Sports 2018 Winter Olympics Thread - #pyeongchang2018

[kaladin stormblessed]

I am into: ski jumping (my family is rooting for Stoch (PL)), alpine skiing ( that is so thrilling), and figure skating (as a kid, i always dreamed about those costumes).
what do you recommend? I am gonna guess: snowboarding and freestyle skiing? Am I way off?

technically, you'd think id be into snowboarding since thats arguably my favorite sport. but i dont watch too many sports. bad attention span. soccer for example. i love it when i watch it, but its rare. i pretty much only watch MMA regularly

so im attracted to random sports for random and sometimes subconscious reasons im sure. my mother likes curling, so i probably like that since it reminds me of her. or i can picture her happy watching it even if im not with her

i LOVE short track speed skating, but im interested in seeing if i still enjoy it. i may have just been into the marketing behind apollo ono

im not into skeleton, luge, or bobsled for various reasons. its a race vs the clock instead of side by side like track. and also, its incredibly dangerous. it freaks me out

i loved figure skating as a kid, but no anymore. but i used to and still love alpine.... bc i LOVE speed =)

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

I like Biatholon I have jogged and shot 22 at targets and that is super tough....I call it dryatholon

I jog mile shoot...jog mile shoot...control breathing is key

thats sounds pretty awesome. do u run a loop or do you carry the 22 with u? bc if ur carrying it, i wonder if that causes imbalances long-term bc ur body makes adjustments for it, or you dont let your arms move freely yadda yadaa

 

[Missy Cat]

technically, you'd think id be into snowboarding since thats arguably my favorite sport. but i dont watch too many sports. bad attention span. soccer for example. i love it when i watch it, but its rare. i pretty much only watch MMA regularly

so im attracted to random sports for random and sometimes subconscious reasons im sure. my mother likes curling, so i probably like that since it reminds me of her. or i can picture her happy watching it even if im not with her

i LOVE short track speed skating, but im interested in seeing if i still enjoy it. i may have just been into the marketing behind apollo ono

im not into skeleton, luge, or bobsled for various reasons. its a race vs the clock instead of side by side like track. and also, its incredibly dangerous. it freaks me out

i loved figure skating as a kid, but no anymore. but i used to and still love alpine.... bc i LOVE speed =)

No kidding about your speed... i still remember your post with you on the board... that was intense... i have no clue how you do it... what an exciting thing... (i am jealous )

 

[Wild]

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

No kidding about your speed... i still remember your post with you on the board... that was intense... i have no clue how you do it... what an exciting thing... (i am jealous )

thats not speed lol. in theory, i consider how i ride (snowboard) "speedy"... some classify it as reckless tho lol. but thats why im not going this year. i need to get a doctor to rebreak my shoulder and then let it recover before i go out there again. bc i cant trust myself to not do something stupid 30 seconds into my first run

 

[Missy Cat]

thats not speed lol. in theory, i consider how i ride (snowboard) "speedy"... some classify it as reckless tho lol. but thats why im not going this year. i need to get a doctor to rebreak my shoulder and then let it recover before i go out there again. bc i cant trust myself to not do something stupid 30 seconds into my first run

yeah, that shoulder issue worried me... so you never had a dr look at it or xray it? Ouch. I dont know if you read my youtube comment on that "after BDubs" video you, but after walking on my broken foot for a day it took so long to get it better. we are only getting older (time is a thief)

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

yeah, that shoulder issue worried me... so you never had a dr look at it or xray it? Ouch. I dont know if you read my youtube comment on that "after BDubs" video you, but after walking on my broken foot for a day it took so long to get it better. we are only getting older (time is a thief)

i didnt have insurance. bc i had quit my job, and forgot to buy insurance in 2016. the window was opening up in a couple weeks for 2017, but i stupidly went to the mnt and broke it on the first run. so i just laid in bed for 3 days until it started to fuse back together lol

 

[Missy Cat]

I came to this thread to see what a missy cat was?
apparently it is a dog in a sweater
welcome

Missy Cat is one of my nicknames I wanted a silly Avatar pic... so a goofy pic of my dog came in handy

 

[Missy Cat]

i didnt have insurance. bc i had quit my job, and forgot to buy insurance in 2016. the window was opening up in a couple weeks for 2017, but i stupidly went to the mnt and broke it on the first run. so i just laid in bed for 3 days until it started to fuse back together lol

As a very young kid (4yo), i used to ski (was quite good at it) i stopped around 9. Then when i was 17 i broke my thumb in Wisconsin when i did not make a proper 90 degree turn ...apparently i forgot how to make that turn safely ( stupid of me to listen to my then boyfriend, current husband of few decades) The thumb still has different range of motion than my other one
Have it checked out whenever you get a chance. I hope it does not ache anymore.

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

As a very young kid (4yo), i used to ski (was quite good at it) i stopped around 9. Then when i was 17 i broke my thumb in Wisconsin when i did not make a proper 90 degree turn ...apparently i forgot how to make that turn safely ( stupid of me to listen to my then boyfriend, current husband of few decades) The thumb still has different range of motion than my other one
Have it checked out whenever you get a chance. I hope it does not ache anymore.

word around town is that @Splinty is a ski-pizza'ing machine. you wont break any thumbs if you learn to pizza

 

[Splinty]

word around town is that @Splinty is a ski-pizza'ing machine. you wont break any thumbs if you learn to pizza

Pizza to slow down!! French fry to speed up.
It's what I learned from watching McConkey with @BirdWatcher






Too dark?

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

Pizza to slow down!! French fry to speed up.
It's what I learned from watching McConkey with @BirdWatcher






Too dark?

i literally almost spit out soda that i was taking a sip of when i read french-frying. ive never heard that. thats hilarious

 

[Splinty]

i literally almost spit out soda that i was taking a sip of when i read french-frying. ive never heard that. thats hilarious

That's how you teach Texans that have never seen the snow for real and are trying to ski little kids

 

[La Paix]

Pizza to slow down!! French fry to speed up.
It's what I learned from watching McConkey with @BirdWatcher






Too dark?

Watching you ski really made me think of a great Canadian icon.

Spoiler

 

[Splinty]

Watching you ski really made me think of a great Canadian icon.

Spoiler

Act like my love of the great white North isnt endearing

 

[La Paix]

Act like my love of the great white North isnt endearing

It's your people who gave us this shit.

 

[Splinty]

It's your people who gave us this shit.

I needed to be able to see the puck!!!!


XTREEEMEEE

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

It's your people who gave us this shit.

i wish you were in bed with me and my X back in 2010, when i watched college football for the first time and said "how do they do that yellow line?!?! thats awesome! is that a laser?!?"

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

my X and i* (sorry mom)

 

[Splinty]

i wish you were in bed with me and my X back in 2010

I've said that to him so many times.

 

[La Paix]

i wish you were in bed with me and my X back in 2010, when i watched college football for the first time and said "how do they do that yellow line?!?! thats awesome! is that a laser?!?"

I see you agree with @Splinty

 

[Missy Cat]

my X and i* (sorry mom)

ooo you did not just go there this is my biggest grammar "ocd" it comes from working with AVPs and directors who did not know how to use those words correctly... that always ticked me off because i would listen to their presentations as they spoke state wide, and as i read their legal documents with that language (i was editing and proofreading their stuff, if felt like my eyes were bleeding after reading so many things that were off)
i thought you had it right the first time: "with me and my x" (when you split the two, "with me" makes sense as opposed to "with I").
"My x and I were in bed" and "in bed with me and my x" The moment my kids say it incorrectly, poor things took at me and self correct . gosh i get hives when they say it incorrectly and they sometimes say it to just make fun of me.

following in the footsteps of Stannis and Davos

 

[jason73]

Btw
Download the cbc Olympic app even in the states and use a VPN
They have streams for every single event live

i still have the it bookmarked from the last olympics. they have the best coverage of the most live events of anybody

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

- opening ceremony tomorrow
- curling / ski-jumping tonight tho
- and of course, celebrity big brother =)

 

[kaladin stormblessed]

i still have the it bookmarked from the last olympics. they have the best coverage of the most live events of anybody

i bought suvbscription to slingtV during the last summer olympics (for nbc and nbc sports iirc). and i forgot to cancel. had it ever since (first time ive had telly in who knows, maybe a decade)