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T@T · 02-20-2010, 09:52 PM

Yeah, we win a few medals and that's awesome but comeon:

1) Skiing - no excuse not to develop medal winning skiers considering we have arguably the best hills in the world.
2) Ski-jumping, unbelievable how bad we are at this, why on earth can't we develop at least one jumper every 4 years when we have numerous facilities (4) in this country for training. The Finnish team has one facility and every year they win something.
3) Long track speed skating - again, no excuse not to be leaders at this sport, we have the facilities and we have people that grew up on skates...we should be a power in this event.
4) Figure skating, not that I really care about this sport but Canada sucks at a sport we shouldn't suck at. maybe if we won a little I could over-look the American fruit with the roses on his head.
5) Cross Country Skiing. this is another sport we should dominate.

Maybe we are just fat Canadians and don't want to go fast downhill,fly off a jump,push ourselves in a long skate,don't want to look like fruits and don't like to train in the middle of nowhere on skis.

All I know is we suck at winter sports we should be great at!

02-20-2010, 09:52 PM	#1
T@T Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Aug 2002 Exp:	Why on earth do we suck so much at certain sports? Yeah, we win a few medals and that's awesome but comeon: 1) Skiing - no excuse not to develop medal winning skiers considering we have arguably the best hills in the world. 2) Ski-jumping, unbelievable how bad we are at this, why on earth can't we develop at least one jumper every 4 years when we have numerous facilities (4) in this country for training. The Finnish team has one facility and every year they win something. 3) Long track speed skating - again, no excuse not to be leaders at this sport, we have the facilities and we have people that grew up on skates...we should be a power in this event. 4) Figure skating, not that I really care about this sport but Canada sucks at a sport we shouldn't suck at. maybe if we won a little I could over-look the American fruit with the roses on his head. 5) Cross Country Skiing. this is another sport we should dominate. Maybe we are just fat Canadians and don't want to go fast downhill,fly off a jump,push ourselves in a long skate,don't want to look like fruits and don't like to train in the middle of nowhere on skis. All I know is we suck at winter sports we should be great at!