I Thought I Was Alone!

[EcclesCake]

I found yesterday's snowboarding coverage unbearable.

I thought ai was old and grumpy, perhaps I am but others held similar opinions!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26116848

Had it been a dedicated snowboarding programme on an obscure channel I would have been more tolerant but it was Olympic coverage on mainstream TV to a very broad audience.

[emmie]

some on here seemed to like it, another person has posted as such.

[emmie]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Sport/Question1313657.html

[EcclesCake]

I was surprised at the amount of positive feedback on here and from Facebook.

I was shouting at them to shut up and focus on what was going on and keep their silly, squeally opinions to themselves. They were getting far to involved and totally lacked objectivity. IMHO.

[emmie]

i am not watching it at all, i confess i am not a great winter sports fan.
i like the ice skating but that's about it.

[emmie]

i do think it's a young thing, the type of language used as they do in surfing, not necessarily attuned to our ears

[joggerjayne]

Ha ha, very good, Eccles.

I know you're just kidding.

The most heart stopping, breath taking fifteen minutes of telly I can ever remember seeing.

Oh ... My ... God ... !

From the time Jones made her second run, and we had to sit through all the other rides ...

Aaaaaaaaaaaggggggghhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sure I held my breath for he the last fifteen minutes.

And when the last competitor put her hand on the snow ........ !!!

Oh ... My ... GOD !!

:0D

:0D

[paulllambert]

I've tried, oh how I've tried to get into these "games". I was pleased for the Great Britain woman who won the bronze medal in the "showing off on a snowboard" EVENT (it's not sport), but the whole idea of watching kids ****ing about in the snow doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid.

[boxtops]

It makes a change to have the youth events e.g. snowboarding commentated upon by younger people who know what the sport is about - but the language in this particular event seems inappropriate.

Unlike JJ, I can't get excited by snowboarding, it's like skateboarding on snow.

[joggerjayne]

Although it is sometimes shortened to "Snowboard Slopestyle" ...

I think the full title of the discipline actually is ...

... "showing off on a snowboard"

:0)

[joeluke]

'I can't get excited by snowboarding, it's like skateboarding on snow.'

Totally agree - one of those 'sports' which should never be in the Olympics

Like BMX cycling at the Summer Olympics

(Mind you, BMX at the Winter Olympics would be interesting)

[joggerjayne]

But that's like saying that Ice Skating shouldn't be in the Olympics, because it's like roller blading on ice.

[anneasquith]

i watched the snowboarding.........but would someone please tell those '' commentators'' to shut up :(

[joeluke]

^ agree with that one too actually

Before we know it Rollerblading will be a Summer Olympic sport

(extra points from the judges for any competitors who manage not to spill any of the cocktails on the tray they are carrying during their routine)

[zebo]

I haven't watched a great deal of the Winter Olympics, but the bits I saw because OH was watching the snow-boarding I enjoyed, the enthusiastic commentators seemed to add to the youth-feeling of it. As for those disparaging it as "not a Sport", how insulting is that to the youngsters who've worked so hard to get there! What defines a "sport"? Kicking a ball of air around? Shoving balls around a table with a long stick? Throwing little pointy things at a round board?

[joggerjayne]

You can analyse any sport in that way.

Kicking a ball into a net is inherently ridiculous. A football team can still win if one or two players have a bad day, or even get sent off. How can that be called a proper sport?

With snowboarding, it's you on your own. No team mates to help you out.

And going off the top of the ramp is like jumping off a multi storey car park and landing on ice.

Maybe snowboarders and footballers should try each other's sports for a day?

Etc.

[johnny37]

Nah, Eccles, you are not alone.