Discussion: Cool banner

Hey, check out the banner at the top of this WOC2005 page. Anyone we know? Is that a grin on his face?? The finish was so close they had to call in Tarzan to make the decision.

Is that public James, pubic, James, or pubulic James?

Hmmm....if I don't make the WOC team, maybe I'll just come for the pubulic competition. :)

I'd rather look at James than at "Morizo" and "Kikkoro", that's for sure.

James is "accelerating" up the hill! Just look at the face of the competitor right behind him :)

Wow.

Have there been any mascots associated with NA meets? If "Morizo" and "Kikkoro" are representative of what flies elsewhere, I'm glad we've reamined immune.

We got to see the real-life versions of Morizo and Kikkoro at WOC in Sweden. Another pic http://bmay.d.umn.edu/USTeam/woc04_eddie/9-12-2004...g"> here and onstage here. Actually folks hat a good time dancing with the short one at the banquet, which was really funny! I was calling them the "pickle" and the "avacado."

The neat thing about Eddie's "onstage here" photo is how totally it belies what the relay day looked like until the very end. Most of the day was incredibly dark with light rain/mist for much of the Women's Relay. The sun came out just in time for the awards ceremony.

I think Greg Balter might be a good mascot for U.S. orienteering. "Baltero" His bright yellow suit would be perfect! And the kids will be lining up to have their pictures taken with him. We just need to do something about all the post-race nudeness...

The flying pig is the only macot I've ever seen at a US meet. Unfortunately it isn't a big, fuzzy pantomime pig.

People ought to be real careful about dancing with guys, girls (entities?) like those two. There is know telling about their amorous feelings might be expressed.

I'll second nominating Greg as US mascot. He's got everything we're looking for.

Greg can be furry when he wants too...he is very fond of fleece clothing in the wintertime.

I propose "gagarino" as a sidekick to "baltero": The fur is permanent, and his 57 languages spoken will come in handy with all those overseas visitors

also had JJ under consideration, but "JJ-o" or "Cotéo" just didnt have the same ring to it

How about JJ-Lo?

My butt's too small for that.

It is possible to get butt implants...but that is asking too much I think. Still JJ-Lo has quite a ring to it, and JJ certainly has his own particular sense of style: Kevlar O pants...remember those.

I nominate Michael Commons.

Here is one more...JJ-Binks. Unfortunately, I don't think that he would survive very long.

As an aside, I have always thought that Kevlar would make for good o-pants. I'm glad that JJ tried it.

Check the comments on Spike's blog for more info on my Kevlar pants.