” The Olympic games are something special that brings the entire world together once every two years. It takes thousands of people working together to make it happen. During the two weeks that the Olympics are going on, the entire world is watching and presents companies with a great opportunity to show off their brand in a good light and associate with a highly popular event. One of the companies that exploits this the best is Procter and Gamble better know as…
Irrational Tectonic is mutated from rational Tectonic. Perhaps, over rational will turn to irrational when tectonic losing the connection of historical context or logic of craftsmanship. The signs on Hong Kong street were a rational advertisement behavior. However, people starting to add their desire by expansion signs irrationally, not only visually expand, but also tectonically extend. Of course, the program also exposing from inside to outside by those signs symbolically. The signs stacked on…
space, which is enclosed by itself, it’s more like a representation of architect’s ideal world. No skyscraper allows Irrational Tectonic because it would reduce the space but increase the difficulty of construction. UK Pavilion for Shanghai world expo 2010 is no model of “efficiency” because of its Irrational thick wall, which is constituted by thousands of plastic bars, as a structure. In addition, plastic bars that stored the seed are not efficient, the amount of seeds can be stored in any…
years old. Her birthday is on May 2, 1983 and she was born in Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia. Slovenia is a country next to Italy. Tina Maze is a World Cup ski racer and a double Olympic gold medalist. Tina is the most successful Slovenian ski racer in history with a career that culminated with two gold medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Maze first won her World Cup race at Solden, Austria during the season of 2003, but not by herself. Maze, tied three ways with two other skiers. In 2004 season, Tina…
Newspaper acticle-----Pierre Elliot Trudeau, a famous person in Canada (good copy) September 28th, 2000.In Trudeau’s house, Montreal,Quebec,Canada. Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s dead body were found in his house by his child and his wife.Pierre Elliot Trudeau was a famous person in Canada’s history, he was the president in Canada. September 28th, Pierre Elliot Trudeau’s wife and his childrens found his dead body in his room in Montreal. Trudeau dead of prostate cancer on 28 September. He has his…
Chloe Kim became an increasingly eminent name in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The California native started snowboarding at the age of 4, and became the prevailing female half-pipe champion in the world. Kim won her first medal in the X games at the age of 13, and has since earned 3 consecutive gold medals in the 2015-2016 games. This made her the only athlete in the history of the X Games to hold three gold medals before the age of 16. Kim was also the first woman to…
Figure skating is a sport in which single athletes or teams of athletes conduct artist performances on ice. The objective of the sport is to score the highest marks possible from the judges, in order to get points athletes are required to perform a number of different moves, they perform a selection of spins, jumps, lifts and steps depending on the nature of the event. Skaters may use professional music editors so that their music meets requirements; they are required to skate to music that…
The weirdest winter sports you need to try (-- removed HTML --) Most winter sports seem kind of nuts. You can just picture the wintertime boredom that persuaded people to strap planks of wood to their feet, or slide down ice face first. Although typical sports like skiing and luge are now professional sports, there are far more crazy winter activities out there. Here are a few of the winter sports from around the world you need to try. Yukigassen (-- removed HTML --) Who doesn’t love a…