I agree. This year, for the first time in a few decades, the Olympics are worth watching. The younger Olympians were toddlers when Bodie Miller and the other long-time Olympians were first winning their medals. Of course some of them, with strategy, youth, and physical fitness are going to have a chance at beating them. I wish they'd all be gracious (many are) about another generation coming along. I'm not a competitive athelete, so to observer me, anyone in the top 20 is remarkable.
Sage and the equally crazy females snow board gold winners are the wave of the future. So is that magnificent 15 year old Russian girl ice skater. That's the way it should be.
Those Norweigan snowboard gals are babes.
I agree with your basic sentiment but I feel the snowboard events are nothing but gimmicky, hokey and nothing but an attempt to garner viewership from the snowboard population.
The whole history and basis of the winter games were based on speed, strength and endurance, thus the alpine, nordic, sledding and individual skating events.......Figure skating was the only event that required judges.
Like another poster mentioned in a similar thread, is the IOC going to add skateboarding in a pool into the summer games? If they keep this crap up, it will be nothing more than a 4 year exhibition of the annual "X-GAMES"..........