Friday, February 14, 2014

4th Grade - February 2/2014 - New Winter Olympic events

The Olympic Winter Games are currently happening. They started on February 7th and go until the closing ceremony on February 23rd.

Below is a video describing the new events at these Olympic Games. These are events that have never before been Olympic events.


Watch the video and answer the questions below...







Your questions:

  • What did you think about the video?
  • Which of the new events looks most interesting to you? Why?
  • Have you watched any of the Winter Olympics this year?
  • Have you seen any of these new events? 
  • Do you currently do any winter sports? Ice skating, skiing, hockey, etc?


Please respond in full and complete sentences, paragraph form. Double check your work before posting your comment. Once you post your comment, Mr. Casal will be notified and he will grade and approve your post. Your comment will not appear on the blog until Mr. Casal has read and approved it.


Have a great week off, watch the Olympics, and have fun!


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123 comments:

CamilaM said...

I thought the video was good, but not great. I thought the half-pipe and the slope style looked interesting because can express yourself in many ways. I have watched the olympics this year. I saw the half-pipe and the slope style. I do not do any winter sports.

Yasnil S. said...

I thought the video was interesting. I thought the freestyle skiing and the slope style looked interesting because can express yourself in many ways. I have watched the olympics this year. I saw the freestyle skiing and the slope style. I do not do any winter sports.

Ishan B. said...

I really liked the video. I thought it was really amazing how all those people could do stuff like that. One of the new events I thought was interesting was slope style skiing. I think it is interesting because all those people can really show their talent. Also they do all these jumps and ski across bars which I think is super amazing. Sadly I have not been able to see any of the games except for 2 or 3 teams/individuals playing. I think one was slope style. I do skiing once in a while.

Nora C. said...

I did not see the video, it was blocked for some reason. I am not sure which new event looks most interesting because I do not know which are new. I have watched some of the olympic events this year, ice dancing, snowboarding, figure skating, and couples figure skating. I can ski, but I am not very good, I am better at things like gymnastics or swimming or playing the piano.

Nolan.M said...

I thought the video was cool because it was really amazing how the skiers and snowboarders flipped in the air and landed on the ground safely. I thought the half-pipe and the slope-style were fascinating how they could keep their balance on the rails and turn upside-down on skis. I watched some of the figure skating. I don't do any winter sports. I only do sports during the summer or the fall.

Handi R said...

I think the video is good.

Snowbording because its in a half-pipe.

No I didnt.

No I didnt.



Kiara.T said...

I think about this video is that they were telling how you snowboarding at the park how they did it in high jumps.I had watch the Olympics this year it was fun.I saw them asking on the snow with tricks.

Jacob P said...

The video was very unique.The event that was interesting is parallel slalom.it is interesting because you can do different tricks.I did not watch the Olympics.I did no winter sports.

Julian L said...

I liked the video a lot because it shows all of the different types of new Olympic events and the ways you do them. The three that looked most interesting was the ski jumping and both types of slope style. I like them because they look totally awesome and they were the ones that were zeroed in on in the video. I am sorry but I have not seen ANY of the Winter Olympics this year. I have not seen any of the new Olympic events at all. I do not currently do any winter sports. Though I do go ice skating on occasion.

Jacob P said...

End of other comment:I did not see the Olympics.

Amelia Z. said...

I thought that the video was good. I saw free style skiing and snowboarding. I also saw the half-pipe and slope style. Also women's skii jumping. They were all very interesting. I have watched the Winter Olympics this year. I do play one of the winter sports. It is ice skating. There are twelve new Olympic Games. The most interesting game I saw was the slope style snow boarding. I like it because it was very creative to me. So far I have seen all the new events in the game. That is my answer to the question.

Sabine G. said...

I thought the video was very interesting because it featured Olympic events I didn't know about.
I thought the free style skying because as its like the snowboarding with the skies and it looked really cool in the video. During the Sochi Olympics I have watched ice skating, snow boarding, and curling. I have not seen any of these new events. I currently don't take any lessons in the winter sports, but I do like to ice skate.

Sophia E. said...

I think the video was great!I think the freestyle skiing was interesting.I think freestyle skiing looked interesting because you got to do what ever tricks you wanted to do.I think that is really cool because you get to really express yourself on the skis.No, I haven't watched the Winter Olympics.I have not seen any of these new events because I have not watched the Winter Olympics.This Winter I did snowboard and ice skate.

Tess N.R. said...

I thought the video was like totally awesome! I think the most interesting sport was the skiers on the half pipe, because when they flipped they looked like a flying pile of skis. I've watched the olympics and seen figure skating and the biathlons. I haven't done any of those sports but I plan to go to the new skating rink this winter.

JackA said...

I thought that the video was really cool. One new event that looks really interesting is the skiing on the half pipe because I have never saw skiers doing what ever they want to do. I have watched the Olympics. I have not seen any of the new events. I do not do any winter sport.

Angel S said...

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Haskell A. said...

I thought the video was cool because you got to see new Olympic events and how the people that were competing thought about the new events. The Snowboarding Slopestyle was definitely the most interesting. I think this because when I watched the second night of the Olympics slope style was on and it was crazy awesome! I've watched (and taped) the Olympics. I have seen most of the new events. I love to ski because I have done it since I was two. I'm also going to Vermont in a couple of hours to go on a skiing trip!

BeatriceD said...

I liked the video. The new event that looks the most interesting is slope side snowboarding. I like it because it is fun to watch people do different jumps. I watched some of the Winter Olympics this year. I watched women's long jump. I sometimes do ice skating.

Genesis W-M said...

I like the video very much because I love the Olympics. Well I have two most interesting new events slop snowboarding and free style skiing. I think these are interesting because they are really cool and exciting. I have watched the Olympics this year. So far the Olympics is ok, not all the events are eye drawing. I have seen some of the new events, couple skating it was ok. I don`t take ice skating lessons but I do ice skating for fun. I want to go skiing but I have no time.

RonaldoC. said...

I thought the video was really cool my sister thought it was expectacular.the snow bourd looks very unique. I usually never see the winter olimpics so it looked pretty good. I have never seen them this year or anymy mom doesn't like thembut meand my sister do. But we don't pay the bill so unless it is something important like wrestlemania maybe yes.No because my mom says it is to cold and I would get sick.

RonaldoC. said...

I thought the video was really cool my sister thought it was expectacular.the snow bourd looks very unique. I usually never see the winter olimpics so it looked pretty good. I have never seen them this year or anymy mom doesn't like thembut meand my sister do. But we don't pay the bill so unless it is something important like wrestlemania maybe yes.No because my mom says it is to cold and I would get sick.

Mya H said...

I really like the video. I thought it was awesome and cool. The new event that is the most interesting to me is snowboarding because you have to do it on ice and you have to practice a lot. No I haven't watched any winter Olympics but my mom has she always tells me about it. Sometimes I watch the new events. No I don't do any winter sports but I want to but I don't now how to ice skate, ski, or hockey on ice. Once I've tried ice skating but I was slipping and it was too hard and I don't want to hurt myself.

Aiden N. said...

Aiden N.

I loved the video because it talks about the new events at the Olympics. The one that looks much cooler/awesome is the snowboarding. The reason why it looks cool is because all the neat tricks and how high and fast they get to go. It looks like so much fun. Having the half-pipe is going to look like a skate park. All those tricks on the snowboard and on ski looks so awesome. I have not seen any of the winter Olympics this year. I don't do any of the winter Olympics stuff but if I had a choice I would like to try snowboarding.

Cloe I said...

I could not watch the video because it said it was blocked. I have not watched any of the Winter Olympic Events this year. I have not seen any of these new events. I do not play any Winter Olympics Events.

William L said...

I thought the video was awesome. The event that looked the most interesting was the half pipe. I have not watched the Winter Olympics this year. I have not seen any of the new events this year. I do ice skating and skiing. I plan on doing snowboarding to.

Cooper G. said...

I thought the video was very cool. I liked seeing all the new events. The new event that was interesting to me was the parallel slalom. It was interesting to me because I thought they would do this event for skiing, not for snowboarding. I have watched the watched winter Olympics. I also have seen one of the new events. The event was where men and women compete together in ice skating. The winter sport I do ios ice skating.

Eve N. said...

I thought the video was very interesting. All of the moves and jumps were really cool. I thought all the events looked very interesting. I have been watching everything on the Olympics. I do a lot of winter sports but I mostly do ice skating and skiing.

Elliot H said...

I thought it was very interesting and inspiring to me. What looked most interesting to me was the snow boarding because look at the cool stunts they do and the ramps and jumps they do. Yes I have watched the new events and it was breath taking and cool. Yes I have seen the new events and I think they are better than the others. Yes and no I do some of these sports, yes because 2 years ago I went to Ohio to go skying but no because it was 2 years ago and I don't do it any more.

ClareR. said...

I thought the video was great! My favorite new event is that now women are allowed to ski jump , or women's ski jumping. I have watched ski jumping on T.V. I also do ice skating.

Lauren S. said...

I think the video was interesting. I thought the freesyle skiing and the figure skating looked interesting because all those people could do all that stuff. I have seen the figure skating and the freestyle skiing. No, I do not do any winter sports.

Eddie R. said...

I thought the video was great.The most interesting sports were slope slyly snowboarding and skiing.No I have not seen the Olympics.I last time tried doing ice skating.

Noah J. said... said...

I think that it's a good video because i saw this guy sliding on a board in a track. I thought it was very scary because the guy was going so fast.The figure skating looks interesting.I have never watched any of the events. No in haven't seen any of these winter events.I do ice skating with my family.

Isabella S. said...

I thought the video was cool. I thought the slope style snowboarding and skiing were interesting. I thought they were interesting because I ski regularly and my dad snowboards regularly so when people do jumps and rails I find it interesting.I have been watching the olympics. I do ski.

Sophia K said...

I loved the video. I've seen Freestyle Ski Jumping, and the flips they did were amazing!I love to ice skate!I also liked the snow boarding.

Andrew.J said...

What I thought of the video is it was really good and cool.I wish I could do one of those sports.Slope style.It caught my I.No I have not this year.No I have not seen the new ones.No not really.

Jacob R said...

1. I thought the video was spectacular!!!!
2. One of the events that looked interesting was the slopey thingy. Snowboarding will now be a little like Skateboarding. Another thing is the
ski-cross. Skiers will finally get a chance to duke it out on the Halfpipe.
3.I saw some of the
Sochi Olympics in Corner Burger on5th AV between 7th and 6th street. They were giving Snowboard racing.
4. I have not seen any of the new events.
5. I actually like to Ice Skate in the Winter.

Daniel S.-H. said...

I really liked the video. I thought it was really amazing how all those people could do stuff like that. One of the new events I thought was interesting was slope style skiing. It was cool because people can really express themselves. I have watched some figure skating and snow boarding. Sadly, I do not play any Winter Olympics.

Anne M said...

I think that the video was very interesting. I think it's cool to see the "upcoming" events. I think that the "parallel slolem" (I'm not sure what it said)and the skier's half pipe are the main things I'm interested in. I have been watching the Olympics and I'm so excited that Davis and White won the gold medal in ice dancing! I have seen slope style snowboarding. I do ice skating and I do skiing. I'm going to Vermont this weekend to ski with with my cousins. I want to be a figure skater when I grow up.

Robert L. said...

-The video was cool and unique
-One of the events that looks interesting is the ski jump
-Yes, I watched cross country skiing, ski jump, hockey, and snow boarding
-I ice skate, and ski

Maggie W said...

I thought the video was very interesting.
The event that looked most interesting to me was the ice dancing. The dancers looked like they were flying across the ice.
Yes I have watched the Winter Olympics this year and I did notice some of the new events.
I do ice skate and I have gone skiing a few times this winter.

Aminuz Z. said...

I thought the video was amazing!The snowboarding and the freestyle skiing was interesting because the tricks were so talented.I have not seen the Winter Olympics this year.I don't do any winter sports.

Zaiya R said...

I think it was good because it showed me the new events. It looks like I would like the biathlon because I have shot a arrow and I think i would like to shot a real gun.I have seen bobsledding, snowboarding,and skiing.No! I went to sleep before they showed it.I have played 1 ice skating but my dad wants to go skiing.

Daniel S.-H. said...

I thought that the video was very good. It was really cool how all of those people in the Winter Olympics could do things like that. My favorite new event was slope style because it's cool how they do that stuff on those rails. I have watched some Olympics this year. I have seen freestyle, slope style, and women ski jumping. Sadly, I do not play any Winter Olympic events.

Thomas.W said...

Thought the video was really cool,
I cept thinking "man,I wish that was me on the slopes".
Honestly freestyle skiing and snowboarding look the coolest.
I don't really do any of those sports but I do like to rollorskate in Staten Island so...
But I thought the video was actually really cool!

Calvin R. said...

I thought the video was cool because it showed you what they do in the winter olympics.

The newest event I was probably most excited for was half-pipe skiing. I think snowboarding on a half-pipe was cool and now they brought it to skiing, making it a whole lot better.

No, I have not.

Nope.

I play hockey, sometimes.

Adriel D. said...

I thought the video was awesome! It was all about the winter Olympics which I love.
My favorite sport in the winter olympics is snowboarding because it is just like surf boarding, except there is more jumping and more action.
I have watched the Olympics on the news. I have seen all of the new events. I do not do any of the sports but I will love to do skying.
Sometimes when I go sleding at Riverside Drive I see people skying, but the hill is not big enough. This is all about the winter games. We certainly had a lot of snow to enjoy this winter!

Zara J said...

I thought the video was very interesting. The best event was freestyle skiing. It was like snowboarding, but with skis. It looked very cool. I have watched some of the Winter Olympics, but not all. I have seen: ice skating, snowboarding and skiing.Currently, I like ice skating.

Grace L. said...

I thought the video was cool. You got to see what it was like from someone who is in it. The slope style looked rally cool. You got to show all your cool moves in different ways. I have not gotten the time to watch the Olympics. But I have seen clips from it. I have seen the new events not in the Olympics though. I have seen and done them at ski mountains. I do do winter sports.I ski in Vermont.

DanielT said...

I thought the video looked cool. I think this because it interviewed people and showed the people doing the sport. The event that looked interesting to me was snowboarding slopestyle. I think it looked interesting because it has obstacles like rails and jumps. I've seen some of the skiing and snowboarding events, the luge, and the skeleton. The only new event I saw was freestyle skiing. I don't do any winter sports.

Caleb C. said...

I think this video was okay it was'nt the greatest or the best.

The most interesting event for me was the Ski thing, when you went down a hill trying not to hit those obsticles on the slope and race down to win.

I have watched some of the winter Olympics this year but not as much as the Summer Olympics i like the Summer Olympics better.

No I havent seen any of the new sports.

Again, no Mostly i play summer sports like Soccer, Baseball and Football.

DovA said...

I thought the video was cool because NBC got interviews with some of the people competing in the Olympics. The event that really caught my eye were the slopestyle snowboarding. I liked it because the jumps look really cool. I have actually watched some slopestyle snowboarding this year. I don't do any winter sports myself (exept for occasionally going ice skating) but its fun to watch any way.

Kayleen C said...

1. What I thought about this video is that it was interesting because I have never saw the Winter Olympics.

2. the event that looks most interesting is ice skating because I have been ice skating. It is kind of hard ice skating I have went ice skating two times.

3. I have not seen any Winter Olympics this year.

4. I have not seen any of these new events.

5. I don't currently do not do any of these Winter sports.

Laura DL. said...

I could not watch the video because it was blocked off but i did see some ice skating, skiing and snowboarding. I only know one new event and that is I believe to be team ice skating. I do ski and skate and over the break i went skiing in Massachusetts.

LeolaB. said...

I thought this video was awesome . I thought this because it had a lot of the people competing in Sochi.
I think one appealing event was women's ski-jumping. I think this is appealing because you can basically fly through the air. Yes I have watched many of the Olympic events mostly hockey. I play a winter sport. I play ice hockey.

Inua said...

I thought the video was cool.I think the most interesting sport was the slope style because it was dangeruse but fun.I have not seen any of the Olympics but I have seen clips on the news but even though I watched the clips I have not seen any of the new sports.I sometimes ice skate. Infact I just learned how and I can go really fast!

Solvej L said...

I thought the video was interesting. It was cool to see the sports that some people were doing. I thought that the most interesting sport was the freestyle skiing because the tricks looked amazing! The turning in mid-air was awesome.
Actually, I haven't seen any of the Olympics this winter, but I did see a bit of the speed-skating trials. I haven't seen any of the new events either. I can ice skate, but I'm not very good at it, so I don't think I would get a gold medal if I skated in the Winter Olympics!

Wesley C. said...

I thought the video was really cool. I thought the slopestyle snowboarding and the halfpipe skiing mostly stood out to me. Yes I have watched some Winter Olympics this year. I don't think I have seen any new winter Olympic events yet. But I think the halfpipe skiing is on tonight. I don't do any winter sports currently, unless you count sledding.

Elijah P said...

I thought the video was amazing.I thought that ski Halfpipe was cool because skiers get to do fantastic tricks.I have seen all of the new sports.I like to do skeleton in the winter or do two men bob sleeding.

Aidan A said...

I thought the video was really cool.The event that looks most interesting to me is the slope stlye skiing because they are litterly jumping on railings.I have watched some of the olympics.I havent seen any of the knew events. I ski but thats it.

Bruno N.R. said...

I thought the video was really cool. The event I thought was most interesting was the slope style because it sounds like you are going down a hill through an obstacle course and obstacle courses are awesome. I have watched the Sochi Winter Olympics this year, and I have seen the Biatholon and the Figure Skating. I do not like doing winter sports, I do not want to do winter sports, and I have no plan to do winter sports, but I like watching winter sports.

Bruno N.R. said...

I thought the video was really cool. The event I thought was most interesting was the slope style because it sounds like you are going down a hill through an obstacle course and obstacle courses are awesome. I have watched the Sochi Winter Olympics this year, and I have seen the Biatholon and the Figure Skating. I do not like doing winter sports, I do not want to do winter sports, and I have no plan to do winter sports, but I like watching winter sports.

Ernest B. said...

Ernest B

I thought that the video was amazing! Free style skiing looks the most interesting to me because it is so amazing how the people fly in the air. I only watch at least two events this year. I saw one new event this year. I don't play any winter games I think that ice skating is scary.

Gabrielle.M said...

I thought the video was pretty cool but it wasn't the best!In my opinion the snowboarding half pipe was the most interesting.I got to see people do all of these crazy jumps and twists!I've been watching most of the winter Olympics this year,I have seen the skiing ,snowboarding ,and figure skating.I do alot of winter sports!Ice skating Skiing and snowboarding!

Luke.P said...

I like how they added new events to the Olympics this year. I think that free style skiing looks most interesting to me. No, I did not watch any of the Winter Olympics this year, but I did watch 2011 men's fencing because I am taking fencing lessons. No, I did not see any of these new events. No, I do not do any winter sports. Once i went skiing but face planted on the snow in a very painful way!

Omar P. said...

I loved the video. The coolest event was freestyle skiing. I liked it because a guy made an x with his skis. I have seen curling and figure skating. I'm really good at snowboarding.

Yesenia.F said...

I thought it was fun to watch all these new Olympic events.The men skii jumping was most interesting to me because this year finally a women is going to participate that is also representing the U.S.A. No,i haven't seen the winter Olympics this year. No i haven't seen any of these new events, and no i have not done any of the winter events i haven't had an opportunity to.

Astrid G said...

I think the video was great.The event I though that was interestring in the winter olympics was snowboarding.I thought this was very interesting because snowboarding tricks are very coool.I watched figure skating.I have never seen the new events.I really like to ice skate.

Ysabel P said...

I thought the video was amusing because it gave a lot of cool info. My favorite new sport was the snow boarding half pipe because it was so cool how those people could jump so high in the air and do a twist. I saw most of the sport but some i did not see. I did see a couple out of the new events, like snow boarding half pipe and women's ski jump. I do do ice skating but that's the only sport I do in the winter Olympics. Overall I think its really amazing what some people can do!

FelixG said...

I thought that the video was so cool with all of the jumping on the halfpipes. Over the breake i went skiing and it was really fun so I think that I can compere to the skiing in the video

OliviaT said...

I really liked the video. I thought it was amazing how people can do all of those winter sports. The event I thought was most interesting to me was the freestyle skiing half pipe because I went skiing and just skiing down a big mountain is hard, its amazing that people can do those tricks. Me and my half cousins watched the women figure skating, women hockey and freestyle skiing half pipe. I did just plain skiing in Lake placid,on White Face mountain.

Jacob Z. said...

1. I thought the video was really cool.

2. I liked the freestyle skiing, because of the flips and backwards skiing.

3. No, I haven't watched the Winter Olympics this year.

4. No, because I haven't been watching.

5. No, I don't play any winter sports, but I do practice karate.

Gio L. said...

I thought the video was amazing.One of the events that was interesting was snowboarding. I think it is interesting because you get to do flips on the half-pipe and that's cool.Yes I have watched some olympics this year. Yes I have seen some new events like ski half-pipe, women ski jumping, slope style snowboarding and skiing slope style. Yes I actually I do ice skating and I really want to try snowboarding.

Jane C said...

I thought the video was fine. I thought that the ski jumping looked fun. I only watched the skiing. i don't think so. I love to ski (downhill/cross contry.

KristhalynG said...

I thought the video was interesting. I thought the freestyle skiing and the slope style looked interesting because you express yourself in many different ways and moves.I haven't watched the Olympics this year.I don't have any winter sports.

Taylor M. said...

I thought the video was good. I think that the skiers were interesting because they can ski backwards.I didnt get to watch the olympics this year but i saw the video and it was cool.I dont do winter sports but would like to try one day.

GandenF said...

I thought it was very cool. These people were doing hard rails and pipes. I did the rail a couple days ago and it was hard.I think Freestyle skiing/snowboarding was the most cool. Like I said above it is hard and people do cool tricks. I have seen a period from the US-Canada game.I have not seen any of the new events. I do skiing but I will try snowboarding next year.

GordonC. said...

I thought the video was pretty cool how all those sports came into the Winter Olympics. The sport that looked most interesting to me was the snowboarding because it looked tough to do with all the ramps and jumps. Yes I have watched some of the Winter Olympics this year. Yes I have seen one of the new sports I saw the half pipe skiing. I don't do any of the sports except sometimes I go skiing.

JackW said...

I think the video was awesome because I really like sports. The event that looked the most interesting to me was the parallel slalom because it's both an obstacle course and a race. I have watched 2 Olympic events this year, Women's Hockey and the Biathlon. The 1 new event I saw this year was Women's Hockey. I like winter sports. I like ice skating and skiing.

AmeliaR. said...

I tought the vedio was great! But something that I think is amazing is that this year is the year that woman are ski jumping for the U.S.A! I think that this year is extra special because alot of people thought that men and boys are the only one capable of doing some sports or that girls arin't as good as boys at sports and things like that so this year is a great year for woman and older girls to prove that those people were and are wrong.
One sport that interests me is free style sking. That interests me because it is free style so, I want to see how theperson sking expresses him/her self.
I have not watched the winter olympics this year.
I have not seen any new events because I have not watched it.
I do not do a lot of sports but the sports I do, do are summer sports or spring or fall but not in the winter. But I do like to ice skate.

Elizabeth M. said...

I thought the video was amazing because everything was so cool to watch like snowboarding and the figure skating. I thought all of the sports where interesting but if I had to pick one I would pick figure skating. I would pick figure skating because figure skaters make everything so whimsical. I do not do any winter Olympic sports except sometimes snowboarding and I am pretty good at ice skating. I did see some of the Olympics like skiing, snowboarding, and figure skating.

Nicholas M said...

I thought the video was interesting. The thing that was most interesting was the skiing backwards. No, I have not watched any Winter Olympics this year. No, I have not watched any of the twelve new events this year. Yes, I ski. In fact, I went to Canada in Mont Tremblant to go skiing with my family over the break.

Julian C. said...

1A. I think this is interesting because it shows the athletes (olympians) talking and telling their experiences with the sport they do.

2A. I think snowboarding looks interesting because I skateboard and I mostly know how to do all of these sports except skiing and snowboarding.

3A. I have watched some of the figure skating, snowboarding and the grand ceremonies.

4A. I have seen freestyle skating.

5A. I just started ice skating.

GavinK said...

I thought the video was great. I thought it was great because it is about time the ladies got a try at ski jumping.
Hey they are all good but if I have to pick one it would be parallel slolem because #1 I love racing and #2 I loves snow boarding.
Yes I have seen the Winter Olympics this year. I saw snow boarding, ice skating,and skiing.
Yes I have seen the new events.
I currently ice skate.

Stella M. said...

I thought that the video was very interesting to watch because I got to hear what the competitors thought of the olympics. I think that the most interesting new event is women's ski jump. I also think it looks scary. I have watched figure skating sometimes but besides that no. I have not seen any new olympic events. Right now I like ice skating skiing and snowboarding.

Jared S. said...

I thought the video was really good. My favorite new olympic event is slopestyle skiing. Yes, I did watch the olympics this year. No, haven't seen any new olympic events. I am not ding any olympic sports.

Ella.f said...

I thought the video was a cool video.one event that interested me was the free style skiing.I like it because it is cool to watch and how they keep there balance. And yes I have been watching the Olympics.my favorite sport is figure skating.and no I have not seen any of the new Olympic games.and sometimes I do ice skating but I do not do it regularly.

Ella N. said...

I like this video because it shows some of the Winter Olympic participants' opinions of their sport.It is good to hear what they have to say so that you know what they've experienced.

One of the new events that is interesting to me is woman's ski jumping. I liked it because woman are able to do it, which means whatever boys can do, girls can do it too. I also think that girls will do a good job at the sport.

This year with my grandparents I watched the Winter Olympics. I loved watching all the action happening in each sport.

My grandparents and I saw the new figure skating team event. I just love seeing the skaters glide across the ice so gracefully.

I currently am not in any winter sports, but I wish that I could be in figure skating.

Ella O said...

I thought the video was cool. The new events that looked the most interesting to me was slope style. I thought it was amazing to see people ski on obstacle course when skiing is already so hard. I have watched most of the Olympic sports such as figure skating, skiing and snowboarding. I currently don’t do any winter sports but I do fencing in the summer.

Sophia H. said...

I thought the video was interesting. one of the new events I really liked is the skiing, I like it because its cool to see people doing ski flips in the air and and wonder will they fall? This year I watched a bit of the winter olympics, but honestly I found some of it boring. I usually watch regular figure skating with my mom so I have seen some of the winter olympic events. In all, I have done a lot o ice skating before.

SylvieG said...

I enjoyed the video and thought it was very informative, I didn't know that there are that many new events this year. I thought that the new type of skiing on the half pipe was really cool because it is what you would do with a skate board but with skis and it looked really hard.I have watched some olympics this year and love to watch the speed skating. I play a lot of sports like soccer and basketball but not much of the winter olympic sports, although I do go ice skating sometimes. Anyway, I think the winter olympics are very interesting and fun to watch.

Nicholas.S said...

I thought the video rocked! The sports I can do is snow boarding and skiing.I have watched almost every episode of the winter olympics.I like the video because it gives an example of a couple of different sports.

Micah h said...

I thought the video was cool .I mean It did not really tell you all the new Olympic events. I watched the slope stile skiing and I thought that that was my favorite event besides the slope style snowboarding. I have seen almost all of the events except Hockey. The new events I have seen are the slope style skiing, Snowboarding , and Luge. I do not do any of those events.

LouisaH said...

I thought the video was super cool and taught me a lot about the Olympics. I enjoyed the backwards skiing people. I ski a lot and it is very difficult to backwards ski. I have not watched the Olympics yet, I usually watch the figure skating, when Kim Yunah is on. My favorite sport in the video was skiing. I am skiing, which is why it's my favorite winter activity. I love whizzing across the snow.

Amelia J said...

I really liked the video. The most interesting new event to me is skiing on the half pipe. It is because it looks harder than other types of skiing. It is sort of combining snowboarding and skiing. Yes, I have been watching the Winter Olympics. I have only seen snowboarding as a new event. Not half pipe skiing. Some winter events I have done are skiing, ice-skating, and indoor soccer.

Kai B said...

I though the video was cool. The free style skiing looked awesome! No I have not watched any winter Olympics but my mom wants me to. No I do not do any winter sports.

David G. said...

1. I think the video was really cool

2. I think skiing was the best one because it has the best trick's iv'e seen for skiing.
3.so far no
4.no
5. well i've only been ice skating once

Carlos L. said...

I thought the video was interesting, The event that was most interesting to me was the snowboarding because its just like skating and I wanna learn to be a skater. No i have not watched the winter olympics, No i haven't seen the new events. I don't do winter sports but i did go ice skating.

Otto S. said...

I think the Olympics are awesome, aside the fact people die. Just by watching that, I want to do snowboarding. I have not watched any real Olympic shows, but I'm planning to watch it tonight so I can see the new events. I'm not really sure this is a winter sport, but iI sometimes go sledding like I did on thursday(tell me if it is a winter sport).

Thomas A. said...

I thought that the video was very entertaining and cool. The event that looked the most interesting to me was the bob sledding because it went really fast and it did a lot of tricks. I have watched the winter olympics when I went to my grandmas house. I have seen the new events. My favorite is the bob sledding. I have done one of the winter sports and that's football.

VictoriaB said...

Yes I watched this year's Olympic games and the ones that I watch was the ice skating,the hockey, and the
skiing.The winter sport that I usually do is ice skating.

Chloe P. said...

The winter olympics is a great activity. Personally, I loved the video. Some of my favorite events in the winter olympics are: skiing, bobsledding and ice-skating. I like these sports because... skiing is in my blood, my mom and dad are both excellent skiers. I like bobsledding because it is fun to watch and I would imagine a lovely experience. Ice-skating... well, I just think its beautiful and elegant, and the people who do it put amazing effort into their work.
I'd like to inform you that yes, I have watched some of the olympics. I'm also uncertain that I have watched any of the new events. I like the winter olympics, but I do some pretty good skiing myself. I hope you had a wonderful vacation and presidents day.

Margo V. said...

I thought the video was so cool! The women's ski jumping was interesting because, I believe in equal rights between men and women. Yes, I watched ski racing and jumping, plus ice skating. No I have not watched any new events (except for the video you showed us). Yes, I love to ski!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ChristinaJ said...

1. I loved the video. The tricks were great.
2. One of the events that looked interesting was the Slope Style skiing because all the tricks that they did were spectacular!!!!
3.Yes,I watched some of the Olympics Games this year.
4. Yes, I have seen some of the new sports. I liked watching them. It was very exciting!
5. Yes, I currently do winter sports. In November and December, I sometimes ice skate.

Claudia L. said...

I didn't get to see the video because of internet issues. But from memory of the Olympics I think the half pipe skiing looked very interesting, because a lady named Sarah birk committed her life to the sport she died doing it about a year ago and to honor her they put her sport into the Olympic Games. I've watched a lot of the Winter Olympics this winter. I've seen a lot of new sports this year. I do a lot of winter sports like skiing and skating but not very well.

Monica W said...

1 :I thought the video was amazing every person in that event have to train real hard to get in that event.
2: Ski jumping looked the most interesting because of jumping so far in the perfect area.
3 : I have watched the Winter Olympics with my mother and my father while we were on vacation
4 : YES i seen all the events that were included in this amazing video
5 : I currently don't do any winter sports but i love going ice skating with my dad (we are amazing)

Elijah F. said...

I liked the video,I was annoyed before this winter games because I thought snowboards should have the same events as skiing since they are so alike. I like the snowboarding and skiing half pipe the best. I have watched the winter olympics but only ice skating.
Yes I have seen only freestyle snowboarding. I go skiing on double black diamonds.

josh C. said...

1. I thought the video was cool, I can't imagine how much training they had to go through.
2. I was most interested by the one where the skier has to jump off that giant mountain. How do they survive the fall and why do they have to put their feet like that?
3. Yes, yes I have.
4. Yep.
5. I have been iceskating quite a few times. One time I stood sideways on my sled while going down a hill.

Jackson B. said...

I really liked the video although it was very slow to load on my computer. It was interesting to hear the athletes speak and say why they liked the new sports in the Olympics.
The event that looks the most interesting to me is Slope Style because it seems like a combination of snowboarding and skiing and gives the athletes a chance to express themselves and show off some style.
I haven't watched any of the olympic games, but I have seen the opening ceremonies. So I haven't seen the new events. I currently do lots of winter sports, like ice skating (note: NOT figureskating) and snow tubing, which I would like to propose as a new Olympic winter sport. Imagine -- you get in a tube and go off a jump and see who gets town the hill first.

Maggie M. said...

I thought that the video was very interesting because the athletes showed their opinion on the sport as well. The half-pipe skiing looked the most interesting to me because 1. I didn't know that skiers could compete on a half-pipe (I thought it was only snowboarders) 2. I ski as well. I have watched some of the Winter Olympics with my family. I have seen most of the events on this video. (Though i have not seen the half-pipe skiing). I don't really do any winter sports except skiing with my family.

Micah H said...

I thought the video was cool but it did not really tell you all the new Olympic events. It said there were 12 new events and they did not list all of them.

My favorite new event is slope stile skiing and my second favorite is slope style snowboarding. I like it because it is dangerous and fun to watch.

I have seen almost all of the events except Hockey. I cannot wait to see the Americans v.s. the Canadians though.

The new events I have seen are the slope style skiing, alpine slolom, and women’s ski jumping.

I do not practice any of those sports but I sometimes go ice-skating at Prospect Park.

Jeremaih C. said...

I was not able to see the video it was blocked for some reason, I did watch to winter Olympics this year, I like the speed skating the most I liked the way that they were on teams but they were all in different races.

Maisy b said...

I thought the skiing was totally AMAZING!!!
I liked the slope skiing. How could they go that fast and balance. I loved the amazing flips and jumps that went so fast in a second. And I loved the half pipe snowboarding.
They interested me!!!
I watched the olympic winter sports and it as really cool!
I am good at ice skating and sort of good at snowboarding...And I LOVE them!!!

MichaelS said...

I liked the video. I thought the skiing and the snowboarding was interesting for me. I haven't seen the winter olypics this year. I haven't seen these new events. I have done ice skating.

WyattR said...

-I liked the video.

-Snowboarding and skiing.

-Yes, I watched most of the Winter Olympics.

-Yes I have.

-I watch Hockey, occasionally.

MatthewW said...

I think this video was kind of nice. The event that is most interesting to me was ski half pipe. It looked cool to see the skiers doing tricks. I have seen all those events except woman's ski slope style. Occasionally I go to the new skating rink in Prospect Park and skate there, but most of the time I don't do any winter sports.

Liam P said...

i think the video does a good job expressing the athletes feelings in the interview. the most interesting sport to me is the slope style. i thing it takes some of the pressure of of the athletes and replaces it with fun. i have watched a little of the olympics this year but not much.
i have not seen any of these new events. i do not do any ice sports right now.

Erik N said...

I thought the video was cool
the most interesting event was snowboard slopestyle because it looked awesome with all the rails and jumps
I have watched: snowboard slopestylex2, figure skating, slaom,2-man bobsleigh,hockey,biathlon, crosscountry relay,speed skating,downhill, ski jump and curling
I have seen snowboard slopestyle
I ski and sometimes ice skating

HazelB said...

I loved the video! I am a big fan of snowboarding, skiing, and iceskating! I ind of wanted to watch it again!

Snowboarding and Skiing free style looks fun! I have never tried snowboarding, its looks fun! The true thing is that i have learned that most of the time from seeing people snowboard, they fall on their butt's almost 24/7.

I have only watched a little bit. I mostly never have enough time and because i don't have a TV. The only things i've seen are partner ice dancing, men's ice skating, and luge.

No. No i have not.

I do a lot of ice skating and skiing! They are both so fun

Amarya LM said...

I really thought this video was amazing and totally awesome! I never knew that you could practically fly when skiing. Or maybe I don't know that because I am not even close to that level.
I really liked the freestyle skiing. It looked like you were totally free, and you could do whatever you want. The skiers looked awesome just doing whatever moves they want.
I haven't watched any of the olympics this year yet. I really don't have time. I am already running around like a busy bee, and i can' add anything else to my schedule.
I haven't seen any of these new events other than in the video that inspired me to make this essay.
I currently DO NOT play any winter sports. I do sometimes go skiing with my dad, but this isn't ongoing. I also sometimes go ice skating, and again not ongoing. I've only been skiing and ice skating a few times.
And that is what i think about the video

Henry E. said...

I liked the video a lot. I liked the athletes talking about there sport. None of the new events interested me very much. I have watched some of the olympics this year, and I think Sochi was a terrible place to put them. I have seen some new skiing event, however, I do not no what it's called. I currently ice skate and ski. I'm an expert skier in ski school.

Isabella B. said...

1. I think the video is very interesting and lively.
2.I was really interested in all of the ice skate events.
3.I did watch them.
4.I watched most of them.
5.I do Ice Skating.

Nathan F. said...

I thought the video was great. I thought ski half pipe sounded interesting because it's my favorite sport but on skies. I've watched almost every day of it. I seen two new events. I have not done any winter sports. Thats what I think of the video.

Kingston .H said...

The video was very inspiring and fun in many ways. The snowboard tricks caught my attention because I currently snowboard. No I have not watched any winter Olympics this year. I am not a fan. I have not seen the Winter Olympics except now. I snowboard and I am great at it.