If we thought the men were bad, the women were appalling. It looked like a gargantuan struggle to make it down the course on their own in qually. The races oughtta be exciting seeing 4 of them try at once...or not.
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If we thought the men were bad, the women were appalling. It looked like a gargantuan struggle to make it down the course on their own in qually. The races oughtta be exciting seeing 4 of them try at once...or not.
if the course is giving snowbaords this much trouble, they better alter it a lot or there are going to be many ski cross injuries.
I thought men's Olympic downhills had to be at least a 1,000 meter descent?Quote:
Originally Posted by skiingnow
edit: answering my own question. According to this the vertical must be 800-1000 meters.
Is it just me or did the snowboard cross chick seem high in her post race interview? Second coming of Rebagliatti? Maybe she's just french?
Last year on mostly the same course the ski cross guys loved it. One of the more technical and fast paced courses on the circuit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodlandclown
I'll be on the course as of tomorrow so I will be able to inform on what gets changed and how the guys like it.
Anyone want to meet up for some turns next week? I'll be skiing up there Tuesday-Friday and bringing avy gear, but not lugging the touring skis along.
Man, I can't stop wondering why the hell the Subaru Freeskiing guys don't have an act in this competition. Whistler would be the perfect location. It would be downright sickness. Sorry if this has already been discussed, but I want more cowbell.
Blackcomb used to host Freeskiing events, then guys started getting too stupid and hucking off the crazy stuff. A broken back and near death rag doll put the end to anymore freeskiing comps in Whistler.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lev
hmmmm, what was up with that winch cat I've been seeing at the top of the women's course the past few days pushing snow off then?Quote:
Originally Posted by wbsr
Well, i guess I'm pumped we won a gold but Snowboard Cross? really? It just looks like a slow, no talent unworthy event.
For me, it really exposes snowboarded for how lame it is when they crash and have to crawl on their hands and knees up the jumps.
I don't know anything, but maybe it's hard enough up there, and there's more snow at the top that it was more necessary and had wouldn't damage anything?Quote:
Originally Posted by t.odd
Boarder Cross is right up there with Curling. Stupid.
You guys can suck a big fat one for baggin on the boarder cross!!
Open your minds and maybe try it.
I honestly feel like i could of won gold today on a pair of skis with maybe 3 or 4 practice runs.Quote:
Originally Posted by smallbrew
It looks fun, but it just seems like another contrived, new sport for the Olympics that nobody gives a shit about.Quote:
Originally Posted by smallbrew
Right. maybe we should try curling too.
Trackhead, you mean like cross country skiing?
Boring to watch, but considering nordic skiing was the advent and the beginning of skiing, I think it has a bit more merit and history than a sport that arrived a little over a decade ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by smallbrew
^and it actually requires you to break a sweat.
dear Wankers:Quote:
Originally Posted by kailas
Your lack of learned geography only makes us Whistlerlites laugh (70cm in the past week, another pow day today, with nobody on the mountains, and the backcountry untouched).
Sincerely,
Canada
Snowboard cross is embarrassing. :nonono2:
Gigi Ruf is not embarassing, however.
A little redemption after snowboard cross...
[TGRVIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQYS3AJzdC4&feature=related[/TGRVIDEO]
So anything that doesn't involve two sticks attached to your stumps should not be an Olympic event and is for your jong neighbor. Got it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
aren't you an aussie? :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by khyber.pass
Sorry, I just think it's boring and contrived. Just my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by smallbrew
Went back to the city last night for Chinese New Year Dinner and to watch Canada vs Switzerland in Womens Hockey
First off = warmest winter in 115 winters of Vancouver recorded history (yeah its a young city) => damn bulbs blooming in the garden already
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...enIMG_0652.jpg
Contrast to Whistler the next day (today) when it snowed to valley floor
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...stIMG_0749.jpg
The UBC arena venue for the women's hockey game
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...naIMG_0748.jpg
Really wanted to get a pic with Quaatch but would have been bad form to elbow the kids out of the way
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...hiIMG_0657.jpg
Lots of kids at the game loving it
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...dsIMG_0732.jpg
Spirited game - the Swiss played good defence and worked hard but got pretty sloppy in the last half of the second period and third period and kind of abandoned their poor goalie
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...meIMG_0698.jpg
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...meIMG_0694.jpg
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...meIMG_0740.jpg
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...meIMG_0728.jpg
The place was packed! Canucks are hockey mad
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...dsIMG_0664.jpg
You're wrong. Curling is awesome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
Hockey crazed Canucks? You're kiddin'.
When is the skier cross and what's the word on maggot Daron Rhalves????
(don't forget a maggot is reppin' for america)
I was a Steward near the start of the Men's Olympic Downhill on Whistler on Feb 15th. They do look like they're going pretty fast!
[ame="http://www.vimeo.com/9535372"]Vancouver 2010 Feb 15th Mens Olympic Alpine - Downhill on Vimeo[/ame]
this is a nice touch, i imagine left there by the volunteers. appeared only a fraction of a second in the broadcast:
You'll say the same thing about this period in time. It will have been the birth years of olympic tyrannosaurus fire pit rocket pack boarder cross. But by then we'll have this history that we are forging as we speak to fall back upon and espouse the event's rich heritage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
Good for you. But how would you have done on a snowboard?Quote:
Originally Posted by xyz
I just watched the women's boardercross and the last few semi-finals were fukkin gripped. Jacobelli, the favorite who chunked the gold doing a showoff grab in Torino, went down in the semi's for the shocker. Good head to head and toe to toe action on the course.
I'm not the biggest fan of BX either, especially when the course is so bumped out that everyone is sliding and spinning around. What do you think of Parallel GS though? I think it's just as entertaining to watch as skier slalom. What I don't understand is why they won't do a snowboard Super-G race. That would be pretty amazing to watch I would think.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trackhead
There should definitely be a skier halfpipe too. You've already spent all that money carving out and maintaining the pipe, just let the skiers run it too!
http://www.leelau.net/2010/olympics/...hiIMG_0657.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
Are you sure that wasn't Pedobear? :eek: ....... ;)
I'm surprised they haven't added skier halfpipe by now anyway. Snowboarding halfpipe is relatively new by olympic standards but after spending loot on cutting the damn thing it does seem real stupid not to let the skiers run it. But then again it may bring the ratings down if nbc doesn't have figure skating on all day instead of USA hockey...schmucks
Hah -- ~V~ and I just bribed some kids with candy and Molson Ice to let us cut in lineQuote:
Originally Posted by LeeLau
http://bigkuba.smugmug.com/Other/oly...90_Fs7C9-L.jpg
All kinds of win!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigKuba
I'm enjoying the Ivans take apart Latvia right now ... I'll be watching a lot of CNBC these coming nights if they keep showing hockey.
Ski half pipe didn't get their act together soon enough on the world cup stage to qualify itself as an established event. They needed a certain number of FIS world cup events a couple years back for it to be included. It should have no problems for Sochi.
Men's Skier Cross is Sunday 21st. Qualification starts at 9am and finals are at 1pm.Quote:
Originally Posted by splat
Kinda torn between cheering for Daron or our Canadian's.
Canada's game was a blast tonight. I am becoming the zen master of 'managing' lineups and 'upgrading' to wicked seats!!
who's that dude in the white with the flag? :D
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1266396008
We went down to LiveCity Yaletown afterwrads to see Alexisonfire. Moshed to the punk warmup band and it was going super fun time. Then the crowd surged big time for Alexisonfire and annihilated the barrier at the front of the stage. Concert cancelled and we were out!