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I think the biggest reason why I can't fully get behind the Winter Olympics is the abundance of judged events. I don't know the difference between a 720 toe grab and a 720 McTwist.
I think the biggest reason why I can't fully get behind the Winter Olympics is the abundance of judged events. I don't know the difference between a 720 toe grab and a 720 McTwist.
Good point, partially though, the sports that men could watch and like, like, hockey, curling, downhill, luge, skeleton, bobsled, short track speedskating etc are seldom televised in the US so that they can orgasm over 19 hours of fucking figure skating. They give us snowboarding because of ESPN but there's nothing we're seeing there we don't see every 6 months on ESPN.
Forget double corked 1620's.... can you tell the difference between a triple toe loop and a triple lutz? A few events is fine, but it's every freaking night.
Between the time spent on Gymnastics and Figure skating you would think the Olympics is two events in the US.
Can anyone concisely explain for me the differences between Super G, Giant Slalom, Downhill, Super Combined, etc?
They all seem like the same race.
Downhill has the fewest gates, is the most dangerous and is by far the fastest. Super G has the most gates I think, is the slowest, and sort of boring unless you are into it. Giant Slalom is close to downhill but not quite as fast with more gates. I think Super Combined is sort of in between Super G and Slalom. If they have huge guards around their hands and some kind of face protection its usually Super G or Super Combined.
Downhill is awesome.
I believe all are timed against what Carlton Fisk could do in a moguls race.
Can anyone concisely explain for me the differences between Super G, Giant Slalom, Downhill, Super Combined, etc?
They all seem like the same race.
Downhill has the fewest gates, is the most dangerous and is by far the fastest. Super G has the most gates I think, is the slowest, and sort of boring unless you are into it. Giant Slalom is close to downhill but not quite as fast with more gates. I think Super Combined is sort of in between Super G and Slalom. If they have huge guards around their hands and some kind of face protection its usually Super G or Super Combined.
Downhill is awesome.
I believe all are timed against what Carlton Fisk could do in a moguls race.
You got the downhill right.
In order of length, and space between the gates the order goes (from greatest to least): Downhill Super G Giant Slalom Slalom
The Downhill & Super G are the speed events. The skiers use much longer skis for stability and speed. They only race one time in each of these events. The Downhill is the race skiers can get up to 90 mph.
The Giant Slalom and Slalom are the technical events. The skiers use much shorter skis for quick turning radius. The slalom is the one you see the racers with all the armor bashing through the gates in basically a straight line. These events usually have 2 races per event. These have more gates total than the Downhill or Super G.
The Super Combined is an event where the racer skis both the Super G course (1 time) and the Slalom (1 time). The racer with the lowest combined times for those races is the winner.
I think the biggest reason why I can't fully get behind the Winter Olympics is the abundance of judged events. I don't know the difference between a 720 toe grab and a 720 McTwist.
Good point, partially though, the sports that men could watch and like, like, hockey, curling, downhill, luge, skeleton, bobsled, short track speedskating etc are seldom televised in the US so that they can orgasm over 19 hours of fucking figure skating. They give us snowboarding because of ESPN but there's nothing we're seeing there we don't see every 6 months on ESPN.
Forget double corked 1620's.... can you tell the difference between a triple toe loop and a triple lutz? A few events is fine, but it's every freaking night.
Between the time spent on Gymnastics and Figure skating you would think the Olympics is two events in the US.
Agreed. It doesn't help that I don't have a personal connection to really any of the sports unlike the summer Olympics. I really enjoy curling, speedskating, and the bobsledding events though.
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