Official Other Olympics Thread

[forty_three]

I am sure there will be a lot of hockey-centric threads for the happenings at Sochi, but there will be plenty more to talk about. I figured we could have a general thread for all that will be seen in competition.

I will start it with this:
[YOUTUBE]57e4t-fhXDs[/YOUTUBE]

It's a little dusty in here.

*sniff*

 

[dash]

Is this the thread where we post luge results? Who wants to be the bottom guy in the doubles luge?

 

[pixburgher66]

I am sure there will be a lot of hockey-centric threads for the happenings at Sochi, but there will be plenty more to talk about. I figured we could have a general thread for all that will be seen in competition.

I will start it with this:
[YOUTUBE]57e4t-fhXDs[/YOUTUBE]

It's a little dusty in here.

*sniff*

I freaking LOVE that commercial.

 

[dash]

SOCHI, Russia - The slopestyle snowboarding course at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games will be changed after the Norwegian favorite broke his collarbone during a training run on Monday.

However, International Ski Federation (FIS) organisers blamed Torstein Horgmo's injury on the jump he was attempting rather than the course at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park where the event is due to make its Olympic debut.

"He was just trying a really hard trick," FIS official Roberto Moresi told reporters after Horgmo was carried from the course on a stretcher following his crash.

The 26-year-old was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital where the break was confirmed, ending his Olympic hopes.

There was no shortage of criticism from Horgmo's fellow snowboarders after the first day of training.

American Charles Guildemond, who set up a snowboarder's union in 2011, described the jumps on the course as being similar to "dropping out of the sky."

Sochi snowboarding course to be fixed after accident | Sochi 2014 News and Features | Sochi 2014 | Toronto Sun

 

[KillerVee]

My teammates have been passing around that video for some motivation . It's sweet.

 

[mattola]

I am sure there will be a lot of hockey-centric threads for the happenings at Sochi, but there will be plenty more to talk about. I figured we could have a general thread for all that will be seen in competition.

I will start it with this:
[YOUTUBE]57e4t-fhXDs[/YOUTUBE]

It's a little dusty in here.

*sniff*

so fantastic

 

[forty_three]

SOCHI, Russia - The slopestyle snowboarding course at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games will be changed after the Norwegian favorite broke his collarbone during a training run on Monday.

However, International Ski Federation (FIS) organisers blamed Torstein Horgmo's injury on the jump he was attempting rather than the course at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park where the event is due to make its Olympic debut.

"He was just trying a really hard trick," FIS official Roberto Moresi told reporters after Horgmo was carried from the course on a stretcher following his crash.

The 26-year-old was taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital where the break was confirmed, ending his Olympic hopes.

There was no shortage of criticism from Horgmo's fellow snowboarders after the first day of training.

American Charles Guildemond, who set up a snowboarder's union in 2011, described the jumps on the course as being similar to "dropping out of the sky."

Sochi snowboarding course to be fixed after accident | Sochi 2014 News and Features | Sochi 2014 | Toronto Sun

Not sure exactly how the slopestyle courses are laid out, but if it's anything like the BMX Dirt or Street courses at XGames, Red Bull Rampage or Dew Tour... There are different lines. They encourage risk/reward. They entice the one with the biggest stones to make the biggest impact. As the courses got bigger, some skyrocketed to fame. And some (me, or more specifically my ankles) backed off.

And with this one being the first Olympic event for the sport ever, I'd bet it was "over-built". But them's the breaks, cupcake. If you don't want to compete, someone else will.

The course might be dangerous. Yeah. The SPORT is dangerous.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Andi Petrillo ‏@andipHNIC ·now
let's tweet this out one more time just for fun. Originally tweeted by @SebToots from a washroom in Sochi

 

[jstewismybastardson]

so thats OV's problem ... he was taught to pee sitting down

 

[dash]

The Canadian favo(u)rite in slope-style (Mark McMorris) fractured a rib in Aspen during the X-Games competiton a couple of weeks ago. He's gonna give it a go (good Canadian boy and all, tape it up).

 

[forty_three]

The Canadian favo(u)rite in slope-style (Mark McMorris) fractured a rib in Aspen during the X-Games competiton a couple of weeks ago. He's gonna give it a go (good Canadian boy and all, tape it up).

Adrenaline can mask a shit load of pain.

Whatever the course, you progress up to it, you don't just go out there and go for it on competition day;
Step 1) Try all the lines, see how you best maintain speed
Step 2) Dial in the gaps, so you can land and maintain speed consistently
Step 3) Throw in tricks.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

The Canadian favo(u)rite in slope-style (Mark McMorris) fractured a rib in Aspen during the X-Games competiton a couple of weeks ago. He's gonna give it a go (good Canadian boy and all, tape it up).

slope style has a chance to be death style at sochi ... another medal favorite from Norway broke his collarbone ... course changes coming

Sochi snowboarder injury prompts change to course layout - National | Globalnews.ca

 

[dash]

I think I just got mattola'ed by jstew (lol)

 

[jstewismybastardson]

damn Im drunk lol

 

[mattola]

damn Im drunk lol

understandable. I probably would have kept going last night if I was a hawks fan. I enjoyed it enough myself cant imagine what it would be like being my team (cowboys were soo soo soo long ago)

 

[dash]

Hey, Mr. Malware is back for another shot at Olympic glory.

Australian moguls skier Begg-Smith returns from 3 year break

 

[DevilishWon]

Who wants to be the bottom guy in the doubles luge?

Not that there's anything wrong with that

 

[BlueWolfZero]

Always love reading the homeriffic medal predictions in U.S publications....American athletes who haven't been on a podium all year suddenly winning golds and silvers.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Always love reading the homeriffic medal predictions in U.S publications....American athletes who haven't been on a podium all year suddenly winning golds and silvers.

I'm not expecting much from US, I'll root for them, but I'm well aware of our history overseas.

 

[Darkstone42]

Go America in everything! Except the bobsled! Go Jamaica!