olympic highfliers
Besides men’s figure skating, I’ve enjoyed watching anything have to do with snowboarding this Olympics – specifically, anything having to do with men on snowboards (see Shaun White, above), including snowboard cross and half-pipe. Don’t worry ladies, I’m not totally prejudice. I was rooting for my girl Julia Mancuso during the women’s ski events. (I may be the only American who is not a Lindsey Vonn fan. She just seems like such a diva. And, as someone commented on Twitter, she looks like a Seventeen magazine cover model from the 80s. Not sure that’s a compliment.)
What haven’t I been enjoying? Ice dancing! The costumes themselves almost make the “sport” unwatchable – and I’m not really convinced ice dancing is truly a sport. It’s definitely more of a performance, isn’t it? What do you think?
The pics in this post are from a photo essay by Ryan McGinley, The Highfliers, which beautifully captures some of our favorite Olympians up in the air, doing what the do best – including Mollytic‘s favorite, Johnny Weir (below).
(via you are my fav)
you know i have to weigh in on the figure skating – i do think that ice dancing is a sport. it’s really difficult and you have to do a lot of off-ice strength and cardio training for it.
Twitter: mollytics
says:
I loathe – that might be too strong a word – Lindsay Vonn. She’s an egomaniac gone wild. So, like you, I choose to support Julia Mancuso. DRAMA!
And obviously, Johnny Weir is tops… always and forever.