What are you most looking forward to watching in the Winter Olympics?

“I like watching the half pipe a lot, I always found that one really interesting, I guess watching the tricks they do, I feel like there’s a lot of potential that people can work with for the half pipe.”

— Spencer McKula, senior

“​​I’m most looking forward to snowboarding, just because I remember really admiring Shaun White in the last Winter Olympics, and also ice skating because I feel like ice skating is just a really beautiful sport.”

— Kara Tao, senior

“I’m looking forward to watching people ski because it seems like a sport that requires a lot of balance and a lot of motion and a lot of technique to be able to do well, and watching their technique in the craft they’ve put is very inspiring.”

— Alp Demirtas, senior

“I’m most looking forward to watching ice skating, bobsledding and skiing. I like how beautiful ice skating looks; I think it’s really graceful, and I think it’s really interesting how talented they are to be able to do what they do.”

— Anika Gupta, junior

“The opening ceremony’s always really nice because each country does it so differently and they integrate their own culture into the opening ceremony.”

— Sara Kumar, junior

“Probably skiing and snowboarding. I go snowboarding on some winter vacations and it’s just exciting to see skilled snowboarders do their work.”

— Austin Kim, sophomore

“I’ve always watched skiing with my family–the long jump. I always found that interesting because people are gliding through the air. I always found that kind of cool. I’ve always had an affinity for skydiving and skiing, so I feel like that’s a cool combination of the both of them.”

— Cameron Grant, sophomore

“I am most looking forward to figure skating as I myself am a figure skater. I am excited to watch Kamila Valieva since she is favored to win and I have been watching her for a long time.”

— Brianna Chang, 9th grade

“I’m looking forward to watching the hill skiing. I think that’s real good because I like to see how those guys come down and I’ve been watching that for a long time.”

— Terry Shanks, Staff

“I thought [the giant slalom] was the most interesting in terms of physical abilities, because you have to have power, endurance, very strong legs, also a lot of flexibility in your knees because they have to bend so much. But when you have to do it for a very long time, it requires incredible physical preparation and stamina.”

— Javier Saez, Physics teacher