Conquer Club

Sackett58 wrote:Well I already am disappointed with NBC coverage. West coast they announced 7:30 opening ceremonies and dragged it all the way to 9:00. And when it comes Winter or Summer Olympics I want to see events. If I want a human interest story I would prefer to read it on the net or newspaper. My kid was looking forward to the ceremonies but it was time for bed.

I am composing a hate mail message to send to all the NBC executives I can find. I think they are all traitors to this nation and should be executed.

bedub1 wrote:

Sackett58 wrote:Well I already am disappointed with NBC coverage. West coast they announced 7:30 opening ceremonies and dragged it all the way to 9:00. And when it comes Winter or Summer Olympics I want to see events. If I want a human interest story I would prefer to read it on the net or newspaper. My kid was looking forward to the ceremonies but it was time for bed.

I am composing a hate mail message to send to all the NBC executives I can find. I think they are all traitors to this nation and should be executed.

They don't even know the difference between Terry Fox, and Micheal J. Fox.

Not that I would expect most Americans to know both of those people, but I figure if you're going to make an international broadcast, you should know what you're talking about, at least a bit.

APOLLO!!!!


USA USA USA!

Timminz wrote:Men's snowboard cross is on now.

Awesome!

Loved it, incredible races, such close finishes
Those guys have such good board control
To bad we don't have any good snowboard crossers....
We only have Van der Wal (male Halfpipe) and Sauerbreij (female Slalom)

bedub1 wrote:

Sackett58 wrote:Well I already am disappointed with NBC coverage. West coast they announced 7:30 opening ceremonies and dragged it all the way to 9:00. And when it comes Winter or Summer Olympics I want to see events. If I want a human interest story I would prefer to read it on the net or newspaper. My kid was looking forward to the ceremonies but it was time for bed.

I am composing a hate mail message to send to all the NBC executives I can find. I think they are all traitors to this nation and should be executed.

Don't forget the truth serum and military tribunal.

Men's hockey just started. Team USA vs Team Swiss. Canada goes later tonight...go Canada

Biathlon is one of those things I thought was a lot more badass before I saw it. Biathletes are some badass mofos, but I definitely thought it was downhill. Also, where were the Finns? I thought they owned biathlon. Or is that another preconceived notion that was actually pretty uninformed.

Speaking of biathlon, one of my fellow beach bums and myself decided that we are going to make a beach biathlon - kiteboarding and archery. The funeral home near us should start getting ready for new business.

Timminz wrote:Men's snowboard cross is on now.

Awesome!

ETA: triple-post FTW!!!

watched that with my lad. thought Seth would win it, my lad had a feeling the Canadian that came 2nd would win. was leading most of the way until an unbeleivable burst of speed from Seth(forgot sirname). great competition though and the womens snowboard cross was just as exciting with Maelle(Can) winning. every round she was well clear of her nearest rival.

watching part of the Womens downhill at the mo. some spectacular crashes. British girl was shit as usual with the commentators making excuses. fook she was over 2 1/2 secs behind the person that was winning early on.

DAZMCFC wrote:

Timminz wrote:Men's snowboard cross is on now.

Awesome!

ETA: triple-post FTW!!!

watched that with my lad. thought Seth would win it, my lad had a feeling the Canadian that came 2nd would win. was leading most of the way until an unbeleivable burst of speed from Seth(forgot sirname). great competition though and the womens snowboard cross was just as exciting with Maelle(Can) winning. every round she was well clear of her nearest rival.

watching part of the Womens downhill at the mo. some spectacular crashes. British girl was shit as usual with the commentators making excuses. fook she was over 2 1/2 secs behind the person that was winning early on.

Yes indeed! Both snowboard cross races were very exciting.

I've been disappointed that I only managed to catch the last bit of both downhills. The races had already been decided, and all the runs I saw live were far off the pace.

Watching the first run of men's halfpipe right now. Always a good time.

Watching the cross country sprints....waiting for the curling to start. Yes, I know, I lead an exciting life


EDIT: just switched to the snow boarding

I don't know which event, but I see the tv listing saying there will be some short-track speed skating on a bit later. Those are always exciting races.

Jesus, this downhill course is insane. Go Lindsey though!

She flew 190ft, holy crap!

Frito Bandito wrote:I enjoy a lot of the skiing, the hockey, love the biathlon -- Guns and Skis!!

It would be way more enjoyable if it was snowmobiles and automatic weapons.

fook me sideways. how good is Shaun White. I seen his 2nd run and it was fantastic, he had nothing to lose though as he had already won Gold.


a British woman is leading after 2 runs in the Skeleton. it's not even Shelly Rudman who won Silver last time in Turin. Amy Williams is .30 secs clear, that's a fair margin in the speeds they travel at.

DAZMCFC wrote:

Timminz wrote:Men's snowboard cross is on now.

Awesome!

ETA: triple-post FTW!!!

watched that with my lad. thought Seth would win it, my lad had a feeling the Canadian that came 2nd would win. was leading most of the way until an unbeleivable burst of speed from Seth(forgot sirname). great competition though and the womens snowboard cross was just as exciting with Maelle(Can) winning. every round she was well clear of her nearest rival.

watching part of the Womens downhill at the mo. some spectacular crashes. British girl was shit as usual with the commentators making excuses. fook she was over 2 1/2 secs behind the person that was winning early on.

wescott...i've snowboarded with him before...i use to work at his home mountain..sugarloaf maine.



i gotta say..never really watched curling before..but it's pretty cool. i am very impressed with the British skip....Eve Muirhead....i love watching her...she looks unstoppable..and she is adorable too!

DAZMCFC wrote:fook me sideways. how good is Shaun White.

Good enough.

Good enough to have his own line of video games.

Good enough that everyone else in the competition knew they had zero chance to win gold, as soon as they knew he would be competing.

Good enough for Red Bull to build him his own private halfpipe, completely inaccessible by anything other than helicopter or snow-cat, complete with foam pits, so that he could perfect the newest big trick to hit the halfpipe (double cork).

I'm looking forward to the up-and-coming hockey games...


--Andy

well done Amy Williams for winning Gold. that is only the 9th Gold Britain has ever won at the Winter Olympics.

pearljamrox2 wrote:

DAZMCFC wrote:

Timminz wrote:Men's snowboard cross is on now.

Awesome!

ETA: triple-post FTW!!!

watched that with my lad. thought Seth would win it, my lad had a feeling the Canadian that came 2nd would win. was leading most of the way until an unbeleivable burst of speed from Seth(forgot sirname). great competition though and the womens snowboard cross was just as exciting with Maelle(Can) winning. every round she was well clear of her nearest rival.

watching part of the Womens downhill at the mo. some spectacular crashes. British girl was shit as usual with the commentators making excuses. fook she was over 2 1/2 secs behind the person that was winning early on.

wescott...i've snowboarded with him before...i use to work at his home mountain..sugarloaf maine.



i gotta say..never really watched curling before..but it's pretty cool. i am very impressed with the British skip....Eve Muirhead....i love watching her...she looks unstoppable..and she is adorable too!

yeah that's him. he was shit-hot on the night.


the womens curling team had a good win against Germany then got battered of Japan. played 5 won 3 lost 2.


watched the Women Super G. when I left the action Fischbacher (Aut) was leading by a fair margin and most of the good 'uns had gone.


I think i'll be watching the Ski-Cross tomorrow, that looks mad.

My son loved the snowboarding, but was dissapointed when the figure skating came on. (of course .. lol )

Figure skating is a joke.

Any "sport" in which the winner is determined solely by judges picking arbitrary numbers should not be an Olympic sport.

Bordercross:



Mexico sends home the gold!

the Ski-cross was even better than the Snowboard-cross the other night. I think you have to be a bit deranged to do that.


well done to Bode Miller, his 3rd medal of this Olympics. 1 of each colour now and about time he won a Gold at the Olympics. he was fantastic in the slalom of the combined.


I was watching the Ice Hockey, Germany v Belarus. it was 2-1 Belarus, I went for my Dinner, next thing my lad said it was 4-3 Belarus. I missed 4 goals in 6 minutes. watched the last couple of minutes and Belarus scored a cracking 5th.

Quarter-final hockey game between Canada and Russia.

WQOOOOOOOHHHEEEAYAYAYYYY....



so far.

BAM! Canada stomps em!

Canada did more than stomp them...wow that was an awesome display. Friday night is a big night!

Also Canada goes for Gold vs US women's tomorrow...go Canada!