What We’re Up To
I hear there is another storm hitting the Northeast, and here I am at the Winter Olympics shooting slopestyle in a T-shirt. About 50 degrees here today in the mountains. Spent the day taking photo sequences near the top of ski slopestyle. The image above is a compilation of three of the skiers, including the gold medalist on the left, Josh Christensen, and the bronze medalist, Nicholas Goepper on the right. The dude in the middle, Henrik Harlaut from Sweden finished sixth and is in the composite because, well, he was one of the guys who went down the middle.
Here is a roundup of some of the interactive graphics that have appeared so far:
For those who remember my ski-chair fiasco at Copper Mountain trying to get video of Ted Ligety training on the race course there, here is the end result. (If you missed that little misadventure, you can find it in the list below, titled “Tis the Season”
Ted skis tomorrow in the combined (downhill and slalom) and next Wednesday in the giant slalom
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/sochi-olympics/giant-slalom.html
One on Jessica Jerome and ski jumping:
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/sochi-olympics/ski-jumping.html
The sliding track designers were in the middle of designing the track for Sochi when a luger was killed at the Vancouver Games. That led them to slow things down by putting in three uphill sections. After coming to Sochi last year and seeing it, I decided it would be a good idea to make an interactive graphic about it. And besides, it’s not everyday that you get to talk to a guy named Udo Gurgel, the guy who has been designing these things for the past six Winter Games.
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2014/sochi-olympics/luge.html
Here is a fun one that I had very little to do with about the gear Olympians wear.
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Hard to believe it’s that warm. Enjoy!! The interactives have been great to watch and get posted on Facebook. Your pictures are beautiful too.
I hope you get to sleep in your bed once in a while and not just on the snow!!!!! Thanks for sharing Sochi with us.
Wow Joe this is cool. I have a better understanding now. I can watch and actually know what’s going on. I also love your pictures, very cool!
Greetings from maine where winter continues to hit hard -5 yesterday am en route to work, 20 today and snow/wind are whipping around! slopeside at 50 sounds like spring ski!
The graphics and pics are spectacular. We are thoroughly enjoying thank you!
Very cool interactives! I won a gold in snow day pot roast tonight, by the way. Your knives would have come in handy.
Since it’s a snow day and I’m home, I just watched a bit of the Today show. Matt and Al did a doubles run on a luge. I don’t think you should let those TV guys outdo the print journalists, so I expect that you and Bedel will want to try it, although feel free not to wear the painted-on luge suits. Spoiler alert: They had to be rescued.
I’m off today too, so I think any event that you and Bedel try could provide for some great entertainment. You’ve done enough work for the Times for a few days, take a break and have some fun! I’m sure they wouldn’t mind.
Maybe next Olympics you could do stories on athletes from other countries. You seem to have the SI jinx going with athletes this time around. Or maybe you HAVE turned. Does Potvin have you in his pocket? I see you were at the half pipe with the wrong crampons! Very interesting!! Have you talked to the USA curling teams? That would help explain their terrible play!
Or Putin! That’s what I get for texting at school
Hot diggety loved the Ted Ligety piece! Genius!
Opps that was me … Messed up on the signature…
Agreed, interactives are great! 50 degrees and we have to see YOU in a t-shirt laying on the snow? Maybe a few guest shots from the Olympic Snow Bunny cover edition via a SI buddy you might be hanging with at the vodka tap in the evenings? Jessica Jerome is like a flying squirrel, she can’t be more than 75 pounds, skis on! How about a shot of her held over your head with one arm, (ok, two arms!) (ok, her holding you up over her head with one arm!)…Just heard Men’s Hockey beat Russia 3-2 in overtime! Bravo!! Keep up the great work Joe!