When I first saw this viral video, I assumed it was a hoax.
Not so. Lars is the great modern archer. By a long, long shot. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Category: sport – amateur
my 1st College Football Game
Florida Seminoles 20 – 59 Oregon Ducks
Rose Bowl 2014-15 season.
The Ducks overwhelmed undefeated Florida State with a blazing fast offense and swarming defense en route to a dominant 59-20 win at the Rose Bowl. …
Oregon dominates Florida State in College Football Playoff semifinal
Super entertaining.
I’ve pretty much boycotted NCAA Football in the past feeling there is far, far too much emphasis on this amateur sport in the USA.
But I may watch another game sometime in future if they are all this incredible.
Rossmund Golf Resort, Namibia
I was hosted 3 nights at the lovely and unique Rossmund Golf Resort just outside Swakopmund, Namibia.
This course, designed by Gary Player, is one of the most interesting desert layouts in the world.
Only one problem — all those pesky Springbok on my Greens. 🙂
You get relief if your ball lands in a Springbok “hole” — but NOT if it lands in Springbok poop.
Thule win Adventure Racing Worlds
… 168 hours and 23 minutes to complete the 850k course that visited both the Northern and Southern borders of Costa Rica, climbed the highest mountain in the country (Cerro Chirripo 3,800m), and saw both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. …
Thule Adventure Team won in 2011 (Tasmania) and this year. (RESULTS)
Costa Rica was a brutal race.
Click PLAY or watch Part 1 on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/81299186
Click PLAY or watch Part 2 on Vimeo.
http://vimeo.com/81452778
The AR World Championship in 2014 will be hosted in Ecuador.
Ironfan South Africa
It was fun hanging out with the REAL athletes, once again.
Here are some of the Ironman South Africa competitors staying at my hostel in Port Elizabeth. All finishers.
official Race Report – Schildknecht and Donavan reign at Spec-Savers IRONMAN South Africa 2013
Key & Peele: East/West College Bowl
Meet the playahz.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Norwegian wheelchair curling pants …
Via The Olympic Games on Facebook.
related – Norway’s wheelchair curling team continues tradition of wearing colourful pants
Tom Brokaw Explains Canada To Americans
Update. NBC pulled this excellent video. I was surprised to see that CBC linked to it. That link is no longer working, either.
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This pre-Olympic fluff piece aired in the States Feb. 12th.
It’s gone viral since, one of the many positives about Canada hosting the Winter Games.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube (6min).
related – Tom Brokaw video a U.S. ‘love letter’ to Canada
Thanks Rockin’
curling the “least cool” Olympic Sport
Last week I roomed with former Navy Seal, Actor, Model and Personal Fitness Trainer Cliff Parks.
He’d rather watch a Lakers NBA game on TV (without Kobe) than the Winter Olympics. When I asked Cliff what goofy Olympic sport was the “least cool” his answer was definitive … CURLING.
What! … Who else thinks chick magnet Olympic Champion Kevin Martin isn’t cool?
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And what about the Norwegian fashion statement. A highlight of the Games. Their pants Facebook page has hundreds of thousands of fans.
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Cliff simply doesn’t understand curling. The Onion explains it:
… DOYLESTOWN, PA—After three hours of watching Canada take on Denmark in women’s curling Friday, regulars at the Cargo Grill in suburban Pennsylvania felt they had the rules and traditions of the sport sufficiently sussed out. “We basically think it’s like horseshoes but with ice,” bar patron Jim Comito said of the 500-year old sport. “The middle part of the bull’s-eye thing is worth two points unless they both get their pot-looking thing in the middle. Tommy said they use the brooms to clear little ice particles out of the way, but I still think it’s a static electricity thing.” By the tenth end, the entire bar felt they had enough information at their disposal to chant “Curl! Curl! Curl!” at the television.
Curling not cool … Gosh golly, Cliff. Get with the 19th century!
Rick McCharles 