Whereas I find people doing exactly the same as everybody else at a slightly different speed very dull.
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
This female snowboarder had to start first yesterday. She did an 'element' really well, but the jury didn't give her the maximum score, because, and I paraphrase "maybe someone after her will do it even better". Lmao, fuck that shit man.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:27 (six years ago) link
xp It's all dull, but at least it's an objective way of deciding who's better.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link
And I rue the day X games started showing big air. It's very much a one trick pony. It's the kind of thing I always assume American TV companies have introduced because it leaves lots of advert time. (Or because American sports fans all have the attention spans of newts)
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link
You've Americans posing as Hungarian to make it to the Olympics. Of course it's because of the said newt's attention span of Americans.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:34 (six years ago) link
big air bmx is insane and awesome imo
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:35 (six years ago) link
The first person does seem to have a disadvantage, yes.
The luge commentator kept talking about how a lot of it was due to having the best equipment. Is that fair?
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
(didn't bmx / SK8 big air replace best trick? That's mostly why I took against it, I used to like best trick, it was more varied than tricks that were just BIG)
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:41 (six years ago) link
Equipment should be equal imo. How you treat it is a different matter though. I saw a report about the Norwegian squad having their own weather man in their midst, who's an expert on all things snow. He measures the snow on the slopes every day. Not sure what he measures. The snowiness of it idk. But they base how to wax the ski's or the boards according to his info, at any given time of the day. That, I respect.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:45 (six years ago) link
The photo finish pics of the pointing at the finish line in ski cross tickle me.
― koogs, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 20:50 (six years ago) link
It's tough as a judge to score events for which the factors that make up a strong performance are multiple, complex, and/or impossible to measure. You don't get to go back and lower the score you gave competitor A when competitors B through G do all the same things even better. The first athlete up is always at a disadvantage because judges have to leave room for the possibility of having to award higher scores later.
― Brad C., Wednesday, 21 February 2018 21:29 (six years ago) link
Lindsey Vonn going all out. Her run was so aggressive, it was stressing me out.
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 02:57 (six years ago) link
Hingham represent!
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 03:12 (six years ago) link
I'm going to be a total stereotype but I hope our Canadians girls wipe the US girls out into oblivion in this gold medal game (and for all the next gold medal games in history).
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:56 (six years ago) link
it's a great game so far!! so much speed on both sides
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:58 (six years ago) link
dammit, what a sweet tip
― freedom is not having to measure life with a ruler (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:02 (six years ago) link
poulin is such a baller
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:09 (six years ago) link
really exciting game
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:22 (six years ago) link
is Kessel the sister of Phil?
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:26 (six years ago) link
yes! i think she scored a ton in college
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:27 (six years ago) link
dope siblings.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:28 (six years ago) link
i didn't know america had identical twins on the women's team, great they can have their own sedins
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:29 (six years ago) link
the joys of the larger ice i swear to god.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:34 (six years ago) link
when will the nhl wake up to the fact that the larger ice is a superior product.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 February 2018 05:35 (six years ago) link
US had a hell of a 3rd
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 06:31 (six years ago) link
Huge pressure from US, but they just can't seem to score.
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 06:59 (six years ago) link
oh my god
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:10 (six years ago) link
why are these games always so completely fucking insane
Ugggghhbb, 5 more
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:11 (six years ago) link
Woooooooo!!!
― Moodles, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:12 (six years ago) link
usa!
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link
totally deserved, outplayed canada the whole 3rd and OT
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:14 (six years ago) link
some nifty moves in the shootout; can't believe that canadian's forsberg goal
― mookieproof, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:17 (six years ago) link
that was craazy
― while my dirk gently weeps (symsymsym), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:20 (six years ago) link
lamoreaux's ankle breaker was too
CBC is soothing us with a montage of gold medals past
damn, what a game! i have an adrenaline rush from watching that.
― davey, Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:27 (six years ago) link
What a gameI cried myself to sleep and just woke up and see the medal ceremonyCome on boys it’s on you now
― bald butte (∞), Thursday, 22 February 2018 07:38 (six years ago) link
They should penalise athletes who flaunt the logos on their skis / boards / helmets. We can see them, you don't need to wave them in our faces.
― koogs, Thursday, 22 February 2018 10:39 (six years ago) link
All that and the US men's curling team makes the gold medal round...over Canada.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:14 (six years ago) link
Also, I did like this
Gold medal comes with a promotion 👀 pic.twitter.com/3RaifjMVqe— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) February 22, 2018
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 February 2018 17:21 (six years ago) link
okay i know the (men's hockey) rosters are weird without nhlers but how did germany beat sweden *and* canada
― mookieproof, Friday, 23 February 2018 17:52 (six years ago) link
olympic hockey is just training for us
― bald butte (∞), Friday, 23 February 2018 18:21 (six years ago) link
this was a couple days ago but this is easily a US top ten all time sports call
UNBELIEVABLE!@kikkanimal & @jessdiggs earn the first ever cross-country #gold medal for @TeamUSA, with a pass that will go down in American Olympic history! #WinterOlympics #BestOfUS https://t.co/4YMw63E4C3 pic.twitter.com/bfHoGnPCWw— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 22, 2018
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:12 (six years ago) link
Call by Chad Salmela btw
― they call me melo gelo (Spottie), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
They should penalise athletes who flaunt the logos on their skis / boards / helmets. We can see them, you don't need to wave them in our faces.― koogs, Thursday, 22 February 2018 9:39 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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It’s interesting because equipment logos ar banned at the summer games but not at the winter games. I guess there’s less money in winter sport so harder to have a whole other set of equipment. The athletes are just doing what they do at every other race but it does seem unolympian.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:21 (six years ago) link
I bought four Burton snowboards only this morning!
― imago, Friday, 23 February 2018 19:23 (six years ago) link
I have found it interesting that moguls skiiers almost all have the same brand of boots as mine but almost none of the other skiers in other disciplines seem to use them. No need for logos though, they are a really distinctive shape.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:30 (six years ago) link
Logo sizes changed in 2016:
http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/15/news/companies/olympics-brands-rio-usa/index.html
But some of those boards were 4ft of pure nitro advert
And didn't they get around this in 2012 by having iirc distinctly coloured running shoes, like dayglo pink and yellow? (Same way tobacco companies did with f1 I guess, black and gold for jps etc)
― koogs, Friday, 23 February 2018 19:38 (six years ago) link
Yes, IIRC all the specialized bikes in the London games were a really distinctive orange.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Friday, 23 February 2018 19:55 (six years ago) link