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Rybar
03-01-2010, 10:56 PM
As per another post I just replied to, what did you guys think of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver??

I lived it here, it was in my hometown. The city and country were united like I have never seen before. Thousands lined the streets every night. Was pretty proud of all of the athletes, the city and the country.

The Mens hockey gold was the best end to the games I could have imagined. Favorite performances by Canadians were Biledeau's first gold on home soil, Jon Montgomery's skeleton gold and him chugging a jug of beer as he walked through Whistler village and Joannie Rochette skating for the bronze after her mom's death. To top it off the Canadian ice hockey Gold was back stopped by our home Goalie Roberto Luongo.

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http://media.mercedsunstar.com/smedia/2010/02/28/21/731-752Vancouver_Olympics_Ice_Hockey.sff.embedded.prod _affiliate.111.jpg

Jon Montgomery's beer:
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Us Canadians do wish more americans would love the sport of hockey as much as we do. Its such a great sport. The American team played phenomenal and I was also very proud of another local player for the US team Ryan Kesler.

I hope all you guys got a glimpse of my city and hope you know its a great city and we don't all live in igloos up here. lol

Glad you enjoyed the games, it's pretty amazing for it to be in your back yard.
LowchevyII
03-02-2010, 12:38 AM
the olympics were amazing, hockey especially. wish the NHL teams were always as stacked like russia, canada us and finland. the whole thing was a joy to watch.
RECOVERY ROOM
03-02-2010, 05:59 AM
It is a awsum looking city,Would like to visit someday
thedugan
03-02-2010, 06:29 PM
Got sick of watching curling but other then that it was awesome.

The hockey of course was the best

And the bobsled like always was so damn cool.

Olympics stated off bad (death of Luge guy) but thank god there were no other issues.

what was up with the snow. i heard there were lots of issues with not enough snow leading up to the start.
monza
03-02-2010, 07:07 PM
Kicked ASS!

Would have traded all other medals for that hockey GOLD.
dubbleu
03-02-2010, 10:23 PM
Yep no snow up here this winter. I heard its all in Texas. Great Olympics anyways. Vancouver is an awesome city. The hockey was the only thing that kept me from working on my Camaro. lol
Gold, how sweet it is!!
Rybar
03-02-2010, 10:54 PM
what was up with the snow. i heard there were lots of issues with not enough snow leading up to the start.

Record warm temperatures were the reason. But they did a great job to get it all together.

The alpine skiing, cross country, ski jumping and sledding events were at Whistler which is about an hour or so drive from Vancouver. There was lots of snow there.
caper150
03-03-2010, 07:02 AM
I have to agree they were great and the hockey was amazing. Only problem is I had to watch on NBC, which doesn't compare to CTV/CBC when it comes to comentary.I lived in Vancouver for awhile and it is a great city, my brother still lives there and was telling me about how crazy it was.
tones2SS
03-03-2010, 07:46 AM
Watched the hockey game on Sunday. What a great game!!:thumbsup: :cheers:
Rod P
03-03-2010, 10:18 AM
the hockey ROCKED! the down hill stuff (super G, moguls, etc.) was good all the sledding was fun, but If I had to watch one more figure skating routine I was going to blow up that TV station!! cross country skiing sucked, biathlon? WTF totally sucked, and ICE dancing OMG just gouge my eyes OUT!! :lolhit:
Blake Foster
03-03-2010, 07:57 PM
Any guesses which country won the most gold medals????


Never mind ill tell you


CANADA
:wow:
GregWeld
03-03-2010, 08:19 PM
You forgot to add:


EH?
70rs
03-03-2010, 08:27 PM
I've been there. Don't let Ryan fool you....there are igloos everywhere!:D
RECOVERY ROOM
03-04-2010, 05:52 AM
Any guesses which country won the most gold medals????


Never mind ill tell you


CANADA
:wow:

We where just being nice a letting you guys win.:rofl:
ArisESQ
03-04-2010, 06:31 PM
They were fantastic! (with the unfortunate exception of the death)
The Sharks had 8 players out on olympic teams, so I wasn't really rooting for any specific country to win. Just really enjoyed watching the players. Canada played some awesome games though!

And I had a good friend competing in women's slalom and giant slalom! It was really cool to watch.