Comments on East Coast Bias: Winter X Games Top 10 Events

Or anywhere after the coming apocalypse.

2008-01-22T12:48:00.000-05:00

Or anywhere after the coming apocalypse.

Biathlon... that's essentially survival skills for...

2008-01-22T12:32:00.000-05:00

Biathlon... that's essentially survival skills for West Baltimore in a blizzard.

This is a topic for an entire other post, but I ha...

2008-01-22T11:56:00.000-05:00

This is a topic for an entire other post, but I have a hard time calling anything that involves subjective judging a "sport." So Boarder X is clearly a sport, but Superpipe is questionable. That said, I LOVE the X Games, and I don't think anyone is questioning the fact that all of the X Games events are difficult.

And Russell, biathlon is AWESOME. It actually got some decent coverage in Turin, with Al Trautwig doing the commentary.

If I were to get off my computer chair and suffer ...

2008-01-22T11:46:00.000-05:00

If I were to get off my computer chair and suffer through the cold weather, I would do the biathlon. Those are some well-trained athletes, plus they get to shoot. Any event that you could actually see being relevant before grocery stores gets a few extra points in my mind.

I suppose a man can only dream... thanks for stopp...

2008-01-22T11:37:00.000-05:00

I suppose a man can only dream... thanks for stopping by!

Haha, how arrogant. I would love to see you both t...

2008-01-22T11:20:00.000-05:00

Haha, how arrogant. I would love to see you both try to ride in a straight line on a snowboard, or even point to the throttle on a snowmobile. These guys have more talent than the combination of both of your entire family trees. Smoking weed improves their performance? Wow, time to get off your oversized computer chair and run a few laps in the gym. Maybe they'll come out with a 'lazy fat guy stuck in a computer chair x games' and then you can finally be rewarded for your 'talents'.

I'm not sure I'd call some of the Winter X Games e...

2008-01-22T10:17:00.000-05:00

I'm not sure I'd call some of the Winter X Games events "sports," but they sure are fun to watch.

As for weed improving your performance, are you saying that NBA basketball isn't a sport?

I'm supposed to be supportive of all posts on this...

2008-01-22T09:50:00.000-05:00

I'm supposed to be supportive of all posts on this blog. However, I must say that Winter X Games are quite possibly the worst thing to ever happen to sports. They were a clever gimmick at first. The fact that they have a) made it into mainstream network television, and; b) actually made it into Olympic sport, is offensive to me as somebody who is a fan of sports. Any event where smoking weed can improve one's performance should not be sanctioned as a sport. And any sport where somebody nicknamed the "Flying Tomato" can be sent to the Olympics to receive multiple gold medals is suspect. I mean, I know that the U.S. was determined to catch Russia and Germany in the Olympic medal count, but by making Winter X Games sports Olympic sports... that's like Jim Harrick's class at Georgia to ensure the eligibility of his athletes.