02-10-2014, 01:45 PM
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#461
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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Watching the replay of the 12.5 k Biathalon. What a cool sport. Major cardiovascular effort followed by having to get your heart rate down to shoot the targets, miss, you have to do a penalty lap, just a neat sport.
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02-10-2014, 01:51 PM
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#462
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Watching the replay of the 12.5 k Biathalon. What a cool sport. Major cardiovascular effort followed by having to get your heart rate down to shoot the targets, miss, you have to do a penalty lap, just a neat sport.
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And if anyone asks "Why would they combine skiing with shooting?", just inform them of how badass the Fins were in the Winter War with those two pieces of equipment
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02-10-2014, 01:53 PM
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#463
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CP's Resident DJ
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In the Gin Bin
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Replay of the Men's Moguls just starting
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02-10-2014, 01:57 PM
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#464
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Calgary
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Just finished watching Hamelin grab gold for the 1500m speed skate - man, that was exciting to watch! Last two laps I was getting goosebumps! That guy is a true star - first thing he does after winning is jump on top of the boards and hugs his coach! Awesome win for Canada.
http://olympics.cbc.ca/videos/video/...ort-track.html
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02-10-2014, 02:40 PM
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#465
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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I just finished watching the Men's Moguls. I absolutely love watching this sport. I didn't think that Russian's run was enough to put him ahead of the guy from Kazakhstan.
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02-10-2014, 03:08 PM
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#466
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Olympic Saddledome
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"The Oilers are like a buffet with one tray of off-brand mac-and-cheese and the rest of it is weird Jell-O."
Greg Wyshynski, ESPN
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02-10-2014, 09:56 PM
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#467
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2013
Location: Montréal, QC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by keratosis
Can ski in NewZeland too I beleive.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dissentowner
You can ski in Mordor?  |
I know I'm several pages late for this but the Remarkables, which were used for some mordor scenes, have a ski hill on the back side. So yes, you actually can ski in mordor. Same with Ruapehu on the north island.
Slopestyle is pretty big down here since the mountains don't really have enough vertical or terrain for proper racing.
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02-10-2014, 10:11 PM
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#468
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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The curling commentators are brutal. I like Mike just fine, but Bruce and whoever the lady is are too overbearing for my liking.
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02-10-2014, 10:28 PM
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#469
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: KenKingsinton
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Preview for today:
Best Medal Shot - Ladies' Ski Slopestyle. Kaya Turski, despite injuries, has won all 3 major events this year and would win the Quadruple Crown if she gets an Olympic gold. Dara Howell is 2nd on the tour in points, so there is a good chance of a medal here. Lamarre has Top 5 potential and Tsubota Top 10. Our biggest competition is 17-year old German Lisa Zimmermann.
Women's Luge Runs 3 & 4 - Alex Gough sits in 5th and McRae in 6th, but 2nd-9th could go any which way. No chance at gold on this one, but I expect Gough to compete heavily for the Bronze (3rd-4th likely finish).
Other events:
Biathlon - Women's 10km Pursuit - Four Canadians in this event but a medal is extremely unlikely.
Cross-Country Skiing Men's/Women's Sprints - The extremely exciting sprints! This event will feature Chandra Crawford who won gold in Turin, but it is unlucky she'd match that performance. On the Men's side however, Alex Harvey represents our best chance and should have a Top 10 finish. Len Valjas is an outside Top 10 chance.
Figure Skating - Pairs' Short Program begins. Three Canadian teams involved, both Duhamel/Radford and Moores-Towers/Moskovitch have top 5 potential and one of them might sneak out a bronze.
Curling - Canada faces Sweden today in both the Men's and Women's draws.
Also: Women's Ski Jumping, Men's Half-Pipe, Ladies' 500m Long-Track.
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02-10-2014, 10:39 PM
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#470
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I believe in the Jays.
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kitsilano
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^^^ Question with luge: Is it their combined run times or do they take the best run of their 4 runs?
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02-10-2014, 10:41 PM
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#471
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: KenKingsinton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
^^^ Question with luge: Is it their combined run times or do they take the best run of their 4 runs?
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Cumulative.
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02-10-2014, 10:41 PM
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#472
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Luge: combined.
Curling: this is a great end
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Watching the Oilers defend is like watching fire engines frantically rushing to the wrong fire
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02-10-2014, 10:45 PM
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#473
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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No way they could hold that..
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02-10-2014, 10:58 PM
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#474
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Trapped in my own code!!
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I hope the mens curling team is taking notes on how to make some shots.
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02-10-2014, 11:05 PM
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#476
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Wow a girl from Chile
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02-10-2014, 11:08 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: KenKingsinton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GirlySports
Wow a girl from Chile
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Not just from Chile, but also the ability to ski backwards down a hill. =p
Edit: My Chilean roommate was in utter shock at the notion of a Chilean freestyle skier.
Last edited by Kelekin; 02-10-2014 at 11:13 PM.
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02-10-2014, 11:21 PM
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#478
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Calgary
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I should win a medal for most work completed on the least sleep.
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02-10-2014, 11:23 PM
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#479
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CP's Resident DJ
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: In the Gin Bin
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Taking off and landing backwards.. on skis...
Never did that growing up. At least not intentionally.
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02-10-2014, 11:33 PM
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#480
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Franchise Player
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Jeez, some of the girls are getting murdered on this course.
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