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Watching over the weekend, all very impressive, good to see that young American lad pull a great run out of the bag to win. However...
Let's be honest, the commentators just make it up as they go along, don't they?
"Oh, that's an incredible backside upgrab 1080 wingtip freestyle longnose airslam!"
"He tried the 1250 fakie upbump shakedry dryclean tumble on low heat but didn't pull it off"
"He was the first to land a backbump switch pullcord consumer unit upside fireplace rainbow housemartin"
It's like they're just random word generators.
the commentators just make it up as they go along, don’t they?
No. HTH.
Well, that's cleared that right up. Thanks.
You're welcome 🙂
No, they're all ex-pro riders as far as I know, so they are not making it up
I think you should give Brian Cox and Frank Skinner a break. Can't have been easy taking time out from Physics and Comedy to learn all about snowboarding.
I think you should give Brian Cox and Frank Skinner a break. Can’t have been easy taking time out from Physics and Comedy to learn all about snowboarding.
Well done. That was relatively funny. 😉
This is what happens when old people start channel hopping.
Chill Grandad 😉
Do the commentators have a list of what moves each competitor is going to do?
I have enough trouble counting spins and/or flips to notice if the board was grabbed by the nose, side or tail or whether the trick was fakey or natural*.
*insert other spurious words here.
I thought it was refreshingly entertaining for sports commentary:
from memory:
"Don't look into his eyes, you'll get lost in them"
"he's trying to warp the space time continuum here"
"in 28 days they'll be wanting to use their full money back guarantee"
"He's got room for a gold in his sock drawer"
and, of the 17 year old who won it:
"He turned up with a packet of crayons and created a Monet"
“He’s got room for a gold in his sock drawer”
Oscar Pistorius?
[i]“He turned up with a packet of crayons and created a Monet”[/i]
That was particularly good 🙂
I thought it was well judge considering the style Ed used to use.
Me and the Mrs were well entertained through the round sand final
the skill on display was very high and the park looked great
Looking forward to the ladies later
Nah, I'm with the OP - Rider does something spectacular in the air, spinning and flipping wildly without any sort of plan - like a raver who's done 5 'on the head' and (mostly) miraculously lands on his/her board whilst two guys in a booth somewhere talk gibberish punctuated with numbers - like an American Auctioneer.
It's mental fun to watch, but I haven't a clue what's going on.
They seem to have toned down the commentary since Sochi. I still don't understand it though. But I'm a babyboomer apparently so wouldn't expect to.
the unrehearsed commentator on Twitter is well worth a listen;
https://twitter.com/MrMichaelSpicer/status/962829351178985472/video/1
there's also a tumblr: http://tuvoa.tumblr.com/
Really enjoyed the slopestyle,i just assume the commentators called it right!!
I went in to the newsagents this morning to get my paper the owner says "I watched the snowboarding yesterday really enjoyed it , that young lad was great, is that what you lot(all 45+ years old) do when you go away" I left him thinking it was,if only they knew 🙂
They seem to have toned down the commentary since Sochi. I still don’t understand it though.
Watching it for half an hour, once every four years, probably isn’t the best way to change that 😂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_snowboard_tricks
For the old ones, I'm sure you can print it larger