(Sean Kilpatrick / AP) Chris Klug of the United States turns around a gate during the World Cup snowboard parallel giant slalom qualification heat Jan. 24 in Stoneham, Canada.
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MARCH 03, 2010
Christopher McDougall, Men's Health

Every four years, we become participants in a minor miracle. It usually happens in the dead of night, when we're clicking around the channels and finally settle on ... curling.
After curling, we watch skeleton races, then bobsledding, then speed skating. And why? It's not patriotism or pure spectacle. No one watches that much TV out of a sense of national duty, and the raw entertainment value of seeing a guy helicopter-spin on a snowboard wears off pretty quickly.
So what's the secret of this unlikely attraction? Simple: It's our gut recognition that we're not just witnessing fancy tricks, but rather a master class in our own human potential.
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