Category: snow and ice

G.O.A.T. Mikaël Kingsbury

With his 87th career World Cup victory, Kingsbury has the most men’s World Cup wins in any FIS Olympic discipline.

Mikaël Kingsbury is a freestyle skier from Quebec. He is the most accomplished mogul skier of all time. …

He is the first man to have won both the moguls and dual moguls World Championship events (sweeping the two events three times), and has won the most medals at the Freestyle World Championships of any male competitor in history …

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Adam Siao – Figure Skating backflip

Good man. Adam Siao is pushing the sport to innovate.

He defended his European title despite deliberately taking a deduction for an illegal back flip.

Others have done it in the past — most famously Surya Bonaly from France who landed a backflip on one blade at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

figure skating robot – Quad Axel

Does IOC need to legislate whether robots can compete against humans?

NOPE.

This is an AI generated video.

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tumbling on Ice Skates

I believe this is Sebastian Mendez at the 2023 Skate Canada International Exhibition Gala.

Nile Wilson wins Dancing on Ice

Congratulations to Nile and partner Olivia Smart.

Nile was the first male competitor ever to show the ‘headbanger‘ — 😀. It’s actually banned in competitive skating.

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Figure Skating is raising minimum age

Big Air Olympic Champ Anna Gasser

Anna was a gymnast who didn’t switch to Snowboard until age-18.

She can related to Simone having the ‘twisties’.

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Snowboard legend Shaun White

Competitors reflect on Shaun’s legacy at the Beijing Olympics.

They all grew up idolizing him.

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Olympic Slopestyle

I have no idea what these amazing athletes are doing.

How do they even keep track of so many multiple rotations?

And who wants to land backwards at full speed?

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Women’s BIG AIR Olympics

Austria’s Anna Gasser successfully defended her Snowboard Big Air title …

… Zoi Sadowski-Synnott grabbing silver and Japan’s Murase Kokomo taking home the bronze.

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