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Jake
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:36 am
Does anybody know where I can get the Calgary hat Chip and Kim were wearing when they went up in the gondola? It was red polar fleece, (I think.) looked like a jester hat but had Canadian maple leaves instead of the pointy jester thangs and had the word "Calgary" embroidered in white across the brim. I've tried a bunch o' searches on the web but cannot find it. Can anybody help???
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Bastable
Member
07-09-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:47 am
I would try the official tourism office there. Chances are they're they ones who dealt with the TAR producers and arranged everything for them. If they have an info hotline, try asking them. www.tourismcalgary.com
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Jake
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:59 am
Thanks, Bastable... I'll give them a try!
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:20 am
I found a promo company who has similar hats. CLICK HERE. I know this isn't it, but I wonder if you could contact them to send you a "sample". I noticed it helps to use the word toque in your search, lol. Reminds me of the McKenzie brothers.
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:23 am
Rotfl at this one!
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:25 am
I think this one is as good as I can do.
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Mzzlissa
Member
03-08-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:32 am
Good research Halfunit! The second hat looks almost identical to the one on the show...it seems to me they did say Canada on the front, but I could be wrong.
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:42 am
The Web site Halfunit found sells knock-offs of the toques Chip and Kim wore on the show. That toque you guys saw is made by a company called Roots. (They sell athletic clothing.) The one on the show was popular during either the last or second last winter Olympics. I have my doubts Roots sells them anymore, but you could call/e-mail and ask.
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 11:43 am
Roots is a very large, very popular clothing/outerwear company in Canada. Roots outfits all our Olympic athletes, and Roots products are widely available, including the Maple Leaf hats they were wearing last night. Try Scorpios' link, I'm positive Roots has an online store. VIVE LA CANADA!
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Jami
Member
10-08-2003
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 12:52 pm
I just ordered 2 for my sons for Christmas.
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:14 pm
Those were very cool hats!! Do you suppose they were part of the cold weather gear provided? I wouldn't think that would be the cheapest hat one could find in a souvenir shop. LOL!! (They served as a very nice shout out to all the super Canadian TAR fans!!!)
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Djgirl
Member
07-17-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:21 pm
Tim and I were rolling on the floor watching them wear those hats since I've never actually seen anyone wear one here! We also groaned at Brandon & Nicole's taxi driver... "Not a problem, dude"... we were both saying "No, don't paint us as that!!! We're not all like that really!!!" It was cool to see Canada though! 
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:31 pm
Maybe you don't see them in Toronto, but my God, last winter if you were to take a stroll up Robson Street, or (gasp!) Whistler, all you could see was a sea of red Roots caps, just like 'em. As for painting us as something, I'm kinda disappointed that all you got to see of Canada was SNOW. It doesn't help our "No, really, we don't drive dogsleds!" arguement much. I sure hope they keep coming through Canada on their way home. I never understood why they didn't in the past.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:46 pm
OK, I'm going to start a war here I'm sure, and this is really off topic and for that I apologize, but I soooo wish my lovely Canadian neighbours would worry less about the snow and cold perception. The reality is, it DOES snow in the mountains north of Calgary. When they filmed this, there was snow. Shrugs ... I just don't understand why showing Canada with snow is such a big deal. (Though I'm sure you guys will tell me LOL). I remember watching another reality show recently, where they were in Toronto and one of the contestants said ONCE that it was cold, and the internet boards lit up with Canadians saying, "Oh why did they have to say it was cold?! That's stereotyping the entire country!" Dunno -- maybe it REALLY WAS cold. (shrugs) Regarding "dude" -- people all over North America (and other parts of the world) say "dude." I don't really think anyone outside of Canadians themselves would think that that phrase "painted" an entire country as anything. I'm sorry, I LOVE Canada. I have chosen Canada as my country. I LOVE IT. I love Canadians. But I guess I'm still - and will always be - an outsider who just doesn't understand, because sometimes I just wish that Canadians would worry a little less about the perceptions they THINK everyone MIGHT have of them. In my opinion, despite what Rick Mercer's highly-edited and selective (by his own admittance) program showed, not ALL Americans think you (we) live in igloos. This is likely the most controversial thing I've ever posted at TVCH, and I hope you guys don't kick me out of the country for it. I really do like it here, and I really do love Canadians! LOL
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:58 pm
Ummmm.... I visit Canada all the time and live very very close to it and I've never heard that saying "dude" was a Canadian thing?!? LOL EVERYONE says dude here in Michigan and I always thought it was a Californian thing, not a Canadian thing. (Same applies to "not a problem".) Now, there's definitely something said about Canadians saying "eh" all the time - which I've actually found is fairly true. LOL
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Karen
Member
09-07-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 2:00 pm
No, Yankee, you're absolutely right... it's not that its NEVER cold in Canada, it just seems that a lot of people outside of Canada assume that it always is. (my post was supposed to be half tongue-in-cheek, also). I understand that they were in Banff, at the top of the Continental Divide -- of course it's going to be cold there, no matter what time of year you visit. I also understand the timing of their visit here -- from what I've seen, I understand they came through Calgary in February? Again, prarie Canada in February is COLD... (i grew up in Northern Saskatchewan.) It's just too bad that when they were here, reality paralleled stereotypes, that's all I'm sayin'. I'd like to see the teams go through Penticton in the middle of August. Really, it does get hot here, too! (On a personal note, Yankee, it makes me very proud as a Canadian, born and raised, to hear someone, an "outsider", as you say, raving so much about our wonderful home. And you couldn't have chosen a better city than Van!)
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 2:39 pm
hey dude! watch yer bashin kelly-for-knee-yuns! didn't ya know we always have earthquakes! hehehehehehehehee
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 2:47 pm
Remember that movie in the early 80's with the two beer-drinking Canadian guys? And,Fast Times at Ridgemont High? Eh,Dude!
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Jan
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 2:52 pm
Yankee, I thought your post was a great one and you won't get any argument from this Canuck about what you said. We do worry too much about perceptions BUT having said that, I must admit that my first thought at the snow was "OH NO. not again"..and my thought about the hat was "oh god, they will think we all wear those stupid things" (sorry about that. I am old and not hip) and I noticed that "dude" with a grimace as well. Sigh, we really do worry too much about this stuff BUT I must tell you that , on one of my annual Arizona visits, an Arizonian did ask me if it was true that we used dog sleds in Canada!!!!! and some people do cross the border in Ontario in June and ask where they can go skiing? (of course, I am just as guilty about looking for Donkeys and Sombreros in Mexico ) Anyway, I liked your post. Thanks for it. And I was thrilled that Canada made it onto Amazing Race.   
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Mzzlissa
Member
03-08-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 3:16 pm
Canada rocks!! I visited Victoria, BC five years ago and Vancouver last May. Both cities were beautiful and have an ambiance I do not feel here. There was no snow on the ground either! I ordered one of those cute hats to show my on the Oregon ski slopes.
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 3:47 pm
I think those stereotypes are rampant. Don't all Texans ride horses and all Californias surf? Oh! And everyone in Florida is over the age of 70 and wears floral clothing 
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:53 pm
Have these people seen Ontario on the other side of Detroit??!!!??? It is as flat as a PANCAKE!!! The only other place I've seen earth that flat is in the desert's of the American Southwest. The sun goes right down to the flat earth - it's like watching the sun set on the great lakes. Flat, flat, flat flat flat! I can't imagine a ski resort in that area (well, maybe x-country) LOL
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:32 pm
I was just so happy to see them finally race through Canada! They always by-passed us and went to Alaska in previous seasons. I thought Chip and Kim did very well despite obviously being out of their element. Also, great post Yankee_in_ca - very well said.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:34 pm
Exactly Spygirl! People have seriously asked me if I ride a horse to work since I live in Texas! They are out there everywhere. I say laugh them off. Oh yes, I have a stable of horses right outside my apartment window! Can't wait to giddy-up to work in the morn!
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Jake
Member
07-30-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:27 pm
*sneaks in during the cold Canadian, horsey Texan, surfin' California DUDE conversation* Hey, thanks for the info folks! I'll try all the sites you recommend. I had wondered if they were roots hats when I saw them. I actually got the USA Roots hats from the winter olympics, but didn't remember seeing the maple leaf hat. I was rolling on the floor laughing at the hats myself, but then thought... "Hey! I WANT one o' those!" *grin* Thanks again...
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