This girl can warm my ice anytime.
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/pho...aits/cohen.jpg
This girl can warm my ice anytime.
http://i.a.cnn.net/si/multimedia/pho...aits/cohen.jpg
Gotta wonder how many people watch figure skating just so they can say "I saw that!" when the next judging scandal breaks out.
Ohh, speaking of, did anyone else find it really funny that a judge from the International Skating Whatever took that "integrity in judging" pledge during the opening ceremonies? Isn't that like having Bill Clinton take an oath of celibacy?
Oh, Benny! Sasha Cohen is damn near freakish. I guess she's an adult, but she sure doesn't look like one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Yeah, I checked her age after seeing that pic. She's 21. So I can't be arrested for my thoughts.
I don't have a problem with the inclusion of judged sports in the Olympics but I certainly don't care for them too much b/c of the rigid perfectionism and the robotic standards for performance.
Half-pipe = figure skating with snowboreds.
On the subject of robotic performances, that's why White always wears that stupid bandana is so you can't see the circuitry if he wrecks. :D ;)
Those girls are every bit as athletic as Bode Miller. What they can do is amazing.
I don't get the hate - people like skating better because they don't ski like we do. They look for a combination of strength, beauty and grace vs. Speed, agility, and instinct.
Now Men's skating is creepy, but I'll watch the chicas and the pairs every time. Did you see that American couple pull off the first thrown Triple Axel ever? That woman got LAUNCHED and nailed it. You gotta give props where they're due.
I've come up with a great replacement for some of these shitty subjective events.
They ought to send the skaters down the bob run armed with a rifle. At various points on the circuit a target pops up and they have to plug it. They have to wear helmet cameras too.
Perhaps they could put a lion or something in there to liven things up too.
did they have to rock her back and forth to break the suction?Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
The luge & bob runs should be a natural for a ton of US coverage. Problem is that NBC knows shit, it should really be on Fox.
The 3 missing elements of a wildly popular luge/bob events:
1. on board cameras
2. real time counters against the leader (shown always as a function of +/-)
3. announcing by Darrel (sp?) Waltrip: giggity giggity giggity!
Actually, IMVHO a helmet cam and the GPS necklace deal should be mounted on every competitor for the gravity events
I'm pretty sure we already have this, at least on CBC up here in Canada. Women's luge is on right now, and at various points along the course the +/- pops up, along with projected ranking. It definately makes it interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
I'd be surprised if NBC doesn't have the counters. It's my observation that almost everything we see from the games is video/data pooled anyways... Can't see how one network would have counters, and the other wouldn't -- unless they have to pay extra for access to the counters.?
On board cameras would be cool. Extra cool for the figure skaters! (Just to watch them skate with big-ass helmets on would be entertaining enough!)
I've repeatedly declared that there's no way in hell I'll even get on the back of a tandem bike, let alone let someone throw me in a spiral up in the air so I can try to land on ice on one leg. Yikes - just the trust factor is impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
And what in the hell is wrong with Sasha Cohen? Surely you're not complaining that a chick is too flexible?
Shaggy- Those sound just like split times, I'm talking about realtime differences a la NASCAR where the counter is always on and always showing you the +/- every foot of the course.
altagirl: ??? Wrong with sasha cohen? Not much apparently.
The AD said she's freakish (higher up on this page), and someone else was bitching about her in another thread... Some picky-ass people around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by lemon boy
That throw triple axel was amazing. Here's the kicker: one of the judges downgraded them for that jump! Oh yeah, that new scoring system is really changing things :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
I just thought of something funny about men's skating. It's the only sport where you can dress like Prince and be perfectly within the standard dress requirements!
edit: about Sasha Cohen being "freakish." Well, yeah, the flexibility is a little freakish, but I'm mainly talking about her body. She's 21 but has the body of an 11 year old.
Bobsled/Skeleton: Americans want to know how fast! Screw the times! I want a MPH readout and a headcam!!!!!!!!
I love Roo's idea... but one up... wider track and a U... drop the athlete on one side of the U, the lion in on the other... and crossbows instead of .22s.. and a mace!
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WHY IS FIGURE SKATING POPULAR?
Like most questions, this can be answered by Google Image Search "Figure Skating":
http://www.sashacohen.com/studio/studio19.jpghttp://www.sashacohen.com/studio/studio9.jpg
http://www.miezekatze.net/images/wor...res/Sasha2.jpg
http://www.scratchspin.com/2002/coi02/fs-0202112A.jpg
http://www.tomtheobald.com/wwg/kwan279wc01-300pxl.jpghttp://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021103/sp.jpg
http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2004/12...me_Crystal.JPG
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/oly...9/americans_ap
http://www.iceskate.net/skater%20pix...on_apphoto.jpg
MEN GET TO STARE AT THIS ON TV IN THE NAME OF THE OLYMPICS WITHOUT THE DIRTY LOOKS THEY GET FROM THEIR WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS FOR STARING AT CHEERLEADERS DURING A FOOTBALL GAME (and the cheerleaders dress more modestly all things being relative)
And the women get to watch and dream of being that sexy, famous, and graceful.
Since Google apparently searches naught images too here are some NSFW figure skaters NSFW NSFW NSFW Link http://www.cheergirls.com/pt=bp3121/...e/katie014.jpg NSFW NSFW NSFW http://www.between-legs.com/gallerie...kating/012.jpg NSFW NSFW NSFW
And then there is pairs:
http://martinn.itgo.com/images/s-skaters.jpg
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Originally Posted by altagirl
Yeah, you gotta laugh at some of the comments in the Padded Room. Like most guys have something like that at home.
Well, anyone with a ten year old daughter. Doh! :fm:Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Dude - if your 11yo daughter looks like this you have a BIG problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
http://www.ifsmagazine.com/archive/p...es/cohen01.jpg
You know, after thinking about it, "freak" can be quite a compliment.
No Foo! They pushed her around the ice and Zambonied the rink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
I've hated televised figure skating for so long that I can't remember if its because I hate figure skating or if its because I hate the lameass chickenshit commentary and asshole docudrama that they wrap around it.
BTW -- AKPM started a thread and its on the second page and no one has shit on him yet.
So you're using this photo as an example that she doesn't have the body of an eleven year old?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
This thread was taking a great turn with golf- activity or sport...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bullet
Nascar...sport??? Bowling...Sport??? Chess???
I was once in a room where I heard a guy make a (surprisingly) good case that chess was a sport...I know its crazy...
Also I worked with this dude who watched every nascar race of the season..it was crazy, this guy knew everything about this spectator activity...he insisted it was a sport...crazy huh?
For the Record...figure skating is a great sport...as mentioned above...strength, grace, timing...very athletic...a great sport... You won't catch me dead watching the men's comps, but the women's and pairs- for sure...
Maybe in your world, but, for me, the essence of "Sport" is competition. There's very little that's competitive about people trying to impress judges while skating around to music.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiing-in-jackson
Now ice skating demolition derby is a different story in that, in the end, it's one person/couple left standing.
Likewise, no matter how athletic skiers are, taking turns on the same run against the clock falls outside the scope of Sport. At least in X-country you've got people matched up in pairs.
So big mountain skiing comps = not a sport huh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Viva
:nonono2: :nonono2: :nonono2: :nonono2:
certainly I don't enjoy the figure skating but saying it isn't a sport is not really supportable. They are competing and doing it hard.