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CanadaKC · 02-12-2010, 01:38 PM

As I live in Vancouver...and we are hosting the world..let me say good luck to all the American athletes....I'll be cheering for Americans' Vonn and that red-headed snowboard dude...but Hockey...gotta be Canada. Enjoy!

**DaFace** · 02-12-2010, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

I cant believe that the Georgian luger's moment of death is splashed all over the net, watched it at work

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Why, knowing that these guys sometimes come off the track, would you have big concrete pillars around the course? He was a victim of terrible design IMO.

You could just tell the way he hit that pillar... man, nothing but rag doll, almost didnt look real.

I tend to agree. I have no idea what kind of changes they can make in a hurry, but you'd think they have to do SOMETHING.

JD10367 · 02-12-2010, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

Why, knowing that these guys sometimes come off the track, would you have big concrete pillars around the course? He was a victim of terrible design IMO.

I'm not a medical expert but, as postulated earlier, I think the human body hitting anything, while decelerating from 90MPH to 0, with no protective padding... not sure it would've made a difference.

WoodDraw · 02-12-2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by RedDread

I am amazed he survived long enough to make it to the hospital. Crazy...

I don't think he 'survived', really. He was probably dead on the scene, but transfered to the hospital quickly where the doctors tried to revive him and then pronounced him dead. That's speculation from me, but not unusual.

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2010, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by DaFace

I tend to agree. I have no idea what kind of changes they can make in a hurry, but you'd think they have to do SOMETHING.

Yeah, theres really no excuse for such a terrible design IMO, something like that should be wide open outside of the course & heavily padded in trouble spots.

To address what JD is saying, there shouldnt be anything for these guys to hit except open, padded ground. Not sure how you build it to include spectator seating doing that, but they're gonna have to do something better than this.

**DaFace** · 02-12-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by scott free

Yeah, theres really no excuse for such a terrible design IMO, something like that should be wide open outside of the course & heavily padded in trouble spots.

To address what JD is saying, there shouldnt be anything for these guys to hit except open, padded ground. Not sure how you build it to include spectator seating doing that, but they're gonna have to do something better than this.

Yeah, I don't think adding 6" of padding over a steel bar is going to do much for someone going 90mph. My thinking is that it would be better to wall the whole thing off to at least keep people heading down the track if they lose control. You'd still be breaking bones, but hopefully not quite as severely.

**Easy 6** · 02-12-2010, 07:47 PM

Now for something more lighthearted...

JD10367 · 02-12-2010, 07:52 PM

I think a simpler point needs to be addressed: what the f**k are they doing luging with no protective equipment anyway?!? Just a helmet, and nothing else but a skintight Spandex suit? Yeah, it allows them to go fast, but aren't they competing against each other? Make them wear some protective gear, fer crissakes, and just set a new benchmark of times. Sure, the times may rise from 28 seconds to 58 seconds (just pulling those numbers out of my ass, BTW) but who cares?

memyselfI · 02-12-2010, 07:53 PM

Me thinks I did not know 75% of the people in the new "We Are the World."

Buzzsaw · 02-12-2010, 07:53 PM

Uh, glass like they have around a hockey rink. You know the sport EVERYONE up there in CANADA plays

memyselfI · 02-12-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by WoodDraw

I don't think he 'survived', really. He was probably dead on the scene, but transfered to the hospital quickly where the doctors tried to revive him and then pronounced him dead. That's speculation from me, but not unusual.

Agreed, he looks deceased in the picture I was talking about earlier. Sad. Invasion of his privacy, IMO.

Delano · 02-12-2010, 07:55 PM

Jesus Christ - I hope the last several posts were hyperbole.

People die at sporting events - bring on the puns.
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memyselfI · 02-12-2010, 07:56 PM

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Uh, glass like they have around a hockey rink. You know the sport EVERYONE up there in CANADA plays

No way would glass withstand a 175 pound bullet going at 90 mph.

But I'm no structural engineer.

Deberg_1990 · 02-12-2010, 07:56 PM

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Me thinks I did not know 75% of the people in the new "We Are the World."

yea, no kidding....what were Jeff Bridges and Vince Vaughn doing in there???

memyselfI · 02-12-2010, 07:58 PM

Padding the numbers?

kstater · 02-12-2010, 08:00 PM

Oh god, everything is going to be in French.

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