BigRedBuster Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Ok...honest question. What winter Olympic sport have you ever thought you could honestly do and be competitive in? Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Curling, maybe snowboarding and hockey. At an Olympic level, though? No way. Biathlon would be fun. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Would definitely try Downhill. Get good at it or die in the attempt. Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Would definitely try Downhill. Get good at it or die in the attempt. Have you noticed how many winter events are like that? Ski jumping, downhill, aerial, skeleton, luge, halfpipe, slopestyle, etc. I'm positive I would die attempting to learn any of those. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Curling or bobsled. I used to be damn good at the bar on shuffleboard. Curling is just bigger, right? And bobsled? Push a fancy sled, jump in, and hang on. Piece of cake. Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I have actually experienced something like downhill. First time I ever skied, took the morning class, skied some greens until lunch, was feeling ok about it even though I couldn't really turn or stop, so thought it was time to hit a blue slope. It was fairly icy spring conditions.....got going so fast I was afraid to even try to turn, know I was doing 50an mph for sure.....skis are just chattering. Well there was a family stopped right in my line on the run, I had to try to turn , ended up spectacularly wiping out, cartwheeled-rolled-finished spinning flat on my stomach. The family comes over to see if I'm ok and they tell me they've been skiing for fifteen years and have never aeen anything like that. I look back up the hill and both my skis are sticking up vertically out of the snow, one back end up and about twenty yards further down the other front end up. I had snow packed in my nose and mouth. Felt like a moron. But I got up and went back up for more. Yeah, I know downhillers are going much faster and turning and dealing with some jumps, but this was my first day ever skiing. I think hittin 50 in a straight line run probably provided some of the same sensation. Except I was scared shitless and new I was totally out of control. 1 Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I'm thinking nothing could be more fun than drunk curling. You might have to wear helmets, because those sheets are f'ing slick. Quote Link to comment
Micheal Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I feel like Short Track would be some intense stuff Quote Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Who cares about curling and snowboarding events? Not me. Maybe freestyle skiing too ...... Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Who cares about curling and snowboarding events? Enough people to make them Olympic events. Quote Link to comment
Hooked on Huskers Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Maybe snowball throwing (and accurate too)?? Equal to discus or spear throwing in summer Olympics. LOL Quote Link to comment
EbylHusker Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 If you completely disregard the cultural and historical context of those events, sure... But yeah, definitely, just because you don't like it, they should rip all that sh#t out of the Olympics. Good call. Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Who is up next for USA hockey? Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Who is up next for USA hockey? Face off Quote Link to comment
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