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We Need Winter To Have Winter Games

10 February, 2010 - 05:37

The newest Olympic sport you've never heard of is fast-paced and exciting. It’s called bobwheeling, and it’s poised to take the world by storm — because, unlike other Winter Olympic games, bobwheeling doesn’t require ice or snow. And that’s a good thing, because snow and ice are in short supply in Vancouver this week as the Winter Olympics get under way. (Too bad D.C. wasn't a contender!)

Okay, okay, there is no such thing as bobwheeling. It’s actually a promotional stunt created by the “official offsetter” of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. But it’s also a really clever way of pointing out that unchecked global warming jeopardizes the future of all winter sports.

Frenzied reports have been coming in for weeks about[...]

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