 Poster: A snowHead
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Just saw the women's boarder-X final. Probably the dumbest mistake I've seen in years! While there's no doubt that she has nobody but herself to blame, I do feel sorry for her - she has the rest of her life to reflect on the fact that she threw away an Olympic gold medal. That's can't be a pleasant proposition 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not having seen it, do you want to give the rest of us a hint? 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rob@rar.org.uk, one thing though, when you watch boarderX competitions, that kind of thing is common in a race which is well won, they do it frequently. She's probably done it hundreds of times before, and cocks up for the first time.... in an Olympic final. 
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| Alastair wrote: |
| Not having seen it, do you want to give the rest of us a hint? |
Women's final, the leader had a huge lead with one jump to go. There was no doubt she had won, but when she flew off the final jump she threw in a trick (some sort of board grab - sorry not a boarder, so don't know the name), and then fell on landing. The second place woman rode past her, presumably with a big grin on her face, to collect the Gold.
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rob@rar.org.uk, Who fell?
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rob@rar.org.uk, that's snowboarders for you .
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Which would the grandkids find funnier, Grannies Olympic gold, or the vid of Gran chucking it all away.
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| rob@rar.org.uk, Who fell? |
Lindsey JACOBELLIS, of the USA team.
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rob@rar.org.uk, Awsome, i can't wait to speak to Karine. 
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| SMALLZOOKEEPER wrote: |
| rob@rar.org.uk, Awsome, i can't wait to speak to Karine. |
Who's Karine?
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rob@rar.org.uk, A friend of Miss Jacobellis.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, be gentle with her. I suspect that Miss Jacobellis might not be in the best of moods!
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You know it makes sense.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, Ruby?
There is a good quality video on www.tsr.ch . The commentators went quite mad at the end - very un-Swiss.
Anybody know where I can download some extended coverage of the mens BX.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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neilswingler, Yep the same, a little history between them Karine being the veteran and all.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's quite common for a boarder to grab for stability in the air so I don't think its necessarily the thing that did it, probably more a loss of concentration - Shaun Palmer used to do big styled grabs all the time on the final jump in the years he was running away with Boarder X contests (& 1 X games skier X gold IIRC!)
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Reminds me of a ski race a couple of years back, junior team member throws a bit of style over the last jump and ends up not only crashing but doing themselves an injury as well. Also brings back memories of Nigel Mansell letting the revs drop too low whilst on the final lap of the 1990 Canadian GP and stalling the car with the finish line virtually in sight.
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| fatbob wrote: |
| It's quite common for a boarder to grab for stability in the air so I don't think its necessarily the thing that did it, probably more a loss of concentration - Shaun Palmer used to do big styled grabs all the time on the final jump in the years he was running away with Boarder X contests (& 1 X games skier X gold IIRC!) |
The grab wasn't the problem, it was the fact she also pulled a "shifty" at the same time (turning the board through 90 degrees in the air) now that was a bit risky as it turned out.
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FAQ
The gold was in the bag,clear by a good 10 or more board lengths,then she had to 'showboat' to the crowd 
If so,I bet her coach was anything but!!
