Shaun White is performing tonight on NBC at 8:30 PM tonight on NBC, and for San Diegans, its a chance to see one of their own do something that even Tony Hawk calls redefining. Yes who is Tony Hawk, and who is Shaun White, in the grand scheme of things, other than an American at the height of his game, and his skill doing something more amazing than we could imagine. The sport itself has transcended the ability of man to fly propelled by environment, and perform anti gravitational tricks on a piece of fiber glass board to make people forget that it is risking their lives. The luger who passed last week was quite spectacular and tragic, but watching those who carried on in that sport, made you appreciate the danger and abilities of the athletes involved. The luge instantly gave me chills, and a sense that they are trully propelling themselves at almost 80 MPH with nothing between them and steel posts and hard ice walls but a thin piece of material keeping them warm from the elements.
So when you watch Shaun White and see him execute at the top of his game tonight, appreciate the fact that they are risking their lives for what is considered sport. Too much emphasis is placed on who is watching, how much money is being lost by NBC, and how American's are apathetic towards Winter Olympics, but not in Southern California, and not anywhere where American's do support each other. Yes I am biased because I work with Shaun's Aunt, and she provides the nicest character references for the guy, and the generosity displayed by the kid is expected and welcoming from a professional athlete/media icon, and its the way we want all of our athletes to be.
Put your TV on tonight, and watch the guy perform at the top of his game like no other, because it doesn't come around that often when someone can perform like he does. We could all use some good old fashioned RAH RAH SIS BOOM BAH for the USA!!
For the complete listing of events, in case Curling is your thing (Homer Simpson enjoys Curling)
http://www.nbcolympics.com/tv-listings/index.html
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