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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by spankysparkle
(Post 8350360)
:D there is a solution to that...
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by el_richo
(Post 8350383)
Wee filled water balloons?
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
When Bilodeau won the gold I was excited. When CTV ran a feature about his brother wth CP I was moved deeply. His brother, with disablities, has motivated Bilodeau to greatness in his sport.
It moved me so much because my oldest child has Down syndrome, and I would hope that one day my younger chldren would say that Peter has inspired them. I'm also self employed, and staying motivated in business and reaching goals in business is very similar to sports. Christina Groves, who won bronze in the 3000m long track speed skating said something quite profound in her interview afterwards. She said that she used to believe that if she felt good, or on a high, during the race, it meant she had performed well. Conversley, if she felt rough during the race she expected to do badly. However, her experience taught her that her emotions throughout the race had no bearing on how she skated, or how she placed. As much as I enjoy the spectacle and the sports, it's the little nuggets from champions like that keep me interested in the games. |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
The snowboarding is freaking awesome to watch.
And I watched the speed skaters racing and that was kewl too, especially when the French guy tried to over take the Italian (?) and they both took a tumble and crashed into the barrier right before the finish line, lol.:D And the other guy that lost the slipstream on the main three was a Kiwi. Oh dear.:( I didn't know who it was and then they said "New Zealand." Oh great!:frown: lol.:rofl: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Shaun White is phenomenal, what a show he put on! Brill. :thumbup::thumbsup::thumbup:
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
well I can't wait to watch the snowboarding half pipe events tonight. ooh ooh not to mention the snowboard parallel giant slalom! sooo exciting!
sadly we record what we want to watch and only get to watch it the next day. oh well, better late than never. i also love the downhill racing (ski). damn those people are all a bunch of nutters! |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
I like the fact that, apart from downtown Vancouver the restaurants and bars are nearly empty.
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
How has the "30% reduction in commuter traffic" been going?
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 8354969)
I like the fact that, apart from downtown Vancouver the restaurants and bars are nearly empty.
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by spankysparkle
(Post 8353599)
well I can't wait to watch the snowboarding half pipe events tonight. ooh ooh not to mention the snowboard parallel giant slalom! sooo exciting!
sadly we record what we want to watch and only get to watch it the next day. oh well, better late than never. i also love the downhill racing (ski). damn those people are all a bunch of nutters! Did you see that Shaun White yesterday ? The guy is a star!:thumbup: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
I was laughing my butt off at the curling this morning. What pray tell is that?:blink:
It's like "bowls on ice" or something, and it was reminding me of darts for some quirky reason, I dunno why...:lol: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Haven't been loving the Olympics much this week as on earlies. But a long weekend coming up in which to commandeer the telly and catch up.:cool:
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Elizabeth I
(Post 8355532)
I was laughing my butt off at the curling this morning. What pray tell is that?:blink:
It's like "bowls on ice" or something, and it was reminding me of darts for some quirky reason, I dunno why...:lol: Actually it's a fun and very sociable way to help adults get out in the winter. Almost every town in Canada has a curling rink with the cities having multi facilities. Members of curling clubs are super friendly people and it's a great way to meet and socialize. And believe it or not, it requires great skill to do what the Olympic curlers do. |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Auld Yin
(Post 8355832)
Don't knock it. One of my neighbours makes $100k per annum tax free curling in his spare time.
Actually it's a fun and very sociable way to help adults get out in the winter. Almost every town in Canada has a curling rink with the cities having multi facilities. Members of curling clubs are super friendly people and it's a great way to meet and socialize. And believe it or not, it requires great skill to do what the Olympic curlers do. Blimey:blink: $100k in his spare time??:eek: Wow.:thumbup: I'm glad you've educated my philistine self on this sport, it sounds quite cool. I hadn't ever seen it before and after watching dare devil stuff like snowboarding and luge and ski jumping, it just looked odd and I didn't get it.:confused: But I quite like the sound of the "social scene" you've described which surrounds it. I really would like to take up some winter sports when I come over...Do women do it too? (I only saw guys this morning) |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Elizabeth I
(Post 8355864)
Blimey:blink: $100k in his spare time??:eek: Wow.:thumbup:
I'm glad you've educated my philistine self on this sport, it sounds quite cool. I hadn't ever seen it before and after watching dare devil stuff like snowboarding and luge and ski jumping it just looked odd. But I quite like the sound of the "social scene" that surrounds it. I really would like to take up some winter sports when I come over...Do women do it too? (I only saw guys this morning) |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Auld Yin
(Post 8355886)
Yes women do it and there's a women's competition in the Olympics. It has been on TV already and will be again. Very often both partners/spouses are members of the same club and each may play in their own gender group or in doubles and mixed doubles.
I'll have to have a gander when the women come back on to play, cheers. |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Auld Yin
(Post 8355832)
Don't knock it. One of my neighbours makes $100k per annum tax free curling in his spare time.
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
I was laughing my butt off at the curling this morning. What pray tell is that? Well it's a British (well, Scottish) invention, for starters, and has been around for about 500 years! We went to see the women's round robin session last night at the Olympic Center and it was a lot of fun! Alas, Team GB went down to Sweden in a close match, but after spanking the Russians 10-3 earlier today they're still 2-1 up so far in the competition. Curling is also one of the only Winter Olympic sports the Brits have any chance of a medal in (and it's a half-decent chance, too). Cheers, Iain |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Iain Mc
(Post 8356123)
Well it's a British (well, Scottish) invention, for starters, and has been around for about 500 years!
We went to see the women's round robin session last night at the Olympic Center and it was a lot of fun! Alas, Team GB went down to Sweden in a close match, but after spanking the Russians 10-3 earlier today they're still 2-1 up so far in the competition. Curling is also one of the only Winter Olympic sports the Brits have any chance of a medal in (and it's a half-decent chance, too). Cheers, Iain |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Ladies Half pipe was fab - did get a bit cold towards the end - but the bus system up and down the mountain worked really well!
However, the vending - bloody rip off and no much choice - hey ho - that's the prob with being a veggie in N america~ Medals ceremony on wed eve and PGS on Friday next week - woo hoo :) |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Elizabeth I
(Post 8355527)
Did you see that Shaun White yesterday ? The guy is a star!:thumbup:
Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon
(Post 8356679)
Ladies Half pipe was fab - did get a bit cold towards the end - but the bus system up and down the mountain worked really well!
However, the vending - bloody rip off and no much choice - hey ho - that's the prob with being a veggie in N america~ Medals ceremony on wed eve and PGS on Friday next week - woo hoo :) how lucky are you to be there in person! absolutely brilliant!! :thumbup: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by spankysparkle
(Post 8356938)
no, i recorded it and will watch both men & women's halfpipe tonight :thumbsup:
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by triumphguy
(Post 8361362)
So when do they have the full pipe?:confused:
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
I see we're all getting a bit bored by the Olympics?
Quelle surprise. |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Lord Vader
(Post 8361486)
as soon as someone lights it.
As for curling, I cannot explain it but I am hooked watching it. No idea about the scoring or rules but watching it regardless. |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by ga1lf
(Post 8361577)
Oh thank you, that made my laugh.
As for curling, I cannot explain it but I am hooked watching it. No idea about the scoring or rules but watching it regardless. Having said that, when I tried it I fell over a lot. Still, I do enjoy watching it. Chess on Ice, innit? |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
We went downtown Vancouver tonight it was very crowded, but we got half pissed at Joe Fortes and then pretty pissed at the Sutton Place hotel bar, not a bad evening. I love the Olympics. :thumbup:
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
...I have the house to myself all afternoon, a big bag of tortillas, a bottle of red and BBC iplayer.:D
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
looking forward to the ski cross:eek:
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Bali2010
(Post 8362452)
looking forward to the ski cross:eek:
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Saw the BBC's trailer for Vancouver 2010 yesterday evening on BBC world. That's pretty cool - the graphics department at the BBC know their stuff.
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 8363860)
Saw the BBC's trailer for Vancouver 2010 yesterday evening on BBC world. That's pretty cool - the graphics department at the BBC know their stuff.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-Xwe5x77m8U |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Loved the figure skating and free style skiing today, very exciting...pity about Canada ice hockey...
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Oink
(Post 8361729)
pretty pissed at the Sutton Place hotel bar, not a bad evening.
I like that place:thumbsup: That's where we stayed when we first ever visited Vancouver, lovely hotel and very nice bar for a quiet drink.:thumbup: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by bsmith
(Post 8363881)
That was fun. BBC and C4 graphics have always been pretty good.
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Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by Alan2005
(Post 8363950)
Yeah; they even managed to make curling look exciting. Quite an achievement.
LOL!:rofl: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
because....the atmosphere at Pacific Coliseum tonight was awesome! :thumbsup:
I even allowed myself to be patriotic and waved my union jack flag for the British couples. The volume when the Canadians Virtue and Moir overtook Davis and White was phenomenal - I felt a surge of Canadian pride for the first time :) Once-in-a-lifetime experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it :wub: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by adele
(Post 8364028)
because....the atmosphere at Pacific Coliseum tonight was awesome! :thumbsup:
I even allowed myself to be patriotic and waved my union jack flag for the British couples. The volume when the Canadians Virtue and Moir overtook Davis and White was phenomenal - I felt a surge of Canadian pride for the first time :) Once-in-a-lifetime experience and I thoroughly enjoyed it :wub: |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Originally Posted by BristolUK
(Post 8345461)
I don't know what will happen when the games are in England but I suspect that the coverage won't quite be to the near exclusion of non 'home' athletes as I've seen over the last couple of days.
BBC has consistently interviewed the winners of events at past games no matter where from in addition to Brits and has also had foreign ex athletes as members of their commentary/analysis teams. Obviously coverage is rightly geared to the home viewing audience but I've not seen it quite like it's been here so far. Maybe I've missed the interviews with all the winners :unsure: Perhaps now that Canada has the elusive first gold medal on home soil (:blink:) coverage may be a little more inclusive. |
Re: I love the Olympics because...
Absolutely loved the Ski Cross. Real exciting stuff! Sitting down to watch the Canada v USA hockey game, albeit I already know the score:frown:
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