hiphopanonymous
05-21-08, - 10:33 PM
Switch to Bahamas has allowed snowboarder to reconnect with his family:
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqurbYlIi6YMkVFgSf-cv_OazKzw
..."Trying to land the hard tricks has never scared Korath Wright, but the Canadian-raised snowboarder admits his decision to represent his native Bahamas at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics has been both intimidating and rewarding.
"It's really a huge leap of faith and a big risk on my part," Wright said in a telephone interview from Nassau on Wednesday. "What it really came down to was it being an amazing opportunity to represent the country I was born in."
Wright, a halfpipe specialist, will be the first athlete from the Caribbean island nation to compete at a Winter Olympics. But the 22-year-old doesn't want to be a sideshow like English ski jumper Eddie the Eagle or the Jamaican bobsled team.
"I am a legitimate contender," he said. "I'm in this to win this. This is my dream, my Olympic dream, and I am pursuing it to the absolute fullest."
What thrills Wright even more than the chance to compete at the Olympics, is the opportunity to connect with his Bahamian roots.
"It is really about representing where I was born, and reconnecting with my family down here," he said. "My family has always been a huge part of my life, but now my family has doubled in size. It's been pretty surreal."....
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqurbYlIi6YMkVFgSf-cv_OazKzw
..."Trying to land the hard tricks has never scared Korath Wright, but the Canadian-raised snowboarder admits his decision to represent his native Bahamas at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics has been both intimidating and rewarding.
"It's really a huge leap of faith and a big risk on my part," Wright said in a telephone interview from Nassau on Wednesday. "What it really came down to was it being an amazing opportunity to represent the country I was born in."
Wright, a halfpipe specialist, will be the first athlete from the Caribbean island nation to compete at a Winter Olympics. But the 22-year-old doesn't want to be a sideshow like English ski jumper Eddie the Eagle or the Jamaican bobsled team.
"I am a legitimate contender," he said. "I'm in this to win this. This is my dream, my Olympic dream, and I am pursuing it to the absolute fullest."
What thrills Wright even more than the chance to compete at the Olympics, is the opportunity to connect with his Bahamian roots.
"It is really about representing where I was born, and reconnecting with my family down here," he said. "My family has always been a huge part of my life, but now my family has doubled in size. It's been pretty surreal."....