Boredom

[Ken Robb]

What is duller to watch than luge and skeleton racing? Who wants to watch people slide down a tube while lying as still as they can? Maybe they should just roll bowling balls down the track to generate the same spectator excitement.

Now mass-start snowboard is something else entirely.

[bigbill]

Portlandia was on.

[FlashUNC]

...but they're not still.

[Michael Maddox]

At least it isn't figure skating. The clock tells you who won, not a committee.

[adub]

Just wait for the 2-man luge, now that's excitement!

[Frankwurst]

Originally Posted by Michael Maddox

At least it isn't figure skating. The clock tells you who won, not a committee.

Bingo! 80 plus MPH with your a$$ hanging out there if something goes south. It's not like these people are on a roller coaster. They are driving the vehicle with not much room for error. The players have some serious cojones in my opinion.

[cetuximab]

I hate curling.

[Frankwurst]

Originally Posted by cetuximab

I hate curling.

I think it's great. Another sport that requires stones.

[MattTuck]

Originally Posted by Ken Robb

What is duller to watch than luge and skeleton racing? Who wants to watch people slide down a tube while lying as still as they can? Maybe they should just roll bowling balls down the track to generate the same spectator excitement.

Now mass-start snowboard is something else entirely.

As someone who loves watching bike races that sometimes take 7 hours, there is something pleasing when a race essentially takes 1 minute. haha.

At this level, there is so much nuance in even very fast/short events, that it is hard to really appreciate any sport presented by NBC's coverage. So much gets lost due to time constraints and a conscious decision to hype American athletes at the expense of developing a better understanding of the sport for the audience.

It's a shame really.

I really dig that long track speed skating... looks like it would be so much fun to just be out there and going that fast just on your own energy.

[Jaybee]

Bicycle stage racing is pretty boring until you understand the game within the game too.

I think the sliding sports suffer on television because the tightness of the course and high speeds mean it's hard to get a sense of what's actually happening.

[weisan]

Whenever my wife saw me watching prop racing on my big monitor, she would say, "is that really interesting?" I just turned my head around and smiled at her.

It's ok.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by adub

Just wait for the 2-man luge, now that's excitement!

eeewwww.....haven't really watched the olympics this year..spotty coverage and nothing 'streamed'(cut cable)....nascar-esque mass start snowboard(snow-'cross'?)..getting more like X Games.

Plus kinda overshadowed by 'other' events of the day.

[choke]

Originally Posted by Ken Robb

What is duller to watch than luge and skeleton racing? Who wants to watch people slide down a tube while lying as still as they can? Maybe they should just roll bowling balls down the track to generate the same spectator excitement.

I haven't watched the Olympics in years but luge was always one of my favorites. For me dull is just about any popular American sport....NFL, MLB, NBA...I'd rather slam my head against a wall than watch those for even 5 minutes.

[semdoug]

Not sure why both luge and skeleton are needed in the Olympics. I did find the luge team relay actually kind of fun to watch.

[gdw]

Luge is great and one of the few sports that an old fart like myself can actually train for while watching the event.. Just recline the La-z-boy as far back as it will go and lean a bit into the turns as they pop up on the coarse. I'm so good at it that I can complete multiple runs without spilling a beer.