Thoroughly enjoying the games so far, and I have to say, you Canadians are okay. Congrats on the gold. Moguls are one of my favorite events. Can't wait for curling and alpine skiing! Cheers Northern America!
Olympic hockey is the best. I can't believe how many sexy snow bunny olympians come from the North East. I need to find out which mountains they practice at and then commence the stalking.
And the can't-win-gold-on-home-turf curse is lifted, eh. Congrats. We'll see you on the 21st--I honestly can't wait for that hockey game. Olympic hockey is simply awesome. In other news, this pink dominatrix ensemble (minus whip and thigh-high boots) is doing nothing to cease the stereotype. Sigh. My mom and I were watching the men's figure skating tonight and they were featuring the guy from Switzerland right before his program. There was the clip--him, proud, flying the flag of his country, leading his team to the opening ceremony and my very proper, prim mother said with a wink, "he really knows how to handle that pole." Handle, indeed, mother. Handle, indeed.
What. The. Fuck? I'm looking at you US Women's Curling. The only thing on TV as I make dinner and you CHOKE against the shitty JAPS? You could've dropped the bomb on them but nooooo, you let them hang around and beat your pale chunky asses! Next time watch the girls hockey to learn how to seal the deal. Saw some US Hockey, Miller needs to stand on his head vs. Canada. Whenever the D wants to show up, minus Johnson, we might just medal.
I'm a huge EJ fan and have watched him since High School (before he went to the NTDP in Ann Arbor). I didn't have a chance to watch the game yet due to work, how did he (and the rest of the team) look? I was excited to see that 4 Minnesotans made it though (EJ, Parise, Backes, and Langenbrunner); as well as my soft spot for Kessel since he was a recent Gopher. I also watched some of the Canada/Norway game. Wow, Crosby and Iginla on the same line was absolutely scary. Besides the Russians, who else can beat Canada? USA would have to play lights out (and like snobes said, Miller would have to stand on his head).
Oh, David Letterman. You stupid, unfunny fucking asshole: This was a repulsive tragedy and obviously Letterman was all puffy from not getting any strange from his co-workers, but you should also shut the fuck up and stick to your lousy "jokes" because I think your toupee is biting into the part of your brain that feeds logic. The luger had used the track well over 20 times before that horrible accident with no incident, just like all the OTHER lugers at the Olympics. And YES they're going to "repair the track and covered up the girders and start the race from the women’s starting point" because a horrible thing happened and they want to prevent it from happening again. When the Conchord aircraft blew up, did they just go on their merry way? Nope. They grounded all of the super-expensive supersonic jets forever. Of course they're going to take prevenitive measures at the luge/bobsled track BECAUSE A PERSON DIED, but it's the Olympics and everybody knows the show must go on. You can see from the video that he took his turn way too high, and luge is not tobogganing. The rider is responsible for steering (even though it doesn't look like it) and as horrible as it was, I didn't see anybody else in the games flying off the course. This is a sport where you wear no armour and rip down an ice track at 80 mph. You're telling me there's no risk in this sport? Stick to stupid pet tricks and your shitty Top 10 lists. I'm sure this snaggletooth fuckstick will be quick to blame the parachute company the next time some asshole B.A.S.E. jumper slams into the side of El Capitan.
What the hell. Trying to watch Men's Halfpipe finals is getting frustrating. CTV's announcer's are absolutely terrible and sound like an old couple that are usually yelling at snowboarders that cut them off on the mountain when they're going for a nice leisurely ski. And NBC keeps cutting away to commercial, deciding not to show all the riders. Great, the female announcer on CTV actually just said "snowboard punk". This is like voting in an election. I'm not going by who's doing a better job, but who's going to fuck it up less. On top of this, the fact that I had tickets to this event that got canceled because of conditions. I'm about to go jump in front of a bus. Edit: NBC didn't have time to censor out the "stomp the shit out of it". I'll let the other stuff slide. Wow. Shaun White is insane. With Gold already guaranteed and with practically no speed on the last hit, he nails the Double McTwist. Victory lap my ass.
American TV is superior just like our half-pipe team. The coverage has been pretty good here. Except for the cutaway to men's figureskating, but that was between runs.
I saw that American figure skater with the black feathery bird costume and the porno hair. Then, I gasped from laughter for 3 minutes. Gayest. Thing. Ever.
Agreed with knowing relatively nothing about the sport, but White just seems so far beyond anyone else. The height of his straight airs was just incredible, and the fact he pulled off that last trip on his victory lap at such a low speed was totally fucking awesome.
Thing about Shaun White, and snowboarding in general, is the sheer amount of the events that are borderline rigged. There are people every bit as good as White who get none of the attention, that you've never heard of, because of the giant marketing campaigns associated with snowboarding and their propensity to catapult a wonder child. But -- I shouldn't run my mouth too much here, because a). I haven't been watching the snowboarding events, and b). Shaun White really is that good, and judging by the feedback of his performance, was more than likely saving his best shit for the Olympics. Apparently he's inventing a new trick, that no one's done before, that he may or may not have tried yet. I've been to the X Games, saw him ride and he's other worldly, but you almost couldn't pick him out from the crowd unless you knew he was up. If the call is even remotely close, the judges will err on the side of the most popular guy, like White, because it helps boost their sport.
The last "trip" (I'm quite the speller) I referred to in my post was the one you are referring to. He had absolutely no speed whatsoever and he did a Double McTwist 1260. Before he started the announcers were talking about him doing it at the end of his run, but he had slowed down so much by the time he got there that I was fully expecting him to just pull something mediocre, but he threw it down bigtime.
Double McTwist... Jesus Christ, where do they come up with these names? Yeah I went and read about that http://sports.espn.go.com/olympics/winter/2010/snowboarding/news/story?id=4923369on on ESPN. Don't get me wrong I love Shaun White, but there are an assload of great snowboarders that he has learned his stuff from. You wanna read people who know snowboarding and know the real powerhouses of the game? Go here: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=185708" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/show ... p?t=185708</a> Still, we all hate the guy playing the contrarian on inconsequential subjects like snowboarding so I'll just stop here. I am definitely loving the Olympics...
I have no dog in this fight. But as a general rule of thumb referencing an internet messageboard isn't the best way to make a point. Like calling Megan Gale average and then backing it up with a thread of guys hating.