The Kids Are Alright: American Knuckle-Draggers Dominate
Note for the uninitiated: "Knuckle-Dragger" is an epithet long used by effete skiers to mock and deride snowboarders.
Well chew on this: So far at the Torino Olympics American snowboarders have been unstoppable, winning 5 of the 9 medals won by Americans at these games, including 3 gold medals. The latest gold has gone to Seth Wescott in Boardercross. Boardercross is new to the Olympics--think demolition derby on snowboards.
This stands in stark contrast to the performance of the skiers and pretty much the rest of America's team, which has mostly provided one disappointment after another (I'm looking at you, Bode). The once-outlaw sport of snowboarding, which the ski industry tried to wish out of existence for years--and which ski publications still declare "dead" on practically an annual basis--has ironically become America's greatest point of pride in the world of winter sports.
Well chew on this: So far at the Torino Olympics American snowboarders have been unstoppable, winning 5 of the 9 medals won by Americans at these games, including 3 gold medals. The latest gold has gone to Seth Wescott in Boardercross. Boardercross is new to the Olympics--think demolition derby on snowboards.
This stands in stark contrast to the performance of the skiers and pretty much the rest of America's team, which has mostly provided one disappointment after another (I'm looking at you, Bode). The once-outlaw sport of snowboarding, which the ski industry tried to wish out of existence for years--and which ski publications still declare "dead" on practically an annual basis--has ironically become America's greatest point of pride in the world of winter sports.
posted by Yukon Sully | 1:41 PM
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We're a very close-knit family.
Oh by the way, I'll be seeing all the far-flung Sullys at Christina's wedding in New York this summer. And I will not rest until you have all joined the revolution! Viva!!!
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