Can't rock rhinestones, sparkles and pink tassels
By
Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
I swear if it keeps snowing I am going to fight back by building a snowman, dressing it up like Frosty and bashing it with a baseball bat until I get my revenge on Old Man Winter!
There is only so much a person can take.
It is like Kevin Costner in the movie "Field of Dreams," every time I look out the window and see everything covered in snow. You know, the scene when he is looking at his baseball field during Christmas time. The field he built because a voice told him to.
So with the lack of high school sports this week, I have turned my attention to watching and reading about the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. (I think we are getting more snow here than in Canada!)
Woah! I should have been warned about what I was getting into when I checked out what was happening in the world of figure skating. What the heck am I actually watching? Why am I watching figure skating, anyway? (It has been a long week.)
Many questions went through my head when watching, like: Is this sport? Is this theater? Or is this a Prince concert mixed with a Lady Gaga performance gone badly? (You know it has been a slow week if I have mentioned figure skating, Prince and Lady Gaga all in the same paragraph.)
Seriously, not to offend anyone, but the costumes, outfits or suits, whatever the men’s figure skaters are wearing, distract me from the actual sport, due to the fact they sparkle more than the outfits the women are wearing.
I am far from telling anyone how to dress. I'm a jeans and hooded sweatshirt type of person and I wear shirts with buttons just to look somewhat professional at work. Sorry, but I know absolutely nothing about fashion, sparkles or rhinestones. (I still like the song “Rhinestone Cowboy.” That would be the perfect mix of shiny and sparkles on clothing and the sport of figure skating for a performance in the Olympics. Sure to bring gold just for the song selection in itself.)
The thing that ruined it for me was the costume worn by Johnny Weir this week in the short program. I’ll admit what these skaters do is talented, graceful and cool to watch sometimes, but c’mon, the outfits must go! Pink laces on a low-cut shirt don’t exactly bring out the pride of the United States for this sports editor. At least make it red, white and blue, and skip the pink frilly thing (I was just told it was a tassel and he said he wanted to ‘rock it’) on the shoulder all together.
Even the movie "Team America," starring a bunch of puppets controlled by the creators of “South Park” had more of an American spirit than that of this figure skater.
Why is it all other Olympic sports wear the same uniforms, but skaters get their own set of rules? Why doesn’t Team USA figure skating have set shirts and pants like they do in hockey, speed skating, snowboarding, skiing and curling? What the skater wears shouldn’t add or subtract from the performance, but it sure does distract!
Maybe the design of the clothing worn by male figure skaters is a little too feminine for me, but it is all right if anyone is a fan of the male clothing by the figure skater (this is America and freedom of pretty much anything is great). The outfits take away from the performance.
Now, I gotta go do something manly. I know I am going to watch a bunch of tattooed dudes wrestle around, use take- downs, throw punches, hug another and smile once the fight is complete.
Stephen Forsha is the sports editor of The Highland County Press.[[In-content Ad]]
There is only so much a person can take.
It is like Kevin Costner in the movie "Field of Dreams," every time I look out the window and see everything covered in snow. You know, the scene when he is looking at his baseball field during Christmas time. The field he built because a voice told him to.
So with the lack of high school sports this week, I have turned my attention to watching and reading about the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. (I think we are getting more snow here than in Canada!)
Woah! I should have been warned about what I was getting into when I checked out what was happening in the world of figure skating. What the heck am I actually watching? Why am I watching figure skating, anyway? (It has been a long week.)
Many questions went through my head when watching, like: Is this sport? Is this theater? Or is this a Prince concert mixed with a Lady Gaga performance gone badly? (You know it has been a slow week if I have mentioned figure skating, Prince and Lady Gaga all in the same paragraph.)
Seriously, not to offend anyone, but the costumes, outfits or suits, whatever the men’s figure skaters are wearing, distract me from the actual sport, due to the fact they sparkle more than the outfits the women are wearing.
I am far from telling anyone how to dress. I'm a jeans and hooded sweatshirt type of person and I wear shirts with buttons just to look somewhat professional at work. Sorry, but I know absolutely nothing about fashion, sparkles or rhinestones. (I still like the song “Rhinestone Cowboy.” That would be the perfect mix of shiny and sparkles on clothing and the sport of figure skating for a performance in the Olympics. Sure to bring gold just for the song selection in itself.)
The thing that ruined it for me was the costume worn by Johnny Weir this week in the short program. I’ll admit what these skaters do is talented, graceful and cool to watch sometimes, but c’mon, the outfits must go! Pink laces on a low-cut shirt don’t exactly bring out the pride of the United States for this sports editor. At least make it red, white and blue, and skip the pink frilly thing (I was just told it was a tassel and he said he wanted to ‘rock it’) on the shoulder all together.
Even the movie "Team America," starring a bunch of puppets controlled by the creators of “South Park” had more of an American spirit than that of this figure skater.
Why is it all other Olympic sports wear the same uniforms, but skaters get their own set of rules? Why doesn’t Team USA figure skating have set shirts and pants like they do in hockey, speed skating, snowboarding, skiing and curling? What the skater wears shouldn’t add or subtract from the performance, but it sure does distract!
Maybe the design of the clothing worn by male figure skaters is a little too feminine for me, but it is all right if anyone is a fan of the male clothing by the figure skater (this is America and freedom of pretty much anything is great). The outfits take away from the performance.
Now, I gotta go do something manly. I know I am going to watch a bunch of tattooed dudes wrestle around, use take- downs, throw punches, hug another and smile once the fight is complete.
Stephen Forsha is the sports editor of The Highland County Press.[[In-content Ad]]