Poster: A snowHead
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Have I dreamt this, or has the women's Olympic Super G just been won by a Snowboarder?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Oh yes. And how, she flew down that slope!
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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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Yeah, she's an alpine snowboarder. Like the ones you see only faster.
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Although she has been racing alpine skiing for 2nyears her prior best was 29th.
Amazing run. Reminiscent of Klammer when he had to pull out the stops or a Stenmark “charge”.
Looked barely in control through most and definitely nearly lost it a handful of times (those are absolutely not criticisms!)
Wonderful.
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She trains 3weeks Alpine then 3 weeks snowboard! Amazing
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Massive respect- anyone have a link to a vid of her run?
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@ALQ, google her name and pick videos? There are many, many...
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@ALQ, you might have trouble, the IOC is pretty tight with YouTube and nothing stays up for long
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@moseyp, Yup had noticed that.
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It’s on iplayer Winter Olympics best bits
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@ALQ, since Beijing I think, very annoying
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Her face was an absolute picture - clearly stunned - great to see.
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RUGBY PETER wrote: |
Her face was an absolute picture - clearly stunned - great to see. |
Exactly this!
There have been and will be plenty of great finishes and results over these Olympics, but this one for me is the winner purely on her disbelief of what she achieved.
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You know it makes sense.
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@Nadenoodlee, Thanks. It’s worrying that I default to YouTube
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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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Press conference quote: "Actually, I would rather go riding snowboard now".
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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moseyp wrote: |
@ALQ, since Beijing I think, very annoying |
Probably a fat tv deal somewhere.
Still haven’t found her complete run. The tiny bits I saw, she looked super-smooth n was flying at the end. Haven’t found Vonnbot’s complete run either.
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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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@ALQ, both still available on Eurosport player - everything is on there. But you do need a subscription. Just 99p for a month at the minute though with a code (UK99).
It was a great run - you could see the mistakes, but also fantastic speed.
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Amazing stuff. Hope she goes on to win another gold in her boarding event.
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@fixx, Thanks for the tip. Well worth it.
Super-G is one of my favourite events and generally the girls are just so super-smooth. She must’ve really caned it down that track.
@swiftoid, +1
But nonetheless an outstanding achievement.
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Wow. HUGE mistake by Vonn....and yet she finished high. You can really see how her aggression puts her above the others.
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Goggia had it in the bag n blew it!!
Anybody know where one can get those black Italian ski team jackets? (I’m too old to earn it)
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I still think you haven't digested the magnitude of the threat to civilization that the wonderful, majestic sport of skiing has been forever tarnished by an Olympic Gold being won by one d those baggy trouser wearing, stoked types from the dark side
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See, skiing - s'easy innit. *Really* don't know why you lot make such a fuss about it...
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Richard_Sideways wrote: |
See, skiing - s'easy innit. *Really* don't know why you lot make such a fuss about it... |
Snowboarders* have a better balance and so better suited to slalom.
* good boarders not the ice scraping knuckle draggers.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Not only is she a darksider, but she won with a pair of skis that she borrowed from Shiffrin
The race is on the BBC iPLayer BTW.
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Not only is she a darksider, but she won with a pair of skis that she borrowed from Shiffrin
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And she was upset that she didn't have make up in her bag to prepare for the press conference like the other winners so kept her gogs on! Love it.
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You know it makes sense.
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Finally got around to watching the race on Eurosport player. Looked like everyone was congratulating Veith when it go to around bib 20. It was like she had crashed someone elses wedding and stolen the groom. No-one seemed to know what to say or think.
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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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@kat.ryb, I thought that was funny at first, but then, after more thought...a shame
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Poster: A snowHead
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And she's won the Parallel Giant Slalom in snowboarding as well. Fantastic.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yep. Big kudos there. I'll admit to not being a big fan of Para.G.S. as a snowboard discipline - bit of a throwback to the early days, but watching Ledecka put down her runs was pretty good. May even have to try some laid out eurocarves next trip in honour...
See she wore her goggles in the press interviews again - way to own the look.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I can't believe more isn't being made of this on the forum.
What an unbelievable achievement
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I can't believe more isn't being made of this on the forum.
What an unbelievable achievement
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ALQ wrote: |
Massive respect- anyone have a link to a vid of her run? |
Frosty, given that I am the best skier on this forum, ^ this is huge praise from this forum!
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shows how easy skiing is compared to boarding
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Shows how easy is boarding compared to skiing
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