Rebagliati sued by ex-girlfriend

VANCOUVER - The former girlfriend of snowboarder Ross Rebagliati is suing the Olympic gold medallist, claiming she supported him during the year-and-a half they lived together in Whistler.

Jennifer Suzanne Friesen claims she provided financial assistance as Rebagliati tried to build a career from his 1998 snowboarding win at the Nagano Winter Games.

In her statement of claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court, Friesen says she paid for motorcycles, mountain bikes, surf and snowboard gear, meals and entertainment, personal training and even teeth-whitening for Rebagliati.

She says she cashed in tens of thousands of dollars in RRSP's to help him service his debts.


Here is a screwed up link! http://vancouver.cbc.ca/van_news/040910_ross.html

Holy Crap she was a nice lady

Line Østvold, World Cup winner from Norway, dies in Chile following head and neck injuries.

Line Østvold, a Norwegian World Cup snowboarder who received severe head and neck injuries last week in Chile, has passed away.

The accident occured during official training for the snowboardcross event of the FIS Snowboard World Cup in Valle Nevado, Chile on Tuesday, September 14th.

While negotiating a technical section of the course, the double rollers, she fell awkwardly on her head and neck.

According to the FIS, on-site medical care was given immediately before she was flown by air ambulance to a specialist clinic in Santiago.

The 26 year old who finished first and second in snowboardcross World Cup events in the previous season never regained consciousness and passed away on Sunday, September 19th at approximately 11:00 local time.

An English-language story indicating has been posted at the website of Aftenpost, a Norwegian newspaper.

Eye of the storm

My granddad is moving to higher ground, as he lives in Mobile and after talking with him, he does not seem too concerned, he related the tale of Fredrick the killer, back in 79, I remember that and it was freaking bad,(he tells great history stories since he was there for a ton of amazing things) and they are saying that this will be worse, (how is that possible) so he is packing up and moving to my cousins house for a few days the house which is further inland (not by much) but further in never the less. Not much I can do but hope and wish for the best and watch the Weather Channel check the net and hope cell service stays up.