Olympics

          The Winter Olympics are taking place in Sochi, Russia . My personal favorite sport is half pipe and also slope style ski . On half pipe you go on a snow board or skis.  You go down and up and down and up and down and up and so on. They do all kinds of crazy spins and flips. (Skiing on the half pipe is a new sport.) In slope style ski you start off at a rail and do another rail and then go off a jump and another jump and another jump and then you're finished. The last jump is longer than a basket ball court!One guy from Sweden crashed big time probably because his pants were 5 sizes too big and his shirt was also 5 sizes too big . The funny thing is he had a egg in his pocket for good luck.On his second run he did 3 flips and 2 spins in one jump and landed it backwards.
        Shaun White of the half pipe lost to a guy whose nick name was I pod. They both did a yolo flip. Shaun White crashed it and the other guy landed it. Shaun White was expected to win gold for the 3rd time but he did not even place.The Olympics are a great way for countries to get together.