skiseason Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Downhill Ice Cross (downhill skating, similar to Ski Cross and Snowboard Cross) Synchronized Skating (8-20 skaters on a team) Ice Climbing Acroski (also called Ski Ballet, was a Freestyle Skiing discipline) Skibobbing (a bicycle-type frame attached to skis) Skiboarding (combined of Skating, Snowboarding and Skiing) Ski Mountaineering (combined of Telemark, Alpine and Backcountry Skiing) Ski Orienteering (combined with physical endurance, strength and technical skiing skills) Bandy (associated with Football and Ice Hockey) Broomball (played in a hockey rink) Snowshoeing (footwear for walking or running over the snow) Snowbiking (Cycling on snow) Ski Archery (similar to the Biathlon, used a bow instead of a gun) Winter Triathlon (involving running, biking and skiing) Snow Rugby Wok Racing (used woks running down on a Bobsled track) Ice Stock (similar to Curling) Others What are you ideal future Winter Olympic Sports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Super modified shovel racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Wok racing? As in Chinese frying pans? Sure, why not. But then I'd also put in downhill cafeteria tray racing. Or as we did it in college, drunk downhill cafeteria tray racing. Otherwise, no to all the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiseason Posted May 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Wok Racing was invented by German, not Chinese though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Team Synchronized Figure Skating!! Downwhill Figure Skating!! Team Mogul Super X Figure Skating!! Marathon Figure Skating!! let's see, what else??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanMUC Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Wok Racing was invented by German, not Chinese though. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Raab http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wok_racing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Winter triathlon's concept is be redeveloped for potential inclusion in 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Winter triathlon's concept is be redeveloped for potential inclusion in 2022. Can the fit in wok racing as one of the three events? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 Wok Racing! FK YEAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 The new concept of winter triathlon is: participants will snowshoe (5K), speed skate (12K) and ski (Cross country) (8K), for a total of 25K. Source The first big problem I see is the speed skating oval is always located away from the mountain. Not sure how they will incorporate this into a WOG schedule. Otherwise cities would need to build a temporary oval in the mountains (possibly outdoors) and this would add costs. Additional costs = not good in the eyes of the IOC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 The new concept of winter triathlon is: participants will snowshoe (5K), speed skate (12K) and ski (Cross country) (8K), for a total of 25K. Source The first big problem I see is the speed skating oval is always located away from the mountain. Not sure how they will incorporate this into a WOG schedule. Otherwise cities would need to build a temporary oval in the mountains (possibly outdoors) and this would add costs. Additional costs = not good in the eyes of the IOC. i wonder why instead of skating why they don't choose snowboarding instead??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiseason Posted May 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 The new concept of winter triathlon is: participants will snowshoe (5K), speed skate (12K) and ski (Cross country) (8K), for a total of 25K. Source The first big problem I see is the speed skating oval is always located away from the mountain. Not sure how they will incorporate this into a WOG schedule. Otherwise cities would need to build a temporary oval in the mountains (possibly outdoors) and this would add costs. Additional costs = not good in the eyes of the IOC. Or we can replace skate to snow biking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.bernham Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I'd like to see them bring back: Ski Ballet Stilt Skating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiroamorim Posted May 22, 2014 Report Share Posted May 22, 2014 I suggest Alpinism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiseason Posted May 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2014 There other programs might be added as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacre Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I suggest Alpinism. It's the only other "real" ice/snow sport that needs to be added. But there are a number of problems: 1) How do you decide who wins? A race would encourage the bad tendencies in climbing that value speed over technical skill and safety. 2) How do you make it work for television? 3) What about places that don't have huge mountains? You need a 9,000 ft mountain at least. Climbing in the Alps or Rockies would work, but what about another host in Eastern North America, Eastern Europe, Australia, etc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted May 25, 2014 Report Share Posted May 25, 2014 I suggest they add a sport that allows you to be one with nature, like camouflaging! Hide and seek but with a twist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningrings Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 If anything the OWG needs to be downsizing - not upsizing. The bigger question is - what sports can be cut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zekekelso Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 It'll never happen, but they should cut the sledding events. The track is expensive and useless - a guaranteed white elephant. These are sports with only a handful of athletes in the world. And engineering, not athleticism, plays a huge role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiseason Posted May 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Totally agree that some of the sledding events should be removed from the program. Same situation to the Summer Games also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 If anything the OWG needs to be downsizing - not upsizing. The bigger question is - what sports can be cut? The IOC allowed 12 medal events to be added 3 years out from Sochi but refused to add medal events for Rio (remaining quota neutral).That indicates the OWG are able to grow. At this point I see no need for any sport to be dropped. The sliding sports though need to come up with a more cost effective venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiseason Posted May 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Speed Skating need to be modified also. It would be excited as Short-Track competition with two or multiple skaters tracing each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breathesgelatin Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I know this is not popular here, but I would love to see synchronized skating adding. A few reasons: -Like ice dance, synchronized skating emphasizes base skating skills (edge work and such) that to many hardcore skating fans are really exciting. It's not all about jumps! -Synchronized skating can be a gender neutral sport (there are some mixed gender teams that compete). This is really appealing to me. -Synchronized skating is a discipline that brings in some countries that are not powerful in the other figure skating disciplines (OK, well, Finland and Norway at least) -This is maybe my biggest reason: synchronized skating has a very different atmosphere at the events. Check out some YouTube vids. It is a party atmosphere, tons of cheering and excitement, a totally different feel than that of other skating disciplines. It's really fun. The drawbacks: -Admittedly, it's a lot of athletes. The synchro world championships have 10 teams, and each team has 20 athletes. -Figuring out if there is ice time for both this, the traditional skating events, and short track. There definitely would be if they cut the figure skating team trophy but Speedy isn't going to want to give that up. I'd much rather see synchro than the team, myself, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 I know this is not popular here, but I would love to see synchronized skating adding. A few reasons: -Like ice dance, synchronized skating emphasizes base skating skills (edge work and such) that to many hardcore skating fans are really exciting. It's not all about jumps! -Synchronized skating can be a gender neutral sport (there are some mixed gender teams that compete). This is really appealing to me. -Synchronized skating is a discipline that brings in some countries that are not powerful in the other figure skating disciplines (OK, well, Finland and Norway at least) -This is maybe my biggest reason: synchronized skating has a very different atmosphere at the events. Check out some YouTube vids. It is a party atmosphere, tons of cheering and excitement, a totally different feel than that of other skating disciplines. It's really fun. The drawbacks: -Admittedly, it's a lot of athletes. The synchro world championships have 10 teams, and each team has 20 athletes. -Figuring out if there is ice time for both this, the traditional skating events, and short track. There definitely would be if they cut the figure skating team trophy but Speedy isn't going to want to give that up. I'd much rather see synchro than the team, myself, though. There is a few days before the men's hockey events begin so it could squeeze in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiseason Posted May 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2014 The chance: Downhill Ice Cross (98% more and more popular, example Crashed Ice, mainly Youth sport) Synchronized Skating (40%, too many athletes) Ice Climbing (30%) Acroski (50%, may be popular again, both Youth and Senior sport) Skibobbing (80%, very exciting, both Youth and Senior sport) Skiboarding (50%, may be popular, mainly Youth sport) Ski Mountaineering (30%, with limited condition and specified location) Ski Orienteering (50%) Bandy (70%, winner only goes to Russia, Sweden or Finland) Broomball (30%, popular in Canada, similar to Bandy and Ice Hockey) Snowshoeing (40%) Snowbiking (50%, Cycling on snow) Ski Archery (40%,similar to the Biathlon, used a bow instead of a gun) Winter Triathlon (50%, involving running, biking and skiing) Snow Rugby (30%, Rugby in winter, may not be adopted by the Olympics) Wok Racing (5%, possibly better for recreation event) Ice Stock (3% similar to Curling) Others Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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