2006 Winter Olympics (French, career, quote, Ching)

jibber · 02-12-2006, 12:07 PM

you mean they're only showing ski racing and that's it? They should be showinf freestyle, it's mogul skiing with two jumps, and most of the time they do sh*tty unstylish jumps too. One girl did a REALLY nice 3 with a mute grab. Super smooth, nice sttyle in the air, but the judges arent looking for that at all. They should really just take the jumps out of the mogul competition and have a slopestyle or pipe event, because the majority of the freestyle skiers are rediculously good in the moguls (for which I give them HUGE amounts of respect), but as for jumps, they suck.

adidasss · 02-12-2006, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jibber

you mean they're only showing ski racing and that's it? They should be showinf freestyle, it's mogul skiing with two jumps, and most of the time they do sh*tty unstylish jumps too. One girl did a REALLY nice 3 with a mute grab. Super smooth, nice sttyle in the air, but the judges arent looking for that at all. They should really just take the jumps out of the mogul competition and have a slopestyle or pipe event, because the majority of the freestyle skiers are rediculously good in the moguls (for which I give them HUGE amounts of respect), but as for jumps, they suck.

and now in english please? slopestyle, mogul, mute grab? wtf are you on about girl?

jibber · 02-12-2006, 01:27 PM

moguls are the bumps created in snow with small spaces to navigate in between. here's a picture of a compeition freestyle course. Skiers have to race down the mogul field, and go off a jump (and do a trick), they land and then imediately enter the moguls again, which will lead to another jump, where the vast majority of skiers will do a trick of greater difficulty than the first jump. Then they ski down the rest of the mogul field. They are scored on speed, and tecnique in the moguls and on their jumps. here's a picture of a competition freestyle course. Notice the bumps in the course, those are moguls. On a regular ski hill run they'd be spaced much more sporatically, and they'd vary in size.

a slopestyle course is a competition course consisting of terrain park features. There are major slopestyle comps for both skiing and snowboarding, but so far neither are an olympic event (only half pipe for snowboarding).

A mute grab (for skiers anyways) is when you reach down and grab your ski in front of the toe piece of your bindings, but not the tip, that's a different grab. If you spin left, you'd grab your left ski with your right hand. If you spin right grab your right ski with your left hand.

Now, there's also reverse/leading/opposite mute grabs. They differ from a regular mute grab in that if you were spinning left you would grab your right ski with your left hand, so so the grab is done with the leading hand in the rotation, the opposite or reverse of a regular mute.

also, if you grab further up the front of the ski, it's called a critical. If you grab the actual tip of the ski, then it's a nose grab.

jibber · 02-12-2006, 02:48 PM

another medal for canada! Cindy Klassen took bronze in the 3000m speed skating event today.

And, Bode Miller finished 5th in the men's downhill. After all his talk, bragging about being the best, going on and on and seeking the spotlight in every opportunity he got, he finished 5th. Talking big is ok, if you win. Being swaggering and overconfident is fine, if you can actually deliver. Tool. He'd better place in the men's downhill combined, or he's gonna end up being even more embarrased.

adidasss · 02-12-2006, 02:51 PM

so bode is an ass? i always kinda liked him, because he's so good in basically all the disciplines.....i'm sure he's gonna win an event....

jibber · 02-12-2006, 02:53 PM

he's an amazing skier, don't get me wrong, he's just so cocky. I'd respect him a lot more if he had a humble attitude towards winning. he doesn't, at all.

franscar · 02-12-2006, 04:10 PM

Jibber, I have a question.

Why don't they just have the guy or gal who jumps the furthest win the ski jumping? Technical jiggery pokery and style points makes it rubbish, I want to see people falling over because they tried to sneak an extra metre dammit.

SaTaNsChIlD666 · 02-12-2006, 04:17 PM

****in USA hockey's gunna take the gold for men and women!

Urban Hat€monger ? · 02-12-2006, 04:41 PM

I`m bored of it already

How long till the world cup starts?

franscar · 02-12-2006, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Urban Hatemonger

I`m bored of it already

How long till the world cup starts?

116 days 17 hours 9 minutes

02-12-2006, 12:07 PM	#21 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	you mean they're only showing ski racing and that's it? They should be showinf freestyle, it's mogul skiing with two jumps, and most of the time they do sh*tty unstylish jumps too. One girl did a REALLY nice 3 with a mute grab. Super smooth, nice sttyle in the air, but the judges arent looking for that at all. They should really just take the jumps out of the mogul competition and have a slopestyle or pipe event, because the majority of the freestyle skiers are rediculously good in the moguls (for which I give them HUGE amounts of respect), but as for jumps, they suck. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

02-12-2006, 01:27 PM	#23 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	moguls are the bumps created in snow with small spaces to navigate in between. here's a picture of a compeition freestyle course. Skiers have to race down the mogul field, and go off a jump (and do a trick), they land and then imediately enter the moguls again, which will lead to another jump, where the vast majority of skiers will do a trick of greater difficulty than the first jump. Then they ski down the rest of the mogul field. They are scored on speed, and tecnique in the moguls and on their jumps. here's a picture of a competition freestyle course. Notice the bumps in the course, those are moguls. On a regular ski hill run they'd be spaced much more sporatically, and they'd vary in size. a slopestyle course is a competition course consisting of terrain park features. There are major slopestyle comps for both skiing and snowboarding, but so far neither are an olympic event (only half pipe for snowboarding). A mute grab (for skiers anyways) is when you reach down and grab your ski in front of the toe piece of your bindings, but not the tip, that's a different grab. If you spin left, you'd grab your left ski with your right hand. If you spin right grab your right ski with your left hand. Now, there's also reverse/leading/opposite mute grabs. They differ from a regular mute grab in that if you were spinning left you would grab your right ski with your left hand, so so the grab is done with the leading hand in the rotation, the opposite or reverse of a regular mute. also, if you grab further up the front of the ski, it's called a critical. If you grab the actual tip of the ski, then it's a nose grab. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

02-12-2006, 02:48 PM	#24 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	another medal for canada! Cindy Klassen took bronze in the 3000m speed skating event today. And, Bode Miller finished 5th in the men's downhill. After all his talk, bragging about being the best, going on and on and seeking the spotlight in every opportunity he got, he finished 5th. Talking big is ok, if you win. Being swaggering and overconfident is fine, if you can actually deliver. Tool. He'd better place in the men's downhill combined, or he's gonna end up being even more embarrased. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

02-12-2006, 02:51 PM	#25 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,993	so bode is an ass? i always kinda liked him, because he's so good in basically all the disciplines.....i'm sure he's gonna win an event.... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

02-12-2006, 02:53 PM	#26 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	he's an amazing skier, don't get me wrong, he's just so cocky. I'd respect him a lot more if he had a humble attitude towards winning. he doesn't, at all. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

02-12-2006, 04:10 PM	#27 (permalink)
franscar Honky Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Birmingham Posts: 665	Jibber, I have a question. Why don't they just have the guy or gal who jumps the furthest win the ski jumping? Technical jiggery pokery and style points makes it rubbish, I want to see people falling over because they tried to sneak an extra metre dammit. __________________ Franscar is metal. You are not.

02-12-2006, 04:17 PM	#28 (permalink)
SaTaNsChIlD666 IM COMING FOR YOU! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: bottomless pit of self mutilation Posts: 269	****in USA hockey's gunna take the gold for men and women! __________________ I'm a monster so don't walk my way. I'll drag you down & suck you dry. Don't laugh at my jokes- the punchline is murder. Don't enjoy my touch, every caress hides a chokehold. I'm only happy when I've ruined everything I see. Believe everything you've ever heard about me- suck it up. I will not lie about what I have done, I will not lie about what I will do to you, the sweat of my exertion is pure poison, I'm hell..---Lamb of God

02-12-2006, 04:41 PM	#29 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	I`m bored of it already How long till the world cup starts? __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.