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1 posted on 02/19/2006 12:42:04 PM PST by rhema

skating?...telemarking?

2 posted on 02/19/2006 12:45:13 PM PST by kajingawd (" Practice charity without holding in mind any conceptions about charity, for charity is but a word")

I was 35 years ahead of my time with my "Snurf-board"

3 posted on 02/19/2006 12:45:57 PM PST by digger48

Snowboarders...the Muslims of the ski slopes!

4 posted on 02/19/2006 12:46:06 PM PST by montomike (If you didn't find this funny and were offended...have a riot.)

Instead, put your hand over your heart and recite the Pledge of Allegiance. These youngsters are our Olympic future

Congratulations.
You have just identified the reason why I stopped watching the Olympics. About 20 years ago...

5 posted on 02/19/2006 12:48:38 PM PST by Publius6961 (Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)

Where would we be without snowboarders?

Better off?

6 posted on 02/19/2006 12:49:26 PM PST by Charles Henrickson

I'm leaving right now for Sun Valley. I'll let you know Monday.

10 posted on 02/19/2006 1:00:35 PM PST by byteback

I agree with some of this, but not all of it. Taking the long view of the Winter Olympics the US is just not very good. Winter sports are just not our bag. This is why the US Hockey Team winning gold in 1980 was such a big deal.

The alpine countries have always owned us in skiing, luge & bobsledding. The Nordic countries won what the Alpine countries, or the old Soviet Union didn't. That left very little for the US to cheer about during the Winter Games. Womens figure skating, maybe. Speed skating, if we had a phenom like Eric Heiden or Bonnie Blair.

Phenoms just don't cut it anymore. Every country seems to have maxed out the athletic potential of their athletes so the competitive mis-matches just don't exist as they used to. Yes, we own snowboarding for the present, but this too shall change.

Oh, and I can understand a Bode Miller (note: I said "understand", not "agree with"). He's a major star -- in Europe. He's used to being a celebrity & living in 5-star hotels. Living at the olympic village must seem like living in a dog kennel by comparison. Bode won't be able to transfer that stardom to the US without an Olympic gold medal, however.

11 posted on 02/19/2006 3:44:11 PM PST by Tallguy (When it's a bet between reality and delusion, bet on reality -- Mark Steyn)

The next time you see a kid skateboarding down the railings at the post office or zipping around the shopping carts at the supermarket, don't throw a can of cling peaches at him. Instead, put your hand over your heart and recite the Pledge of Allegiance.

Why did we win a gold medal in skateboarding?

12 posted on 02/19/2006 4:43:20 PM PST by Echo Talon

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