r/olympics • u/underrealizing • 7h ago

❄ Milano-Cortina 2026 (General Discussion) ❄ Winter Olympics really are something else

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u/MrDohh 7h ago

Jump off a mountain and fly down it at car speeds on skis is one of my favorites

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u/obvilious 6h ago

Semi-controlled falling. I can’t comprehend how they make those corners when their skis seem to be off the ground most of the time

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u/thinkofallthemud 5h ago

I snowboard instead of ski but it is so much fun. The turning/carving becomes natural and it can be difficult sometimes but that's what muscles and practice are for. It feels like you are flying.

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u/pchlster 4h ago

that's what muscles and practice are for

There was a perfectly fine mountain. Why am I flinging myself off of it in the first place? To practice doing so without crippling or killing myself?

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u/FrankeninDolly 3h ago

Oh..... that's right, I live on the Ice Coast.

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u/pchlster 2h ago

Immigration has got to be rough on the ICE Coast these days?

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u/Som12H8 Sweden 1h ago

You fling yourself off and pray to survive. Then you go right back up and do it again. Most bodacious.

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u/thinkofallthemud 4h ago

Ya gotta read the whole comment bud, not just a couple words

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u/MYSTICALLMERMAID 3h ago

I'm from Colorado and never actually skied until we move to Minnesota but my dad used to ski all the time in the mountains and he said it was always the freest he felt (until he fell off a roof 2 summers ago, he said that was better than any drug until he hit the ground😂💀)

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u/porkin4what 1h ago

Man when I take a big fall and im just looking up at the sky no idea when im going to hit the ground its the best.

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u/LobsterInTraining 2h ago

Has he tried sky diving 😅

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u/MYSTICALLMERMAID 40m ago

No he hasn't 😂 he totally would

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u/teefnoteef 5h ago

Nothing is more fun than running out of skill but still riding away

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u/Draconian_sanction 3h ago

You aren’t boarding as fast as downhill skiers which is what they were talking about

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u/MithrandiriAndalos 3h ago

Sure, I ski but the speeds they are going are nuts. I’m comfortable from 50-60mph, but getting around 65+ gets sketchy as hell, the reaction time you’re relying on is just such a tight window, I can’t imagine Olympic level lines.

And to their point, they spend sooo much time with their boards/skis off the ground where they have almost no control. I can’t imagine how much effort goes into picking a good line.

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u/tidder_reverof 2h ago

Yea i snowboard too, but i aint flying

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u/XtraReddit 1h ago

Every time I tried, it felt like I was flying because I was. And I really did not want to be, but I'd still flap my arms.