Agreed - mrs_oab and I stood on top of a ski jump once in Austria.
Nutters.
Totally.
Utterly.
Bonkers.
We even looked at the Calgary bob run - you just don't get how steep it is... And that was summer, without snow.
only just been catching the slopestyle so far, pretty good. looking forward to luge, skeleton, speedskating i think half pipe thing decent too, and i'll watch some curling i reckon.
get the eurosport coverage free with your amazon prime accounts btw. interface could be much better, but you get the full programme once you navigate through amazons poor interface.
men's luge final is excellent, only 10 mins in!
NK cheerleaders make it all worthwhile.
I can't wait for the fatbike races in the snow! 🙂
Oh... 🙁
Mens halfpipe is superb. Tension building with the japanese throwing down serious runs . Backside 1260 in qualifying 😀
Sick from White . finals tomorrow unmissable
On the snow board events, do you get points for hand gestures and wearing baggy kit?
I’m enjoying the women’s ice hockey, which is a surprise for me because I’m not really a fan of team games.. but it’s quick, rapid excitement.
Skiing, yeah quite like watching that too.
Snowboarding, well I’m waiting for Mr White to show me the bottom of his Board on the bbc.
No grandad you get them for boned out, tweaked to f*ck methods with sick amplitude, on the way to the MOON. Ideally lazily
🤘
Just seen Shaun White in the highlights prog. My lord that was amazing. Setting the Sky+ for 1:30am!
I’d rock the snow boarding if I had a PS3 controller wired to the board and SSX Tricky playing on my VR headset!
Some of the half pipe routines were very well put together, but you can tell where the sheer skills of Shaun shine through.
He was just sublime..
That hand grab he did was apparently the winning move 2 Olymipcs ago..
How things have changed.
2 Olympics ago, there was no way the women were getting anywhere near 1080s! Progression of the women is fantastic... but what White is doing is out of this world.
Snowboarding finals start at 1:30am? So the business end will be what an hour later? Need to work this out... max my bedtime.
edit: shred sched (ule). 🤜🏼🤛
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Elise Christie's claim that she was taken out in the short track final is dubious.
She was dishing it out prior to falling.
I wish she'd dry her eyes.
I did wonder what the tears were about...
I had never heard of mixed doubles curling before. It was always men's and women's teams of four members each. But the Russian mixed doubles side has sparked my interest.
Elise Christie’s claim that she was taken out in the short track final is dubious.
She was dishing it out prior to falling.
I wish she’d dry her eyes.
1) She would have had a struggle to even get bronze had she not fallen over. She at least wins the sympathy vote (again!) by going down.
2) From one angle of slo-mo I saw she was already going over before the other skater took her hand out
3) I wish the BBC would stop showing the interminable replays. The whole country must have seen it a dozen times already.
Shaun won Gold then.. very impressive.. at the end I'm pretty sure I saw a tear or two in his eyes..
Watched the mens halfpipe final early this morning and in terms of style and fluidity I preferred the Japanese boarders 2nd run. Not saying Shaun White wasn't a worthy winner, but Ayumu Hirano's run would be the one I would want to watch again and again.
It's a tough one to call. Hirano definitely has the better style, White of late is well into the huck it and hold on camp. Also that mahoosive stance he insists on doesn't do him any favours there either. On the other hand, he does go absolutely huge, especially at the top of the pipe.
I would have liked to see Hirano win but he's only 19. Ferguson was unlucky not to get bronze, that air to fakie at the start was sick.
<p>slowoldman - cheers for clearing that up</p><p></p><p>Seosamh - you will probably have made my daughter very happy with that Amazon info.</p>
CFH that cracked me up
Women's Ice Hocky was good
Can someone explain the Russia situation to me please. Not followed it closely but as I understand it the are allowed to compete as individuals under the name of Olympic athletes from Russia. But why then are Olympic athletes from Russia listed in the medal table? Doesn't this make a mockery of the whole thing, its pretty obvious that its Russia, so either remove them from the table or just let them compete as Russia.
Or am I missing something?
The men's halfpipe was extraordinary. The silver medallist could easily have taken gold, but White really gives it everything - how he can do that with the pressure of being in second place, knowing he has to have a perfect run, is amazing. Looked like he was properly blubbing at the end!
Doesn’t this make a mockery of the whole thing,
Yes.
Or am I missing something?
No.
OAR, hmmm.. sorry but I too am not convinced. However I would imagine that they are currently all under some very rigid scrutinising regime. And that must feel uncomfortable, which I'm happy with.. if the message gets across to them, obvz.
But yes, if they win they get counted as a win and are recipients under the OAR "scheme" and classified as such.
I think white had to win it for a 1440 on the first hit was enough of a difference to win it for me.
Just reading about the Jamaican bobsleigh coach quit and is threatening to keep the sled?!
Also why is it called a sled when the sport is bobsleigh surely it should be a sleigh?
Hirano had back to back 14s on the first two hits too. I guess they scored White higher cos he went bigger.
EDIT: actually he did a method first off didn't he. Still should have won in my opinion.
Hirano did a backside air on the first hit to set up for the 14's
White went straight into them and his set-up trick was a skyhook so higher scoring set up trick, bigger amplitude and straight into the the 14's is enough to put him ahead imo
White vs Hirano:
I'm in no way technically proficient enough to spot the intricacies of the various tricks or know exactly how they're scored so I'm not saying that White shouldn't have won.
So this is purely a style thing, White seemed to 'muscle' his runs as if he was fighting the whole time whereas Hirano just looked like he had a more effortless flow about him, he made it look easier.
There was an Ed Leigh bit in the commentary something along the lines of "snowboarding is 50% about looking cool and the other 50% about knowing you look cool" and i thought Hirano looked cooler.
Either way both runs were absolutely worthy of an Olympic final and to give White his dues to pull it out the bag when you absolutely have to is what makes champions.
We're lovin the Winter Olympics in our house, although I can start to lose my focus during some of the figure skating routines. I think the BBC should start calling their coverage, 'Chemmy Alcott and Friends'.....she seems to be taking it over! Even Clare Balding is struggling to get a word in sometimes!
Looking forward to the ski cross!
The OAR thing applied only to Russians who are 'clean' which excludes quite a few, plus it excludes many of the Russian Olympic officials and politicians who don't get to join the biggest junket in the name of sport.
So pleased for Axel Lund Svindal winning gold. He's suffered so many injuries over the years.
Regarding Chemmy, I like her a lot. She knows her stuff and has a good personality for telly, as does Jenny Jones, who I think is turning out to be a really good commentator.
The OAR thing applied only to Russians who are ‘clean’ which excludes quite a few, plus it excludes many of the Russian Olympic officials and politicians who don’t get to join the biggest junket in the name of sport.
Yes, but as I understood it, if they proved their case they were allowed to compete as individual athletes and not representatives of a Russian team. By including OAR in the medal table you are as good as including a Russian team.
So pleased for Axel Lund Svindal winning gold. He’s suffered so many injuries over the years.
Regarding Chemmy, I like her a lot. She knows her stuff and has a good personality for telly, as does Jenny Jones, who I think is turning out to be a really good commentator.
Agreed on all counts! ALS is just special. So powerful on the last half of that course!
On commentary, be sure to loo, out for the excellent Anna Turney when the Paralympics come around. If I could have a quarter of her enthusiam about life, I'd be a very happy man!
Doh - Aksel (not Axel). I should know better with the spelling as he's my all time favourite foreign athlete.
Who's the scouse guy that commentates on the luge etc? he's a moaning faced arse. Non stop criticism of every run.
Elise Christie crashes yet again....
Im no expert on this but FFS top 3 in the semi go through to final, 3 of them out in front and they smash into each other fighting over second... Why not just back of off and get to the final?
Only top 2 in semi go through
brilliant that a snowboarder wins the women's Super G. easy, easy, easy!