interesting story

[SteveP]

dont know this kid. sounds like a typical canadian to me.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/sp...html?_r=1&8dpc

[DarrenCT]

31 yrs old.

there is still hope for me (in the beer drinking contests)


cool story

grant- do u know him?

[Shawn G]

Great story. Thanks Steve!

Shawn G

[coylifut]

if my memory serves me correctly he won the US Pro a couple of years ago in horrible weather. the majority of the field dropped out.

[GrantM]

grant- do u know him?

oh ya, Svein from Canada.
of course I do...

no, he's from the other coast.

-g

[doofus]

my new hero

[mike p]

More http://www.bcsportsbeat.ca/More/olym..._story_719.htm

Mike

[SeanEasley]

Eerie parallels to the Chris McCandless story Into the Wild...at least this one has a better ending.

thanks for the link. I'll be following this guy's results now.

[velocolour]

Fun Canfact #83
Census of Canada estimates Canada's current population at 33,212,696. That's about three times the population of Istanbul.