April 8, 2006
OZers in Minneapolis
We had a great mix of veteran fans and new faces in Minneapolis! It was great to reconnect with old friends and meet new ones.
Here are a few photos from last weekend - get to know some of the faces behind the names you seen posting here!
Hoisting the OZ banner (a gift from Al Izykowski 3 years ago in Bay City
l-r: Bob, Deb, Anne, Nick, Stephannie
photo courtesy Rosh
clockwise from top: Janey, Tiasha, Ashley, Shawna, Kimo, Jan, Junko
photo courtesy Shawna
SusanG and Rosh, with Mathieu Turcotte
photo courtesy Rosh
Melissa and Noelle, with the absolutely amazing bag Melissa made!
Apologies to those who there that I missed. Next time we have to get a group photo for sure!
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March 3, 2006
Ohno Zone Anniversary Video
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Ohno Zone enters its FIFTH year online this month! It's hard to believe what a long way we've come. To celebrate, one of our longtime OZers, a true pillar of the short track community, has put together this trip down memory lane in tribute to our first four years. Watching it definitely brought many tears to my eyes! Much gratitude to this anonymous contributor for the time and love that went into the creation.
Note to our newcomers: Many of you will have the good fortune to meet Apolo in the coming weeks and months. You're invited to send in photos to share with your fellow OZers and Apolo fans. We'll post them for all to enjoy in a tradition that began 4 years ago (check out the archives!) and include your photos with Apolo and/or Yuki in the Ohno Zone Friends & Family photo gallery.
The video creatrix sent me this blurb to post:
"This is my thanks to the OZ community for four wonderful years. Thanks to Todd, who started this site, to Noelle, who works so hard every day to give information we can't find anywhere else, to the fans, who keep this place alive, to the skaters who are inspirations to us every day, and to Apolo, who brought us all here together. Happy Anniversary, OZ!"
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