Winter Olympics 2014

[silhillvilla]

Wow. Jenny Jones....Britains first ever medal on snow. Great guts. What a story.

And she's a big Villa fan to make things brilliant ! Go jenny

[Louzie0]

I watched that, it was very impressive.
The scene with her parents afterwards was lovely. They were so proud of her.

[lovejoy]

Sorry to be a killjoy but isn't this rich kids messing around in the snow? I watched the snow boarding and most of them messed up. The access to this for the majority of the population is limited.

[Louzie0]

Sorry to be a killjoy but isn't this rich kids messing around in the snow? I watched the snow boarding and most of them messed up. The access to this for the majority of the population is limited.

Given the amount of snow we have in GB and access to ice slides I suppose anybody going for success really has to go abroad. That would be where funding comes in. A bit like the specialist summer games sports; sailing can be expensive, so can anything with horses!

Not suggesting trying a horse down a piste.

[Louzie0]

The other point about most of them falling over - ice skaters fall over when they go for that extra twizzle on a jump, as the technical term is. The snowboarders were on their last run and out to impress, trying to get those extra twizzles.
2 of them ended up cracking open their helmets instead of their heads, so it seems like an all or nothing sport, like the sliders and the jumpers.

[Ad@m]

Sorry to be a killjoy but isn't this rich kids messing around in the snow? I watched the snow boarding and most of them messed up. The access to this for the majority of the population is limited.

We only really win in Olympic sports where half the world can't afford to compete - see also rowing, track cycling, equestrianism, etc.

[PeterWithesShin]

Loads of people who are average Joes do stuff like snowboarding. My mate does it and doesn't have rich parents or anything and he has worked in shops etc all his life.

[willywombat]

Wow. Jenny Jones....Britains first ever medal on snow. Great guts. What a story.

Apparently she's made over 4000 posts over on VT

[OCD]

Wow. Jenny Jones....Britains first ever medal on snow. Great guts. What a story.

Apparently she's made over 4000 posts over on VT

All saying how shit Lambert is.

[willywombat]

Wow. Jenny Jones....Britains first ever medal on snow. Great guts. What a story.

Apparently she's made over 4000 posts over on VT

All saying how shit Lambert is.

Really? I never visit the place myself so I wouldn't have a clue. Nice to see one of our own doing well though

[UK Redsox]

Sorry to be a killjoy but isn't this rich kids messing around in the snow? I watched the snow boarding and most of them messed up. The access to this for the majority of the population is limited.

It all depends on how you prioritize your spending.

Say you live in Manchester, you can snowboard on a decent slope with jumps/obstacles for less than it'll cost you to go to watch Citeh or Utd (or even Blackburn or Bolton for that matter).

[Chico Hamilton III]

This is fantastic. The BBC have recreated some of its best Winter Olympic momnts in LEGO.

[ADVILLAFAN]

This is fantastic. The BBC have recreated some of its best Winter Olympic momnts in LEGO.

Does it include a Lego Nancy Kerrigan being attacked with a metal bar on the orders of Tonya Harding?

[OCD]

Wow. Jenny Jones....Britains first ever medal on snow. Great guts. What a story.

Apparently she's made over 4000 posts over on VT

All saying how shit Lambert is.

Really? I never visit the place myself so I wouldn't have a clue. Nice to see one of our own doing well though

It was meant as a joke. I didn't even know she was on VT let alone what her posts were about.

[MarkM]

Sorry to be a killjoy but isn't this rich kids messing around in the snow? I watched the snow boarding and most of them messed up. The access to this for the majority of the population is limited.

She was Chalet Maid and worked in a factory making cardboard, not exactly silver spoon material