2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics

[f2f]

Saw the Canadian ski team training today, nope not at Whistler where its fogged in here in Alberta.

is the lake louise downhill prepared and ready to take over?

[Howie]

My knees hurt just from watching moguls.

[SITSKIER]

With all the rain and more delays at Whistler they may need to get it ready to go.

[lionelhutz]

Bill Demong - #1 winner in my book. The finals of the Nordic Combined were awesome.
Favorite part of the Olympics is rooting for random Americans in events you never see.
Still argue to this day that the 2002 Olympic xc relay showdown between Norway and Italy was one of the best sporting events I've ever seen.

[GoNads]

is the lake louise downhill prepared and ready to take over?

People don't seem to get it.. event venues need to hold a world cup 1 year prior to the olympics, and they need approval from the IOC. Granted, Lake Louise does hold WC Dh/Sg events but all this talk of moving GS/SL/Mogul/Sx events to Whistler or elsewhere would not be possible.

Whistler has not held a WC mogul or SX event within the last year. I know that when the bid got accepted, Whistler WANTED to hold these events but due to democratic society rulings, we had to share the venues and distribution of funds, therefore Cypress got these events, as it was deemed unfair for WB to get all the skiing events and facilities. They are also easier to access for spectators, sort of. (Is bussing people up Cypress from Cap college any easier than getting spectators to Glacier Creek to watch Moguls on Davies Dervish?) It would have been a hell of a lot cheaper in the long run, as we would've had snow and wouldn't have had to pay some ungodly sum an hour 24/H a day for the last month flying and trucking snow in.

I'm pretty sure the French team is training SX at Red Mtn right now, and the Canadian team is at a "top secret" location training as well. It makes sense that tech alpine skiers are training on snow elsewhere too. It just irks me that people keep commenting on venues being moved, etc. The implications for security, infrastructure and actual rules (WC being at venue 1 year prior, etc) make that impossible, so it wont happen.

Regardless, Cypress SX/BX is a super sick course, and VERY fun to watch with a lot of airs, room for passing and opportunities to crash. Stoked to watch friends and old team-mates compete.

[Singel]

Ladies speed skating = cameltoe heaven

That Czech chick was incredible. She didn't have the typical thunder thighs and her skating looked effortless.

[pineconepete]

My knees hurt just from watching moguls.

Mogul finals tonight will be incredible, especially if Billodeau can kick Begg-Smith's traitor ass.

GO CANADA GO

[powslut]

Mogul finals tonight will be incredible, especially if Billodeau can kick Begg-Smith's traitor ass.

GO CANADA GO

Begg-Smith is a dirty spammer.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...800780022.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale_Be...ss_Controversy

[Tippster]

That Czech chick was incredible. She didn't have the typical thunder thighs and her skating looked effortless.

Too bad she was so butt ugly. I had high hopes based on the body and Czech women in general.

[srsosbso]

I'm pretty sure the French team is training SX at Red Mtn right now...

Today I saw some dudes on the SX course in pink suits, so I guess that could have been them.

I hope they like pow. Skied calf deep in the Red Mountain slack-country today (Grey-Kirkup), and right now it is full on puking.

[khyber.pass]

ah, Polski.


In other news, the mountain was dead today save for the knee-deep drifts that draped the bowls .. FKNA. Weasel workers digging out the Dave Murray as the throng mobbed VD & Harmony ..

[SchralphMacchio]

[
ah, Polski.

hahaha that's hilarious

[Dr.Evil]

Mogul finals tonight will be incredible, especially if Billodeau can kick Begg-Smith's traitor ass.

GO CANADA GO

Yes, very surprised to see Begg-Smith (the favourite to win the gold) come in 4th in the qualifiers. Tonight should be very interesting!!!

[srsosbso]

Thank god for two networks on the satellite (ctv and nbc) so that luge rescue me from watching figure skating.

[Singel]

Begg Smith can eat shit - what an emo douchebag on the podium.

GO CANADA!

[pineconepete]

Yes, very surprised to see Begg-Smith (the favourite to win the gold) come in 4th in the qualifiers. Tonight should be very interesting!!!

Congrats to Alex Bilodeau for kicking ass

http://www.alexbilodeau.com/

[f2f]

congrats for canada on getting over that inferiority complex hump

[ill-advised strategy]

holy motherfucking shitballs of fire are they ever skiing bumps fast nowadays.

[Meanfruit]

Eat shit, Canada wins gold! Cures cancer! Has a huge dick! YAH, SMELL OUR BEAVER BREATH.

[ansamech]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDDD

[wicked_sick]

holy motherfucking shitballs of fire are they ever skiing bumps fast nowadays.

That's what I was thinking.

[sidewall]

I thought the last moguls competitor got screwed. Didn't he have fast time of the day? His jumps weren't perfect but isn't that only 25%?

[Tippster]

Congrats to Bilodeau and Canada - way to get off the Schneid.

[Blashyrkh]

I thought the last moguls competitor got screwed. Didn't he have fast time of the day? His jumps weren't perfect but isn't that only 25%?

Agreed. Sure, he missed his grab on the last air, but it was hudge and he smoked the course. Maybe not gold, but 6th was way out I thought. The shocked look on his coach's face and his reaction afterwards said they were a bit choked about it too.

Totally stoked on the gold though, and Bilodeau's brother's reaction was my highlight for the games so far.

[khyber.pass]

holy fuck, Bilodeau killed it.