What winter olympic sport you'd like to try?

1. the first 50 meters are running
2. the wind still comes up and over the top and then descnds over the backs of the hunkered down athletes.
3. inscentive to get their arse down the hill and into warmer clothes.

I love xc skiing, but I'm terrible at it.

Put me down for curling - probably the only the athletic event I could ever do somewhat passably.

Ski jumping - Yeah, baby!

And what a lot of people don't realize is is that the jumpers are never more than 10 to 15 feet off the ground. It's a terrific optical illusion when you watch it (epsecially on TV).

No thank you.

Ski jumping - Yeah, baby!

And what a lot of people don't realize is is that the jumpers are never more than 10 to 15 feet off the ground. It's a terrific optical illusion when you watch it (epsecially on TV). Yep. The camera angles have a lot to do with it. Also, with the lenses zoomed as much as they sometimes are, it can appear as if the jumpers are way off the ground. Still, 10-15 feet is still plenty high enough, especially if something happens and you go out of control. I mean, I wouldn't look forward to adopting the flying position and being dropped - straight down - from 10-15 feet. But add a slide down the jump, into the air, and then dropping onto the ground - from ten feet...at what speed? Fuhgeddaboudit. But it would be thrilling!