Best Winter Olympic Event

Post by **green&gold75** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:49 pm

I've always admired the alpine skiers--requires strength, fitness, agility, skill, it's dangerous, and visually compelling. Also, its not screwed up by refs or judges--a guy (or gal), a mountain, and a finish line. Ski jumping also cool, and there's SOMETHING catchy to me about (would you believe?) . . . curling.
What's your favorite Winter Olympic event, and why?

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:12 pm

I'd have to say alpine skiing, followed closely by hockey (I have a thing for international team sports).

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:14 pm

Also, it kills me that the winter olympics will be within 600 miles of where I live for the second time in 8 years, and I won't be able to go.

SuperHornet · Post by **SuperHornet** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:22 pm

I like luge. The wipeouts are amazing. LOL.

Mountaineer · Post by **Mountaineer** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:32 pm

Hockey and speed skating (especially the short track stuff).

Post by **dbackjon** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:52 pm

Luge and Bobsled

DJH · Post by **DJH** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:41 pm

Olympic Hockey is great.

Most of the other winter olympic stuff is really lame IMO. Skating, and skiing....boring.

Willie · Post by **Willie** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 6:46 pm

Aerials or the Ski Jump.

Post by **AZGrizFan** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:23 pm

Shawn White.

bluehenbillk · Post by **bluehenbillk** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:08 am

dbackjon wrote:Luge and Bobsled

I agree 100%

Post by **clenz** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:24 am

I love luge, bobsled, skeleton, and the skiing and snowboarding. The rest I have little interest in, although speed skating will get my attention every now and then

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:48 am

DJH wrote:Olympic Hockey is great.

Most of the other winter olympic stuff is really lame IMO. Skating, and skiing....boring.

Mountain envy.

Post by **green&gold75** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:39 am

Not suprised we're not seeing any love for trekking around on skis all afternoon, stopping occasionally to shoot something. That one's just strange.

CitadelGrad · Post by **CitadelGrad** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:56 am

Curling.

UNHWildCats · Post by **UNHWildCats** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:23 am

Mountaineer wrote:Hockey and speed skating (especially the short track stuff).

Appolo Anton Ohno

would be nice if the South Koreans could actually find decent short trackers who are actually cute.

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:32 pm

green&gold75 wrote:Not suprised we're not seeing any love for trekking around on skis all afternoon, stopping occasionally to shoot something. That one's just strange.

I think it's pretty cool, and I think it's based on how people in Nordic countries used to hunt.

Post by **bandl** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:33 pm

I like it all except Cross-country skiing, the Biathlon (skiing/shooting) and figure skating. And I'm sure there are some other really gay events that don't get much airtime.

GannonFan · Post by **GannonFan** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:56 pm

I really don't love any of these events, but at the same time I find myself, for two weeks, enjoying the freshness of watching them. And then, just about when the Olympics are over, I grow weary of watching them. Funny how 4 years in between Olympics is just about the right amount of time to want to watch some of these things again.

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:02 pm

bandl wrote:I like it all except Cross-country skiing, the Biathlon (skiing/shooting) and figure skating. And I'm sure there are some other really gay events that don't get much airtime.

Like "mud wrestling" with you and Ibanez?

Post by **bandl** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:17 pm

Grizalltheway wrote:
bandl wrote:I like it all except Cross-country skiing, the Biathlon (skiing/shooting) and figure skating. And I'm sure there are some other really gay events that don't get much airtime.
Like "mud wrestling" with you and Ibanez?

That's a summer olympic sport, you stupid German

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 2:28 pm

bandl wrote:
Grizalltheway wrote:
Like "mud wrestling" with you and Ibanez?
That's a summer olympic sport, you stupid German

I'm sure you two have an indoor version of it for winter.

Fresno St. Alum · Post by **Fresno St. Alum** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:41 pm

dbackjon wrote:Luge and Bobsled

don't you mean doubles Luge? That's a manwich

Fresno St. Alum · Post by **Fresno St. Alum** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 11:44 pm

I'm with Grizalltheway. I love the alpine skiing and hockey. Bobsled too. I will always watch womens figure skating hoping one day their little dress will fall off or get torn open by their skate.

SuperHornet · Post by **SuperHornet** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:05 am

Fresno St. Alum wrote:I'm with Grizalltheway. I love the alpine skiing and hockey. Bobsled too. I will always watch womens figure skating hoping one day their little dress will fall off or get torn open by their skate.

Wardrobe malfunction? We've already had that. Busted shoelace followed by display of said shoelace to the judges accompanied by the worst case of tears anyone's ever seen at an Olympic Games.

Post by **andy7171** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:24 am

Super G

and girls figure skating

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