2024 Paris Olympics

[Sbbruin 21588]

Just now, Sgt Hulk said:

Watching the surfing replay. I can’t wait to see where they place them in 2028. I sure hope it’s local here to watch. Great contest all around love watching Tahiti on tv other than Surfline 

I'm sure it will be Huntington Beach.

[aggie08 20487]

11 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I'm sure it will be Huntington Beach.

I feel like Trestles is more dependable.

[G650 13335]

55 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

I'm sure it will be Huntington Beach.

 

43 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

I feel like Trestles is more dependable.

 

It's funny, my bro was asking me last night where I thought it would be. My smart ass answer was probably fucking Oahu. But my serious answer was Huntington or Trestles. I think Huntington would probably be it personally but who knows.

[aggie08 20487]

Pipeline can be dead dead in early August.

Huntington would be cool to allow surfers and fans to at least feel like they're part of the full Olympic experience. Just would be a bummer if they're stuck trying to rip up some 3 footers.

[G650 13335]

4 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Pipeline can be dead dead in early August.

Fixed.

 

My choice would be backside Rincon, but there is no way the locals let that circus in.

 

If I were a betting man I'd say Huntington just because it's the default place.

[kingkoopa6 8278]

Surf in HB easy. 
 

let them hit them Hawaii waves 

[InkaUtexas 24933]

14 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

Surf in HB easy. 
 

let them hit them Hawaii waves 

It is closer to LA than Tahiti to Paris.

[Captain Ron 12722]

US just got 2 gold medals to even up the medal count with China. I saw the 1500M win by Hocker. Who was the other one?

Edited August 6 by Captain Ron

[Sbbruin 21588]

28 minutes ago, G650 said:

Fixed.

 

My choice would be backside Rincon, but there is no way the locals let that circus in.

 

If I were a betting man I'd say Huntington just because it's the default place.

Rincon in the summer would be a lake.

[G650 13335]

2 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Rincon in the summer would be a lake.

Not on backside, south swells give a perfect left. I used to surf it all the time when I lived in Santa Barbara.

 

But it's a non starter as I said, all the bajiliionaires ther ewould never let it happen.

[TonyTexas 10433]

That Bahrainian who won the steeplechase is going to get paid. 

[kingkoopa6 8278]

Water polo chicks got hella cheeks. I never knew this

 

researching now 

[Braff Zacklin 13299]

4 hours ago, Captain Ron said:

US just got 2 gold medals to even up the medal count with China. I saw the 1500M win by Hocker. Who was the other one?

Probably US wrestler Amit Elor, who pretty much destroyed everyone in her path on the way to gold.

[956 Worldwide 34019]

We are ahead by two golds now. And yeah, Amit Elor crushed it, she might be the most dominant athlete at the games.  
 

China is going to keep racking up in diving and there’s some table tennis but these last few days are friendly for us. Would be nice if swimming hadn’t underperformed.

[WBT 20280]

U.S. men both barely qualified for the semi in 3 m springboard diving.  Greg Louganis must be rolling over in his grave.

[ztejas 42819]

1 minute ago, 956 Worldwide said:

We are ahead by two golds now. And yeah, Amit Elor crushed it, she might be the most dominant athlete at the games.  
 

China is going to keep racking up in diving and there’s some table tennis but these last few days are friendly for us. Would be nice if swimming hadn’t underperformed.

Basketball will assuredly be 1 and likely 2. W soccer has a chance to pick up 1. 

[WBT 20280]

Cuban Maijan Lopez won his 5th straight olympic gold in greco-roman wrestling, then left his boots in the ring to announce his retirement, Undertaker style.

[956 Worldwide 34019]

3 minutes ago, ztejas said:

Basketball will assuredly be 1 and likely 2. W soccer has a chance to pick up 1. 

And plenty of track left.  

[BurntEyes 5654]

12 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

We are ahead by two golds now. And yeah, Amit Elor crushed it, she might be the most dominant athlete at the games.  
 

China is going to keep racking up in diving and there’s some table tennis but these last few days are friendly for us. Would be nice if swimming hadn’t underperformed.

She's crazy young too. Only 20, but her interview post gold was amazingly mature, like beyond most people even twice her age. 

It was really great.

Edited August 7 by BurntEyes

[BurntEyes 5654]

5 hours ago, G650 said:

 

 

It's funny, my bro was asking me last night where I thought it would be. My smart ass answer was probably fucking Oahu. But my serious answer was Huntington or Trestles. I think Huntington would probably be it personally but who knows.

We talked about that on the Surfing thread. I started out North Shore and by the end talked myself back to HB or Tresles. I'll say this, as soon as I can I'm booking that Hyatt property in HB. Great property and it's a short bike ride to the pier/has a pedestrian bridge to the beach. 

Stayed there often in my profession past. 

[ztejas 42819]

19 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

And plenty of track left.  

Just chiming in with what I know off the top of my head from the only 2 sports I'm following 😉

[UTexasFight 9304]

Why is nbc wasting so much time showing the Chinese dominate on diving.

 

booooooring 

and a bit annoying/insulting to give them so much airtime 

Edited August 7 by UTexasFight

[WBT 20280]

Did tron rip off team track cycling or did team track cycling rip off tron?

 

[Fastbreak 3890]

Team handball is pretty messed up. It’s like a set of game rules we use to make up when I was 7.

[mdmost 42500]

Weightlifting competitions start today. Live right now on Peacock. If you've never watched, it's oddly quite entertaining. 

[Upgrayedd 5778]

19 hours ago, G650 said:

 

 

It's funny, my bro was asking me last night where I thought it would be. My smart ass answer was probably fucking Oahu. But my serious answer was Huntington or Trestles. I think Huntington would probably be it personally but who knows.

I’m gonna say it’s south shore Oahu.  Only for higher predictability for decent waves.  Still think Trestles has some logistical challenges with the media/spectator horde/infrastructure and you would have to applied last week to get a permit thru the coastal commission.

[randomhorn 1521]

[Fudge Nuggets 19001]

15 hours ago, WBT said:

Greg Louganis must be rolling over in his grave.

Uhhhhhh....

[BamaATL 16283]

15 hours ago, WBT said:

Cuban Maijan Lopez won his 5th straight olympic gold in greco-roman wrestling, then left his boots in the ring to announce his retirement, Undertaker style.

Really cool seeing the French crowd give him his due.  Neat moment.  

[InkaUtexas 24933]

2 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

Team handball is pretty messed up. It’s like a set of game rules we use to make up when I was 7.

It is. One smart kid wrote them down and organized it, taking a lot of fun out to the game.

[BurntEyes 5654]

2 hours ago, Upgrayedd said:

I’m gonna say it’s south shore Oahu.  Only for higher predictability for decent waves.  Still think Trestles has some logistical challenges with the media/spectator horde/infrastructure and you would have to applied last week to get a permit thru the coastal commission.

South shore aligns pretty well with the direction set by Teahupo'o. It's probably a Surf thread discussion but in my somewhat uniformed (never surfed either) Tresles doesn't seem particularly worse than Teahupo'o logistically.

Speaking of logistics, HB is the MOST "fan friendly" by a good stretch. I could see them going HB in an effort to get larger fan participation for surfing in general. Attending an event can change opinions and support levels and the folks leading surfing likely recognize that reality. 

I'm just spit balling, but South Shore = current standard. Tresles - cooler for surfing nerds. HB - Broader fan base engagement and perhaps growth therein.

[BurntEyes 5654]

On another note, not disrespecting the athletes nor fans in anyway, but bikes going in a circle is only mildly more interesting to me than 3x3. 

[tokamak 6324]

Someone else already said this, but I'm done with NBC highlighting diving so much. We get it, the Chinese are miles ahead of everyone else. It's not interesting anymore.

[kingkoopa6 8278]

8 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

On another note, not disrespecting the athletes nor fans in anyway, but bikes going in a circle is only mildly more interesting to me than 3x3. 

They should race them with worn down huffys. 
 

make it more entertaining. 
 

im sure these bikes are perfect and prolly cost 10-20k.

[WBT 20280]

5 minutes ago, tokamak said:

Someone else already said this, but I'm done with NBC highlighting diving so much. We get it, the Chinese are miles ahead of everyone else. It's not interesting anymore.

But they invented a word in mandarin for make splash disappear technique!

[InkaUtexas 24933]

16 minutes ago, kingkoopa6 said:

They should race them with worn down huffys. 
 

make it more entertaining. 
 

im sure these bikes are perfect and prolly cost 10-20k.

Chased by pit bulls.

[tokamak 6324]

Australia water polo has a guy named Chaz Poot lol. 

Water polo is both insanely impressive and not very exciting on TV. 

[TonyTexas 10433]

Kristen Faulkner with another gold in team pursuit. What a story!

[MNLonghornFUKM 8789]

Australia water polo has a guy named Chaz Poot lol. 
Water polo is both insanely impressive and not very exciting on TV. 

Yea it’s good for about 10 min every 4 years

[Upgrayedd 5778]

1 hour ago, tokamak said:

Australia water polo has a guy named Chaz Poot lol. 

Water polo is both insanely impressive and not very exciting on TV. 

Nice win though.

[WBT 20280]

Wrong thread

Edited August 7 by WBT

[Sbbruin 21588]

1 hour ago, kingkoopa6 said:

They should race them with worn down huffys. 
 

make it more entertaining. 
 

im sure these bikes are perfect and prolly cost 10-20k.

Probably a lot more.

[Captain Ron 12722]

I gotta ask - WTF is up with Peacock running ads?

And I don't just mean in natural breaks, but literally while games are going on?

[Js1 83677]

26 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

I gotta ask - WTF is up with Peacock running ads?

And I don't just mean in natural breaks, but literally while games are going on?

YES, holy fuck.  I was watching the USA-Poland MVB match his morning. Cut to ad at 18-15, come back and it's like 22-19.  What's the fucking point?

Worse was when it cut to an ad, and when the ad finished, a TO was called and went to commercial so it was just the middle of a commercial. 

[956 Worldwide 34019]

5 hours ago, tokamak said:

Australia water polo has a guy named Chaz Poot lol. 

Water polo is both insanely impressive and not very exciting on TV. 

Yeah, it’s one of the most demanding and athletic sports around but I agree it’s hard to watch.  

[956 Worldwide 34019]

The Olympics desperately needs a cull and not additions.  A few principles I’d go with. Starting with most important, being an OG event trumps all. 

1. Any original (as in Ancient Greek) event is safe if it’s already in.  Wrestling and boxing stay, you don’t get to drop the OG events. 
 

2. If there’s a higher and more prestigious international venue, it goes. This sucks because I like the sports, but still.  We have the World Cup, we have Majors, we have Grand Slams. The games need to be without a doubt the best athletes, if you consider sitting out the games in a sport that means the Olympics aren’t the venue for the sport. 
 

3. No animals. Bye equestrian.  Bring back chariot racing and we will talk. Modern pentathlon gets a waiver because it’s got four other disciplines and the test to be a Napoleonic courier is super cool— no arguing that. But horse dancing has to go. 

4.  If there are two versions of a sport in the games, the older and more prestigious stays.  Goodbye 3x3, table tennis, beach volleyball, etc. Time to winnow adjective sports that are more like recreational activities than Olympics worthy. 
 

5. If there are “judges” vice “referees,” it needs to go.  We can grandfather in gymnastics and ice skating to keep the ratings up, but breakdance and artistic swimming and the like gotta go. 
 

6.  Finally calories expended. There’s gotta be a cutoff. I love you shooting and archery, but that’s an impressive skill and not athleticism.  Combine it for modern pentathlon or biathalon and we are cooking. 

[Braff Zacklin 13299]

9 hours ago, Fastbreak said:

Team handball is pretty messed up. It’s like a set of game rules we use to make up when I was 7.

 

[InkaUtexas 24933]

39 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The Olympics desperately needs a cull and not additions.  A few principles I’d go with. Starting with most important, being an OG event trumps all. 

1. Any original (as in Ancient Greek) event is safe if it’s already in.  Wrestling and boxing stay, you don’t get to drop the OG events. 
 

2. If there’s a higher and more prestigious international venue, it goes. This sucks because I like the sports, but still.  We have the World Cup, we have Majors, we have Grand Slams. The games need to be without a doubt the best athletes, if you consider sitting out the games in a sport that means the Olympics aren’t the venue for the sport. 
 

3. No animals. Bye equestrian.  Bring back chariot racing and we will talk. Modern pentathlon gets a waiver because it’s got four other disciplines and the test to be a Napoleonic courier is super cool— no arguing that. But horse dancing has to go. 

4.  If there are two versions of a sport in the games, the older and more prestigious stays.  Goodbye 3x3, table tennis, beach volleyball, etc. Time to winnow adjective sports that are more like recreational activities than Olympics worthy. 
 

5. If there are “judges” vice “referees,” it needs to go.  We can grandfather in gymnastics and ice skating to keep the ratings up, but breakdance and artistic swimming and the like gotta go. 
 

6.  Finally calories expended. There’s gotta be a cutoff. I love you shooting and archery, but that’s an impressive skill and not athleticism.  Combine it for modern pentathlon or biathalon and we are cooking. 

And others can transfer to the X-Games. BMX, Surfing, Skateboarding, etc.

expand it if need be (you named a few) but yeah, enough expansion.

[WBT 20280]

47 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

The Olympics desperately needs a cull and not additions.  A few principles I’d go with. Starting with most important, being an OG event trumps all. 

1. Any original (as in Ancient Greek) event is safe if it’s already in.  Wrestling and boxing stay, you don’t get to drop the OG events. 
 

2. If there’s a higher and more prestigious international venue, it goes. This sucks because I like the sports, but still.  We have the World Cup, we have Majors, we have Grand Slams. The games need to be without a doubt the best athletes, if you consider sitting out the games in a sport that means the Olympics aren’t the venue for the sport. 
 

3. No animals. Bye equestrian.  Bring back chariot racing and we will talk. Modern pentathlon gets a waiver because it’s got four other disciplines and the test to be a Napoleonic courier is super cool— no arguing that. But horse dancing has to go. 

4.  If there are two versions of a sport in the games, the older and more prestigious stays.  Goodbye 3x3, table tennis, beach volleyball, etc. Time to winnow adjective sports that are more like recreational activities than Olympics worthy. 
 

5. If there are “judges” vice “referees,” it needs to go.  We can grandfather in gymnastics and ice skating to keep the ratings up, but breakdance and artistic swimming and the like gotta go. 
 

6.  Finally calories expended. There’s gotta be a cutoff. I love you shooting and archery, but that’s an impressive skill and not athleticism.  Combine it for modern pentathlon or biathalon and we are cooking. 

Why?  You're free to not watch the sports you don't like.

[Braff Zacklin 13299]

2 minutes ago, WBT said:

Why?  You're free to not watch the sports you don't like.

Well, if you're going to play that card:

From now on and for the rest of your life, no complaining or criticizing anything that doesn't directly impact you. After all, you're free to not watch/partake.

Since that's your argument here, you must apply it broadly and evenly to all things, else the advice you just gave would seem thoughtless and possibly, ahem, hypocritical.