Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics thread

#255
#255
No one is even close to Shaun White. Dude gets major air and throws down some sick moves.
 
#259
#259
The gap from White to everyone else is silly. How does he get that much more air than everyone else?
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#262
#262
Sean White adds another Gold for the USA, no surprise there, dude's head and shoulders above the rest of the field, simply awesome.
 
#266
#266
BigPapaVol said:
The gap from White to everyone else is silly. How does he get that much more air than everyone else?
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In watching him I'm convinced he carries more speed to the pipe, others simply eased their way down the hill a bit before building speed. He and the other American who finished out of medal contention took a different line into the pipe from the rest.
 
#267
#267
KB5252 said:
In watching him I'm convinced he carries more speed to the pipe, others simply eased their way down the hill a bit before building speed. He and the other American who finished out of medal contention took a different line into the pipe from the rest.
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but isn't that all over after the first jump?
 
#269
#269
From what I saw in the Curling match last night it looks like a standard strategy is to get one in "the house" then build a blocking wall to limit the opponents ability to get deeper in the house and or to get on top of yours or knock yours out. The opponent should continue to knock down the wall - particularly if they have the "hammer" or last throw. Twice last night the US had the hammer and the guy needed to draw one in closer than the Swiss player (they do this with about 70-80% accuracy and he missed both times. Apparently he did the same thing the night before against Norway.

The Swiss used the above strategy twice in a row and made a great throw on their last stone to get in the house around the wall.
 
#270
#270
BigPapaVol said:
but isn't that all over after the first jump?
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You can carry the speed from your jumps to some extent although I admit you do lose quite a bit, what you lose you can regain with a good kick coming down and going back up the pipe. Watch his knees, he hardly seems to be putting effort into it but he gets a great push at the bottom of the pipe.
 
#271
#271
volinbham said:
Bocce ball on ice with janitors.

US blew an epic comeback against the Swiss.

Any Olympic sport where a guy with my body can participate is near the top of my favorites.
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Horrible melt down. They guy had a chance to put his team on top but blew it all three games.
 
#272
#272
volinbham said:
From what I saw in the Curling match last night it looks like a standard strategy is to get one in "the house" then build a blocking wall to limit the opponents ability to get deeper in the house and or to get on top of yours or knock yours out. The opponent should continue to knock down the wall - particularly if they have the "hammer" or last throw. Twice last night the US had the hammer and the guy needed to draw one in closer than the Swiss player (they do this with about 70-80% accuracy and he missed both times. Apparently he did the same thing the night before against Norway.

The Swiss used the above strategy twice in a row and made a great throw on their last stone to get in the house around the wall.
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They had some melt downs of their own that game. Had they been playing a better opponent (WE BLOW) they wouldn't have had a prayer. That skips last shot was about as close as you can get to money when the game is on the line.
 
#273
#273
KB5252 said:
They had some melt downs of their own that game. Had they been playing a better opponent (WE BLOW) they wouldn't have had a prayer. That skips last shot was about as close as you can get to money when the game is on the line.
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Agree. The Swiss shot in the 10th end was amazing. They definitely let the U.S. back in the game earlier though.
 
#274
#274
I missed that match, but if it's the same guy that has just blown a few throws in this match against Denmark, he should not be in the Olympics.
 
#275
#275
I almost never accuse anyone of choking. It's almost always just losing. Anybody can have bad luck; anybody can go on a bad streak; anybody can have it happen at the worst possible time.

That said, John Shuster is a choking bastard.
 
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