Bobsleigh (and Strongman)
Dec. 24th, 2009 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redfiona99I love Christmas because it means I get to watch Winter Sports, bobsleigh this time.
In between trying to figure out what the T is in FIBT (Federation International Bobsleigh ?), I fell back in love with sledding. Because they're all so nice and funny and charming and Winter Sports are just better ;)
Also, any Canadians on my flist, any money your government is spending on bobsleighing is worth it, particularly in the women's. They're beating the Germans on home ice at Altenberg.
Andre Lange is apparently threatening to retire, which makes me :( because I remember him being the young German. There's a ridiculously young American driver called Napier doing quite well and the Austrians are being particularly pants. The second of the GB Ladies 2 man crews has qualified for the Olympics which makes me happy.
Strongman
It is Christmas so it is Strongman time. They're stuck on Bravo this year, but Bravo are running the most awesome advert. They've cartoonified the Strongmen and turned them into superheros complete with national emblem or name inspired costumes. I love Terry Hollands's one, where he's done up like a Celt with a St. George's cross instead of woad, and Mariusz has an imperial eagle. In the advert they're doing various things, like thingy Poundstone is lifting the Statue of Liberty, but my favourite is Phil Pfister stopping a train to let people past.
Wrestling
Also on Bravo. I have tried to resist TNA's blandishments, and they've been helping me by offering me such fare as Mick Foley v Kurt Angle and Bobby Lashley v Scott Steiner, but then I saw Desmond Wolfe v Christopher Daniels and it was like 'damn'. I think I shall have to treat TNA the way I treated WCW - enjoy the cruiserweights, ignore the heavyweights.
In between trying to figure out what the T is in FIBT (Federation International Bobsleigh ?), I fell back in love with sledding. Because they're all so nice and funny and charming and Winter Sports are just better ;)
Also, any Canadians on my flist, any money your government is spending on bobsleighing is worth it, particularly in the women's. They're beating the Germans on home ice at Altenberg.
Andre Lange is apparently threatening to retire, which makes me :( because I remember him being the young German. There's a ridiculously young American driver called Napier doing quite well and the Austrians are being particularly pants. The second of the GB Ladies 2 man crews has qualified for the Olympics which makes me happy.
Strongman
It is Christmas so it is Strongman time. They're stuck on Bravo this year, but Bravo are running the most awesome advert. They've cartoonified the Strongmen and turned them into superheros complete with national emblem or name inspired costumes. I love Terry Hollands's one, where he's done up like a Celt with a St. George's cross instead of woad, and Mariusz has an imperial eagle. In the advert they're doing various things, like thingy Poundstone is lifting the Statue of Liberty, but my favourite is Phil Pfister stopping a train to let people past.
Wrestling
Also on Bravo. I have tried to resist TNA's blandishments, and they've been helping me by offering me such fare as Mick Foley v Kurt Angle and Bobby Lashley v Scott Steiner, but then I saw Desmond Wolfe v Christopher Daniels and it was like 'damn'. I think I shall have to treat TNA the way I treated WCW - enjoy the cruiserweights, ignore the heavyweights.
