"Tom McParland" (tommcparland) 02/12/2014 at 21:31 • Filed to: None

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Watching the women's downhill. The speed and skill of these racers is amazing. They are like the F1 drivers of the mountain. All I know is I would crap my pants just looking down that run from the start gate.

Corey CC97, MAZDA DPI IS STILL BAE JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV JOESTACTIV VISIT FLORIDA RACING LIVES FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS > Tom McParland 02/12/2014 at 21:32

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I just keep thinking that they should turn that downhill ski run into a rally stage.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Tom McParland 02/12/2014 at 21:33

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Yeah... That stuff is like triple black diamond steep isn't it?

Tom McParland > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs 02/12/2014 at 21:39

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I dunno but if it looks scary from TV I can't imagine what it's like in person.

jariten1781 > Tom McParland 02/12/2014 at 21:44

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Have you ever watched the maniacs who do speed skiing? I think they're over 150 mph now.

KB Garage > Tom McParland 02/12/2014 at 21:48

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Did you catch the one that crashed and burned into the net? It looked so bad. Glad she was okay. Held my breath through the replay.

Tom McParland > KB Garage 02/12/2014 at 21:53

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Yeah I saw that...can't believe she walked off that mountain. That looked like it really hurt.

Tom McParland > jariten1781 02/12/2014 at 21:56

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Balls of steel...think about it, if you are a racecar driver at 150mph you have a roll-cage, helmet, Hans device etc...those skiers have just a helmet. Pure insanity.

Newsboy > Tom McParland 02/12/2014 at 21:58

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And the finish! Tied for gold! Nuts.

jariten1781 > Tom McParland 02/12/2014 at 22:09

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It's not like the helmet does them a lot of good either since like 50% of the time it just gets ripped off while they're sliding down the near vertical hill after a wreck. The runs are like 2 kilometers long too...I can't even imagine what it's like to fall and still have another km of sheer mountain to tumble down at over 100 mph. At least when the guys in MotoGP wreck they're on flat ground.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Tom McParland 02/13/2014 at 08:20

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Haha yeah, every little bump and rut feels much more extreme at very high speeds, I've bombed a black diamond here and there and it was scary! But also really fun, because you get to go really really fast.