I’m going to be honest.
I love my wife.
I love the Olympics.
But I hate figure skating.
While there is so much to hate about it (watching it makes me a nervous wreck), I would have to put the hideous costumes at the top. For instance…
I rest my case.
So what’s your favorite winter Olympic sport?
Short track speed skating is one intense and fun thing to watch. I am a olympic junkie and love almost all of it – the exception is figure skating – I am with you 100% of that!
It’s definitely not figure skating…I would have to say the halfpipe snowboarding…I love that these guys are kind of rebels…they do what they love…
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LOL…as i watched the men “prance” out last night (i turned it off no more than 10 minutes in!) I actually thought, “man, I hope Pete posts about this tomorrow”.
“nervous wreck” …that is an understatement.
I’m a hockey guy, so i love watching the hockey.
I am with you, that is the best part, well mens hockey that is.
My favorite is the figure skating but not the outfits!
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You can be honest Becky. I promise I won’t laugh if you like the outfits.
lol no the outfits have to go!
Last night I realized that snowboarding is a close second to being my favorite!
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I like figure skating, but I agree, most of the costumes are hideous! I think subconsciously you must like skating. If not, you wouldn’t care what happens and watching it wouldn’t make you nervous.
Half-pipe and snowboard cross are the favorites around here…especially with my 12 year old son.
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I stand firm that I hate skating.
I do love people though and hate to see them fail epically in front of millions.
I told my wife that skating is only good when people fall, she responded that I was a bad person for hoping someone’s Olympic dreams were crushed … I can live with that.
Did you read that article about the skating costumes that was out yesterday? If I find it I’ll send you the link. It fits with this post perfectly.
I’m trying not to watch them this year. I become obsessed with them. But I do “like” watching moguls. I basically watch in amazement wondering how knees just don’t give out….
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I was thinking that the other night. I think that would be killer on the knees.
It always seems like figure skating dominates the winter Olympics…or at least that’s what I hear the most about. I can stand about 10 minutes of it, see a cool twirl in the air, and I’m set until the next winter Olympics.
My favorite sport in the Winter Olympics is Hockey.
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I’m with @Jim F on this one, short track speedskating is what I’m particular towards. In fact, it’s probably the only thing I watch except for the opening/closing ceremonies.
I’m surprised that you don’t like those outfits, Pete. I always thought of you as a fashion-forward kind of guy.
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Not quite that forward.
I have to admit I really don’t like figure skating. Can you imagine ballet as part of the summer Olympics?? No of course you couldn’t!
However being from the Great White North – Hockey rules. And there is nothing that compares to the men or women of this great nation whipping the pants off (or should I say shin guards off) of our friends to the South.
GO Canada GO!!
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If I have to see Cindy Crosby raise the cup and get a gold medal in the same year the Lord might as well take me now….
His mother would love to know he’s now Cindy instead of Sidney! lol
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I got a tell ya Paul, my 6 year old thinks his real name is Cindy and that makes me a very very proud father
I was just talking about my new concept on twitter: Combine men’s figure skating with hockey. Skaters perform an artistic and beautiful routine whilst having to avoid body checks and pucks to the head.
I would totally watch that…
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I LOVE it. I think that’s what is missing. If you’re going to be on the ice with skates I want to see a good fight.
Absolutely!!
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The closing ceremony…I just can’t get into the winter olympics since we aren’t arch rivals with the USSR. Showing my age.
PHIL: I’m there with ya.
It just isn’t the same without the “dreaded East German Judge”!!!
(For you youngsters, there used to be TWO Germanys.)
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Figure skating. *grin*
I pay little attention to the costumes, though some definitely break tacky laws.
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Are you sure these weren’t snapped at a Halloween party last Fall?
If only we could but bedazzled sparkling vests on the hockey teams!
Love the winter Olympics. I’m really intrigued by the Biathlon and the Nordic Combined, but nothing beats hockey!
Maybe you could preach in one of those get-ups? Ha!
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If only we could put bedazzled sparkling vests on the hockey teams!
Love the winter Olympics. I’m really intrigued by the Biathlon and the Nordic Combined, but nothing beats hockey!
Maybe you could preach in one of those get-ups? Ha!
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COME OOOOON, DUDE, Tonya Harding?!
Just when I thought I’d heard my last Tonya Harding joke, Good Pete Wilson never fails!
Short Track!!! (well, maybe just Apolo Ohno)
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Keith is there with ya, Pete. Earlier this week I had it on and he said, “Seriously?? We have to watch figure skating?? …Oh… did I say that out loud?”
As for me, I’ve been ruined ever since SNL came out with the men’s synchronized swimming skit. All I think of now whenever figure skating comes on.
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mens-synchronized-swimming/1980340333
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I with you. Figure skating = 3 thumbs down! And, it just seems to get weirder/lamer/more boring the more I watch. I love the downhill/Super G events. Those things are awesome!
Ice skating!
Then snowboarding, downhill skiing, luge. Not much I don’t like except hockey.
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These days I like the action winter sports…Skiing, snowboarding, etc.
I’m with you on the bad outfits for figure skaters…they’ve gone from bad to worse.
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Figure Skating is my favorite sport to watch. I dont skate, myself but I really do love what they do.
Without a doubt hockey…love hockey therefore I love USofA hockey.
Also, I like speed skating.
And figure skating is terrible, just down right unwatchable really.
FAVORITE? SKI JUMP!
It’s a great metaphor for ministry.
1. You get in the position to go, all prepared and psyched up.
2. You start gaining speed, but your footing is still on solid ground/ramp.
3. You get to the point where you fly, and only unseen forces hold you up! GOD!.
4. After your trial, you land and take a breath!
To me, Ski Jumping is awesome. It’s human flight!
Buddy
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Figure skating has the best opportunities post-Olympics. Tanya Harding has secured a great gig as a commentator on “World’s Dumbest Criminals, Partiers, etc.”. Who wouldn’t want that job?
My favourite Olympic sport is HOCKEY! Go! Canada! GO!
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Skating!!! Cause we Dutchies are really good at that. Although one fell…shame. She’ll do better tomorrow!
HOCKEY.
As far as I’m concerned, they could shut down the rest of the Olympics.
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I agree. In fact Hockey should just have their own Olympics every year instead of the all star game, just let them have a March Madness type tournament for the countries!
Men’s Speed Skating – definitely. Apolo is ridiculous!
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Hockey… I don’t think anyone should be watching figure skating or any other sport for that matter, when they could be watching hockey! NBC needs to get their act together and not push games back due to Curling or figure skating.
Hockey. No Curling.
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I love watching the skiing and the snowboarding. I find myself holding my breath when they take to the air and not letting it out until they land. That has to be the most amazing rush!
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I really wish I could pull that off. Their snow pants that were made to look like jeans were very cool.
Skating seems to be the only Olympic sport where the drama and back story are as (or more) important than the actual performance.
But I do like some of the costumes (although none that you cited). I’ll stop there.
alpine skiing…great clothes and you get to go fast…what’s not to love?
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my husband was cringing at the men figure skaters last night (the outfits, plus the whole premise of it all). He finally had to turn it off. I found it amusing.
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Yup, cant watch without hoping for Will Ferrel to walk on the ice…
I have to admit I haven’t been watching this year. I don’t have tv and it’s been hard to find any streaming coverage.
I heard on the radio yesterday about the biathlon – where they cross country ski and then shoot guns. I find that fascinating. I wouldn’t call it my favorite but I am curious who came up with such an event.
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I love the Alpine Skiing men and women but a close second was the moguls. I just cannot believe people can ski like than then jump in the air twist their bodies and fall the equivalent of 10-15 stories to land on concrete, amazing to me.
DUDE!!! How could you put that photo montage together without a shot of the clown couple from the pairs short program….THE WORST EVER!!!
speedskating. love it.
I love everything about the Olympics, I really do. Yes, I refer to the Winter ones as “Skiing and Skating 19 different ways”, but I really do love them. My favorites are snowboarding & aerials. I can barely get down the hill, let alone do cool tricks, so I like watching people who can.
I have to say skiing, snowboarding, and hockey are at the top of my list. I admit, I can tolerate figure skating, except for men’s. There is something very unnatural about the whole concept…it kind of frightens me!
Nice Pete
I really love figure skating! Always have. While they do have hideous costumes at times, there are some beautiful ones as well. Nancy Kerrigan’s were always my favorites.
I saw that snowboard cross thing last night and was amaze! I also love to watch Apollo speed skate.
I hate to say it, but the US is a skating nation. More people would rather watch the figure skating than the hockey game.
As proof, I must point out that NBC is choosing to show the Ice Dance on Sunday over the Canada vs. USA Mens Hockey game on its main Olympic broadcast. That game will be shown on MSNBC. Luckily I’ll be able to watch that live on CTV.
Go Canada!
Dude that was totally a slam against the USA.
He’s not slamming the US; it’s the truth! The US is just not that into hockey, compared to other countries (like Canada).
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Sorry Pete, it was not a slam but merely a bit of truth. I’m sure if enough people complained about it NBC might reconsider but I don’t believe enough will. Unfortunately professional bowling gets higher ratings in the US than hockey does.
Oh, and look up the Budweiser (can I say that on here?) figure skating commercial. It’s totally true. http://bit.ly/cE6Jjl
Figure skating is my favourite thing, it makes me smile lots! You can’t beat people dressed in lycra and all manner of sparkly things flying round the ice! In the UK there is even a TV programme dedicated to ‘celebrities’ learning how to figure skate
Curling. I really like it.. and speed skating. I have a problem with all of the judged events because I just don’t know how countries can put aside biases and if all judges see the same thing.
Enough said is right.
I’m fairly certain I may have a heart attack when they do lifts or jumps or whatever they are. Figure skating definetly is not my favorite however that has not stopped me from watching it the past 2 nights. {eye roll}
I really am liking Apolo Ohno’s races and the snowboard short track thing. Perhaps I should listen as well as watch so I could say the correct Olympic lingo?
Ice Hockey…I dont mind the figure skating, I compare it with ball room dancing and think – Ok.. at least there is a standard for what the figure skaters can wear or not…
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You know, with the insane number of men on my twitter & fb feed complaining incessantly about figure skating, I’ve come to the conclusion that you’re all just trying to cover something up. “Well I hate figure skating but my, uh, wife likes it, so you know, I tolerate it…COOL! Was that a triple axl??
Girl, you are so right on!!! My hubby, a die hard “hate figure skating” was actually flipping back and forth with me the other night between the skating and the Bachelor. And mind you, he was in a hotel out of state – so he had the choice to watch what he wanted… Um, yeah….
I like ice dance – it’s the one with the more crazy costumes, but it’s more fun and upbeat than figure skating.
I also like snowboard cross and skiing, especially the moguls.
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Oh, and curling. Curling is cool.
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Oh, but Pete, you forgot the best one!
http://jumpingclappingman.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/clown.jpg
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Oh my gosh!
My favorite sport is elite Olympic Twittering. The play-by-play tweets keep me in hysterics without even watching. I seriously thought a guy named Will Ferrell was actually skating for a bit. Next to that, curling gives any woman who’s swept up dog hair serious broom envy.
Hockey! Go Canada! And any kind of skiing/snowboading with flips and jumps. I like the drama of figure skating, wondering if they’ll fall and all that, but yes most outfits are hideous! The guy last night with the pink corset thingy (I think he was skating for USA), made me uncomfortable!
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um, my favorite is the figure skating…
and snowboarding and HOCKEY!!!!
You have to admit that the Vera Wang costume was pretty cool… I don’t mind the figure skating – the music is what I hate about it. Why do 95% of the performances have to have that awful flat classical piano and/or violin music that sounds just like the other 95%????
I’m all about the snowboarding and skiing.
I miss Tahoe!!!!
Pete,
I am with you. Beth & I have this argument every 4 years. I do agree that figure skating is physically taxing and graceful, it is not an athletic competition. No one crosses a finish line in less time than his (her) competitor without falling down. Why isn’t ballet dancing an olympic sport?!
First of all, I totally have to agree w/ you on the figure skating thing. However, I do have this new found fascination w/ curling…I can’t put my finger on it and I don’t know what it is…it’s just there. Outside of that, I really dig the luge, snowboarding and most of the skiing stuff.
I’m loving me some curling. I think it’s the closest thing Canada has to Cornhole
oh, Pete. You keep us entertained here at the office:)
Skiing! I can’t wait to see the Ski Cross event as I also like Snowboard Cross.
However, I’ve never even been on skis!!! Oh, I’ll keep dreaming!
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I LOVE the Olympics! All of it. Period. I’ve had the TV on more this week than a whole month combined! If it’s part of the Olympics it’s on!
I cant stand figure skating either.
For me it would have to be the Ice Hockey. we dont get to see much quality Ice hockey in the uk so its always a treat…problem is it’s all on at 2 and 3 in the morning!!
I also love the Luge and Skeleton!! there Nutters!
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It’s figure skating Pete. Just don’t tell any of the guys okay.
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Hi Pete! Do you hate the fashion — outfit worn by the figure skaters or, the figure-skating, the art form where the skater must have the skill, tenacity and creativity to perform? There is a marked difference between the two. Let’s be deep people for Jesus. Shalom.