Martin Schenkel
Member
For those of you who follow and/or play sports, what are some of your favourite? Also, what are some of your favourite sports teams/individuals?
As some of you might predict, the number one sport for me is ice hockey. I grew up playing street hockey, and have followed the NHL extremely closely since I was 10. Being born and raised in Vancouver, the Vancouver Canucks are my favourite pro team. It's hard to describe what hockey means to many of us in Canada, but it is a great shame/embarrasment if we lose in international competition (Olympics, World Cup/Canada Cup, World Championships, etc.). I don't know if there are any other nations that have national social debates about a sport if they have dissapointing results (it happens here). I also play casual ice hockey, and in Canada we call this Beer league hockey
I also follow Formula One, and have hardly missed a race since 1996. Unfourtunately, because of the time difference the European races start at 0400-0500 in my time zone. While they also show these races on tape delay, I usually have to spend my sunday avoiding internet and tv sports updates so I don't accidentally find out the result (quite difficult actually) before the tape delay starts. When I first started watching F1, because I didn't know any better, I used to wake up at 0400 to watch the races live :nuts: My favourite teams (in order) are: Ferrari, Sauber, Jordan, and Renault/Benetton.
My next favourite, is the World Cup of Soccer. Since Canada rarely makes it to the world cup (except for the women's team), I usually end up cheering for Germany, because of my heritage.
As some of you might predict, the number one sport for me is ice hockey. I grew up playing street hockey, and have followed the NHL extremely closely since I was 10. Being born and raised in Vancouver, the Vancouver Canucks are my favourite pro team. It's hard to describe what hockey means to many of us in Canada, but it is a great shame/embarrasment if we lose in international competition (Olympics, World Cup/Canada Cup, World Championships, etc.). I don't know if there are any other nations that have national social debates about a sport if they have dissapointing results (it happens here). I also play casual ice hockey, and in Canada we call this Beer league hockey
I also follow Formula One, and have hardly missed a race since 1996. Unfourtunately, because of the time difference the European races start at 0400-0500 in my time zone. While they also show these races on tape delay, I usually have to spend my sunday avoiding internet and tv sports updates so I don't accidentally find out the result (quite difficult actually) before the tape delay starts. When I first started watching F1, because I didn't know any better, I used to wake up at 0400 to watch the races live :nuts: My favourite teams (in order) are: Ferrari, Sauber, Jordan, and Renault/Benetton.
My next favourite, is the World Cup of Soccer. Since Canada rarely makes it to the world cup (except for the women's team), I usually end up cheering for Germany, because of my heritage.