[Bags2]

Medal count as of now.

1st Germany 9 medals
2nd U.S.A 8 medals
3ed France 7 medals

 

[Yzerfan]

Updated medal count

1. USA 12
2. GER 10
3. FRA 7

 

[Where's Bure?]

I think the USA has 14 now, thanks to Shaun White and whoever finished third (sorry guy). It's strange seeing someone be so much better than the rest of the field that he wins it on his first "safety" run.

 

[FX™]

Shaun White is a monster...I was just about to say that. His new move, the 'Tomahawk' is just awesome.

 

[Bags2]

Shaun White is a monster...I was just about to say that. His new move, the 'Tomahawk' is just awesome.

Yeah he is just crazy good

 

[Where's Bure?]

I've been skiing my whole life, and I still can't imagine ever trying this kind of stuff, no matter how much I practiced. A double mctwist? I'd be funny to go through the thought process, the first rotation, "ah, there's my landing, time to tuck and flip again." That's just insane. Not to mention he had no speed and didn't need to do the trick as he already had gold.

 

[VICE™]

Red Bull actually made a private halfpipe with a foam pit at the end of it for Shaun White to practice new rotations, like the Double McTwist. He had to be airlifted near it and then use a snowmobile to reach it.

It allowed him to compress his learning into days, instead of years.

 

[Yzerfan]

Where is said foam pit-equipped half pipe? Sounds pretty cool. What a stud that kid is.

 

[VICE™]

Where is said foam pit-equipped half pipe? Sounds pretty cool. What a stud that kid is.

It's seven miles from Silverton, Colorado. There were videos of him practicing on it (and coming up with new tricks) put up on his website yesterday, but his website has actually crashed since he won yesterday.

The best I can find would be this:

 

[Bags2]

medal count update:

1st: USA 17 medals (5G, 5S, 7B)
2nd: Germany 11 medals (4G, 4S, 3B)
3rd: Norway 8 medals (3G, 3S, 2B)

 

[Yzerfan]

Way to go USA!! Widening the medal margin:bt

 

[Yzerfan]

1. Usa 20
2. Ger 13
3. Nor 10
4. Can 7

 

[VICE™]

How crazy do you have to be to do Skeleton? I'm happy for the guy who won Gold, but damn.

 

[Yzerfan]

I don't understand how you get started in a sport like that. It's not exactly a sport you play in the neighborhood with your friends growing up. Or better yet, how did these sports get invented? Someone just had the idea to build an ice chute to go flying down head first in a sled going 90mph?

 

[Bags2]

How crazy do you have to be to do Skeleton? I'm happy for the guy who won Gold, but damn.

Yeah that doesn't look to enjoyable to me. I would quite honestly **** myself

 

[VICE™]

I don't understand how you get started in a sport like that. It's not exactly a sport you play in the neighborhood with your friends growing up. Or better yet, how did these sports get invented? Someone just had the idea to build an ice chute to go flying down head first in a sled going 90mph?

Maybe someone tripped onto a sled.

 

[Yzerfan]

Maybe someone tripped onto a sled.

... and said, "Woohoo that was fun! Let's do that again!" haha

 

[MadDevil]

Maybe someone tripped onto a sled.

More like a drunken stumble onto a sled.:laugh:

 

[FX™]

I was thinking that with my friends yesterday, as the Live Olympic Curling was on. We were thinking, how the hell do you get into those sports? Do you just go down to the local ice-rink and just say 'Hey, I'm looking to get into curling, can we book the rink for an hour?'

 

[VICE™]

I was thinking that with my friends yesterday, as the Live Olympic Curling was on. We were thinking, how the hell do you get into those sports? Do you just go down to the local ice-rink and just say 'Hey, I'm looking to get into curling, can we book the rink for an hour?'

I believe you can, actually, haha.