To think the British Olympic Commentators need to get a grip!

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Watching the women's snowboarding. We've just got a medal. Yes. I agree it's exciting, yes it's our first, but seriously?
There's weeping, He can "feel his pulse in his lower intestine"...
Oh dear!

All credit to Jenny Jones, but that distorted screaming from the commentators was horrible. They aren't there to be fans, they are there to give neutral, informed information. Where's Barry Davies when you need him?

It is fab for British sport and it was good to watch but they commentators sounded like a bunch of friends and family watching in the pub at home.

Loved it!

I didn't watch the whole thing but enjoyed the bits I overheard. Snowboarding is a relatively new sport and I'm sure will have a different audience form the women's curling.

Problem is we have a young discipline which doesn't have its own professional commentators. Even the SkiSunday guys admitted they had difficulty understanding the judges' marking at first. They use a lot of jargon but I am not sure they understand all the sports that well no matter how good they might be at performing and presenting SkiSunday. Presenting is different to commentating.

I do like their enthusiasm though.

Oh go away bah humbugs!!n It was great and the banter was funny-it was a momentous occasion. If you are going to cats bum all over someone's lifetime achievment then please do it elsewhere.

I loved it, they showed emotion. Hardly a crime is it.

I thought they were great. You could sense their passion. Their sport being in the Olympics is a big deal. They were funny and informative and their excitement was infectious.

Of course it is important - it is an unchartered discipline and TeamGB have done superbly to get a medal (and two male competitors in the final yesterday).

The kind of commentary may not fit for the purists but I would far, FAR rather listen to someone who is passionate and making sport fun.

You know that little black thing you point at the TV - you can use that to turn it off - HTH.

I really enjoyed it, and found the enthusiastic, bouncing puppy commentary totally charming. It reminded me of Jason Bateman in Dodgeball

OP, do you feel the same way about the competitors sticking their tongues out and generally pulling faces at the camera?

I thought it was ace. It's a young persons sport, so it needed some daft buggers to commentate. Ed is a brilliant boarder in his own right, and is an ambassador for the sport. Aimee was cheering for her mate.

It's more 'niche' and newer than the other winter sports, it has it's own language (that I had to explain to DH ) and attitude. It's not a stuffy sport that only the rich can take part in (as skiing always was). It crosses boundries and barriers. I'd hate to hear a 'normal' commentator.

All sports have "jargon". What about gymnastics, or figure skating? The only reason we know some of the jargon for those sports is because they've been around a long time. Snowboarding is much newer to the Olympics and the mainstream so of course it will take people time to catch up.

Remember super Saturday at the London Olympics? All those professional commentators and pundits getting excited over Britain winning some medals - how very dare they

I loved it, it's nice to see emotion in people instead of boring old sitting on the fence being PC. Hurrah for Britain's first medal EVER on the snow!

Indeed. The fact that she's a woman is even better. It's great for women's sport.

I loved it. It made it so exciting

IMO its great that commentators of both sexes were getting so excited about her. Jenny Jones' achievement was massive both for her and GB, and great for snowboarding, I hope it encourages loads of girls and boys in the UK to take it up.

There was similar jubilation for Taekwondo and Boxing in 2012 iirc.

What are the names of the commentators?

onedev commentators were Ed Leigh, Amy Fuller and Graham Bell

I thought the tears were OTT until I realised that they probably know her well, so it's a personal thing.

I thought it was fantastic... and it was such a surprise medal no wonder they went a bit OTT...

Aaww. It was great. Their enthusiasm made it for me. I loved it. My ds2 now wants to know where the nearest dry slope is.

I really enjoyed it and at least they understood the sport and could make intelligent comments about it.

Great result and really enjoyed watching the slopestyle. I didn't mind the two male commentators, have no problem with people showing emotion or being impartial, but found Aimee Fuller's squealing very irritating and immature. As someone already mentioned above, talking over half of someone's run or celebrating someone falling is also very unprofessional, I don't think she should have been in that box. I have certainly utilised my mute button for every replay since...

Don't be such a misery guys.
You can always turn it off.