[dave]

Shit, I can't believe 4 years passes so quickly.

So whats everyone psyched for this year in the action in hongcouver? Be good to see Shelley go one better this time on the tea tray and bag a gold.



I'm also rooting for canada take the mens and womens golds in the hockey too. Plus some general carnage in the snowboard cross.

If anyone wants the full schedule to download, its here:
http://www.vancouver2010.com/dl/00/17/26/compschedolympic_86d-wd.pdf

[SA Chris]

I'm psyched for just about everything, apart from the "artistic" events.

Got to watch some of the luge WC when we were in Whistler last year, that track is mental.

[Bernard Jefferies]

Always got to be the downhill skiing.  I get a strange satisfaction when someone stacks it on a downhill course.  I also like to spend my evenings relaxing to a spot curling.

[Stubbs]

Should be sweet.  Did you see Shaun White's training facility for the season?

[Percy B]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/feb/05/shaun-white-double-cork-olympics-ban

Careful though, kids. Some of this snowboarding is dangerous and should be banned, apparently....

What a crock....

[Plattsy]

I dunno some of the aristic ones ain't too bad.

Irina Slutskaya


Sorry that was rather juvenile.

Boarder cross definitely. Think ski-cross is in too. Love the downhill/luge/bobs obviously but also really get into the nordic events especially the biathlon. Also short track speed skating too.

Not so keen on the hockey. Great live but rubbish to watch on the TV.

[Jaspersharpe]

Was watching Ski Sunday the other week and realised I'd forgotten how awesome the giant slalom and the downhill are.

Is it all going to be on an stupid o'clock though?

[dave]

vancouver is something like 7 hours behind GMT, so possibly. Stuff that happens during the day could be on live in our evenings though. The mens hockey final for example is in the middle of the day their time, so should be on 7ish onwards our time.

[nai]

BBC schedule thing:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sol/shared/bsp/hi/winter_olympics_2010/epg/html/epg.stm

Men's downhill 7pm Saturday night, parfait.

[Jaspersharpe]

 

[nik at work]

I want to watch another American start a  premature celebration.

[SA Chris]

That would amuse. Bloody showboater.

[magpie]

I like the snowbaording stuff, and the figure skating. 

[Paul B]

Careful though, kids. Some of this snowboarding is dangerous and should be banned, apparently....

I was in Salt lake city in 2002 and it had been banned at a couple of resorts because of the amount of snow it moved. Two of my favourtie resorts ever.

[dave]

I want to watch another American start a  premature celebration.

shit i'd forgot about that. just about the funniest thing ever. Cocky bitch!

[SA Chris]

I was in Salt lake city in 2002 and it had been banned at a couple of resorts because of the amount of snow it moved. Two of my favourtie resorts ever.

Not banned, just never ever been allowed at Alta and Deer Valley. And nothing to do with the amount of snow moved, just narrowmindedness of  management.

Not saying a crap snowboarder doesn't trash snow, but that's not the reason they aren't allowed.

[Stubbs]

That's hilarious, I didn't see that at the time, it looks like she tries to do a rubbish grab and messes it up, gutted!

[Paul B]

It was Snowbird and Alta I was thinking of, didn't end up at Deer Valley (reading more they just don't want snowboarders to stay swanky) because of its reputation and lift pass costs. Alta is supposedly marketed at being a hardcore skiers mountain and this no boarders. The latter was probably one of the best places I've been skiing.

[nai]

I want to watch another American start a  premature celebration.

[dave]

Especially good cos I think the bird what won it was the first one to fall near the start of the race, probably thought she'd blown it in an olympic final, but cos everyone else fucked up even worse she won it. Its almost a fairytale story.

[Jaspersharpe]

Genius!

[SA Chris]

Alta is supposedly marketed at being a hardcore skiers mountain and this no boarders. The latter was probably one of the best places I've been skiing.

Not disputing these facts (although Snowbird has allowed snowboarders for a few years now), just saying snowboarding isn't banned, it was just never allowed, and it isn't because of people snowboarding badly and trashing the snow that it isn't allowed.

[Stubbs]

Another great reminder that "you don't score until you score"!

[AndyR]

I'm also rooting for canada take the mens and womens golds in the hockey too.

If that happens - it will be absolute mayhem here   

[SA Chris]

ou est le neige?

BBC News - How do you make a mountain snowy?

Thought it was a bad idea to do it there.