NEW Biography on Paula Findlay Interview with Eva Ain Find out why you should use bikes not cars IT FEELS LIKE YOU ARE RUNNING ON CLOUDS! - Paula Findlay Paula Findlay 3....................................Biography on Paula Findlay 4....................................Editorial on Fighting in hockey 5....................................Interview with Eva ain 7................................Editorial on less cars, more bikes 8................................Biography on Jennifer Abel 10................................Interview with Milos Raonic 12................................Biography on Hayley Wickenhieser 14...................................Editorial on WII Sports 15.............................Interview with Julian de Guzman 17.............................Biography on Lou Gehrig 19..............................Interview with Simon Whitfield 20..............................Editorial on Ryder Hesjedal 22............................. Q and A / Math Corner 23..............................Jokes Quizzes Google Images, Wikipedia, Www.ATP.com, YouTube Jessica Gordon... Biography of Haley Wickenhieser, Interview with Milos Raonic, Editorial on Fighting in Hockey. Cassidy Vetteretti ... Biography on Paula Findlay, Interview with Simon Whitfield, and Editorial on fewer cars more bikes, Front Cover. Becca Sloane...Biography on Jennifer Abel, Interview with Julian de Guzman, Editorial on Ryder Hesjedal’s Victory For Cycling and Fitness in Canada. Holly Boxworth... Biography on Lou Gehrig, Interview with Eva Ain and Editorial on Wii Sports. Editing by Mr Tokes !! Paula Findlay, a Biography By: Cassidy Vetteretti The young Albertan triathlete, Paula Findlay has made the nation proud once again in her recent race in Sydney winning the ITU World championship Series! Paula Findlay was born on May 26th 1989 in Edmonton, Alberta. She is 22 years old and lives right now in Victoria B.C. Findlay has accomplished many things in her life. In July 2010, she won the ITU World Championships Series event held in London. In August she won another ITU World Championships at Kitzbuhel. She became the only female triathlete to win consecutive ITU World Championships in 2010. She has also won an ITU World Cup race in Monterrey, Mexico in April 2010. Paula’s competed in many different places over her career but her favourite place to compete is Austria. Austria has a lot of downhill skiing and she feels inspired by the names of people who have won competitions. In the lodges there are pictures and names of people who have won. Findlay feels proud to represent Canada and wear the Maple Leaf in the upcoming Olympics in London this year!!!!!! She hopes for your support! Interview with Eva Ain by Holly Boxworth Xtreme sports has gotten a chance to sit down with Eva Ain, who has played basketball for many years. How long have you been playing basketball? 22 years. Who or what inspired you to start playing basketball? My daddy! I’ve had a basketball in my hand starting from when I was very young. What different roles have you had in the organization or playing of basketball? I have obviously been a player. I’ve been a captain. I’ve been an assistant coach. I’ve been a coach. I’ve been a director of a basketball camp. I volunteered coaching clinics and I am a fan of the terrible team known as the Toronto Raptors. What is your favourite part of playing basketball? Being a part of a team and working together to reach the goal of winning and the camaraderie between my teammates and myself. How has playing basketball helped you in other parts of your life? It has helped me with cooperation, communication, with fitness, with work ethics and helped me to have lots of fun and travel. What are the hardest and easiest parts of playing basketball for you? The hardest part I think would be playing at such a high level, the commitment, the dedication to fitness, the dedication to maintaining a certain lifestyle, the focus that it takes to not doing what my friends are doing because I was at a tournament or something. The easiest part of playing basketball is like, being a part of a team, having lots of fun, to enjoy it. What’s the most memorable experience you’ve had in basketball? My last year of high school, we won our city championships by 32 points, and we won, I was MVP and it was the best way to end my high school career. What’s the coolest place you’ve been to for a basketball game? Hands down the coolest place I’ve been to for a basketball game was Israel. We stayed in a city called Netanya which is right on the beach and we ‘d go and train and run on the beach and then we’d go play basketball and it was the most perfect place to be. What teams have you played for? I have played for my junior high team, my high school team; I played on my university team I played on the women’s league team… Where have you been to play basketball? In Ontario there was, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Ottawa, Sudbury, I’ve been to Quebec, to Montreal, Bishops, Halifax, Vancouver, Edmonton, Pittsburg, Cleveland, Baltimore, Detroit, Barbados, Israel etc. * Editorial by Cassidy Vetteretti Cars, cars everywhere! Most cities are ruled by cars and have no green space. People spend most of their time and money on their cars. Modern people don’t think that maybe gasoline could affect the way we live later on. Bikes, on the other hand, give you exercise, let you get out and enjoy the fresh air, and, best of all, it doesn’t hurt the Earth in any way. I think we should stop making cars because: 1. It costs a lot of money to make them and buy gasoline; and 2. Bikes are cheaper to manufacture and to buy. They also beat bikes on a hot day. You could be thinking, “What happens if you want to go to Vancouver or someplace far away?” Lots of people go on a bike trip. A bike trip is when you put bags on the side of your bike, and you only take stuff you need, and you stay in hotels along the way! Green Space Green spaces in cities are as important as having fewer cars, because no one wants a city with just cars, and more cars, and buildings, and smoke, and LOTS OF PEOPLE!!!!!! After work, people want a place where they can go to relax and enjoy the fresh air. The earth was meant to be covered in green space, but we ruined that years ago. People don’t realize that oil won’t last forever and that we are using way too much of it. Gas is made from oil and, in a couple of decades, oil will be gone. We will be left with a whole bunch of cars and we will have to put them in a landfill. That would make our world look bad. We should care more about the Earth because all the little children will be living in this world 20 years from now and they want a healthy world to live in!!!! By Becca Sloane Jennifer Abel is an outstanding diver. She was Jennifer has a career as a diver, and she enjoys it proud to announce that she will be competing in immensely, but diving is not the only thing that the 2012 London Olympics. She has already brings a smile to her face. Another of her favourite competed in many other competitions, and she has pastimes is cooking. She has been indulging in come back with an incredible achievement each cooking classes in her spare time. time and even a few gold medals. You might think that because Jennifer Abel dives with such skill and at such a professional level that she focuses only on diving. That’s not entirely true. Although she is devoted to her diving career and trains 30 hours a week, she still feels compelled to figure skate. This phenomenal athlete was born August 23, 1991, in Montreal, Quebec. Her home town is Laval. Even as a young girl, Jennifer was Jennifer Abel trains and improves at the Club determined and had a strong passion for diving. Aquatique de Montreal, or CAMO club. One of the Her desire to be plunging and flipping into the achievements CAMO has helped her reach was the water reached her when she was still very little, opportunity to combine forces with the legendary after watching her older brother jump off a diving and sublime diver Emilie Heymans. The incredible board. As a little girl, she had always looked up to and talented duo dove alongside each other in the her brother. After seeing him on that diving board, unbelievably challenging and amazing art of she was excited and ready to do the same. synchronized diving. To be able to synchronize dive is an enormous accomplishment, but to reach the To be a contender in the Olympic Games, you have podium 17 times is even more outstanding. That is to work incredibly hard and persevere through the goal Jennifer Abel and Emilie Heymans reached many challenges. That is exactly what Jennifer Abel together. had to do. She began her path to success at the age of six, when she dove into the world of competitive diving. Her never-ending improvement brought her to where she is today. Jennifer Abel will be competing in the 2012 London Olympics, but it won’t be the first time she has taken on that challenge. She has already experienced the thrill of the Olympic Games, when she competed in Beijing four years ago, placing 13th in the world in three-metre diving. Jennifer’s family has been extremely supportive through her long and rewarding time as a diver. A couple of days before Jennifer embarked on her journey to the 2008 Olympics, her parents gave her a beautiful gold necklace of the five Olympic rings.