ZagGrad wrote:Does anyone else think that the Half-pipe should not be an olympic event? I was watching it last night with my girlfriend and we both agreed that there really isn't anything exciting or extremely difficult about it. Maybe if you compared it to curling or figure skating...
After watching the guys, the first runs by the girls looked very tepid by comparison. Then Kelly Clark took her last run and she was stoked! Great amplitude, her backside 1080 was awesome, the front 720 with a grab just rocked, and if she didn't fumble a little at the end I think she would have walked off with the gold and a 1-2-3 USA sweep.
Ya gotta feel for Yoko Ono though. You wait four years to finally get some media attention and then you flame out without even reaching the finals. Bummer.
My favorite event is the downhill though. One run at glory, balls to the wall and guys teetering on the edge of disaster. Great drama, especially now that we know that Bode Miller's doing it smashed on his a**! Ever since Franz Klammer's out of control run to the gold, it has been the highlight of the Olympics for me.
I do like the new Vice-Presidential lawyer skeet-shooting though - that could really catch on!