Times of the Islands Summer 2022
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, real estate, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
Presents the "soul of the Turks & Caicos Islands" with in-depth features about local people, culture, history, environment, real estate, businesses, resorts, restaurants and activities.
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Opposite page: Jamaican four-man bobsleigh pilot Dudley Stokes jumps in as his three teammates push <strong>of</strong>f at <strong>the</strong> start <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> second run<br />
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Olympic four-man bobsleigh event on February 27, 1988 at <strong>the</strong> Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. This is <strong>the</strong> first time that Jamaica<br />
participates in <strong>the</strong> bobsleigh event.<br />
Above: Team Captain Dudley “Tal” Stokes enjoyed his early childhood on Grand Turk with <strong>the</strong> freedom to explore <strong>the</strong> beaches and salt ponds.<br />
The family moved back to Jamaica in 1966.<br />
DENISE STOKES<br />
TCI Bobsledder<br />
The real backstory <strong>of</strong> “Cool Runnings.”<br />
By Ben Stubenberg<br />
“Life is a struggle. Anything worth doing in life is a struggle.<br />
And anytime you enter a struggle, you are going to suffer.<br />
People think suffering is something to be avoided.<br />
No! Suffering is reality.”<br />
— Tal Stokes<br />
<strong>Times</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Islands</strong> <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 31
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