::RAD CANADIANS::

[POST 4.0]

You might have thought Rad Canadians was gone forever, and you might have had good reason to believe that, since there hasn't been an entry in quite a few months. Simply put, Rad Canadians don't come round every day, and I feel that the genuine authenticity of Rad Canadians is somehow diminished if I scour the headlines on a weekly basis for the next one, instead I just wait until I hear about someone who is especially rad.

And Brian McKeever is certainly rad.

Brian is the first athlete EVER to be named to both the Paralympic, and Olympic teams. He's a legally blind Cross-Country Skier, he's a 7-time Paralympic Medallist with his brother Robin who was his guide (Robin skied for Canada in Nagano as well), he's from Canmore, Alberta where there is clearly something in the water that makes you want to be awesome at wicked sports like XC-Skiing. Robin will be joining Brian once again for the Parlympic games, but he'll ski solo in the Olympics, relying on other skiers, his familiarity with the course, and his limited vision which he describes in an ultra-Canadian way as "like seeing the doughnut but not the timbit".

Brian is a huge inspiration, I got all emotional reading the paper this morning and then seeing he and his team on tv. Way to go Brian, you're super rad and I'll be cheering for you in Van!!
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