Revolutionary Rants

Things are, as I said, very hectic, but I felt compelled to post about the hilarious snowboarding today. It was the first women’s final in this class of snowboarding, and - in between reading a long and rather obtuse Scanlon article - the course was so twisting and tight that half the competitors were being knocked out or down in massive crashes (usually involving one boarder falling and pulling the rest with them) .

Then came the final medal race: two Yanks and two Canadians set off down the hill. One slipped, but got back up; another poor woman flew through a peripheral fence! One American took what looked like a unbeatable lead until she decided to ’showboat’ off the last jump and… fell over!!!!!!!!! The other American scooped the Gold as the fallen show off could only just limp back on track in time to finish second!

Hilarious! And absolutely exciting! I love the Olympics.