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At the Olympics, you fly your colors to show your team spirit, and Sus Durin and Doug Beach are 100% Team Obi. I was on *** flight sitting next to *** couple who said they had just been at the Paris Olympics and that for pin trading, which I didn’t even know was *** thing. They made *** pin of their dog that was wildly popular, and he’s like, we’re totally doing that. Man’s best friend is man’s best conversation starter. As *** pit bull, he’s top of the class except for he’s *** little bit whiny. We excuse that for how good he is otherwise. He has Olympic-level whining for sure. Susan Doug’s Olympic game plan crush the conversation competition with people from all over the world, get to learn everybody’s stories. And then give them *** pin and give them *** pin. They’re tracking their adventures on *** Team Opie Instagram page. The pin has helped them meet everyone from other fans to athletes’ families to, well, me. We met when they wanted to trade pins in *** hotel lobby bar. You never know who you’re going to meet, and every conversation is just something interesting, and you know we’re all here for the same reason to see our athletes and hope that they do well and your country does well. Meanwhile, their international icebreaker is back home oblivious to the golden vibes he’s spreading in Milan.
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An American couple attending the Milan Cortina Olympics is using pins featuring their dog, Opie, to connect with people from around the world.Suz Drgon and Doug Beach made 130 “Team Opie” pins to spark conversations with fellow fans. Drgon said, “I was on a flight, sitting next to a couple who said they had just been at the Paris Olympics, and that, for pin trading — which I didn’t even know was a thing — they made a pin of their dog that was wildly popular.”Opie, their pit bull, is gaining international fans of his own. “Oh, Opie is beautiful,” one fan remarked. Beach described Opie as “top of the class, except for he’s a little bit whiny,” but noted, “we excuse that for how good he is otherwise.” Drgon said, “He has Olympic-level whining for sure.”Drgon said they get to know people’s stories and trade pins. They track their adventures on a “Team Opie” Instagram page. The pin has helped them meet everyone, from fans to athletes’ families.Beach expressed the excitement of meeting new people: “You never know who you’re going to meet, and every conversation is just something interesting. And, you know, we’re all here for the same reason: to see our athletes and hope that they do well and your country does well.”The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics runs through Feb. 22.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
An American couple attending the Milan Cortina Olympics is using pins featuring their dog, Opie, to connect with people from around the world.
Suz Drgon and Doug Beach made 130 “Team Opie” pins to spark conversations with fellow fans. Drgon said, “I was on a flight, sitting next to a couple who said they had just been at the Paris Olympics, and that, for pin trading — which I didn’t even know was a thing — they made a pin of their dog that was wildly popular.”
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Opie, their pit bull, is gaining international fans of his own. “Oh, Opie is beautiful,” one fan remarked.
Beach described Opie as “top of the class, except for he’s a little bit whiny,” but noted, “we excuse that for how good he is otherwise.”
Drgon said, “He has Olympic-level whining for sure.”
Drgon said they get to know people’s stories and trade pins. They track their adventures on a “Team Opie” Instagram page. The pin has helped them meet everyone, from fans to athletes’ families.
Beach expressed the excitement of meeting new people: “You never know who you’re going to meet, and every conversation is just something interesting. And, you know, we’re all here for the same reason: to see our athletes and hope that they do well and your country does well.”
The 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics runs through Feb. 22.
