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And the beat goes on! Last weekend in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Julia Mancuso continued her podium resurgence at the first post-Olympics World Cup event, with a Bronze Medal run in the Women’s Super G. She ran Delite Tortoise G12 and Leila Black Opal G12 celebrating her bronze medal in Crans Montana, Switzerland.

Julia, right, celebrating bronze in Delite Tortoise, G12 lens

Last week, right after the closing ceremonies Sunday and before heading off to Switzerland on Tuesday, Julia made a quick media tour through LA. She appeared on the George Lopez Show where she hammed it up with the comedian and even sang on stage! Check out her karaoke skills here:

Spring training is here, and the sport’s finest are fine tuning their skills with help from their Kaenon Polarized shades – follow your favorite players and if you happen to head out to Spring Training, don’t forget your Kaenons!

Florida Marlins All-Star Short Stop Hanley Ramirez wearing Hard Kore Tobacco G12

San Diego Padres Manager Bud Black wearing Basis Black Chrome G12

Philadelphia Phillies All-Star outfielder Raul Ibanez in Hard Kore Tobacco C28

San Francisco Giant’s Manager Bruce Bochy wearing Spindle S3 G12

Anna Tunnicliffe was presented with her second Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Award (a Rolex timepiece) in New York City last weekend at the New York Yacht Club. She also received the title last month–and another Rolex watch!–for being named the Rolex Female World Sailor of the Year.

Congrats Anna!

Last week, the crew of Tenacious traveled 244 miles west of Cabo San Lucas to the remote and uninhabited island of San Benedicto. Fishing was excellent and the boat’s freezers were filled to capacity. The boat and crew decked out in variety of Kaenon sunglasses will now return to Southern California in preparation for the upcoming 2010 summer fishing season.

We just caught wind of these ridiculous images of our friend Jared Lane from Fast Lane Sailing Center down in San Diego. Wearing Kaenon Polarized Sunglasses style, Burny Black G12, Jared caught a 100 lb thresher shark from a stand up paddleboard, actually pulling the shark up in his lap. Yep, you read that right.

Just another day in sunny Southern California…?

“There was some talk about fishing on a stand up paddle board going around our shop, and the idea to tow surf behind a shark came up. Is it possible? I thought it would be more than possible and was so confident I set the whole attack mission up. I had the whole thing planned out except for one minor detail… What do I do when it’s right beneath my feet?” – Jared Lane

Read the full story and see more pics and video on the Fast Lane blog.

WINTER OLYMPICS

Canadian speed skater Denny Morrison, wearing Kore, Black, G12 lens and fellow Canadian long track speed skaters defeated the U.S. team to win the men’s team pursuit gold medal at the Richmond Olympic Oval in the final days of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

From Denny Morrison’s website:

‘Before the Olympics there were high expectations for the men’s long track team, especially for the 24-year-old Morrison. But he failed to reach the podium in the 5,000 and 1,000 meters as well as his specialty, the 1,500, in which he used to be the world record holder. There he finished ninth. Although there were reports he was upset with the coaches and the sport bureaucracy, Morrison said it was all on him and used the media reports as motivation.

“It’s a roller-coaster of emotions,” said Morrison of the last 10 days. “I like the conclusion the best. It’s like a story with a good ending, with turmoil in between.

“It’s cool to be able to come together after no medals for any of the men’s team. To win gold as a team, there’s no better way to finish off the Olympics for us.”

In the final, Canada quickly took the lead in the eight-lap race and by the end of the second lap was nearly three-quarters of a second ahead of the Americans. Twice when the U.S. closed the gap, the Canadians reestablished themselves, finally winning by just .21 of a second.’

MUSIC / ENTERTAINMENT

Last week in Vancouver, British Columbia, special guest lead singer JD Fortune and INXS rocked the BC Place Stadium Wednesday evening during the band’s sold out Vancouver Olympic Victory Ceremony concert.

Fortune, wearing Delite sunglasses by Kaenon Polarized delivered a gold medal-worthy performance, ending with the enthusiastic crowd’s demand for an encore, the first and only time of the Olympic concert series. From the moment he hit the stage, JD mesmerized the audience with his larger than life stage presence and vocal performance. Highlights of the night were Canadian #1 single “Pretty Vegas,” which Fortune co-wrote, and a heartfelt version of the ballad “Beautiful Girl.” The concert was the first time Fortune performed with INXS since their “Switch” world tour in 2007.

“I was so honored to perform at the Olympics with INXS here in my home country, and I am overwhelmed by the fan support pouring in from all over the globe,” Fortune said.

Fortune also wrote and recorded The Death of a Motivational Speaker–a collection of songs that began as an idea for a solo concept album. Instead, it evolved into an ongoing artistic event of audio, video and interaction shared directly with his fans via his website. This new entertainment business model has proven an overwhelming success as evidenced by the millions of hits on the site.

One of Fortune’s songs, One More Day, (Election Day) will be featured in promotional spots for the new CBS prime time drama from producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Miami Medical, which premiers Friday, April 2 at 10/9c.

AUTO RACING – NASCAR

Last weekend Danica Patrick was on the track in Las Vegas for her third NASCAR.  She heads back to IndyCar, totally focusing on that series and her main goal of Winning of the Indy 500 in May. Danica will drive both series throughout the summer, starting up NASCAR again in late June.

Still the focus of intense media coverage and scrutiny, Danica is showing a lot of class, dedication and the ability to digest heaps of humble pie.  She’s not only earning respect from her fellow NASCAR drivers, she’s making big gains on the track as well.

Racing as high as 3rd place after starting way back in 37th, she was taken out by another driver in a multi-car accident just shy of the halfway point.

Racer.com wrote, ‘Danica Patrick showed great progress on her third outing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series until contact with a backmarker put her out of the race.

After qualifying down in 37th, she dived on the inside of Michael McDowell on lap 84 at Turn One, the pair made contact and both cars ended up against the barrier.  He later took the blame for bringing her afternoon to an early end when she was running 24th and a lap down on the race leader.

“The car ahead of me was really slow and I caught him down the front straight and it was just going slow. So I went to go underneath him as he drifted up to the wall and he turned down in,” Patrick explained. “I guess I probably should have seen all the tape on the left-rear bumper and say, ‘I probably shouldn’t be on his left-rear bumper.’ But sure enough he turned down and took us both out. So, what are you going to do?”

Before the incident, Patrick had run as high as third thanks to being out of sequence with most of the leaders and running a very long first stint until lap 73. Her times on new rubber on her second tire stint looked comparable with some of those in the top-10 and she was among the fastest cars on the track right before crashing out.

“It’s a real bummer because I was really hooked up there after we got [new] tires back on and you know, we were probably one of the quicker cars on the track because we just stickered it up and I felt good,” Patrick added.’

For more on Danica Patrick’s Vegas race, check out the rest of the Racer.com story here.

Danica Patrick is wearing Kaenon Polarized’s sunglasses style, Burnet Black, G12 lens

WINTER OLYMPICS

Julia Mancuso and fellow medalists and members of the U.S. Ski Team, Andrew Weibrecht, Lindsey Vonn and Bode Miller.

Switching between various styles of Kaenon’s women’s sunglasses Julia Mancuso has been seen in Joss Black, G12 lens, Calais Tortoise, C12 lens and Leila Black Opal, G12 lens

WINTER OLYMPICS

Share the dream – watch Julia Mancuso in her final 2010 Olympic event Wednesday February 24th. Julia has won three Olympic Medals thus far, the most ever for any female American alpine skier (Gold in Women’s Giant Slalom 2006 Olympics in Turin, Italy; Silver in Women’s Downhill and Silver in Women’s Super-Combined in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, Canada). As a fan of Kaenon’s line of women’s sunglasses Julia Mancuso has been seen in Joss Black, G12 lens, Calais Tortoise, C12 lens and Leila Black Opal, G12 lens which she’s been wearing around the slopes in Whistler the past few weeks.

In this Visa commercial, Julia Mancuso gets a special message from Morgan Freeman who narrates the early visions of Julia’s quest for Olympic achievement. The commercial was inspired by a poster Julia drew herself when she was 12 years old. The poster still hangs in the locker room of her stomping grounds to this day.

Earlier today, Julia Mancuso shared with Ellen DeGeneres and audience her path on becoming an Olympic Gold Medalist. Here she talks about the balance of athleticism and media and the importance of staying focused on her skiing, despite the ebbs and flows of publicity and media attention.

AUTO RACING – FONTANA, CA

Danica Patrick had a very full week, which culminated in her second NASCAR attempt in Fontana, CA on Saturday. After making appearances on Jimmy Kimmel and Ellen DeGeneres, multiple LA-area news shows and features in People and US Weekly magazines, she actually squeezed in some time to drive her second NASCAR race in Fontana, CA.

She had a tough go, finishing 31^st. But, she’s focused, and is doing everything right—one step at a time—and is taking her lumps with class. When you compare the last four Indy Car drivers success (or lack thereof) making the transition to NASCAR—she is right on pace to where those great drivers were in their first races.

Burnet and Pino were her Kaenon Polarized Sunglasses of choice over the weekend.

Saturday will be Patrick’s last NASCAR Nationwide Series race of her initial three-race stint before she goes on a four-month hiatus to return to driving full-time in the Izod IndyCar Series. Hitting the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Saturday in the Sam’s Town 300, she’ll return to NNS competition at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in June.

Jimmy Kimmel Part 1

Jimmy Kimmel Part 2

ALPINE SKIING

Julia Mancuso is known for her sparkly personality and now as the most decorated Olympic American female alpine skier, with three Olympic Medals to her name (1-Gold, 2-Silver). Whether surfing in Maui, racing down the slopes in Vancouver, climbing mountains or simply having fun, Julia Mancuso keeps it all in perspective.

Julia Mancuso in Calais

Julia in Delite above and below.

Julia in Joss

WINTER OLYMPICS: VANCOUVER 2010

Julia Mancuso Now Two-for-Two in Two Days!
Takes Another Silver in Today’s Super Combined

Let’s see…two days, two Olympic Women’s Alpine events, two Silver Medals! Kaenon Polarized Team Rider Julia Mancuso is proving to the world she’s no one-win-wonder, claiming her second Silver Medal in as many days in the grueling Super Combined event today at the Vancouver Winter Olympics. In the first half of the event— the Downhill—Julia led off early with a time of 1:24.96. US teammate and yesterday’s Downhill Gold medalist Lindsey Vonn edged her out by 0.8 seconds, and German skier Maria Raush also posted a slightly faster time, pushing Julia into the third slot halfway through.

Just a few hours later in the Slalom half of the competition, Julia ripped it up again, giving her a combined time of 2:10:08. Her consistent skiing across the two different courses put her back on the podium on the Silver medal stand. Maria Raush won Gold while Vonn crashed out in the slalom. Only Julia Mancuso now has a chance to medal in every Women’s Alpine event in this Winter Olympic Games.

Today’s medal landed Julia in very fine company, making her only the fifth American woman to win two alpine skiing medals in the same Olympic Winter Games – a feat that hasn’t happened since 1964.

Mancuso races on Saturday in the Super G, and Wednesday of next week in the Giant Slalom, the event where she won Gold in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics.

Julia Mancuso, wears an assortment of Kaenon’s women’s sunglasses representing sports, lifetsyle and luxury performance styles such as Calais, Burnet, Georgia, Zaza, Leila and Joss.

Don’t party yet, Jules … rest up, we think you’ll be the first American woman to go four-for-four!

Congratulations to Julia Mancuso who is now the most decorated female American Olympic Alpine Skier with 3 Medals!

WINTER OLYMPICS: VANCOUVER 2010

Kaenon Polarized Kaenon is thrilled to share that Olympic skier Julia Mancuso just this morning claimed her second consecutive Olympic medal in the Women’s Downhill in Whistler, British Columbia. Taking the silver Wednesday, she won the gold medal for giant slalom in the 2006 Torino Games.

Sporting Black Opal Leila’s by Kaenon Polarized in the Winner’s Circle, it was a tense 15 minutes or so for Julia Mancuso Wednesday in Vancouver during the much anticipated Women’s Downhill after she posted the fastest time of the day. While TV camera’s focused on her jubilation after her run, Julia slid on her Leila’s and had to wait, skier, after skier to see if her time would stick.

Leading the field from early on with a blazing time of 1:44.75, Julia set the early pace. She held the lead until US teammate and childhood rival Lindsey Vonn, the 16th skier down the hill, put up a time of 1:44.19.

The Americans held a clearly dominant position in a race characterized by several crashes — including one to Swedish standout Anja Paerson

Mancuso’s finish of just 0.56 seconds behind the heavily favored Vonn proved that she is still very much a force to be reckoned with on the snow—especially when it counts. Elisabeth Goergl of Austria took the bronze medal, 1.46 seconds back.

It’s the third time two Americans have finished 1-2 in an Olympic Alpine race, and the first time in 26 years.

Many heartfelt congratulations to Julia and the US Ski Team!

Julia Mancuso wears an assortment of Kaenon’s women’s sunglasses representing sports, lifetsyle and luxury performance styles such as Calais, Burnet, Georgia, Zaza, Leila and as shown above, Joss.

As written in the Associated Press wrap up story, “At the finish, Mancuso knew right away she had done something special and let out a big scream of delight, pumped her right fist and showed a big smile. Then she put on a pair of black sunglasses (Leila Black G12)and waited for the favorites to come down.”

Many heartfelt congratulations to Julia and the US Ski Team!

PERFORMANCE TRAINING

Julia Mancuso is known for her playful personality and intense skill. Check out how she effortlessly blends both attributes in this video on her training routine.

Julia Mancuso wears Calais, Burnet, Georgia, Zaza and Leila