Thursday, February 23, 2012

Pre's Rock: The Story of the Accident

Pre's overturned car.  May 30, 1975.
I went to Eugene today with Nike's Product Costing team.  Our last stop was Pre's Rock where I tell the story of Pre's death.

As I was speaking, a man who was cleaning the shrubbery along Skyline stopped his work, leaned against his rake, and listened.  As I lead up to the point of the actual accident he raised his hand.  I stopped and asked if he had a question.

He asked me, "Do you want to know what really happened?" .......

Monday, February 6, 2012

Feb 6: Geoff Hollister passes

Left picture:  Me "modeling" the Cortez
Right picture clockwise:  Geoff Hollister, John Woodman,
Tinker Hatfield, Steve Bence, Bill Dellinger
Rembering Geoff Hollister

For me, Geoff has always embodied the Nike passion for sport. Serve the athlete. Product excellence.

Friday, February 3, 2012

Feb 3: Geoff Hollister's Birthday


The Oregon Track team and OTC elite team dedicate their February 3rd workout to Geoff Hollister.


Blog by Paul Merca

RICHMOND, British Columbia--While preparing my notes to announce Saturday's Harry Jerome Indoor track meet at the Richmond Olympic Oval, I saw several tweets and Facebook posts noting that February 3rd is Geoff Hollister's birthday.