USA! USA! USA!

We here at The Tao recently besmirched the Olympics. We stand by our assessment but we caught some highlights of yesterday's Snowboard Cross (or "SBX" as we youngsters like to refer to it) and we have to say it looks pretty awesome. Here is a link to yesterday's men's SBX finals.

A few things stand out about SBX. First, it gets The Tao's seal of approval as a Real Sport because it consists of an objectively timed race to the bottom. Second, it actually looks like fun, which is more than we can say for, say, figure skating. Third, the American SBX-ers started a controversy by making fun of the host Canadian's tight pants. And finally, we have to admit that the U.S. Snowboarders team uniform is pretty splendid.



Somewhat relatedly, Nate Silver, the math whiz behind Baseball Prospectus and who, based on complex algorithms, predicted every state correctly in the 2008 presidential election, now has the U.S. in a dead heat with the Canucks and Nazis to win the most medals in Vancouver.