Aright. We admit it. In the summer we start to go a little crazy. The lack of snow in our lives can lead us to do some pretty wacky things. We watch our favorite teaser over and over, thumb through Snowboarder Mag's Buyer's Guide and spend our days dreaming about snow. Maybe we even strap on our board and perfect carpet 360's in the living room. A little wacky, but hey, it's what we gotta do.

Lindsey Jacobellis on the other hand, may have hit her breaking point.

Apparently summer has this boardercrosser all in a tizzy, so she's taken to song to sing out her frustrations. In this utterly outrageous Youtube video, Jacobellis belts out her daily routine and shows everyone how she keeps busy while waiting for winter. The song is apparently a remix to Disney's Tangled. We're confused.

Um, winter? Where are you!?

Oh and by the way, Happy Birthday Lindsey. Should we sing you a song?

Headlines the world over are ripping Lindsey Jacobellis to shreds this morning after another loss in snowboardcross. Fair or not, one has to think all this negative attention would be leading to her death by a thousand cuts.

But one would be wrong.

Let's review for a second: Jacobellis arrives at the Turin Olympics in 2006 as a favorite to win the exciting new sport of snowboardcross. She proceeds to dominate the competition and grabs a hefty lead in the final when self-imposed disaster strikes.

With the finish line in view -- the gold medal in her hand -- she elects to do a little showboating off the final jump by trying a method grab and takes a tumble. As she's climbing to her feet she's passed, yet she salvages a shiny silver medal to show her grandkids.

OK. Enough history. Now the pop quiz. Had Jacobellis not fallen so foolishly in 2006 do you think we'd even know who she is today? Wait. Let me answer that question with a question. Do you remember who passed her and won the gold? Me neither. But I get paid to cover this stuff. At least you have an excuse.

Mine is this: Let's face facts. We love our losers in the Olympics. The agony of defeat is much more agonizing when one has to wait four more years just to have a shot at correcting the error. Waiting sucks. Time is worse than gravity. We don't have the technology to beat it yet. The Olympics are one of our greatest reminders of this...and that's why we watch.

Of course wins are great. But life's most powerful lessons involve pain. And we prefer other people endure that pain for us. Another reason to love the Games.

But lose just the right way in the Olympics and it can be pretty profitable. Visa, Kellogg's Frosted Flakes and Dunkin Donuts have been lining up to throw money at Jacobellis in the buildup to the Vancouver Games.

Compare that to, say, I don't know, Seth Wescott, who made the very unprofitable decision to cross the finish line first during his 2006 run in Turin. Man, how dumb is that guy? He just won again the other day. He even became the first snowboarder to win back-to-back gold medals. Which means give it another day or two and he'll disappear.

But Jacobellis? Nah, we're stuck with her for at least four more years. Because like I said, in the Olympics, the biggest losers win.

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Tuesday was a brutal one for the women of snowboardcross. Bad weather and a nasty looking course didn't make anything easy on them, but it did make for an exciting competition. These were the five things that stood out to me...

1.What went wrong with Lindsey Jacobellis: Tuesday's mistake was nothing like her blunder at the 2006 Olympics. That one was bone-headed. Back then she lost doing a completely unnecessary move within view of the finish line. This was nothing of the sort. It's hard to say she did anything wrong Tuesday. Lindsey is strongest on the flat features: the jumps, doubles and step offs are where she gains ground on her competitors. And she was handling all of them well early on. But the mistake she made was going a little too big on a jump that feeds directly into a heavy turn. She had an off-balance landing that required corrective action. She overcorrected and went sliding into the gate. Vancouver Games over.

2.It's ugly out there: While Lindsey's latest incident is another reminder of just how cutthroat life is in snowboardcross, a lot of the women competing there Tuesday will be wearing the black and blue evidence. The course at Cypress was brutalizing them, especially when the fog made visibility a problem. Just getting to the bottom of the run was an issue for half the competitors. Canada's Dominique Maltais, who won a bronze in Turin, didn't get past the qualifying round. Callan Chythlook-Sifsof had to walk off the course twice. That's brutal.

3.Second chances: Missed opportunities are what make the Olympics so harsh -- and so exciting. The reason the Lindsey Jacobellis' saga is so compelling is we all know those opportunities don't come often. It stings even more now. But on the flip side, Maelle Ricker was extremely lucky. Weather delays nearly cost her a shot at gold, because she wiped out on her first run in the qualifier. For a time, officials were considering canceling the second round of qualifying runs, which would have sent her packing. But Tuesday Maelle was lucky and good. Obviously, she made the most of her second shot.

4. Fair warning: Swiss riders Olivia Nobs and Mellie Francon really impressed me. I think the European riders are really starting to step up in snowboardcross, which is great to see. Deborah Anthonioz and Nelly Moenne Loccoz of France were also excellent.

5.Home field advantage: The last few times the Olympics have been in Canada there's really been no such thing. That's why the Canadians go absolutely nuts when somebody from their country actually wins. The Canadians have put a huge emphasis on owning the medal stand after getting blanked on golds for decades. Vancouver's hometown girl, Maelle Ricker, played the challenging conditions of the course well after her opening round stumble. She should have. The Canadians had use of a training course built by the same guy who designed the Olympic one.

Lindsey Jacobellis' shot at redemption will have to wait another four years. Her campaign to rid herself of the famous 2006 blunder came to an abrupt end in the semifinal of the women's snowboardcross Tuesday when she lost an edge after coming down from a jump, tried to correct her line, and ended up riding through a gate. The spin-out effectively put her out of the race.

Jacobellis had a strong start. She was riding neck and neck with Canada's Maelle Ricker on the top quarter of the course when things went awry. Technically, she could have tried to backtrack around the gate, but that effort would have been futile. Maelle Ricker went on to win the heat, with France's Deborah Anthonioz finishing second.

The loss was heartbreaking for Jacobellis. Her 2006 blunder is one of the most famous in Olympic history. She was hoping to bury her mistake here in Vancouver. Now she'll be haunted for another four years. Jacobellis' misfortune was an opportunity for Ricker, who went on to win the final on her home soil by defeating Anthonioz and Olivia Nobs of Switzerland.

Four years is a long time to wait to fix a mistake. And Lindsey Jacobellis had to wait even longer to begin her Olympic redemption campaign Tuesday after fog delayed qualifying runs on Cypress Mountain. The bad weather nearly forced officials to eliminate the second round of qualifying.

Much to her credit, Jacobellis looked solid on her time trial, which separated her from the vast majority of the women's field Tuesday. More than half of the 24 women attempting to qualify for the final were eaten alive by the challenging course. Commentators couldn't resist taking stabs as the falling and spinning persisted. It really wasn't pretty.

Jacobellis flew over the jumps and transitions looking determined. She excelled in the flats and stayed out of trouble in the turns. Her qualifying time was 1:26:13, which bodes well as she heads to the quarterfinal.