Bejing 2022: Nose Butter Take Off

Every discipline has its own slang, but free style skiing seems the most foreign and fun to me.  The phrase, "nose butter" refers to a light touch on the tips of the skis as one leaves the jump ramp.  I think the phrase is equating the ski pressure on the snow is the same as spreading butter on toast.  If you press to hard it all crumbles or if you press to lightly you leave nothing behind.  So it was that Colby Stevenson (USA) struck the right balance as he left the ramp for his final jump of the Big Air competition.  The jump was enough to earn him the Silver Medal coming just shy of surpassing Ruud the Norwegian Gold Medalist.

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Bejing 2022: Grapping Japan

 Normally I make all of the images horizontal, but when the event is called Big Air, it seems only right to show just how high up Eileen Gu (China) was as she twisted and flipped her way to a gold medal.  Gu had made the choice to ski for China despite having grown up in California.  She spent every summer visiting her grand parents in China, and felt that she could be a role model for Chinese girls both in and out of skiing competition.  Her performance today certainly inspired us all!  

I should explain the title.  The move she is making in the picture, reaching under one ski to grab the ski of her opposite leg is called a "Japan Grab"  Therefore I enjoyed the Chinese American skiing for China doing a move named after Japan.  It was just to Asian to pass up.

This is a small 4x6 inch original watercolor painting that is available through my website at greigleach.com or you can simply follow the direct link at the end of the post to purchase the painting above. Since it is an original work of art, it is a first come first served reality. The painting was created using Yarka St. Petersburg watercolors from www.Richesonart.com. The work sells for $75 USD plus shipping, and yes international shipping is available.

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Olympics 2018: High Wire

Much of the Olympics are about being able to handle the pressure to perform.  For Shaun White (USA) who already has two gold medals in the Men's Half Pipe, one would think he didn't even need to come to Korea to compete.  But then there was his bad run that left him without a medal in 2014 of any kind.  Athletes and the rest of us, don't like to leave the stage on a low note, so he fought back to the top of the game.  Today, he laid down a brilliant run with some truly big air on his final run to burnish his golden image, and to add to his collection of gold medals.  Well done, Shaun!

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