Friday, August 18, 2017

Olympic Village, Park City, UT

Site of the 2002 Winter Olympics, it is now used for training Olympians and is a major tourist attraction.  Adventuresome visitors can do some of the things the pros do, bobsledding for one.  There's a good museum highlighting many of the past and present greats, and the local and national history of the event.  Below, you see some of the ski outfits worn over the years.  The outfit modeled on the far right is the latest style in casual after-ski wear.


The horizontal cross is actually a skier doing acrobatics before splashing into the pool.  They slopes are sprayed with water before just before the skier starts down.  The pool is placid until a skier is coming down the slope, then the water is agitated with water jets or compressed air.  I assume this makes for a softer landing, fewer injuries, maybe more like snow.


I'm gonna give the guy (or gal) below a 9.5, went a little crooked on the landing.


Below is the snowboard acrobatics area.  Again, everything is sprayed with water before the launch.  Jumpers land on this huge inflated balloon/mattress.  The person in the air (middle left) is kinda hard to distinguish due to the background.


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