What's your favorite Winter Olympic event and why?

Soufre

Figure skating, single and pairs, is my favorite. I like it because of how deceptive it is. While strength and endurance is apparent in other sports such as hockey and skiing, I think it's a bit more subtle in in figure skating. Most of the skaters are TINY. When they skate, they seem so delicate. But the amount of power, balance, and control needed to launch yourself into the air, spin 1080 degrees, land on what's basically a fillet knife attached to your shoe, and NOT barf is beyond me. What's just as impressive is not landing properly. When I slip and fall on ice, I need to sit there for a few seconds to recover. These individuals crash back down onto the ice but still mange to recover and continue their routine fairly quickly and seamlessly.

Don't even get me started on pair skating. I mean just look...

HOW.


Come on.

That is why figure skating is my favorite event.
...and it's the prettiest (ʘ‿ʘ✿)





Just don't let those sequins fool you....


What's yours and why?

AmyBecky74

I love figure skateing. The men with their strength in jumping and dance for the pure beauty.

Sinisterly

Almost said swimming.
But hey, I've swam in ice before.

bd0027

I'm sure I'm alone here, but I love Curling.

salembambi

Hockey (& curling too sometimes a little yes)

because I'm Canadian

Heintz55

Bobsled. The athletes are huge! And of course being Canadian , hockey!

sufferlandrian

Biathlon hands down. Strength, endurance and the ability to control such basic body functions as breathing even when you are desperate for O2. Those guys and gals are amazing!!

buckeyes1985

Hockey

Die hard redwings fan. Love the sport.

LavaDoll

figure skating - absolutely beautiful.

=^x^=

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HDHogger

Hockey because of the competitiveness.

bd0027

I'm watching curling right now, and it's actually awesome to watch. But hockey obviously.

I'm jealous.

Justintyme328

Men's hockey, only because I played with/against a few of the guys competing. Other than that ski jumping, I can't turn away

ArchangelMJ

Figure skating hands down! They are SO beautiful, I just love it and am so envious of their grace and strength.

sufferlandrian

OK, someone is going to have to explain the scoring for curling. It looked like Canada had nine points and could have put the game away with four stones in the rings but when I looked back it was still 9 to 5 and now they had switched to the seventh set and Germany had the last weight. Did I miss something?

HappyStack

The snowboarding has to be a given, doesn't it? who wouldn't like watching the slopestyle, half-pipe and cross?

And I love the hockey... but for me, though, you can't beat luge and skeleton. 90mph, in half an ice tube, on a sled that weighs practically nothing, with no protection on your body but a helmet. And in skeleton they do it head first.

It's madness (there have been some fatal accidents). Exciting madness. And it takes a deceptive amount of strength to push off and steer those things.

Some of the skeleton riders have broken ribs on a perfect run, because of the bumps on the track at such high speeds.

akoivisto

Biathlon.

Target shooting combined with cross country skiing; combines athleticism with mental and spacial control. Sounds simple, but when you realize what it takes to ski a course and hit a target? Blows my mind.

ibleedunionblue

Hockey! Obsessed with the sport. Columbus Season Ticket Holder. Rooting hard for Russia given their roster includes Tyutin, Bobrovsky, Nikitin & Anismov. Also rooting for the USA womens team,

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Daisy471

Alpine skiing because being able to control your skis while flying down a mountain at those speeds is incredible. The cross-county skiiers are amazing athletes, especially those who do biathlon. Luge and skeleton are just bada$$ - especially skeleton.

I'm not a fan of anything that needs judges - I prefer a clock or goal/score to determine who wins.

Rak0ribz

Biathlon.

Target shooting combined with cross country skiing; combines athleticism with mental and spacial control. Sounds simple, but when you realize what it takes to ski a course and hit a target? Blows my mind.

In most of the Winter events, the athletes look pretty good in the middle of their run - like they're doing what they were born and trained to do. About halfway through the Biathlon competition (and a lot of the other cross-country competitions, for that matter), they look like they might be about to die.

HappyStack

Curling is just bowls on ice.

You have a set number of games per end (usually ten, but sometimes eight), and eight rocks per game.

The object is to push the rock as close to the house as possible... i.e. get your big stone closest to the centre of the target.

It's harder than it sounds, it's not just a game of power... it's a game of judgement, cohesion and strategy. And if the rock hits another rock, it will usually stop moving immediately after. Usually the first rock is thrown trying to hold the house, and then the next rock is a cover rock. The opposing team will try to move cover rocks to create a path for their rock to get to the centre of the house, or use the other team's cover rock to help their rock on a path towards the house.

The team mates with the brooms are there to alter the state of the ice in front of the rock. If they scrub and how they scrub is important to how fast or slow the rock moves, as well as what direction it continues to move in.

It's boring to watch if you don't enjoy strategy games, really.

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ShellyBell999

I'm sure I'm alone here, but I love Curling.

We are not alone.

I love Curling because my stomach gets all tight when they are scrubbing the ice so hard and the puck is almost there and it just might make it and........well it feels like an ab workout to me

akoivisto

Biathlon.

Target shooting combined with cross country skiing; combines athleticism with mental and spacial control. Sounds simple, but when you realize what it takes to ski a course and hit a target? Blows my mind.

In most of the Winter events, the athletes look pretty good in the middle of their run - like they're doing what they were born and trained to do. About halfway through the Biathlon competition (and a lot of the other cross-country competitions, for that matter), they look like they might be about to die.

Exactly. I'm not saying that snowboarding, skeleton, etc. aren't totally badass; just having someone complete with a great time and stellar shooting? Then, as they cross the finish line you realize they are basically tapped completely out? Major kudos from me at least.

SephiraRose

Figure skating, such strength and beauty. Gymnastics is pretty awesome to watch as well, men and women. They are all amazing athletes. I wish them all success.

BlueBombers

Hockey!

I am Canadian and hockey is in our blood :drinker:

mank32

I'm sure I'm alone here, but I love Curling.

not alone. i've never skied or snowboarded, never bobsledded. but i have curled. they actually took us curling for gym class so many years ago when i was in the 6th grade (in northern MN)!

Patovader

The snowboarding for sure, I think because I BMX I appreciate how difficult it is more than some people who have never tried an extreme sport I appreciate most of the sports though and enjoy watching them.

maz504

I love slolum (sp?)... it just seems like they're having the most fun!! downhill skiing last night was pretty cool too though...

juliemouse83

I'm sure I'm alone here, but I love Curling.

Nope...no, you're not. This is my favorite, too.