Olympics

Post by **Wizard .3** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:25 pm

Anybody tuning in to the first day of events?

My sister's best friend just claimed Canada's first gold medal in mogul freestyle (Jennifer Heil). Hells ya!

Post by **jester!** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 7:37 pm

Sweet!

Post by **Grandpa Stu** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:41 pm

to be honest i had no idea that had even started.

Post by **Bdw3** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 8:53 pm

Wizard .3 wrote:My sister's best friend just claimed Canada's first gold medal in mogul freestyle (Jennifer Heil). Hells ya!

That's awesome. :icon14:

Post by **Maiden** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:25 pm

tryin to watch, but coverage over herehas sucked ass so far. nothing but women's hockey on. fucking women's hockey, just put that damn figure skating on why don't ya. nbc isn't even showing the olympics, I'm getting some pre teen kellogs frosted flakes slopestyle skiing bullshit.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:41 pm

Wizard .3 wrote:Anybody tuning in to the first day of events?

My sister's best friend just claimed Canada's first gold medal in mogul freestyle (Jennifer Heil). Hells ya!

nice!

Post by **shadd_** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:53 pm

Wizard .3 wrote:Anybody tuning in to the first day of events?

My sister's best friend just claimed Canada's first gold medal in mogul freestyle (Jennifer Heil). Hells ya!

cool. are you from spruce grove as well?

good coverage/stats here http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/

Post by **Wizard .3** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:17 pm

shadd_ wrote:
Wizard .3 wrote:Anybody tuning in to the first day of events?

My sister's best friend just claimed Canada's first gold medal in mogul freestyle (Jennifer Heil). Hells ya!
cool. are you from spruce grove as well?

good coverage/stats here http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/

No, I'm actually from Calgary, but she and my sister met up at univeristy several years ago.

Post by **StormShadow** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:52 pm

Winter Olympics = zzzzzzzz

I may watch the hockey, but the other stuff can go.

I like how they banned the US's best luger because he took propecia for his thinning hair.

Oh yeah, Ice Skating is not a sport.

Post by **sliver** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:19 am

my buddy trained all year with the Canadian olympic snowboarding team but got passed over for Turin due to political crap (he's faster than a bunch of the guys who are there).

He did, however, just win the silver medal at the FIS World Junior Snowboarding Championships in Korea. :icon14:

Post by **Fjoggs** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 12:27 am

My country got 4 medals in the first day. Not too shabby..

Post by **JulesWinnfield** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:43 am

Wizard .3 wrote:Anybody tuning in to the first day of events?

My sister's best friend just claimed Canada's first gold medal in mogul freestyle (Jennifer Heil). Hells ya!

Saw that, she's got the crazy eyes.

Post by **Wizard .3** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:36 am

JulesWinnfield wrote:
Wizard .3 wrote:Anybody tuning in to the first day of events?

My sister's best friend just claimed Canada's first gold medal in mogul freestyle (Jennifer Heil). Hells ya!
Saw that, she's got the crazy eyes.

And Chiclet front teeth, but I think she's cute as hell.

Post by **Captain** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:11 am

The Olympics have turned into an advertising event instead of the magical spectacle they are supposed to be. Friggin' "one-man teams", making a big fuss of 8 women carrying a stupid flag, and making the whole damn thing look like a circus from hell have contributed to that. Luciano Pavarotti? F1 Ferrari? Circus act?

WHAT THE HELL DOES ALL THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE OLYMPICS???

Damn corruption...

Anyways, hockey will be shit this year. I just found out 4 days ago that Miikka Kiprusoff is not playing for Finland.

Post by **Grudge** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:40 am

You know, that's just the opening cermony. Haven't you ever seen one before? They're always like that.

Post by **Foo** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:32 pm

How long you been around Mazda? The olympics have always been a national pride event and that's often involved trademark industries of the various nations.

Post by **shadd_** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:38 pm

damn, caught some womens hockey last night. canada 16 - italy 0.

ouch! give credit to the italians though, played hard right to the end. not like they have a country full of hockey players though either.

Post by **r3t** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 6:51 pm

StormShadow wrote: Oh yeah, Ice Skating is not a sport.

You're kidding right? Doing close to 50km/h for 5 kilometers on skates is almost inhuman...

Post by **StormShadow** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:22 pm

r3t wrote:
StormShadow wrote: Oh yeah, Ice Skating is not a sport.
You're kidding right? Doing close to 50km/h for 5 kilometers on skates is almost inhuman...

Well it takes a great deal of skill and physicality, but I dont see it as a sport, nor do I see most competitions that are judged by a subjective panel as 'sport'.

BTW, i was referring to the ppl who sort of dance around in silly outfits, not speedskaters or distance skaters.

Post by **Fjoggs** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:19 pm

That's called Figure Skating, and is insane. Doing those flips is just as much of a sport as golf..

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:33 pm

it's a better "sport" than bowling

Post by **Ryoki** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:34 pm

Or curling.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:39 pm

or poker

Post by **tnf** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:40 pm

When you can play 4 consecutive rounds of golf, competitively, shooting sub-par rounds each time, then you can complain about golf not being a sport.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:41 pm

or "pro" wrestling

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