Guest Sloth Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Not into figure skating at all, but when I was about to change the channel an Italian skated to music by Queen. Granted, it was toned down and instrumental, but it was still cool to hear in figure skating. The Italian's ice dance is over now, so the channel has been changed. Go USA! Women's hockey is fun to watch. Pretty impressed to be honest. Still can't wait for men's hockey to get going. Any word on who's starting for Team USA? If Miller isn't named the starter, the argument of Team USA's officials/coaches over thinking will continue. Very disappointed Bobby Ryan was left off the roster. Edited February 9, 2014 by thanes16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_soisson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Not into figure skating at all, but when I was about to change the channel an Italian skated to music by Queen. Granted, it was toned down and instrumental, but it was still cool to hear in figure skating. The Italian's ice dance is over now, so the channel has been changed. Go USA! Women's hockey is fun to watch. Pretty impressed to be honest. Still can't wait for men's hockey to get going. Any word on who's starting for Team USA? If Miller isn't named the starter, the argument of Team USA's officials/coaches over thinking will continue. Very disappointed Bobby Ryan was left off the roster. I saw that, that was from the soundtrack of "Highlander"...good tune! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Plyuschenko can sure jump, spin and skate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_soisson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Plyuschenko can sure jump, spin and skate. He carries that Russian ballet"esque" flair too. Wish Grigorenko could skate like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gomper Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 The French figure skater Nathalie Pechalat is beyond anything I've ever seen :) For the first time, I think I'm truly in love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sloth Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I saw that, that was from the soundtrack of "Highlander"...good tune! Yep, having watched Highlander countless times is the reason I caught that! Great movie. Hope a remake is never made. I do think it's cool when a figure skater chooses music that is not the norm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yep, having watched Highlander countless times is the reason I caught that! Great movie. Hope a remake is never made. I do think it's cool when a figure skater chooses music that is not the norm. I'm surprised we haven't heard Bronski beat from one of the skaters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_soisson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Gracie Gold...impressive! Put her out there with Tyler Ennis. Edited February 9, 2014 by phil_soisson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Gracie Gold...impressive! Put her out there with Tyler Ennis. She really seemed to nail it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunomatic Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yulia nailed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yulia nailed it. Yep.. Johh Weir... My gosh could you look any more androgynous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_soisson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Yep.. Johh Weir... My gosh could you look any more androgynous I'm reminded of the John Winger comment at the Army recruiters station in "Stripes"..."you mean like flaming...?" Don't get me wrong, Johnny Weir knows his business and life is a beautiful thing. Edited February 9, 2014 by phil_soisson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 I'm reminded of the John Winger comment at the Army recruiters station in "Stripes"..."you mean like flaming...?" Don't get me wrong, Johnny Weir knows his business and life is a beautiful thing. He a solid analyst, no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biodork Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Not sure which crash you saw, because two guys crashed today. A slovak and a french ski jumper. In any case, both guys are fine. Slovak has a broken nose and french guy has torn his right knee ligaments. I'm not sure, either... the video was only titled "harrowing ski flying crash" and they didn't have anything in the video that said who it was. It looked like bib #59, which I think was a Japanese guy. He went down so hard... crashed high on the slope and rolled the whole way down with his helmet coming off pretty early. Yeesh. Edit: Maybe that video was of the Austrian who crashed in Jan. Same bib # here (I thought since the video was dated yesterday it was a new crash): http://www.3news.co.nz/VIDEO-Olympian-Thomas-Morgenstern-horrific-ski-jump-crash-2014/tabid/415/articleID/328038/Default.aspx Edited February 9, 2014 by biodork Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_soisson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) I'm thinking with Harbor Center and FNC that Buffalo could potentially become a magnet for training for Olympic figure skaters from all nations. In the TV commentary, it's been noted several times that many of these international competitors train in Michigan. Why not Buffalo? Edited February 9, 2014 by phil_soisson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 The Russians are just CRUSHING the competition in figure skating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_soisson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 The Russians are just CRUSHING the competition in figure skating. Word! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Good for Canada. They pushed to the front in pairs. And then Davis and White... Great Edited February 9, 2014 by wjag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGR4GM Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Not into figure skating at all, but when I was about to change the channel an Italian skated to music by Queen. Granted, it was toned down and instrumental, but it was still cool to hear in figure skating. The Italian's ice dance is over now, so the channel has been changed. Go USA! Women's hockey is fun to watch. Pretty impressed to be honest. Still can't wait for men's hockey to get going. Any word on who's starting for Team USA? If Miller isn't named the starter, the argument of Team USA's officials/coaches over thinking will continue. Very disappointed Bobby Ryan was left off the roster. I would guess, and I could be wrong, but the US will not name a starter until after they practice and shortly before their first game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josie Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 He carries that Russian ballet"esque" flair too. Wish Grigorenko could skate like that. He was raised in what I call a figure skating gulag- taken from his family very young. As a little boy he was stretched so he could perform moves no other male figure skater could (like the scorpion). I loved him growing up- was always happy when he outskated Alexei Yagudin. Apparently he's become quite an arrogant dick lately, and really shouldn't be on the team. Another skater supposedly outscored him in qualification but Russia has a ###### for him, so, here he is, his last shot for gold. Announcer for the men's cross country ski was absolutely losing his mind over the final push. Was it cross country ski? I don't know- I honestly don't know the differences between all the skiing disciplines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_soisson Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 He was raised in what I call a figure skating gulag- taken from his family very young. As a little boy he was stretched so he could perform moves no other male figure skater could (like the scorpion). I loved him growing up- was always happy when he outskated Alexei Yagudin. Apparently he's become quite an arrogant dick lately, and really shouldn't be on the team. Another skater supposedly outscored him in qualification but Russia has a ###### for him, so, here he is, his last shot for gold. Announcer for the men's cross country ski was absolutely losing his mind over the final push. Was it cross country ski? I don't know- I honestly don't know the differences between all the skiing disciplines. Yeah, the cross country skiing announcer goes insane when the leaders get to the finish line...I like his energy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Yeah, the cross country skiing announcer goes insane when the leaders get to the finish line...I like his energy! I listened to him. He was in to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 The Russians are just CRUSHING the competition in figure skating. Now THAT's a non-sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksabre Posted February 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Figure skating should be like air racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjag Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Now THAT's a non-sport. LOL.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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