Snowboarding in the olympics.

[OmegaZero_Alpha]

Why is it even there, to inflate USA's medal count?

I swear, its like adding Reproducing irresponsibly to the olympic games and expecting anybody other than india or china to win.

[chongo]

I was discussing Olympic snowboarding with a coworker the other day.

We were discussing the attire worn in snowboarding for recreation, and how it doesn't differ from the Olympic stage. I'd imagine a skin tight lycra uniform with a missle shaped helmet should shave off a few seconds/milliseconds in an over all time, specially in the distance events (not so much half pipe, etc).

At what stage do you stop wearing baggy clothing and sacrifice the cool factor for pure performance. Sure, you'd look homosexual, but all the other event contestants understand that function over fashion.

Would love to see a contestant come in with aero dynamics and skill - and take gold because of their attire.

[glouch]

Snowboarding does seem to be going in that direction, but of course a couple guys insist on preserving the "integrity" of the sport:

http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/van...urn=oly,219715

[chongo]

I agree it's only a matter of time.

You'd imagine the time to make the change was when snowboarding was introduced on the Olympic stage.

[jj77]

Snowboarding is huge all over there are quite a few international stars as well.Its a change of pace anyways heh.I like the downhill skiers those guys are fn nutz no question.