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Sports Illustrated Article on Ross

July 9th, 2008
Sports Illustrated article on Ross:

 

http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1141822/index.htm

 

WHEN ROSS REBAGLIATI, a Canadian, won the inaugural snowboarding event—the men's giant slalom—at the 1998 Nagano Olympics, the question afterward was not about steroids but another drug: Did he inhale?

Rebagliati tested positive for marijuana after his winning run and immediately had his gold medal revoked. He claimed the culprit was secondhand smoke that he'd been exposed to at a party less than a month before the Games. "Honestly, I didn't

Shred

May 11th, 2008
Ross has a cameo in the movie "Shred" which is coming out this Fall. For more information on the movie, click on the link below:

 

http://peacearch.com/_bin/television/longForm/currentProductions/shred.cfm

Global TV - Trevor Linden and Ross Rebagliati lead star-studded bike ride for cancer research

May 1st, 2008
Trevor Linden and Ross Rebagliati lead star-studded bike ride for cancer research Vancouver Canucks mainstay hits the streets for charity Published: Thursday, May 01, 2008VANCOUVER - Trevor Linden is not riding into the sunset, he’s riding for cancer research. The Vancouver Canuck icon will be joining Olympic snowboarding gold medallist Ross Rebagliati and Tour de France veteran Axel Merckx in a huge cycling fund-raiser June 1 on Vancouver’s west side. Outside the BC Cancer Agency's research center today were sports stars; Axel Merckx (2nd from right), Ross Rebagliati (left), Trevor Linden (2nd from left), Cancer survivor Andrew

CTV - Trevor Linden cycles for cancer

May 1st, 2008
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Vancouver Canuck Trevor Linden joined cyclists, cycling fans and cancer survivors to kick off the Westside Cycling Classic outside the B.C Cancer Foundation's offices on Thursday.

 

Tour de France veteran Axel Merckx and gold medalist Ross Rebagliati, along with cancer survivor and fundraiser Andrew Gregory and cancer survivor MLA Sindi Hawkins also showed up

Vancouver Sun - Trevor Linden and Ross Rebagliati lead star-studded bike ride for cancer research

May 1st, 2008
Trevor Linden and Ross Rebagliati lead star-studded bike ride for cancer research Vancouver Canucks mainstay hits the streets for charity Elliott Papp, Vancouver SunPublished: Thursday, May 01, 2008 VANCOUVER - Trevor Linden is not riding into the sunset, he's riding for cancer research.

The Vancouver Canuck icon will be joining Olympic snowboarding gold medallist Ross Rebagliati and Tour de France veteran Axel Merckx in a huge cycling fund-raiser June 1 on Vancouver's west side.

Linden has always worked tireless for a number of causes so his inclusion in this event is hardly a surprise.

Outside

The Olympian Blog

April 30th, 2008
Note to Canadian TV: Don't Mess With Rebagliati Because he will sue you and you'll end up paying him. From Reuters:

Olympic gold-medal-winning snowboarder Ross Rebagliati has settled a lawsuit over a television series that he had accused of defaming him. The Canadian snowboarder reached the out-of-court settlement with CTV Television network and producers of the series, "Whistler," according a statement released by his spokesman on Friday. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. What was the lawsuit about? Rebagliati said he was defamed by a character in the syndicated series named Beck MacKaye, who was portrayed

CKFR - Ross Rebagliati Settles with CTV Out of Court

April 30th, 2008
Ross Rebagliati Settles with CTV Out of Court Fri, 2008-04-25 15:41. Local News Kelowna resident and former Olympic dold-medalist Ross Rebagliati has settled a lawsuit against the creators of the show "Whistler" out of court.

He sued the show, the series' producer and CTV, saying an unsavoury character on the show was based on him.

Rebagliati tells Astral Media Radio News he didn't launch the suit to get a big pay-out, but "unfortunately the system developed over the last 20 or 40 years in North America...the only way to get a huge company to pay attention to you is to file a lawsuit."

Although

U.S. Daily - Olympic snowboarder settles suit over TV character

April 30th, 2008
Olympic snowboarder settles suit over TV character ReutersPublished: Friday, April 25, 2008 VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Olympic gold-medal-winning snowboarder Ross Rebagliati has settled a lawsuit over a television series that he had accused of defaming him.

The Canadian snowboarder reached the out-of-court settlement with CTV Television network and producers of the series, "Whistler," according a statement released by his spokesman on Friday.

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

Ross Rebagliati, 1998 gold medal winner in snowboarding at the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan shows

Ottawa Citizen - Snowboarder settles lawsuit over TV show 'cheap shot'

April 30th, 2008
Snowboarder settles lawsuit over TV show 'cheap shot' Published: Friday, April 25, 2008 VANCOUVER - Ross Rebagliati, who the won the first Olympic snowboarding gold medal, has settled his lawsuit with television network CTV.

Mr. Rebagliati launched the suit in 2006 when CTV introduced its TV show, Whistler, promoted as an exposé of the elite snow sports and high-living community in the resort town north of Vancouver.

The professional boarder said his website, e-mail and Facebook site were flooded by comments from people who found its central character, a blond, blue-eyed party animal with an Olympic gold medal

Calgary Herald - Rebagliati Settles Suit With CTV

April 30th, 2008
Rebagliati settles suit with CTV Herald News ServicesPublished: Friday, April 25, 2008 Ross Rebagliati, who the won the first ever Olympic snowboarding gold medal, has settled his lawsuit with television network CTV.

Rebagliati launched the suit in 2006 when CTV introduced its TV show Whistler, promoted as an expose of the elite snow sports and high-living community in the resort town.

The professional boarder said his website, e-mail and Facebook site were flooded by comments from people who found its central character, a blond, blue-eyed party animal with an Olympic gold medal named Beck McKaye, to be startling like Rebagliati.

"He