# Hairstyle question about women Olympic skiers and snowboarders **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148 "2018-02-19T21:56:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/21 "2018-02-21T21:37:59Z")
I don’t _think_ you’re That Guy, but my reference was to the opening of Wide World of Sports, where the voiceover is talking about “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat”, and during the “agony of defeat” part, they show a ski-jumper crashing. At least, I think that’s how it went. I might be misremembering the details. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/22 "2018-02-21T21:38:53Z")
[Moderating] Oh, and you two both seem to be taking it well, but let’s cut the tasteless joking in CS, please. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/23 "2018-02-21T22:35:05Z")
But…but…tasteless joking _is_ an artistic discipline. See Rabelais, J.P. Donleavy, Kingsley Amis, etc. (Ok, sorry.) (Buys **NB’s** next pint) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/24 "2018-02-22T01:06:22Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t _think_ you’re That Guy, but my reference was to the opening of Wide World of Sports, where the voiceover is talking about “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat”, and during the “agony of defeat” part, they show a ski-jumper crashing. > > At least, I think that’s how it went. I might be misremembering the details. [Your memory is correct.](https://youtu.be/P2AZH4FeGsc?t=13s) [Here’s the original footage that the brief clip was taken from.](https://youtu.be/jKEDD1i4oGk?t=44s) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/25 "2018-02-22T08:06:33Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > [Moderating] > Oh, and you two both seem to be taking it well, but let’s cut the tasteless joking in CS, please. mumble, mumble, mumble…yes sir, sorry sir…mumble, mumble mumble ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/26 "2018-02-22T11:26:14Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I don’t _think_ you’re That Guy, but my reference was to the opening of Wide World of Sports, where the voiceover is talking about “The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat”, and during the “agony of defeat” part, they show a ski-jumper crashing. > > At least, I think that’s how it went. I might be misremembering the details. Waht do you mean, you think that’s how it went? “The agony of defeat” was a meme before there were memes. Damn, I’m old. The original Agony of Defeat guy was Vinko Bogataj. I saw some women’s ski jumping a few months ago and there was an Urša Bogataj competing. I haven’t been able to find out if she’s any relation. ---
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/27 "2018-02-22T16:05:28Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > I watch a lot of alpine skiing and I don’t know what the OP means at all. Hair seems rarely to be a focus for the skiiers (as it is normally stuffed under a helmet) and when they stick a bobble-hat on if they have long hair it hangs down at the sides because it is long. Is there a picture that shows this? I assume the OP is specifically talking about freestyle and snowboarding, not alpine (if the former aren’t considered alpine skiing – I’m assuming they are not), because I noticed the same thing. Half-pipe, slopestyle, etc, all the women seemed to do what he was referring to. Basically, the observation applies if it’s a skiing or snowboarding sport where they wear baggy gear instead of the skin-tight aerodynamic alpine suits. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/28 "2018-02-22T18:15:30Z")
I don’t actually think the “loose strand of hair” thing has anything to do with snowboarding or the Olympics. Because I see women on the street doing it when they are wearing hats or have their hair in a ponytail or bun . I think it’s just that a lot of women prefer the look of the loose hair to the look without it/ ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/29 "2018-02-22T19:26:05Z")
For those still wondering, [this](https://nbcolympictalk.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/908160242-e1517143151103.jpg?w=610&h=343&crop=1) is a good image of what we are all seeing. Her strands are a bit fuller than many women have. [This image](https://cdn-snowboarding.transworld.net/blogs.dir/442/files/2018/02/Women_Slope_2018Winter_Olympics_Clavin313-1000x667.jpg) is good, as all four women waiting to make a run are sporting the look, and they are showing smaller strands. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/30 "2018-02-22T19:32:30Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > mumble, mumble, mumble…yes sir, sorry sir…mumble, mumble mumble Cap in hand, I hope! **Chronos** is a surly master. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/31 "2018-02-22T20:35:02Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > For those still wondering, [this](https://nbcolympictalk.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/908160242-e1517143151103.jpg?w=610&h=343&crop=1) is a good image of what we are all seeing. Her strands are a bit fuller than many women have. > > [This image](https://cdn-snowboarding.transworld.net/blogs.dir/442/files/2018/02/Women_Slope_2018Winter_Olympics_Clavin313-1000x667.jpg) is good, as all four women waiting to make a run are sporting the look, and they are showing smaller strands. This is one of those things that, having never seen it before, I will now notice _all the time._ They are all snowboarders though which lends weight to what **theR** said ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148/32 "2018-02-22T20:47:01Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > For those still wondering, [this](https://nbcolympictalk.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/908160242-e1517143151103.jpg?w=610&h=343&crop=1) is a good image of what we are all seeing. Her strands are a bit fuller than many women have. > > [This image](https://cdn-snowboarding.transworld.net/blogs.dir/442/files/2018/02/Women_Slope_2018Winter_Olympics_Clavin313-1000x667.jpg) is good, as all four women waiting to make a run are sporting the look, and they are showing smaller strands. Maybe they’re supposed to be handlebars. I’m a bad, bad person. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hairstyle-question-about-women-olympic-skiers-and-snowboarders/809148.md?page=1)