i've decided i'm gona start training for...

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 11:36am

... the trampoline!

seriously! i was watching it on the canadian channel this morning and it looks like so much fun!! plus i don't think we have anyone from the US in the competition.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 11:39am

I want to do rhythmic gymnastics. Do they have those in the Olympics?

I am inspired. (My basketball dreams are crushed so I have to look to something else...)

Good luck, Zepka! Updated On: 8/21/04 at 11:39 AM

[popcultureboy]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 11:44am

I LOVE rhytmic gymnastics. I would love to train to be a diver, but ever since seeing Greg Louganis cut his head open that time, I can't watch it without feeling on edge.

[lovettespies]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 1:59pm

The trampoline was so cool! it took me a minute to accept the fact that this was an actual sport, but i got over it and just watched it's amazing. My question is, how did people decide that they wanted to train for this? Were they bouncing in their backyard one day and suddenly decide "THIS is what I want to do with my life"?

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 2:02pm

hey now, bouncing and doing flips on a trampoline is just as much a sport ans running from 1 line to another or swinging around a bar :P

[lovettespies]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 2:07pm

yeah, the athletes have a lot of athletic ability. I certainly couldn't do anything like that. It's just strange to see something you do in your backyard as a kid at this kind of level.

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 2:15pm

well... helps you to stay a kid at heart...?

[lovettespies]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 2:16pm

HAHAHA! I guess so.

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 2:18pm

well... even though i'm skinny and not very coordinated, i still wanna do it... i'm gonna break athletic stereotypes!! of course, i'm breaking even more if i can become a pro in 4 years...

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 2:24pm

>>ever since seeing Greg Louganis cut his head open that time, I can't watch it without feeling on edge.
whenever i watch divin gI'm afraid they're going to hit their heads on the platform because they come so close!I get nervous for the divers

[lovettespies]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 2:58pm

yeah. I get tense before watching platform diving.

[BlueWizard]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 10:55pm

It's all about table tennis, man, all about table tennis.

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 10:56pm

what about walking?

[BWayBoy88]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 11:57pm

OMG I love the trampoline. Its so funny.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/21/04 at 11:58pm

Anyone wanna be my badminton partner?

It really looks HARD. Those players have kickass reflexes.

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:03am

haha we played badminton in hs phys ed... i think we spent the whole period just standing in 1 spot wacking the birdie back and forth without dropping it at all... i can't imagine playing it any faster...


but i'm still all about the trampoline!!!

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:14am

did they air walking on tv?

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:23am

Hey, walking isn't the easiest thing.

I always try walking for the breast cancer walks they have in my town- I start to die after two miles. I'd probably lose in that sport.

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:28am

I never said it wasn't easy...i saw a preview for it...its intense power walking. I wanted to watch...

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:30am

No way! I thought that you were kidding. Power walking? Whoa.

I might train for that. That, badminton, and curling.

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:30am

wow... i'm slow... i thought that was a joke... i'll blame it on the blond hair

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:31am

Who on earth would believe that walking is an Olympic sport??

They should include poker now. I mean, really.

[zepka102]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:34am

HA! flipping around on a trampoline is beginning to sound a lot more like a sport now, isn't it

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:36am

I'm not kidding...walking has been an official sport since 1906

Updated On: 8/22/04 at 12:36 AM

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 12:38am

You walking encyclopedia. I'm going to go and practice my poker face.

(The Daily Show DID an interview where bridge players are trying to get that as an Olympic sport, drug testing included- that was the most hilarious thing ever!)