Watching the Olympics? What's been the biggest surprise / let down?

[BentoBox70]

Watching the Olympics? What's been the biggest surprise / let down?

ME:
Surprises:
Swimming, U.S. not as dominant as first thought.
Boxing KOs.
Japanese woman putting someone to sleep in judo.

Let downs:
NBC / Peacock only showing the surfing competition on their streaming service.

 

[potato-nator]

i was surprised Simon Biles publicist was able to tweak all of western society.

 

[GromsDad]

I'm surprised anybody watches it.

 

[sponge]

--Interesting how mental health and clothing rules are major issues.
--Amusing that they are finally acknowledging the extracurricular activities that typically occur in Olympic Village.
--Women street skateboarders were impressive.
--I quite enjoyed the surfing coverage.

 

[Havoc]

kerri strug >> simon biles

 

[Kento]

i was surprised Simon Biles publicist was able to tweak all of western society.

Conspiracy theory: She's pregnant.

I can't think of any major surprises. Maybe the whitewashing of a bunch of dirty Russians competing even though the country should have blacklisted for a double digit number of games, both summer and winter. Who am I kidding? That's not a surprise.

Whole event seems flat without an audience. That's kind of a letdown.
After early rounds in tiny surf, stocked that actual swell came in. Fun to watch.

 

[Slabsplease]

Pro's...none
Con's...seems to have lost its luster and has been devalued...where's dan and dave at

 

[Kento]

where's dan and dave at

Holy sh!t that's a blast from the past!

 

[Muscles]

3 on 3 basketball was fun to watch.

 

[hammies]

Women's rugby. They actually kicked each others' asses properly! I know it was good because my wife was appalled.

 

[silentbutdeadly]

The fact that it's 2021 and it's hard to figure out when to watch what you want to watch. Plus the spoilers with social media.

 

[Subway]

Yeah the incomprehensible coverage and scheduling and the “only on peacock pay to play” Schlick make it really annoying to get into. We’ve started dvr-ing large swaths of coverage on the main 3 channels and then skipping around watching little bits of anything, skipping ads etc. that makes it a little more fun. Like, I can watch a few minutes of swimming or fencing Or whatever, get bored, then quickly find some other event that’s entertaining in small doses

 

[EastCoastBrah]

I already have peacock and the coverage was so awful i gave up

 

[Subway]

I think we are taping Live BMX overnight (among who knows how many other things). That could be fun to watch for 20 minutes on a flat rainy Sunday afternoon

 

[santacruzin]

I enjoyed watching that pos Nyjah lose

 

[92122]

Surprise is the top Japan Surfer Amuro Tsusuki riding Xanadu... San Diego old school shaper.

Amuro Tsuzuki - XANADU SURF DESIGNS

xanadusurfdesigns.com

 

[MrSteve]

--Women street skateboarders were impressive.

What about the non-binary skateboarders?

 

[scooch]

The skaters looked like they just got off the tennis court. I think 85% of all olympics athletes are gay. Swimming, diving, gymnastics, you name it, gay.

 

[santacruzin]

The skaters looked like they just got off the tennis court. I think 85% of all olympics athletes are gay. Swimming, diving, gymnastics, you name it, gay.

Stop using “gay” as a negative term it’s played out

 

[scooch]

Stop using “gay” as a negative term it’s played out

A simple observation. Where you get the negative from?