The Ameriadude in jeans and a flannel just nailed it in whatever sport that

[WCGreen]

is...

It was like watching Avril Lavenge try to be a skater girl, as if...

I think I have a new favorite sport to watch and do bongs too...

Dude!

And the guy in a suit yakin' about the pipes is so out there...

Going on and on, tryin' to make it all offical like when it's really, like, you know, a dude and his board...

[Hissyspit]

1. Sean White's team member just said 'shit' on the air to him. Ha.

As in 'stomp the shit out of that' encouragement.

[Captain Hilts]

5. They act like moronic teenagers. Ugh. nt

[SoCalDem]

13. the Olympics brought their "rebel" sport in, so they could atttract younger people

so their vernacular goes along with it..

[Joe the Revelator]

17. Yeah, god forbid someone says the word "shit"

Sic the FCC om 'em!!!!!!!

Come on.

[Yurovsky]

34. Exactly... shoot 'em up on violent TV series or movies...

and everybody at the network and the FCC is A-OK with that.

Cuss or show 2 people making love, and it's the end of the goddamn world. Just look at how bad they freaked over Janet Jackson's NIPPLE for chrissakes...

This country still has a major stick up it's ass

[Greyhound]

40. "In America, if you kiss a nipple, you get an 'X', if you cut it off, you get an 'R'" - Jack

[virgogal]

2. Most interesting post. ?????????

[WCGreen]

3. Snow boarding at the Big O....

[virgogal]

19. Thanks.

[elleng]

4. Shaun White.

He's a really good guy, incidentally! (Don't know the sport either, but wouldn't bother with it! Snowboarding? Men's Halfpipe.)

[SoCalDem]

7. did he get a gold medal?

:shrug:

[elleng]

9. Yes. (He earned it, anyhow; will 'get' it whenever.

[WCGreen]

10. Yep!

[Electric Monk]

32. His second run, which he didn't even have to do since he'd already won, was INSANE

He finished it off with a Double McTwist 1260, which is 3 full rotations while doing a double backflip with a grab, and he landed it clean.

Here's a video of him doing that trick in practice a few weeks ago http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000114672/featuresobf/exclusive-shaun-whites-insane-new-double-mctwist-12/

[XOKCowboy]

38. Well he had to stretch to hit the landing but yes that was INSANE!

He was obviously better than all the others. Congrats Shawn.

[On the Road]

6. I Think You Should Get a Custom Olympic Jersey

with "Ameriadude" on the back.

[TexasObserver]

8. He's a cool kid, and very accomplished in his field.

[WCGreen]

11. I seen him on that commercial for Vista way back when...

He seems really cool, a new kind of athlete.

The older sports are getting kind of stale and this really pumps some energy into the whole show...

[Lifelong Protester]

12. Call me when texting is an Olympic sport.. oh yeah, it'll happen

:boring:

[SoCalDem]

14. and for the summer games?

grocery bagging:)

[WCGreen]

16. 4 sur broham...

[Joe the Revelator]

18. Are you trying to say texting and mens halfpipe are on the same level?

[Lifelong Protester]

21. Nah, just being an old snarky oldster, which I feel I am fast

becoming.

For me, when they started letting all the professional basketball, baseball, hockey, etc. guys (and gals, for all I know) play, the Olympics lost some of its luster for me.

Shaun White? Seems like a nice enough kid when he is interviewed.

I just feel this in one of those sports Americans were good at, so they foisted it on the Olympics.

But what do I know?

Hell, I edited this three times because I can't see my own danged screen. And I am using all ten fingers to type, still can't spell worth a damn.

[Joe the Revelator]

26. Haha...well played friend.

:)

[stopbush]

39. I'd say so. I tried to watch it tonight. it's quite boring.

I can't say it's a sport in any sense of the word. It looks like something that was put into the Olympics so Americans could win more medals.

It's really hard to take this seriously, especially with the huge build up they give it on NBC. And I find the participants to be an insult to the real athletes out there who are skiing downhills, playing hockey and skating.

The Ski Moguls aren't much better. Another non-sport that attempts to make a virtue out of a penchant for hot dogging.

[spanone]

15. shaun white was amazing. he seems like a good guy.

[XOKCowboy]

20. I bet they've been enjoying some of tha fine BC bud!

I kinda like the boarder dudes. Reminds me of when I was younger.

[WCGreen]

23. They are good at what they do and they worked hard to get the

sport into the O games...

Fine example of Old Fashioned American gumption.

[XOKCowboy]

33. No disrespect meant...

That was one incredible run that Shawn made and they're all doing some incredible things. Just saying that most boarders I know are big 420ers and BC has some of the best.

[WCGreen]

36. Didn't the bud get the team in trouble a few O games back...

[XOKCowboy]

37. Yeah... Robin Williams did a bit on it..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLTYwDTxxCw&feature=related

:)

[Swamp Rat]

41. mmm

:9



:D

[hootinholler]

22. The Dude abides!

Best commentary evah!

-Hoot

[fishwax]

24. that was pretty impressive to watch

Congrats to Shaun White :toast:

[WCGreen]

25. It just felt really cool watching him....

[Oregone]

27. Yeah, when an athlete dedicates their lives to surpass the best in the world, screw em if I cant...

understand the sport

Maybe Im reading you wrong, but that is one incredibly athlete, despite one's thought on the sport

[WCGreen]

30. I was trying to mimick the venacular sort of like Danny Thomas

trying to figure out what Virginia Mayo was talking about when she said one hep cat...

Seriously, Ameridude didn't do it for you?

It came to me while watching the show and I built the post around it...

[ohheckyeah]

28. He is awesome, dude. n/t

[nevergiveup]

29. I suspect he has worked his ass off getting to where he is.

I know zero about the sport but he looked the best to me. Congrats to
"the Ameriadude in jeans and flannel".

[bridgit]

31. Fully! I should lobby the IOC for an event where I can show up in a red teddy, bunny slippers...

And curlers in my hair *also* a 4th metal that I may be able to actually win like, say, oh, I dunno: tin! :headbang:

[WCGreen]

35. I'd pay to see that...

Curlers and a teddy are a magic combination that drives me wild...

[Baclava]

42. The dude is cool - but downhill is waaaaay cooler

Lindsey Vonn - the first American woman to win an Olympic downhill gold - Mancuso got the silver too - amazing.