geezpot Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 discussion goes in here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezpot Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 First death today as luge athlete dies during a test run. This pic was taken right before his head was smashed in by the pole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 goin 90mph when that happened......damn RIP that guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I didn't care. But wanting to see dude's smashed in skull makes me curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 i wanna see a video /curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAMER Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Bladow http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/12/nodar-kumaritashvili-cras_n_460474.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Shaun white is gonna get upset in the superpipe that little Asian guy is gonna take the gold Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Olympic Committee are being faggots blocking that video. Like the crash has the secret to lightspeed travel I'm more impressed with how fucking stupid that dude's haircut is. Ya know, the one kissing another man. NH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAMER Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 ^^^You do realize I just posted a link of the video right? Just making sure... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SystemFailure Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 And when I clicked on it it said Olympic Committee is blocking it due to copyright so YAH! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 not blocked on my end edit: now it is..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silba Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Damn why would they blockkk it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezpot Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Apparently the track is extremely fast, some world records have already been broken. VANOC is meeting right now to slow the track down. Brutal. video> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=0ba_1266003820 moar pics> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezpot Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 I'm looking forward to the hockey match-ups. Russia vs Canada for gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Sounds morbid but I envy anyone who goes out like a champ doing whatever it is they love to do. Not that I'd want to die in the first place but at least dude was living it up till the end. Hopefully his last thoughts were about how awesome making it to the Olympics feels. RIP Nodar Kumaritashvilli 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
famecrazy Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 the noise he makes when he crashes into that shit is pretty gnarly. who would of thought they even did luge in Georgia? rip, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ares Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 RIP, rough times.. seems a little messed up to me that they would have large steel supports that close to the track given the speeds that these guys get up too, especially after a real sharp blind turn like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geezpot Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Apparently the guy has only been practicing for less than a year, he also had a crash earlier this week. Along with over a dozen crashed from other athletes. The track has already broken world records and is extremely fast compared to any other track in the world. Whatever happens during luge competition, it's always in the blink of any eye. That was the case last night at the Whistler Sliding Centre during the men's luge training runs. Positioned at turn 16, I tried to capture rider on sled, speeding by at 120km/h plus through the Olympic rings painted on the ice surface. It's the kind of feature picture I like to get early at the Olympics so I can concentrate on the start and finish areas during competition in the weeks to come. In the time it takes to type this comma, riders blast through this turn without any visual cue. The only way to anticipate them coming is the progressively louder sound of the sled on ice as it approaches. Then, with careful timing, one frame is all you get to capture the rider flying by over the rings. Only this time it was different. When I heard marshals yelling further up the track, I had a hunch something was wrong. As the blur flew by, I nailed one frame and voila, rider is AWOL! Nodar Kumaritashvili, of Georgia, probably fell off off at turn 13, which is known for its high degree of difficulty. Somewhere, he was tumbling down the course at high speed. Strangely, the sled kept a perfect course, speeding toward the uphill finish area, then making a perfect run backwards through my turn a moment later, still at a high speed, and once again returning past the rings at a more manageable speed at which time the marshals could grab onto it. The sled of Nodar Kumaritashvili, of Georgia, slides empty through the Olympic rings in turn 16 after he crashed further up the track, during men's luge training in Whistler Feb. 10, 2010. Shaken but uninjured, Kumaritashvili staggers off the course after crashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoHuxtable.. Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 So I hear they're going to premiere the remake of We Are The World during the opening ceremonies. They said Lil Wayne will be singing Bruce Springsteen's part. This I gotta see. Also, how will Vancouver top the Beijing opening ceremonies? They won't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herbsyntec Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 I cannot see why those steel beams would be there unprotected either. That makes no sense. Sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 why were those beams exposed like that??? no one thought that may be a bad idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seven.13 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 The Olympics are such a fucking bummer. I can't wait til it's over. The CODE live stuff is interesting and worth checking out though. This thing was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 lil wayne will ruin the opening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishCarBombs Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 r.i.p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 lil wayne will ruin the opening The ratings will skyrocket if he's wasted thinking it's still the Canadian leg of the carter tour talking about "she, she lick me like a lollipop". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatGatsby Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Jesus that is sad. Poor kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 i dunno what's more sad, the death or people's voyeurism. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHATEU Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 sadly the first thing i thought of when i herd this was, "when will the video surface" padded poles or not at that speed dude would have been broke off anyhow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pertplus1 Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 wayne and his horrible synth voice and kanye fucked that song up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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