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Renegade squirrel narrowly avoids death by snowboard at the Olympics

sudshr47 February 24, 2018

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A squirrel with a death wish was nearly run over during the parallel giant slalom at the 2018 Winter Olympics on Saturday.

Austrian snowboarder Daniela Ulbing was in the middle of her run when a squirrel suddenly ran onto the slope just inches in front of her snowboard.

WATCH OUT SQUIRRELpic.twitter.com/rtQ94MQeDj

— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 24, 2018

In typical squirrel fashion, the rodent came face-to-face with the moment of impact before deciding the slalom course was a bad place to be. It turned around only after nearly colliding with Ulbing.  Read more…

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This teen slept through his alarm because of Netflix and still won gold at the Olympics

sudshr47 February 13, 2018

Red Gerard may be an Olympic snowboarder, but he’s still a typical 17-year-old at heart.
The teenager overslept after a late night of bingeing Brooklyn Nine-Nine, ignoring the alarm he had set because he was supposed to compete on Sunday morning.&#16…

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Queen of chill Chloe Kim tweets about ice cream in the middle of Winter Olympics halfpipe qualifier

sudshr47 February 12, 2018

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Extremely chill Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim crushed the qualifier for the halfpipe on Monday, beating out the second-place finisher by over seven points. 

Is the time between Olympic qualifying runs stressful? It was stressful for me to watch, so I assume yes. But did Chloe Kim still tweet about ice cream during this high-pressure time? Absolutely.

Keep in mind that it is… very cold in Pyeongchang.

Could be down for some ice cream rn

— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 12, 2018

yes…

— Chloe Kim (@chloekimsnow) February 12, 2018

Should Chloe Kim actually bring some ice cream to the competition next round, you will be the first to know. Until then, please temper your Olympics anxiety by channeling Chloe’s nerves of steel.  Read more…

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Snowboarder recovers from horrific accident to win Olympic medal

sudshr47 February 11, 2018

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In March 2017, Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris laid in a hospital bed with fractured ribs, a fractured left arm, pelvis, and jaw, along with a ruptured spleen and collapsed left lung. 

On Saturday, less than a year after he slammed into a tree while backcountry snowboarding, McMorris claimed an Olympic bronze medal in the men’s slopestyle event. 

“I’m trying not to think too much about the past today,” he said to reporters after his improbable victory. “A lot of times I need to pinch myself. There have been some low times, but these high times make it worthwhile.”  Read more…

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Dudes try, and fail repeatedly, to snowboard

sudshr47 January 22, 2018

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The best parts of any vacation with your friends are the shared laughs and fond memories you make. Especially if those shared laughs are caught on video.

A couple of mates here are shown against a picturesque winter landscape, ready to channel their inner Shaun White. The only problem? They never make it a more than a few yards from the lift. 

Oh, they try. They really do. But none of them can learn from each other’s mistakes and end up plopping into the powder each time, sometimes making it a bit farther, till finally one of them makes it the farthest—by tripping and getting dragged along. Read more…

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