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    Here we go..

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        ...and there he goes..

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          Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

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            Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

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            @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

            Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

            Or choked.

            And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

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            • VirgilV Virgil

              @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

              Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

              Or choked.

              And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

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              @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

              @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

              Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

              Or choked.

              And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

              Gutted, he looked a fantastic chance today after that first run.

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              • DonsteppaD Donsteppa

                @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                Or choked.

                And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

                Gutted, he looked a fantastic chance today after that first run.

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                Virgil
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                @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                Or choked.

                And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

                Gutted, he looked a fantastic chance today after that first run.

                It’s ok, we can’t seriously call snowboarders Olympic athletes..

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                • VirgilV Virgil

                  @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                  @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                  @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                  Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                  Or choked.

                  And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

                  Gutted, he looked a fantastic chance today after that first run.

                  It’s ok, we can’t seriously call snowboarders Olympic athletes..

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                  @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                  @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                  @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                  @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                  Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                  Or choked.

                  And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

                  Gutted, he looked a fantastic chance today after that first run.

                  It’s ok, we can’t seriously call snowboarders Olympic athletes..

                  Says the man who'd have danced around his living room if Carlos had medalled 🙂

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                  • DonsteppaD Donsteppa

                    @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                    @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                    @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                    @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                    Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                    Or choked.

                    And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

                    Gutted, he looked a fantastic chance today after that first run.

                    It’s ok, we can’t seriously call snowboarders Olympic athletes..

                    Says the man who'd have danced around his living room if Carlos had medalled 🙂

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                    Virgil
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                    @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                    @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                    @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                    @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                    @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                    Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                    Or choked.

                    And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

                    Gutted, he looked a fantastic chance today after that first run.

                    It’s ok, we can’t seriously call snowboarders Olympic athletes..

                    Says the man who'd have danced around his living room if Carlos had medalled 🙂

                    King Carlos thank you very much...

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                      From NZ Herald's live feed:

                      "On this course you have to be perfect... the last run I was really nervous up top," he said, saying it just didn't go his way.

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                        I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

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                        • antipodeanA antipodean

                          I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

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                          Virgil
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                          @antipodean said in Winter Olympics:

                          I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

                          Whenever i watch the biathlon i instantly think of a James Bond movie.
                          Assassins looking for a kill..

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                            Right we are now about to become experts in the 5000m long track skating after Peter Michael takes the lead by 0.08 seconds with just a few more pairs (including the world record holder) to skate. Fingers crossed everyone. Live coverage currently on Sky Sport channel 55.

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                              Right we are now about to become experts in the 5000m long track skating after Peter Michael takes the lead by 0.08 seconds with just a few more pairs (including the world record holder) to skate. Fingers crossed everyone. Live coverage currently on Sky Sport channel 55.

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                              @higgins said in Winter Olympics:

                              Right we are now about to become experts in the 5000m long track skating after Peter Michael takes the lead by 0.08 seconds with just a few more pairs (including the world record holder) to skate. Fingers crossed everyone. Live coverage currently on Sky Sport channel 55.

                              It was a good effort from him. Leading at one stage before the better athletes had their turn. Not sure where he finished up but I think he was guaranteed top six.

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                              • VirgilV Virgil

                                @antipodean said in Winter Olympics:

                                I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

                                Whenever i watch the biathlon i instantly think of a James Bond movie.
                                Assassins looking for a kill..

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                                @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                                @antipodean said in Winter Olympics:

                                I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

                                Whenever i watch the biathlon i instantly think of a James Bond movie.
                                Assassins looking for a kill..

                                0_1518341008783_images-21.jpg

                                For your Eyes only.....what a cracker of a Bond that is.

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                                  @higgins said in Winter Olympics:

                                  Right we are now about to become experts in the 5000m long track skating after Peter Michael takes the lead by 0.08 seconds with just a few more pairs (including the world record holder) to skate. Fingers crossed everyone. Live coverage currently on Sky Sport channel 55.

                                  It was a good effort from him. Leading at one stage before the better athletes had their turn. Not sure where he finished up but I think he was guaranteed top six.

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                                  @hydro11 said in Winter Olympics:

                                  @higgins said in Winter Olympics:

                                  Right we are now about to become experts in the 5000m long track skating after Peter Michael takes the lead by 0.08 seconds with just a few more pairs (including the world record holder) to skate. Fingers crossed everyone. Live coverage currently on Sky Sport channel 55.

                                  It was a good effort from him. Leading at one stage before the better athletes had their turn. Not sure where he finished up but I think he was guaranteed top six.

                                  4th

                                  That is an awesome effort.

                                  If we can get into finals and get top 10s for 80% of our athletes it will be a top games.

                                  I know very little about our chances in anything other than the freestyle skiing/boarding but with the rest of the programme we are a punchers chance, like CGK last night. There are better competitors but we can be up there to pounce on an opportunity should the chance arise.
                                  I like the new scoring system in the slopestyle though and they can pay off on our scores. Previously you could get someone like Bobby Brown hardly do a thing on the rail section, then get a big score on the back of a triple at the last jump.

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                                  • MN5M MN5

                                    @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                                    @antipodean said in Winter Olympics:

                                    I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

                                    Whenever i watch the biathlon i instantly think of a James Bond movie.
                                    Assassins looking for a kill..

                                    0_1518341008783_images-21.jpg

                                    For your Eyes only.....what a cracker of a Bond that is.

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                                    @mn5 said in Winter Olympics:

                                    @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                                    @antipodean said in Winter Olympics:

                                    I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

                                    Whenever i watch the biathlon i instantly think of a James Bond movie.
                                    Assassins looking for a kill..

                                    0_1518341008783_images-21.jpg

                                    For your Eyes only.....what a cracker of a Bond that is.

                                    Rutger Hauer?

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                                    • VirgilV Virgil

                                      @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                                      Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                                      Or choked.

                                      And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

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                                      Crucial
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                                      @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                                      @donsteppa said in Winter Olympics:

                                      Fuck... the start of someone who had lost concentration.

                                      Or choked.

                                      And yay USA wins yet another gold medal in the Olympics.

                                      Not choked. He was doing the one combination run he had dialed in and doing it smoothly enough on one run to get a decent score. The others ahead of him have better moves and managed to get them right on one run. He got a near top score for the run he did and was hoping others would fail. He simply doesn't have a competition triple cork, which is the difference.
                                      Considering he was our number 2 in the event, that was a top achievement. (Our number one had to pull out with injury)

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                                      • boobooB booboo

                                        @mn5 said in Winter Olympics:

                                        @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                                        @antipodean said in Winter Olympics:

                                        I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

                                        Whenever i watch the biathlon i instantly think of a James Bond movie.
                                        Assassins looking for a kill..

                                        0_1518341008783_images-21.jpg

                                        For your Eyes only.....what a cracker of a Bond that is.

                                        Rutger Hauer?

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                                        @booboo said in Winter Olympics:

                                        @mn5 said in Winter Olympics:

                                        @virgil said in Winter Olympics:

                                        @antipodean said in Winter Olympics:

                                        I've come up with a change that can make the Winter Olympics more enthralling from a spectator's perspective. I'd change the biathlon to shoot at snowboarders as they appear over the parapet on the half-pipe.

                                        Whenever i watch the biathlon i instantly think of a James Bond movie.
                                        Assassins looking for a kill..

                                        0_1518341008783_images-21.jpg

                                        For your Eyes only.....what a cracker of a Bond that is.

                                        Rutger Hauer?

                                        Na

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                                          Awesome work by Garcia-knight. I know his parents reasonably well and they are great people.

                                          But, fuck me Olympic snowboarding is boring... the same guys hitting the same jumps, all doing variations of the same trick for hours. If they wanted to make it more spectator friendly then more points should be given for originality and style.

                                          The missis wanted to watch and cheer on Carlos, straight after this i put on a selection of DVDs from my collection, for entertainment there’s simply no contest.

                                          The video below is real snowboarding, the olympics is just gymnastics by another name.

                                          https://snowboarding.transworld.net/videos/scott-stevens-full-part/

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