Simpleton’s Guide To The Winter Olympics (Downhill Skiing and Skeleton)

Downhill Skiing and Skeleton Occasionally you can switch on the TV during the Winter Olympics and think the world has gone mad with their crazy sports like Freestyle Skiing, Snowboarding and Figure Skating, and you hark back to the days when all you would see was someone hurtling down a mountain on a pair of … More Simpleton’s Guide To The Winter Olympics (Downhill Skiing and Skeleton)

Simpleton’s Guide to the Winter Olympics (Speed Skating and Snowboarding)

Today’s blog features both old and new classics of the winter sports genre with Speed Skating and Snowboarding. Speed Skating Speed skating is largely split into two forms, short track which is on a 111 metre circuit and long track that is on one that is longer. It is unclear how they got their names. … More Simpleton’s Guide to the Winter Olympics (Speed Skating and Snowboarding)