Podcast #108 – Olympic Time!

The Bums are back and while we aren’t competing in the olympics, we’re still excited and have some information to get you excited, too!

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Aprés Today

• Mario : Bourbon Coffee
• Brian : Hot Toddy
• Sweetened Beverage Tax Goes into Action in Seattle

  1.75 cents per fluid ounce, approximately 21 cents per 12 oz soda

From The Ganjala – Frank's Bean of the Week

• Moxie, Strawberry Fields .5gm vape cartridge

  Solid High, good taste, got on the Nevada side of Tahoe (incline village). Connect to a vape pen (battery) and great for skiing for use on the chair lift. around 91% THC. One tip lasted all week.

• US Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinds state-level legal cannabis guidance

• Vermont House votes to legalize marijuana

Ski News

• The 33-Year-Old Skier Who Became the Mayor of Truckee

• NOAA: Over The Past Month, La Nina Strengthened

• NOAA: Atmospheric River Event Inbound For CA | 1-3+ FEET of Snow Above 7,500ft Monday – Tuesday

• New England’s largest ski resort closes due to extreme weather

• NOAA: Dry Southwest still waiting on winter in January 2018

• Alps weather: Heavy snow cuts off ski resorts

Main Topic : Olympic Time

• Date – February 9-25

• Where – PyeongChang, South Korea. Announced in 2011 defeating Munich, Germany, and Annecy, France

• Four New Events

  • big air snowboarding
  • freestyle skiing
  • mixed doubles curling
  • mass start speed skating

• Mascot – The 2018 mascot is a white tiger named Soohorang

• Where They Skiing? – Jeongseon Alpine Centre

• Review from SkiResort.info – 3 out of 5

• Tickets Aren’t Selling

• Financial hurdles

  South Korea has already managed to overcome a few major hurdles, including construction delays, logistical conflicts and lack of enthusiasm from sponsors.

  Organizers are $267 million short of the $2.4 billion budget needed to operate the games.
  Still, previous host cities that faced similar financial issues saw a large increase in ticket sales during the final months leading up to the games.

• Olympic Hockey – First Time Without NHLers since 1998

• Ice Skater Adam Rippon Is First Openly Gay U.S. Man to Qualify for Olympics

• Bodie Miller Tweets: Mikaela Shiffrin may be the best ever

• Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin speak out against Russian doping

Under the Ropes

• Iguanas are falling out of trees in Florida because it’s so cold. Please don’t pick them up.

• We tried SnoHub, the Uber of snow clearing. Here’s what you need to know

• All Aboard! Golden Eagle Luxury Trains Launches a Once-in-a-Lifetime Tour of Britain

• Canadians Are Obsessed With Cold Shaming Because It’s All We Have

• The Indians dying because of wild elephant selfies

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