He's won every single snowboard cross gold medal in the history of mankind!!macartistkel said:CONGRATS for the GOLD to Seth Wescott!!! He is the man!!I mean that race was SO CLOSE but he pulled it out right at the end!!! It was awesome to watch!!
The snowboard cross looked like a lot of fun. What a great spectator sport - it made me want to find a snowboard and some snow...
macartistkel said:MEDAL NEWS ALERT!!!!Way to go
"Lindsey Jacobellis had the gold medal all to herself, and fell with just one jump to go. Sweden's Tanja Frieden won the first women's snowboard cross gold."
giganten said:Tanja Frieden is not from Sweden, she is from Switzerland.. that's too bad
Go Sweden!!
clayj said:apparently grabbed her board unnecessarily, which caused her to fall. All she had to do was slide to the finish and it was hers.
As Homer would say, "D'oh!"
macartistkel said:FYI Starting today...appearances and interviews with GOLD medalists Shaun and Hannah!!! I am setting my recorder as soon as I get home from work today!!
aloofman said:Kimmel compared Hannah to Spicoli the other night. It makes you wonder how she communicates on other subjects.![]()
jelloshotsrule said:hang ten/loose is the thumb and pinky. "horns of satan" would be the pinky and pointer finger. "i love you" is the pinky, pointer, and thumb.
i guess i know this cause i'm a guy?
xsedrinam said:Lindsey Jacobellis Showboating to Silver; what a sham
Edit: Ooops, sorry clayj, didn't see your post.
xsedrinam said:Lindsey Jacobellis Showboating to Silver; what a sham
Edit: Ooops, sorry clayj, didn't see your post.
rickvanr said:I found that hysterical. They were making fun of her on the radio today. Supposedly she said she grabbed her board for stability because she was having problems with that particular jump. The radio jock could barely keep the giggles down as he read her explanation. Then I saw the footage and realized why.
Did you read that Tanja Frieden (the Swiss woman who won) and Lindsey Jacobellis had a reversal of fortunes from the 2003 X Games, where Frieden blew her lead on the last jump and was passed for the win by Jacobellis? Perhaps it's ironic justice in a sport where anything can happen.macartistkel said:But to be honest the swtizerland girl ONLY won because of the dumb mistake by Lindsey......she would have never won in other way because of the lead that was there.
It's not the crime, it's the coverup!At first she [Jacobellis] insisted she did no showboating. She grabbed the board, as she had on other jumps, to keep it from wobbling in the air. .... Later, however, Jacobellis amended her description. She said she wanted to "share her enthusiasm" with the loud crowd...