The Olympics
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Toad
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Being a skier myself, I enjoy the skiing and snowboarding events the most (freestyle events mainly). Next year I might try and learn snowboarding, and will probably be stupid enough to try tricks with it eventually....oh the benifits of not giving a damn about yourself. I'm from the USA.
SilentOutlaw
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Im from Canada and I love hockey, but I watch most of the events if a Canadian is competing, except for cross country skiing, figure skating and curling.
Ive been training hard for snowshoe racing, hopefully it will become an Olympic sport , so I can win gold! :lol:
Ive been training hard for snowshoe racing, hopefully it will become an Olympic sport , so I can win gold! :lol:
cLavain
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@Pea
:lol: But you could say that about any sport! Could you give me an example of a sport that isn't pointless, when you get down to it?
-Running round in circles?
-Moving many kilometers with long flat boards on your feet?
-Kicking an inflated ball around on a field with intricate yet ultimately arbitrary rules?
-Endlessly smashing a small ball back and forth across a net?
When you get down to it, you do a sport either because it makes you fitter or because you think it's fun, or both. I honestly can't see that one sport is more ridiculous than another. It's funny how popularity suddenly makes a stupid activity seem sane and meaningful!
:lol: But you could say that about any sport! Could you give me an example of a sport that isn't pointless, when you get down to it?
-Running round in circles?
-Moving many kilometers with long flat boards on your feet?
-Kicking an inflated ball around on a field with intricate yet ultimately arbitrary rules?
-Endlessly smashing a small ball back and forth across a net?
When you get down to it, you do a sport either because it makes you fitter or because you think it's fun, or both. I honestly can't see that one sport is more ridiculous than another. It's funny how popularity suddenly makes a stupid activity seem sane and meaningful!
cLavain
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Yeah, it does seem like a lazy sport!
For some reason curling has gotten a lot of media attention in my country lately, don't know why...
Actually, I never watch sport on telly, anyway, so to me the whole thing seems like much ado about nothing. I say: If you really care about sport then get your lazy ass off the couch and do it yourself! Just my two cents, though... :wink:
For some reason curling has gotten a lot of media attention in my country lately, don't know why...
Actually, I never watch sport on telly, anyway, so to me the whole thing seems like much ado about nothing. I say: If you really care about sport then get your lazy ass off the couch and do it yourself! Just my two cents, though... :wink:
SilentOutlaw
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I agree. I don't think curling should be considered a sport. It is more a game like shuffleboard or lawn bowling, which requires little athletic ability other then sweeping with a broom. Olympic sports are supposed to involve athletes with superior athletic abilities. It isn't a very appealing spectator sport unless your a hardcore fan or a relative/friend of the competetors. If curling is in the Winter Olympics, why not add shuffleboard or lawn bowling to the Summer Olympics.
Chilling__Echo
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yeah, it's kind of entertaining though to hear all the yelling and screaming and not know what's going on. and i can never tell when the stone's gonna stop or keep going...
