Tuesday, February 27, 2018
New Winter Olympic Sports
The Winter Olympics were a blast-- I really enjoyed them, even though they kinda punted on the whole Russian thing. I'm not sure how being an "Olympic Athlete from Russia" is really that different than being a Russian athlete.
Anyways, there are a few events that could use a little more juice: nordic skiing, figure skating, and snowboarding. I've got some ideas for new events that could really make people take notice:
1) Snowboarding Crash-fest!
The snowboarding events that involve jumps-- halfpipe and big air-- are plenty exciting as they are. But the downhill races, which go side-by-side for the snowboarders, are a little less thrilling. What if we had like six of them going straight downhill, though? With jumps? It would be like NASCAR on ice!
2) Kiss n' Cry Skating!
Figure skating got a lot of air time this Olympics (as it usually does). The part that the camera really ate up, though, was the "Kiss n' Cry" area where the contestants wait for their scores. And, yeah, there is a lot of kissing and crying going on (it is an unusual sport that way).
So, my idea is to bring more of the kissing and crying right out into the rink. There could be a pairs event without all of the dangerous jumps, and a LOT more kissing and crying out on the ice! We could call it, hmmmm... "ice dancing."
3) Nordic Skiing... with guns!
I watched a lot of nordic skiing in large part because it is a sport I enjoy doing myself (in a ponderously slow way compared to the Olympians, of course). It's kind of interesting... but sometimes it looks like fast walking as much as anything. And the uphill parts, while impressive, aren't really elegant.
So what if everyone got a gun? They could sling it over their back and ski around and then shoot at something every once in a while.
Anyways, there are a few events that could use a little more juice: nordic skiing, figure skating, and snowboarding. I've got some ideas for new events that could really make people take notice:
1) Snowboarding Crash-fest!
The snowboarding events that involve jumps-- halfpipe and big air-- are plenty exciting as they are. But the downhill races, which go side-by-side for the snowboarders, are a little less thrilling. What if we had like six of them going straight downhill, though? With jumps? It would be like NASCAR on ice!
2) Kiss n' Cry Skating!
Figure skating got a lot of air time this Olympics (as it usually does). The part that the camera really ate up, though, was the "Kiss n' Cry" area where the contestants wait for their scores. And, yeah, there is a lot of kissing and crying going on (it is an unusual sport that way).
So, my idea is to bring more of the kissing and crying right out into the rink. There could be a pairs event without all of the dangerous jumps, and a LOT more kissing and crying out on the ice! We could call it, hmmmm... "ice dancing."
3) Nordic Skiing... with guns!
I watched a lot of nordic skiing in large part because it is a sport I enjoy doing myself (in a ponderously slow way compared to the Olympians, of course). It's kind of interesting... but sometimes it looks like fast walking as much as anything. And the uphill parts, while impressive, aren't really elegant.
So what if everyone got a gun? They could sling it over their back and ski around and then shoot at something every once in a while.
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