2026 Winter Olympics


 
Mind you, all of these observations are all off broadcast. I may have to go looking around for more of it. Thus far, I've watched just a couple of minutes of curling, we've watched the opening ceremonies, and are watching some of the men's luge.

Honestly, the production really is just plain stunning. Modern high definition recording is good to start with, but holy cats, the modern tiny cameras and flying mechanicals are amazing. Being able to literally follow a sled down the track is a new experience, and the flying cameras, while they do appear in a lot of the more stationary camera sweeps, are small enough that it almost looks like a bug in the air.

Edit: Something else I'd intended to comment on and managed to lose that train of though. The venue lighting is pretty darned good. Modern LED lighting is powerful, (relatively speaking) energy efficient, and gives the designers unparalleled flexibility compared to incandescent, mercury vapor, sodium and older stuff. Compared to years past, I see the entire luge track being evenly lit without major shadows. I'd hope this is working to the athletes' advantage as well.

Visually, these broadcasts are a treat. You can see details that just have not been visible before. The nerd in me is wondering how many terabytes of video are being captured, if not petabytes.
 
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I don’t know why but I’m a big fan of international curling and always have been.

I also dig those large bar type shuffle wooden board tables.
I occasionally look on Craigslist with the hope of finding a nice large one for us.

My favorite winter sport games are curling, Super G, ski jumping and those bobsled type competitions.
Those are my favs but I like most winter sports 😎.

That said,
I’d really like to see them add those crazy guys that race their bicycles down the European mountains in partial snow. I forget what it’s called but there are some vids on YouTube called last place to podium or something like that.
It’s a crazy race that is probably a good 25-30 miles long.
Those guys are getting it done 👍.
 
JimZ said:
I like the Winter Olympics, and Peacock seems to be doing a good job with coverage this year.
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Another nice thing about the Peacock app (I'm streaming via Roku box) is that they have a multi-view selection that shows 3 live events on the same screen.

Which works great for me as there are some events on at the same time and can't decide which one to watch.

And if you're a fan of curling, there's a quad view of the mixed curling matches :)
 
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Erik Tracy said:
Another nice thing about the Peacock app (I'm streaming via Roku box) is that they have a multi-view selection that shows 3 live events on the same screen.

Which works great for me as there are some events on at the same time and can't decide which one to watch.
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I just discovered that last night. And if you choose to, you can select one of the windows and watch full screen for a bit.
 
Erik Tracy said:
Another nice thing about the Peacock app (I'm streaming via Roku box) is that they have a multi-view selection that shows 3 live events on the same screen.

Which works great for me as there are some events on at the same time and can't decide which one to watch.

And if you're a fan of curling, there's a quad view of the mixed curling matches :)
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EXACTLY! Im loving this!
 
timothy said:
I always think of the luge when i see guys going down the bike path with these.
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Yeah these guys are doing their own thing. They ride with a little orange flag. But never spoke to one in person. I had a beer with a dude who did the wiring of Putins villa in Gstaad, but never found a recumbent bike enthusiast in the wild. Maybe they were busy optimally pouring their lager. Who knows.

On topic, I was watching the men's ski event today. But had to look after my youngest inbetween. Just when Tanguy Nef had his amazing run.

Its cool, but... when I watch him he always disqualifies. I might be his personal curse or something.

E: I forgot to mention Lindsay Vonn. My heart goes out to her, her monumental talent, and her weaponized insanity. She already had a career, retired, and then just had to do the impossible: Do an actual comeback. Its... just insane...

I wish her all the best.
 
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Jonas-Switzerland said:
Yeah these guys are doing their own thing. They ride with a little orange flag.
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I've known a few recumbent riders over the years here in the Colonies. Yes, they are sort of doing their own thing, the orange flag is a safety mechanism so they're seen. Shoot, I drive a 7' tall 8,000 lb truck that's invisible, they have no chance on the roads and the streets. Apparently, the posture does have some significant benefits.
 
Yes, its all about aerodynamics. Bicycles are I believe the most energy efficient mode of transport. The limiting force is air resistance. Recumbent bikes with fairings can go 60-70kph on human power. I listened to Tour-de-France enthusiasts asking cool "what if"'s. If the rules would allow for it, the teams would switch to recumbent bikes for the flats in a heartbeat.

Personally I don't understand if you ok with the drawbacks, then why don't you go the little bit extra and get a recumbent bike with a fairing. Street legal versions do exist. I occasionally see one. I'll post a picture if I can. They look goofy, but in a very charming way.
 
Jonas-Switzerland said:
E: I forgot to mention Lindsay Vonn. My heart goes out to her, her monumental talent, and her weaponized insanity. She already had a career, retired, and then just had to do the impossible: Do an actual comeback. Its... just insane...

I wish her all the best.
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Just to get to where she was yesterday is monumental. But to think of everything she did long before that. She's a total bad@$$. Feel bad that her career likely ended that way.
 
Peacock streaming and/or Comcast On Demand are great for watching just the events you are most interested in.

For me, it is the skiing. Bad luck for Lindsey Vonn. But good luck for Breezy Johnson. Who was the downhill favorite in 2022 but blew out her ACL (on the Cortina course no less) days before the Nagano Olympics. So another great comeback story.

Breezy and Michaela Shiffrin are heavy gold favorites in the team combined on Tuesday.
 
USA vs Sweden in the Mixed Doubles Curling Gold Medal match was really good!

Down to the last stone in the last end.

Congrats to Sweden for Gold.

USA proud for getting the Silver.
 
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