2024 Paris Olympics

[Hank_Hill 19985]

1 minute ago, BamaATL said:

I was just using Vegas as an example, and they wouldn't do that there either, nor in Chicago, they could use Hawaii or California without issue, the precedent has been set for that.  What is more likely for an artificial effort would be a country without those kinds of locations, such as this.   There are only a handful of places in the world with both the money to host the Olympics, and the lack of ability to find a suitable surfing location within their own reach.  Saudi Arabia is one with the money (but I'd like to think political opposition to this would stand for many reasons).  If say South Africa got a games, I don't think anyone is overly eager to get out in the water with fucking sharks, so there's that.  

 UAE already has a pretty badass artificial setup. Also regarding SA,  Hawaii has a fuck ton of sharks 😂.

[BamaATL 16593]

26 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

 UAE already has a pretty badass artificial setup. Also regarding SA,  Hawaii has a fuck ton of sharks 😂.

Yeah, I was referring to Shark Week Great Whites I see in South Africa, yeah, I'll pass on that, but go ahead.  

Vegas is actually interesting, at this point they have many of the facilities in place they could make a bid, it'd be a hell of a party.  It also made me laugh to think of having the Italian team headquarters at the Venetian, or the French headquarters at Paris Paris.  I'm sure both teams would feel like they never left home.  

[Planet Houston 4950]

6 hours ago, bolverk said:

Eh. Give yer balls a tug, ya titfucker

Seriously, get @Enchubben a Puppers

[Longboard Horn 41350]

[rage-a-holic 4732]

13 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

why is it so fucking hard for you to read a thread first before you post something? 90% of your posts are memes posted hours and days ago.

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

Haley Batten of Park City, Utah, breaks Rio gold medalist Jenny Rissveds of Sweden on the last lap to nab silver for the US in women's mountain biking.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot grabs gold for the Froggies.

[TexPx 2334]

Good job Haley Batten. Silver. Best ever U.S. finish in Women’s MTB.

[BamaATL 16593]

10 minutes ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Haley Batten of Park City, Utah, breaks Rio gold medalist Jenny Rissveds of Sweden on the last lap to nab silver for the US in women's mountain biking.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot grabs gold for the Froggies.

The French gal won by nearly 3 minutes in an hour and 20 minute race, that's impressive.  

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19305]

15 hours ago, Enchubben said:

I wasn’t looking at his crotch real time, no. It was texted to me from a real lunatic right winger who also doesn’t want frontal male nudity shown during the Olympics. Which, could easily be avoidable had we not had a tranny drag show during the opening of an international athletics competition.

Reported and negged. 

Edited July 28 by PenelopeWitherspoon

[Tailgate 3059]

Archery semi finals going on right now. Good matches so far.

[Underdog 29161]

"I wasn't looking at his crotch..." 

 

Just now, Tailgate said:

Archery semi finals going on right now. Good matches so far.

Happened to flip over for the final 3 shots for Netherlands. 

[Dr Fear 1290]

Archery semi finals going on right now. Good matches so far.

They don't really show it on TV but they are shooting at 70 meters!!

[BamaATL 16593]

USA women's rugby 7s trailing Japan 7-0 early.  

[BamaATL 16593]

1 minute ago, BamaATL said:

USA women's rugby 7s trailing Japan 7-0 early.  

Back to back try's makes it a quick turn around 12 - 7 USA, PAT? pending.  

[Tailgate 3059]

12 minutes ago, Dr Fear said:

They don't really show it on TV but they are shooting at 70 meters!!

Yeah…I wish they had a person to explain these types of things for the games to the casual fan…incredibly impressive performances so far. Going to be a good final.

[BurntEyes 6289]

Watching some boxing today. Roscoe Hill (51 kg) moves forward against a legit opponent in Omis Ahmasisafa, but I have some reservations and concerns about his loose fighting style. It's not very tight and he telegraphs his jab quiet a bit.  He is definitely athletic and accurate with his throws, but he'd deliver a lot more power and take fewer hits if he kept his legs better positioned and tightened up his defense. (Both tied to his loose style)

[Whitewater Horn 972]

1 hour ago, TexPx said:

Good job Haley Batten. Silver. Best ever U.S. finish in Women’s MTB.

Silver was a badass result after flatting on the third or fourth lap. By the sixth lap, Haley had powered her way back up to a chasing group that would turn into the race for second spot on the podium. Nobody was gonna catch Pauline, so congrats to Haley for a great comeback for silver. 

[Underdog 29161]

Impressive close out by Mexico to win Bronze in Women’s Team Archery. 

[Fudge Nuggets 19453]

12 hours ago, BurntEyes said:

And the background topography isn't terrible either.

I was impressed with the backend topography of the Brazilian surfer Hinckle in the 6th women's heat.  We talking b-b-b-b-booooooty for miles.

[Fudge Nuggets 19453]

10 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

why is it so fucking hard for you to read a thread first before you post something? 90% of your posts are memes posted hours and days ago.

username checks out.

[LonghornSean 4103]

South Korea holds off China to win its 10th straight gold in women’s team archery.

Came down to a shoot-off. Fun.

 

And again, Gold Zone on Peacock is awesome to see tons of sports and basically all medal moments.

[BamaATL 16593]

1 minute ago, LonghornSean said:

South Korea holds off China to win its 10th straight gold in women’s team archery.

Came down to a shoot-off. Fun.

 

And again, Gold Zone on Peacock is awesome to see tons of sports and basically all medal moments.

I didn't think I'd ever watch skateboarding and judo at the same time, it's pretty cool.  

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19305]

I am actually impressed with the NBC/Peacock set up.  I like that you can watch things replayed, multiview, and all the medal moments.  

[Buzzrock 15136]

Dutch women’s beach volleyball player is a tank

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19305]

Not mine, but something in response to all the idiots bitching about the opening ceremonies.

Quote

Dearest Gentle Reader, 

The headless woman was Marie Antoinette. She ruled over France.

Also, it was not the Last Supper. It was a depiction of an ancient Greek Bacchanal… cause Greece / Olympics.

It was not Death on a pale horse. It was Sequana, Goddess of the Seine, the River in which the boat precession took place.
 
Best of luck

 

[Longboard Horn 41350]

11 hours ago, rage-a-holic said:

why is it so fucking hard for you to read a thread first before you post something? 90% of your posts are memes posted hours and days ago.

Username checks out with the rage and all that. Anyways I don't have time to read thru all that other bullshit. Fuck outta here 

[BurntEyes 6289]

33 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

I am actually impressed with the NBC/Peacock set up.  I like that you can watch things replayed, multiview, and all the medal moments.  

This really is how it should be done. I like gymnastics, track and field and the big viewer sports but I also like boxing, wrestling, skateboarding, surfing. I felt like my wide interests simply weren't really being met and I had started to lose interest broadly.

I don't feel that way at all anymore.

[Nicole44 22302]

I do wish the announcers during the women’s volleyball wouldn’t talk so damn much. I’m probably being overly critical but I like hearing the crowd and watching the strategy without the constant yapping during the actual play. They never shut up. 

[Surly Bevo 25716]

2 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

I do wish the announcers during the women’s volleyball wouldn’t talk so damn much. I’m probably being overly critical but I like hearing the crowd and watching the strategy without the constant yapping during the actual play. They never shut up. 

😉

[naija 3062]

I know its the Netherlands and they have just a slightly  different take on crime and rehabilitation, but gaddamn allowing someone who had sex with a 12 year old to rep your country.

[kingkoopa6 8666]

I need an age check on these gymnast chicks. 
 

when I was a kid I was in love with dominique moceanu. But we was both kids so it was ok. 
 

now I feel a lil creepy. 

[Buzzrock 15136]

Gold Zone is cool but it annoys me that it has ads. 

[cactusflinthead 27627]

 

[MNLonghornFUKM 8975]

Gold Zone is cool but it annoys me that it has ads. 

You mean it’s not SEVEN HOURS of commercial free coverage??

[MNLonghornFUKM 8975]

Has nbc completely axed the Olympic song? Usually when it goes to commercial it’ll play the song and name “proud sponsors of team USA” while showing some cool countryside shot of the host nation. Haven’t heard it once in the first few days..:

[BurntEyes 6289]

All US final womens fencing final... What is things I didn't have on my Olympics bingo card.

Edited July 28 by BurntEyes

[BurntEyes 6289]

Kiefer opened a can of GTFO on her fencing teammate. Jesus, she was on a mission.

[Sgt Hulk 14425]

I love women’s beach volleyball 

 

czech blondie is cute 

Edited July 28 by Sgt Hulk

[Blotto 24011]

2 minutes ago, Sgt Hulk said:

I love women’s beach volleyball 

 

czech blondie is cute 

They didnt waste much  material  when designing those US outfits. Perhaps they could lend one to that Czech cutie. 

[Deej 77803]

3 hours ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

I am actually impressed with the NBC/Peacock set up.  I like that you can watch things replayed, multiview, and all the medal moments.  

It takes forever on my stream to clear up to a definition I can actually watch. Im running 2 gig Google Fiber. It's frustrating.

[BurntEyes 6289]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

It takes forever on my stream to clear up to a definition I can actually watch. Im running 2 gig Google Fiber. It's frustrating.

Running fiber 2, doesn't take long to spool for me.

[Deej 77803]

I can stream a movie on any other app in 4k instantly. Peacock has been a beating so far. 

[BurntEyes 6289]

Since there isn't a dedicated Surfing thread I'll keep my comments in here.

Sucks the waves are largely crap today.

Was chatting with a surf buddy and we both hope it goes big at some point so folks less familiar with surfing can see what this wave really looks like. We agree it will greatly increase the interest in surfing and of course, we want big waves with these names on waves.

1 minute ago, Deej said:

I can stream a movie on any other app in 4k instantly. Peacock has been a beating so far. 

Wonder if that's a region bandwidth issue. Glad I'm not facing it.

Edited July 28 by BurntEyes

[Deej 77803]

NBC using all the bandwidth for the commercials for those of us who pay for ad-free Peacock.

Edited July 28 by Deej

[Braff Zacklin 13676]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

I can stream a movie on any other app in 4k instantly. Peacock has been a beating so far. 

Peacock is a bit slow to load or sharpen for me, as well, and I'm in Idaho. Other streaming services I've used are generally much faster, so my guess is it's a Peacock thing, although the issue seems to vary per location.

[BurntEyes 6289]

1 minute ago, Deej said:

NBC using all the bandwidth for the commercials for those of us who pay for ad-free Peacock.

It's always the damn poors. 

[Sgt Hulk 14425]

8 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

Since there isn't a dedicated Surfing thread I'll keep my comments in here.

Sucks the waves are largely crap today.

Was chatting with a surf buddy and we both hope it goes big at some point so folks less familiar with surfing can see what this wave really looks like. We agree it will greatly increase the interest in surfing and of course, we want big waves with these names on waves.

Wonder if that's a region bandwidth issue. Glad I'm not facing it.

We don’t need anymore interest in surfing. Every fucking break in the world is overcrowded with cooks going straight and burning everyone lol. 
 

rant over. I wanna Teauphoo go off code red style 

[BurntEyes 6289]

Just now, Sgt Hulk said:

We don’t need anymore interest in surfing. Every fucking break in the world is overcrowded with cooks going straight and burning everyone lol. 
 

rant over. I wanna Teauphoo go off code red style 

You're not wrong.

[Sgt Hulk 14425]

Shits weak. I pulled up the break on Surfline to see what it would look like and Surfline had the cams off 

[Dahobbs 18302]

23 hours ago, Enchubben said:

I wasn’t looking at his crotch real time, no. It was texted to me from a real lunatic right winger who also doesn’t want frontal male nudity shown during the Olympics. Which, could easily be avoidable had we not had a tranny drag show during the opening of an international athletics competition.

You texted yourself?