Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:12 pm

Man I got all day for the lady curler on Italy’s mixed doubles team. Olympics hasn’t even started yet and I got my curling crush. If you go the other way, the fella is good looking too.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:19 pm

She hasn’t been wearing the glasses, but I would not object if she did.

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:22 pm

I decided not to say anything last night when I looked her up and learned she’s only 22.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:23 pm

She has the curling skills of a 35 year old, which is still in my range

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:47 pm

Hot curlers is sports' best kept secret.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:50 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:47 pm Hot curlers is sports' best kept secret.

We were obsessed with a girl in the 1995 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Women's National Championship in Canada). She was a student at some Canadian University, a couple years older than us. Tried to figure out her name, curious if she turned into a Curling star since she was on the Provincial Champions team at 21 or 22 yo.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:03 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:50 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:47 pm Hot curlers is sports' best kept secret.
We were obsessed with a girl in the 1995 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Women's National Championship in Canada). She was a student at some Canadian University, a couple years older than us. Tried to figure out her name, curious if she turned into a Curling star since she was on the Provincial Champions team at 21 or 22 yo.

Any idea what team/ province? I could do some digging.
Are you sure it was 95? That Scotties was held her in Calgary. Was it maybe PEI?

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:13 pm

She’s 3-0!

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:18 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:47 pm Hot curlers is sports' best kept secret.

And the secret to my mom’s hair in the 80s!!!

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:27 pm

Rex wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:23 pm She has the curling skills of a 35 year old, which is still in my range

My vote for line of the week!

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:33 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:18 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:47 pm Hot curlers is sports' best kept secret.
And the secret to my mom’s hair in the 80s!!!

It lasts forever

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:59 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:50 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:47 pm Hot curlers is sports' best kept secret.
We were obsessed with a girl in the 1995 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Women's National Championship in Canada). She was a student at some Canadian University, a couple years older than us. Tried to figure out her name, curious if she turned into a Curling star since she was on the Provincial Champions team at 21 or 22 yo.

I was smitten over a woman on the Canada team of 2010. If I recall right, she was near the end of her career. Could be the same one.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 12:11 am

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 9:59 pm
The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:50 pm
degenerasian wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 8:47 pm Hot curlers is sports' best kept secret.
We were obsessed with a girl in the 1995 Scotties Tournament of Hearts (Women's National Championship in Canada). She was a student at some Canadian University, a couple years older than us. Tried to figure out her name, curious if she turned into a Curling star since she was on the Provincial Champions team at 21 or 22 yo.
I was smitten over a woman on the Canada team of 2010. If I recall right, she was near the end of her career. Could be the same one.

That's Cheryl Bernard. She does tv now. And no she wasn't in the 95 tournament and she would have been 30.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 1:50 am

For anyone still awake the Italians are 4-0. Just destroyed the Czechs

pruitt2 · Post by **pruitt2** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:17 am

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Feb 04, 2022 1:50 am For anyone still awake the Italians are 4-0. Just destroyed the Czechs

Damn! I bet on the Czechs.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:36 am

Looks like the Czechs...

...were bounced.

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:41 am

If the Winter Olympics were literally just people walking with flags and then 2 weeks of curling, our threads would be like 4% different from what they already are.

(ETA: I say that with full awareness that MONOBOB hasn't started yet)

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 8:57 am

Fucking “Imagine”.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 9:18 am

look at all these precious snowflakes

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Feb 04, 2022 11:32 am

Watched the "prime time" coverage last and... hoo boy... the Western Guilt was incredible to behold. Of the 1 hour I watched prior to Swamply Connect, I'd say a solid 20 minutes was devoted to breaking down China's human rights violations and why everyone should be torn about even having these games in China. Which, yeah, sure...

But they sure don't get into WHY no one else from Europe or elsewhere wanted to put a real bid in for these games, which is that the IOC is a corrupt band of shitheads and reasonable countries (like Denmark) told them to fuck the fuck off.

Like... We can sling arrows at a massive, emerging world power, but god forbid we even hint that the IOC has just as many institutional issues they never really get called out on.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:47 pm

Curling

[+] spoiler: Stephania and what’s his face are 8-0 with just the Canadians left to play in the opening round.

Enjoyed the women’s slopestyle coverage last night. The way they all celebrated together at the end was neat.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:04 pm

strategy question for anyone who watched the shockingly compelling Canada v Australia mixed match earlier...:

why in the 8th end did Australia go for the takeout/hit and roll rather than just trying to finesse their final rock onto or anywhere near the button? It seems/seemed to me an easier play with a wide open house and they ended up kinda/sorta fking it up (temporarily....) and giving the point. I felt like I was missing something obvious.

(and sancarlos: i have also been to a bonspiel!)

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:10 pm

MaxWebster wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 5:04 pm strategy question for anyone who watched the shockingly compelling Canada v Australia mixed match earlier...:

why in the 8th end did Australia go for the takeout/hit and roll rather than just trying to finesse their final rock onto or anywhere near the button? It seems/seemed to me an easier play with a wide open house and they ended up kinda/sorta fking it up (temporarily....) and giving the point. I felt like I was missing something obvious.

(and sancarlos: i have also been to a bonspiel!)

You cant lose going for the hit. Worse case you roll out and keep hammer going to an extra end as happened.
If you draw and it goes short or long, you can give up 2 and lose.

The draw is the easier shot for pros but she played to not lose at that moment.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 6:29 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:47 pm Enjoyed the women’s slopestyle coverage last night. The way they all celebrated together at the end was neat.

Yep...that was super cool.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 7:10 pm

Because of that loss to Australia, it's do or die coming up. They must beat undefeated Italy to make the semis. Lose and Sweden are in. Italy, GB, and Norway are already in.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:10 pm

Italians are tall. The dude is 6'6". Stefania must be 5'9" at least.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:29 pm

wait up, did they build the ski jump venue next to a nuclear power plant?

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:29 pm

They did, they did!

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:31 pm

Correction: this is the big air venue. On live TV right now. There are at least 3 reactors in the shot

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:32 pm

Found the 4K coverage. Purty.

(hope this means NBC will have the super bowl in 4K)

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:39 pm

Ah, they are showing real (giant slalom) skiing in 4K, and not a cooling tower to be found. Very nice.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:40 pm

Haha Joe Biden’s America in full force

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:41 pm

Where wsa this fuckin snow made china?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:43 pm

Would not want to get into an argument with Stefania. Wow does she talk fast.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:44 pm

Imagine if the Super Bowl was every 4 years and your favorite team threw a pick six on the first play. Not you, Jets fans.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:45 pm

Willing to entertain that this “snow” is anthrax

Ryan · Post by **Ryan** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:50 pm

The unsnowed mountains look fucking awesome. They should go ski over there.

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:05 pm

Cleaning the ocean is my second sport

rass · Post by **rass** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:55 pm

Rex wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:29 pm wait up, did they build the ski jump venue next to a nuclear power plant?

That is a little weird. Makes you wonder what would be visible if they setup the cameras on the opposite side of the course.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:34 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:32 pm Found the 4K coverage. Purty.

(hope this means NBC will have the super bowl in 4K)

the super bowl will not be in 4K :(