XXIV Winter Olympic Games

[Ripitz]

Watching some curling wondering why shuffleboard isn’t in the Summer Games.

Looking forward to Skimo in Milano Cortina 2026.

 

[tirolski]

Watching some curling wondering why shuffleboard isn’t in the Summer Games.

Looking forward to Skimo in Milano Cortina 2026.

Ya gonna go for the Gold Mr. Rip?
You could be a contender...

 

[Ripitz]

Ya gonna go for the Gold Mr. Rip?
You could be a contender...

Only if it was beer laps and the winner was the last man standing.

 

[tirolski]

Only if it was beer laps and the winner was the last man standing.

Attaboy

 

[Tjf1967]

Watching some curling wondering why shuffleboard isn’t in the Summer Games.

Looking forward to Skimo in Milano Cortina 2026.

I wonder why I never curl. Looks truly fun with a beer in your hand.

 

[Ripitz]

I wonder why I never curl. Looks truly fun with a beer in your hand.

They have a curling sheet at Bearpen Sports. Other than there I’ve never seen it played.

 

[witch hobble]

I wonder why I never curl. Looks truly fun with a beer in your hand.

I have curled in a league here at the college’s ice arena, although beers are apres. Occasionally flasks on the ice.

It feels so awesome at the end of a hot, humid summer day to go stand on the sheet for a few hours.

League has not been active during pandemic.

 

[tirolski]

It actually snowed recently on the northernmost venue.

A Satellite View of Olympic Terrain

Sporting events in Beijing are clustered in three zones, each with distinct geography.

earthobservatory.nasa.gov

 

[Adirondack Johnny]

What is this? Kinesiology tape for the face?

 

[Peter Minde]

What is this? Kinesiology tape for the face?
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Sort of. Between the temperature and the wind, athletes have been applying that to prevent frostbite. Been used a lot in the nordic events.