I remember staying up late and watching any Olympic events on television. Even the sports that I didn't follow I watched. Back then, my parents moderated what I watched. Aside from Saturday morning cartoons, I could only watch sports. Ice hockey was something I loved early on and that Paul Newman movie Slapshot had plenty to do with that. Form ice hockey, I enjoyed watching ice skating something I tried to do recreationally. There's a certain exhilaration that comes from being on the ice and going 'round as you pick up speed. That's why hockey has this rush that's different. If Slapshot is to my ice hockey then The Cutting Edge is to ice skating. Of course, I no longer watch as many sports as I can what with a crazy sked. But on occasion, I still watch the old favorites. As for ice skating, there's Japan's Miki Ando who has already won two Grand Prix trophies this year. She is a joy to watch.
As a rejoinder on my watching and appreciating many non-mainstream sports, one reason is when I was a consultant for adidas. Going through their roster of athletes. That was real fun and it opened me to so many other fields. I was just going through my old closet at my parents' place and I found a bag of magazines where I contributed articles on Ultimate Disc, flag football, motocross, running, and others. And yes, they were all fun to follow and write about.
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