The four-man bobsledding event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will take place this weekend, but the men of team USA have already won an unofficial gold medal in marketing with “The Bob-Spread.”
To reach their Olympic ambitions, the team needed to quickly raise $70,000, and what better way than by stripping down for a sexy calendar?
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“We’d been talking about this for a long time,” U.S. bobsledder Carlo Valdes told NBC Sports. “It just never happened. Until now. [Bobsledder and photographer] Jimmy Reed made it happen and everybody bought in. And nobody will be disappointed.”
“We’re a very close team,” he told the Washington Post. “Shooting the calendar was a fun experience. It wasn’t awkward; it wasn’t anything that was a burden. We just came up with the idea for the person who we wanted to shoot and then took a couple photos.”
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After raising over $95,000, we’d say The Bob-Spread was a resounding success. You can own your own piece of this Olympic history here.
Now enjoy this video of the team’s friends reacting to the calendar:
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greekboy
Back in the old days, the guy in the back, now called the brakeman, was called the pusher. He’s the big hunk with the massive thighs. I like the old name
BarryM
Looking at the top pic: I’ll take the man who is the fourth from the left.
scotty
get that south korean gold medalist guy in there and make it irresistable.
overlarry
Hmmmm…. I’ll take them ALL. (One… maybe 2….. or 3….. at a time of course.) I wonder if they got this idea from the World Wide Roar (formerly known as ‘Warwick Rowers’, an English rowing team). Google them…. it’ll make you happy. www – dot – worldwideroar – dot – org
J W G
Who would have thought bobsledding required a body like that? They’re always under a lot of clothing, I never thought these bobsledder’s were such big boys. I should have applied for the job as ‘towel boy’ in their Olympic locker room this year.