[MMike]

This is just sad. I think a yellow sign saying "Caution! Poles" would be just about as effective.

 

[Nick]

I heard an interview with a luger about the shortened course, his opinion was it "was lame".

 

[TheTruth]

already been fresh prince'd:

Now this is the story all about how
My sled got flipped, turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute just sit right there
I'll tell you how I took a bad turn and caught mad air

In Soviet Georgia born and raised
On the ice luge where I spent most of my days
Chilling out, luging, relaxing all cool
Taking Russian hostages inside a school
When a couple of Reds, they were up to no good
Drove Russian tanks into my neighborhood
One separatist movement and my mom got scared
And said "You're going to Vancouver to catch mad air"

I waited for my start and when it came near
the course said "fast" and had a concrete barrier
If anything I could say that this track was rare
But I though nah, forget it, Nodar, catch air!

I slid up to turn number seven or eight
And I yelled to my trainer "Comrade, it's hard to steer"
Flew into a wall and I was finally there
Killed my self while trying to catch mad air.

Must spread rep.

 

[chicodude]

Oh RM how you torture me so.

On one hand you have provided me countless hours of entertainment in my moment of need.

On the other hand you have a bunch of slack jawed idiots making jokes about the death of a 21 year old kid (Much like myself) If it was a MTB'r that died, same jokes right?

RIP.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Oh RM how you torture me so.

On one hand you have provided me countless hours of entertainment in my moment of need.

On the other hand you have a bunch of slack jawed idiots making jokes about the death of a 21 year old kid (Much like myself) If it was a MTB'r that died, same jokes right?

RIP.

When did you die? I had not heard!

 

[Westy]

Watching luge or skeleton right now (can't remember which is which). Holy crap that is fast. I can see any wreck being deadly if you leave the track. Those should be encased in giant plexiglass tubes, like the hamster cages.

 

[gonefirefightin]

couldnt find any vids.....seems they have some real sharks out surfing the net to keep it under wraps.

one disadvantage to not having tv

 

[spocomptonrider]

Watching luge or skeleton right now (can't remember which is which). Holy crap that is fast. I can see any wreck being deadly if you leave the track. Those should be encased in giant plexiglass tubes, like the hamster cages.

Skeleton = head first.

 

[MMike]

Skeleton = head first.

and yet people view it as safer than luge somehow...

 

[sanjuro]

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/sports/olympics/14longman.html?hp

Olympic officials insisted that the changes were not made for safety reasons, but rather to accommodate the emotional state of Kumaritashvili’s fellow athletes — a bogus notion.

“They don’t know what the emotions of the athletes are, because they don’t see the athletes on a day-to-day basis,” said Wolfgang Staudinger, the Canadian Olympic team coach.

 

[syadasti]

couldnt find any vids.....seems they have some real sharks out surfing the net to keep it under wraps.

one disadvantage to not having tv

Someone mentioned this source in the thread but you could also just go directly to liveleak: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/nodar-kumaritashvili-cras_n_460474.html

 

[RUFUS]

couldnt find any vids.....seems they have some real sharks out surfing the net to keep it under wraps.

one disadvantage to not having tv

Not worth watching man. That was nasty!!!

 

[jonKranked]

Oh RM how you torture me so.

On one hand you have provided me countless hours of entertainment in my moment of need.

On the other hand you have a bunch of slack jawed idiots making jokes about the death of a 21 year old kid (Much like myself) If it was a MTB'r that died, same jokes right?

RIP.

you think we're bad? head on over to 4chan and see their reactions. The jokes here are tame in comparison.

 

[IH8Rice]

This is just sad. I think a yellow sign saying "Caution! Poles" would be just about as effective.

they did wind up putting a wall there and modifying the track a bit

 

[gonefirefightin]

Not worth watching man. That was nasty!!!

you have no clue as to what my eyes have seen