❄️ WINTER OLYMPICS ❄️

[1moretimeagain]

After having such an incredible game, the US goalie will return to play for his NHL team in Canada.

 

[nycfan]

 

[MendotoManteo]

We gotta get people turned on to cross-country skiing.

 

[Calheel]

Crazy how good Norway, a country of 5 million people, is at Winter Olympic sports.

 

[nycfan]

Crazy how good Norway, a country of 5 million people, is at Winter Olympic sports.

They live it year round and are a very wealthy country but yeah, damned impressive.

 

[SnoopRob]

Crazy how good Norway, a country of 5 million people, is at Winter Olympic sports.

To be fair, they get a lot of practice when it's cold and snowy there 11 months* a year.

*Disclaimer: I have no idea how many months a year it's actually cold and snowy in Norway.

 

[Calheel]

To be fair, they get a lot of practice when it's cold and snowy there 11 months* a year.

*Disclaimer: I have no idea how many months a year it's actually cold and snowy in Norway.

A lot of those snowy months get 18 hours of darkness. Maybe they have good headlamp equipment.

 

[SnoopRob]

A lot of those snowy months get 18 hours of darkness. Maybe they have good headlamp equipment.

Huge lamps, everywhere you look.

 

[1moretimeagain]

Crazy how good Norway, a country of 5 million people, is at Winter Olympic sports.

Do they happen to have rare earth minerals?

 

[C-Money]

Cross-country skiing does not seem fun at all.

 

[nycfan]

Do they happen to have rare earth minerals?

They have one of the finest offshore oil fields in the world.

 

[farce©]

Cross-country skiing does not seem fun at all.

Agreed, but bobsled and ski jumping look fun as hell.

 

[SnoopRob]

Do they happen to have rare earth minerals?

Are gold, silver, & bronze rare earth minerals?

 

[mpaer]

Agreed, but bobsled and ski jumping look fun as hell.

I have a buddy in NC whose parents grew up in Western Wisconisn-Scandavian descent
Back in the day all the little hick towns there had a Ski Jump

 

[farce©]

I have a buddy in NC whose parents grew up in Western Wisconisn-Scandavian descent
Back in the day all the little hick towns there had a Ski Jump

There is 90 meter ski jump in Brattleboro VT.

 

[bassydude77]

Cross-country skiing does not seem fun at all.

Jim Gafigan has a funny bit about it. Cross country skiing is basically that part of skiing where you’re trying to get from the flat part of the slope back to the lift…the worst part of skiing

 

[SnoopRob]

Jim Gafigan has a funny bit about it. Cross country skiing is basically that part of skiing where you’re trying to get from the flat part of the slope back to the lift…the worst part of skiing

I wonder if folks who live in snowy countries see cross country skiing like many folks elsewhere see running, it's not something that you inherently enjoy but it has its appeal once you do it and are good at it?

 

[1moretimeagain]

Jim Gafigan has a funny bit about it. Cross country skiing is basically that part of skiing where you’re trying to get from the flat part of the slope back to the lift…the worst part of skiing

Ice T posted “I had no idea mf’ers ski uphill.”

 

[HeelYeah2012]

Correct. The medal round was still a round robin situation. The US beat Finland in ther next game to win the gold

It was round robin until the medal round. Then it was 4 team, single elimination. We beat Russians in the semis and Finland for the gold. Last two games were not part of the round robin.