Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community (https://thetfp.com/tfp/)
-   Tilted Sports (https://thetfp.com/tfp/tilted-sports/)
-   -   your winter games event (https://thetfp.com/tfp/tilted-sports/101018-your-winter-games-event.html)

msh58 02-11-2006 10:41 PM

your winter games event
 
just wondering what event you like watching in the winter olympics. Or which one you'd like to do.

bobsledding for me. Just have always wanted to go down a bobsled run. Got as far as looking it up on the internet, lake placid isn't that far away and they let people go down it. Still haven't done it yet though. luge looks completely insane, really like watching it.

Never could skate very well and i'm not particularly good at cross country skiing though i've done it few times and like doing both.

just like the winter games a lot more than the summer, i mean almost every event is dangerous in a way, lot of potential for serious injury or worse. Kind of watch it in awe.

Fremen 02-11-2006 11:31 PM

What's the one where you cross-country ski, then stop and shoot somebody?
That one. ;)

Seriously, I like speed-skating, downhill moguls, snowboarding, hockey, and some nice relaxing curling.

highthief 02-12-2006 04:48 AM

Hockey, freestyle skiing, downhill, speed skating, its all good.

eribrav 02-12-2006 05:20 AM

When we lived in Buffalo I really got into curling. The CBC would show curling matches from beginning to end. What great fun!
The usual coverage in the US, unfortunately, is 2 minutes of the match, then some stupid personal interest story about someone's mother in Moose Jaw, 15 minutes of commercials and then back to more figure skating!

maleficent 02-12-2006 05:23 AM

I'd love to have someone explain why Luge is actually a sport...

This is what we did as kids, on our Flexible Flyer sleds going down suicide hill.. only we didn't have helmets and we wore snowboots... Good times I tell ya...

I still love the snowboarders - only cause they're so cute on the interviews... (Though less fun since they were warned to keep the stoner jokes to a minimum)

Charlatan 02-12-2006 06:07 AM

Mal... a lot faster. If you don't have the muscles to shift your weight for the turns you end up going high in the turn (or right over the edge). Have you seen the bodies on the luge sliders?

Luge guys are pussies... Try doing the same thing but head first. Skeleton is the bomb!


Hockey, ski jumping, aerials, bobsled, skeleton and biathalon... really I'll watch anything. I love the Olympics.

snowy 02-12-2006 07:46 AM

I'm with Charlatan...I love the Olympics. Watched it all day yesterday, plan on watching more today and well, the whole time it's on, basically.

My sport(s)? Hockey and curling. I know, I shoulda been a Canadian.

MikeSty 02-12-2006 08:26 AM

Hockey and speed skating. I don't know why, but people skating really really fast at the threat of sliding out and going flying has me in total awe. If you are to analyze speed skating as a sport of physics, it's funny to think that these people are really trying to go as fast as they can while dealing with centripetal motions.

Then again, all sports are really attested to smacking physics in the face. Basketball is defiance of gravity. Baseball is all about pressure and Bernoulli's principle. Football is ... umm.... momentum and .. force :0 I'll stop now.

I would be interested in seeing a speed skate sprint. No turns or anything, just a flat out sprint. Maybe uphill or downhill, or over ice moguls. That would kick some serious butt.

Sgoilear 02-12-2006 09:18 AM

I like watching everything I can but I love speed skating. I'm an okay ice skater but the way those folks who do it on the Olympic level can move just blows me away.

Coppertop 02-12-2006 09:54 AM

Hockey all the way baby! Man, those Canadian women sure were rough on the Italians.

Runner up goes to the biathlon - those athletes are simply incredible.

CandleInTheDark 02-13-2006 04:43 PM

Snowboarding, skeleton, bobsledding, biathlon.

I don't think figure skating, freestyle skiing or half-pipe snowboarding should be there. The winner being decided subjectively does not make a sport.

ShaniFaye 02-13-2006 05:05 PM

We watch most all the events, but I live for the womens and pairs figure skating

fresnelly 02-13-2006 05:31 PM

I love all of the events. However, I find Short Track Speed Skating almost hypnotic to watch. You really get a sense of the explosive speed involved, plus the grace and rhythem. Even better, the intense head to head nature of the races is truly exciting.

At the opposite end of the spectrum for me is Figure Skating. (Sorry Shani:)) I have the utmost respect for both the athletes and the artform, but the past judging scandals and politics have really left a bad taste in my mouth. I refuse to watch it.

Leto 02-14-2006 08:46 AM

But what about the chinese figure skating team? (Zhang & Zhang?) the way she fell and then finished for a silver?

impressive. Now that's Olympic spirit!

snowy 02-14-2006 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leto
But what about the chinese figure skating team? (Zhang & Zhang?) the way she fell and then finished for a silver?

impressive. Now that's Olympic spirit!

That was AMAZING. She deserved a medal for getting up and going on with it, IMO. I award her my own personal medal for heart. That takes serious strength to keep on going.

Poppinjay 02-14-2006 10:44 AM

I have to agree with Mal. The snowboarders.... hells yeah.

Hannah Teter has replaced Picabo Street in my dream Olympics... frolics.

I watched her on the Today show with the model/snowboarder, Gretchen somebody who won the silver. They showed pictures of the silver winner in her FHM spread, and then they would talk to Hannah about what she rocked out to or ate.

This is the official description of her riding style:
Position/Style: Stance - Goofy (Burton 03/02/06)

maleficent 02-14-2006 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leto
But what about the chinese figure skating team? (Zhang & Zhang?) the way she fell and then finished for a silver?

impressive. Now that's Olympic spirit!

either that or every other team sucked eggs?

or maybe it's rigged again!!!

StanT 02-14-2006 02:26 PM

Skiing and snowboarding do it for me. I've seen World Cup skiing and mogul events live. Very impressive.


Quote:

Originally Posted by eribrav
When we lived in Buffalo I really got into curling. The CBC would show curling matches from beginning to end. What great fun!

When vacationing in Canada, we got the "All curling, all the time" channel. Sorry, but I just don't get it as a spectator sport. Seems like watching paint dry, to me.

greytone 02-14-2006 02:49 PM

I have enjoyed the drama of the Olympics since the 1980 hockey teams's accomplishments. I will never forget watching that in junior high. That was the year Eric Heiden won 5 medals and the the kid that sat next to me in home room was one of the best speed skaters in his age group at the time. I went to as many events as I could get to in Atlanta in '96. Still, the winter games are full of games that seem death defying to me.

All that being said, while flipping through the channels the other day, I found women's curling. Some of these women look really good. Even in the middle of competition they look made up enough to host the local news.

http://www.usolympicteam.com/CassieJohnson5_h.jpg
http://www.usolympicteam.com/CassieJohnson_h.jpg


Maybe I will learn to watch this sport as well. I can almost imagine myself learning to participate in this one. There is no chance you are getting me on skates.

fresnelly 02-14-2006 04:20 PM

Curling is best when the score is close. It's truly a game of inches, and the suspense builds as the rock slowly approaches its target. I grant you that if the game is a blowout, it's like watching paint that's already dried.

jwoody 02-16-2006 08:48 AM

I'm watching the ladies skeleton right now and I'm wondering...

How does someone actually get into this sport?

Were they the most naturally talented sledgers when they were children?

..and why are the Germans so good at it?

I You have to admire their bravery and commitment,though. Falling off at that speed doesn't bear thinking about.

Here's the Brit, Shelly Redman.... 4th.. for now.

Still a national hero.

Loup 02-16-2006 08:58 AM

#1 is hockey ... but I'm enjoying everything else so far - even getting into and enjoying curling. Short track is also a great watch imo.

Craven Morehead 02-16-2006 08:22 PM

Snowboard Cross rocks in a big way. Very exciting to watch.

trickyy 02-16-2006 09:20 PM

so far i've only watched women's curling. it's kind of interesting but the US team keeps losing.

i think i'd watch more olympics if there were fewer commericals in general. and if they did one self-parody of their gushy back-stories of the athletes (told by a host in a turtleneck sipping cider by a crackling fireplace).


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 04:50 PM.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
© 2002-2012 Tilted Forum Project


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360