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Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:49:21 GMT

The ladies are at it too now. :D Unfortunatly Sarah Sauvey hasn't made it through for team GBR but I'm still looing forward to seeing the group races. I wonder if they will be quite as brutal as the mens.

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:54:33 GMT

No chance, the men weigh more so they generate more speed

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:55:09 GMT

I've just missed them as we had the curling on.
The women's snowboardcross was nowhere near as agressive as the men's :twisted:. I'm interested to see what happens.

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:09:16 GMT

broom wrote:No chance, the men weigh more so they generate more speed

Does that mean I can start tucking into the chocolate before I go away in 2 weeks time to make me faster? :lol:

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:12:51 GMT

broom wrote:No chance, the men weigh more so they generate more speed

1st race, first casualty

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:13:33 GMT

ouch! that looks like a painful knee injury!!!

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:15:21 GMT

there you go.
now I know why I feel uncomfortable watching ski/er cross :shock: :cry:

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:16:57 GMT

Reminds me of a jump I did last year, twisted my knee and was in pain for 6 months.

Only difference was I was in MK Snowdome and jumped about a foot! :oops:

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:19:40 GMT

I did ski the World Championship skicross course in Alpe d'Huez this year - but didn't risk getting any air... or much speed....

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:48:59 GMT

It's carnage the ladies have more balls than the men :shock:

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:23:59 GMT

clairehb0 wrote:It's carnage the ladies have more balls than the men :shock:

?! Did you even watch the mens race? :lol:

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:49:41 GMT

Agreed i think the mens races had more of a competitive feel to it with all the falls and wipe outs, never the less the ladies ski cross was brilliant, no doubt ill be following more ski cross events in the future.

Re:Ladies ski cross

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:59:03 GMT

Ski cross rocks! Even the non skiers in the office were all raving about it after the mens event. :D

Re:Ladies ski cross

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:23:33 GMT

Pablo Escobar wrote:

clairehb0 wrote:It's carnage the ladies have more balls than the men :shock:

?! Did you even watch the mens race? :lol:

Yes I did watch the mens races. They used their bulk to push each other out the way whilst the ladies seemed to have more skill at overtaking without force (just used a few elbows instead)

Re:Ladies ski cross

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:33:47 GMT

**** SEXIST ALERT ****

Re:Ladies ski cross

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:34:50 GMT

clairehb0 wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:

clairehb0 wrote:It's carnage the ladies have more balls than the men :shock:

?! Did you even watch the mens race? :lol:

Yes I did watch the mens races. They used their bulk to push each other out the way whilst the ladies seemed to have more skill at overtaking without force (just used a few elbows instead)

Sorry, disagree. Wouldn't be fun if we all agreed all the time.

Re:Ladies ski cross

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:40:33 GMT

Now that this has degenerated into a sexist disagreement, lets consider a few things:

1. The track was designed for boarder cross, not skier cross
2. The men are generally heavier and therefore carry more speed
3. It was snowing heavily during the womens races, slowing the track down

From what I saw, if a man gets in front, its much harder to pass as they carry their speed better. The women were coming from last place to win the heats because other racers lost their speed at vital points.

I dont think either was better than the other, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching both, as well as the boarder cross. Proper competitive and exciting events, compared to dullard stuff like curling for example.

Re:Ladies ski cross

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:43:19 GMT

It isn't sexist, I genuinely don't think the ladies racing was as good to watch (which it definitely wasn't). It might have been about conditions, or other variables, I don't know. The men are a lot more fluid and generate the speed that makes it properly exciting. The crashes were bigger too. Had it been the other way about with the men going slow due to sticky snow and the women flying along then my opinion would be different.

This applies to downhill racing and many other events. Maybe not halfpipe and other 'freestyle' events because the men generally go bigger and look a lot better in the air - just how it is.

Re:Ladies ski cross

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:31:20 GMT

By sexist I meant that the female poster (Claire) was saying the womens event was better and more skillful and that the men just pushed each other out of the way. Which was of course nonsense as pointed out above.
I prefered looking at the women anyway )

Re:Ladies ski cross

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:56:26 GMT

I thought the men's was better viewing. Not the ladies fault but the conditions were just not great for the event. It was a bit of a joke that some couldn't even get up & over the first bump. In addition most of them were catching the top of the hills after jumps, therefore slowing them down & enabling the other women to overtake.