Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Discussion

sonick · Feb 16, 2010

Originally Posted by bawlin

You won't get in if you go that late. On Saturday, I got there at 1pm and was in line until 2:30pm before I was let in. Shortly after 3pm, they reached capacity.

**** really? like we won't get in AT ALL if we got there by 3? Damn, ok thanks for the heads up

Ambulance Chaser · Feb 16, 2010

My biggest wish for the Olympics is that Alex Ovechkin scores the winning goal in the gold-medal hockey game between Russia and Canada, and then jumps into the boards as millions of Canadians weep. I think that result will scar Sid the Kid for life.

1969 · Feb 16, 2010

I wondered aloud last night if you really deserve a medal if you can compete in blue jeans. Stumbled across this http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq...lue-jeans.html this morning. Not sure which is worse.

AR_Six · Feb 16, 2010

Originally Posted by sonick

**** really? like we won't get in AT ALL if we got there by 3? Damn, ok thanks for the heads up
What time do you figure to get into Livecity Yaletown on friday?

AR_Six · Feb 17, 2010

Turns out Uncontrol is actually an american figure skater who goes by the name of "Johnny Weir".

__CB__ · Feb 17, 2010

Originally Posted by JD_May

What time do you figure to get into Livecity Yaletown on friday?

Went to Yaletown Saturday at around 7pm and it was a 45 min wait, but for Deadmau I reckon you'd want to get there a couple hours early to be safe.

odoreater · Feb 17, 2010

Originally Posted by 1969

I wondered aloud last night if you really deserve a medal if you can compete in blue jeans. Stumbled across this http://www.gq.com/style/blogs/the-gq...lue-jeans.html this morning. Not sure which is worse.

I think dwelling on what kind of pants a gold medal winnner was wearing is worst of all.

Gus · Feb 17, 2010

I am really starting to like snowboarding in the Olympics. When it debuted I felt it wasn't traditional enough. But once I got into Snowboard cross and the half pipe, I been hooked ever since.

AR_Six · Feb 17, 2010

^Now time for ski halfpipe to get into the games.
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sonick · Feb 17, 2010

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

I am really starting to like snowboarding in the Olympics. When it debuted I felt it wasn't traditional enough. But once I got into Snowboard cross and the half pipe, I been hooked ever since.

I'm not a fan of halfpipe as an olympic event, but snowboard cross and slalom definitely.

AR_Six · Feb 17, 2010

^The thing is, halfpipe has a much, much larger following in its own right than do either of those events. It's simply a bigger sport. Of course, you could say the same for skateboard vert.

rdawson808 · Feb 17, 2010

Originally Posted by sonick

I'm not a fan of halfpipe as an olympic event, but snowboard cross and slalom definitely.

I'm up for slalom since it has a parallel in alpine. Half-pipe only half passes with me, because it's mostly just cool.

But Border-cross is just dumb. I loved that last night after what's-her-name fell they said that she had been working so hard for this moment, blah blah blah. She rides a snowboard down a course. It's not nearly as fast as alpine, it isn't nearly as hard as any cross-country skiing event, it's just kinda silly. Hell, I don't even find it exciting.

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BDC2823 · Feb 17, 2010

Originally Posted by rdawson808

I'm up for slalom since it has a parallel in alpine. Half-pipe only half passes with me, because it's mostly just cool.

But Border-cross is just dumb. I loved that last night after what's-her-name fell they said that she had been working so hard for this moment, blah blah blah. She rides a snowboard down a course. It's not nearly as fast as alpine, it isn't nearly as hard as any cross-country skiing event, it's just kinda silly. Hell, I don't even find it exciting.

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Spoken by someone who has probably never snowboarded.

Dakota rube · Feb 17, 2010

Originally Posted by BDC2823

Spoken by someone who has probably never snowboarded.

I used to kind of chuckle at the whole snowboarding thing. I've skied since I was a teenager and thought the boarders were just uncoordinated stoners. (As opposed to me, a coordinated stoner.

)

But then I tried boarding.
Whoa! Not at all the same kind of thing...

rdawson808 · Feb 17, 2010

Originally Posted by BDC2823

Spoken by someone who has probably never snowboarded.

I actually have, thanks. Rode for years. Not a lot; I'm no expert. But I know what it takes to ride. I'm not saying that anyone can jump on a board and compete at the Olympics. Not by any stretch. I'm just saying that there's no comparing boarder cross to alpine skiing or any number of other winter Olympics sports.

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