Tokyo Olympic Survive COVID Games 2021

**54-46** · 07-24-2021, 08:50 AM

Hawaii - one historian’s article: https://www.nea.org/advocating-for-c...waiian-kingdom

**I Skied Bandini Mountain** · 07-24-2021, 09:10 AM

Yeah, the Hawaiians got hugely fucked over but I think it goes way beyond Olympic surfing.

**old goat** · 07-24-2021, 09:29 AM

It's a bit naïve to expect the Olympics to right all the wrongs in the world. That's what wars are for.

**I Skied Bandini Mountain** · 07-24-2021, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by old goat

It's a bit naïve to expect the Olympics to right all the wrongs in the world. That's what wars are for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match

You remember watching this, doncha goat?

**Core Shot** · 07-24-2021, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by I Skied Bandini Mountain

Yeah, the Hawaiians got hugely fucked over but I think it goes way beyond Olympic surfing.

Originally Posted by old goat

It's a bit naïve to expect the Olympics to right all the wrongs in the world. That's what wars are for.

So we’re going to war against Hawaii?

Fuck the haole

**spanghew** · 07-24-2021, 04:20 PM

Originally Posted by old goat

It's a bit naïve to expect the Olympics to right all the wrongs in the world. That's what wars are for.

the umlaut might be a level of sophistication inappropriate for the tgr zeitgeist

**JimmyCarter** · 07-24-2021, 04:30 PM

Originally Posted by spanghew

the umlaut might be a level of sophistication inappropriate for the tgr zeitgeist

Yeah! And those dots he put over that letter make him look like a nerd too!

**Lvovsky** · 07-25-2021, 12:43 AM

The jazz chick was amazing. Hiromi Uehara is the name.

Olympic Channel News on cable is surprisingly cool six hours worth of daily highlights… All sports… all nations…

**alpinevibes** · 07-25-2021, 09:14 AM

Men’s road race had a decently exciting finish from final climb at ~70k to go in.

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**Scrubadub** · 07-25-2021, 09:52 AM

USA mens Basketball team loses to France...ha ha..perhaps if they focused on defence as opposed to how oppressed they are they could of had a victory....France for christ sakes...its like Hati beating Brazil in football.

**The SnowShow** · 07-25-2021, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Scrubadub

USA mens Basketball team loses to France...ha ha..perhaps if they focused on defence as opposed to how oppressed they are they could of had a victory....France for christ sakes...its like Hati beating Brazil in football.

Good. F those guys.

**NW_SKIER** · 07-25-2021, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by JimmyCarter

Yeah! And those dots he put over that letter make him look like a nerd too!

I laughed

**I Skied Bandini Mountain** · 07-25-2021, 10:03 AM

red hatters so fragile this morning. y'all still salty TB clowned on your cult leader?

**Scrubadub** · 07-25-2021, 10:18 AM

Ouch! Sweet burn bro!

**The SnowShow** · 07-25-2021, 11:12 AM

No helmets for skateboarders?

**jono** · 07-25-2021, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by The SnowShow

No helmets for skateboarders?

No protection at all? Weird look for the Olympics.

**Thaleia** · 07-25-2021, 11:53 AM

Originally Posted by alpinevibes

Men’s road race had a decently exciting finish from final climb at ~70k to go in.

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I stayed up way too late watching it, turned right around then. If anyone sees a full copy of the race any online, I'd be much obliged.

**k2skier112** · 07-25-2021, 12:01 PM

I was surprised to see skaters without helmets or any padding

edit- ha, its not just me

**Core Shot** · 07-25-2021, 12:05 PM

My kid had the same reaction.

Man, they had some hard falls in the single trick session. The worst had to be the nut crunch on the far rail.

**Diamond Joe** · 07-25-2021, 12:18 PM

I was actually on the edge of my seat watching the gold medal womens fencing match. First gold ever for the USA in fencing!

**Diamond Joe** · 07-25-2021, 12:52 PM

Can anybody who knows skateboarding explain to me why the japanese kid won the gold on what looked to me to be a much simpler trick than what the other guys were doing? I mean, he just jumped the board onto the rail, rode it for a second and landed. There was no kick flip, no board spinning, no nothing. What was so special about that trick??

**neufox47** · 07-25-2021, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by Diamond Joe

Can anybody who knows skateboarding explain to me why the japanese kid won the gold on what looked to me to be a much simpler trick than what the other guys were doing? I mean, he just jumped the board onto the rail, rode it for a second and landed. There was no kick flip, no board spinning, no nothing. What was so special about that trick??

It is super difficult despite no spins, etc.

**alpinevibes** · 07-25-2021, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by Thaleia

I stayed up way too late watching it, turned right around then. If anyone sees a full copy of the race any online, I'd be much obliged.

I DVR’d it and it cut out with 10-12k to go, right before the winning move... we found some YouTubers synopsis that showed a clip of that final break. But yeah, I’d love to watch the last 15min

NBC’s 5min recap was garbage. The TDF recaps have been great this year, up to 40-50min and covering everything that happened. This recap could’ve been 10min, without much effort, and shown the gist of the race.

**plugboots** · 07-25-2021, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by alpinevibes

I DVR’d it and it cut out with 10-12k to go, right before the winning move... we found some YouTubers synopsis that showed a clip of that final break. But yeah, I’d love to watch the last 15min

NBC’s 5min recap was garbage. The TDF recaps have been great this year, up to 40-50min and covering everything that happened. This recap could’ve been 10min, without much effort, and shown the gist of the race.

Agree. Random portions of the race without showing any key moments.