August 7, 20241 yr Feeling a lot of yelling at clouds energy here all of a sudden Except for Breaking - that’s got to go
August 7, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, Sbbruin said: Probably a lot more. The GB Bikes for Men's Sprint are 55,000 GBP.
August 8, 20241 yr 34 minutes ago, WBT said: Why? You're free to not watch the sports you don't like. I’ve done a self-inventory and it turns out I am overly invested and have inappropriately strong feelings about the outcomes, organization, and analysis of spectator sporting events that have no tangible impact on my own life.
August 8, 20241 yr One thing the American tv coverage should 86 is all the extremely annoying high pitched shrieking from those shitty announcers during every race or competition….even minutes after they are over. jfc, just stfu with the fake attempt to generate more “excitement “.
August 8, 20241 yr And others can transfer to the X-Games. BMX, Surfing, Skateboarding, etc. expand it if need be (you named a few) but yeah, enough expansion.I’ve been against adding anything decided solely by judges for a long time.
August 8, 20241 yr On another note, not disrespecting the athletes nor fans in anyway, but bikes going in a circle is only mildly more interesting to me than 3x3. Much more fun to watch in person. And riding on a Vélodrome track is a blast.
August 8, 20241 yr 14 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said: Maybe, but it is a lot of fun to play. I'd much rather watch indoor soccer. While we are ranting... $50k bikes going in a circle is out. Dancing and cheer events need to go to. Specifically water pom/cheer competition, twirling and break dancing are all out. I like really skate boarding but that's not the ant hill I am choosing to die on. 3x3 sucks, it's out too. I'm biased but surfing stays!
August 8, 20241 yr 38 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said: That is just the average Balkan bod. His destiny in life always involved holding Serbs’ heads underwater in one way or another.
August 8, 20241 yr 10 minutes ago, TexPx said: Much more fun to watch in person. And riding on a Vélodrome track is a blast. So are most forms of auto and motorcycle racing and I'll take a weekend at a track on a motorcycle over riding on a Velodrome any day. At $50k I could also buy a LOT of track bike. Edited August 8, 20241 yr by BurntEyes
August 8, 20241 yr Author Croatian guy is wild because I watched a few minutes of US water polo today and our guys all looked like Greek gods.
August 8, 20241 yr 50k GBP is like what ? 60k USD ? wtf bicycle gotta be 60k. ? Edited August 8, 20241 yr by kingkoopa6 Wrote bike not bicycle
August 8, 20241 yr In the field hockey semifinal vs Argentina, Netherlands's Joosje Burg took a ball to the nose from point blank range. The game was delayed five minutes for treatment and to clean up the blood. She's a hockey player so she later returned to the game. Spoiler Here she is in happier times Edited August 8, 20241 yr by WBT
August 8, 20241 yr Based on those thighs, I am willing to assist her recovery. Can't stress how traumatic injuries like that can be--she might require many, many sessions of therapy.
August 8, 20241 yr 41 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: I…..I’m Balkan? I never knew. Bjilavttierezz is a very Balkan name.
August 8, 20241 yr 3 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said: 5. If there are “judges” vice “referees,” it needs to go. We can grandfather in gymnastics and ice skating to keep the ratings up, but breakdance and artistic swimming and the like gotta go. Artistic swimming is terrifying and nightmare fuel
August 8, 20241 yr 5 minutes ago, UTexasFight said: Artistic swimming is terrifying and nightmare fuel I was about to say the same thing. I've never done acid but I feel like this is what an acid trip would feel like.
August 8, 20241 yr 1 minute ago, 'stache said: I was about to say the same thing. I've never done acid but I feel like this is what an acid trip would feel like. Thats the perfect description
August 8, 20241 yr 8 minutes ago, UTexasFight said: Artistic swimming is terrifying and nightmare fuel It’s the nose plugs
August 8, 20241 yr 22 minutes ago, Telegraph_it said: It’s the nose plugs And the horrible makeup/facemasks and the “I’m going to lure you in and then bite your d*** off” facial expressions just pure bad acid trip
August 8, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, UTexasFight said: Artistic swimming is terrifying and nightmare fuel Okay, now I understand. I thought that I heard someone saw that “artistic rimming was coming up”. I felt that I should at least stick around to see what the fuss was all about.
August 8, 20241 yr 16 minutes ago, mchookem said: haha i just love Kornacki with the medal breakdown like he does elections 😄 Kornacki level setting on USA vs China remaining golds is why USA can never let China take over the world. We got opportunities in a bunch of sprints, basketball and volleyball. They got… ping pong and diving
August 8, 20241 yr On 8/6/2024 at 12:10 PM, G650 said: Not on backside, south swells give a perfect left. I used to surf it all the time when I lived in Santa Barbara. But it's a non starter as I said, all the bajiliionaires ther ewould never let it happen. I haven’t seen shit on Surfline in a month up that way. But that peeling right would be legit
August 8, 20241 yr On 8/6/2024 at 5:03 PM, BurntEyes said: We talked about that on the Surfing thread. I started out North Shore and by the end talked myself back to HB or Tresles. I'll say this, as soon as I can I'm booking that Hyatt property in HB. Great property and it's a short bike ride to the pier/has a pedestrian bridge to the beach. Stayed there often in my profession past. That’s a legit property. I live in Redondo but I’ll go down and stay there just so I don’t have to get up early if the surf is gonna hit
August 8, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, Sgt Hulk said: I hope they add hobby horse to Olympics My wife clued me in to the fact this actually existed. It's a riot.
August 8, 20241 yr Sam Watson of Southlake was edged out in speed climbing semi finals. Raced for the Bronze and set a new world record, besting the world record he set in the prelims.
August 8, 20241 yr Am I a miserable human being for not giving a single, solitary fuck about the paralympics?
August 8, 20241 yr So are most forms of auto and motorcycle racing and I'll take a weekend at a track on a motorcycle over riding on a Velodrome any day. At $50k I could also buy a LOT of track bike. You can ride most any decent bike on a Vélodrome. I’ve ridden a dual purpose motorcycle used for motor pacing and the Keirin race on our Vélodrome. I think it was a KTM. Also rode a pacing e-bike at Boulder County Vélodrome.Our track was 250m with 44deg banking. That’s steep as fuck. I think the steepest NASCAR courses are around 30deg.
August 8, 20241 yr The GB team bikes are also these over the top crazy expensive things, the average team isn't riding anything like that. And look how much it helped them.
August 8, 20241 yr 50 minutes ago, conVINCEd said: Am I a miserable human being for not giving a single, solitary fuck about the paralympics? I'm glad it exists but have no interest in watching. I feel like that keeps me above the miserable human threshold.
August 8, 20241 yr Real Men of Genius….Here’s to you, designer of the modern day synchronized swimming swimsuit. The full blown ass show is most welcome.
August 8, 20241 yr So sometime in the past there was Asian fighting and someone thought "this is too much all at once" do they split it into upper body tae kwan do and lower body judo?
August 8, 20241 yr Am I a miserable human being for not giving a single, solitary fuck about the paralympics?Depends…did you make out during schindlers list also?
August 8, 20241 yr 13 minutes ago, MirrOlure said: Real Men of Genius…. Here’s to you, designer of the modern day synchronized swimming swimsuit. The full blown ass show is most welcome. I thought it was water cheerleading
August 8, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, TexPx said: You can ride most any decent bike on a Vélodrome. I’ve ridden a dual purpose motorcycle used for motor pacing and the Keirin race on our Vélodrome. I think it was a KTM. Also rode a pacing e-bike at Boulder County Vélodrome. Our track was 250m with 44deg banking. That’s steep as fuck. I think the steepest NASCAR courses are around 30deg. Okay, and if that's your passion great. I just watch a pace motorcycle and a couple of more laps. You bring up a very massive difference between track riding on a motorcycle (GP or dirt oval style) and this Vélodrome. That wall and the track mean the riders don't have to do 5 things. 1) Entry speed 2) Corner entrance 3) Apex 4) Exit point 5) Exit speed When on a GP style track you're planning your line for the next corner entry, your breaking point, your corner entry speed, gearing for the best line to hit the apex and exit at the maximum speed. You also have gear selection and lean, setting weight, figuring out how to be ready to power AT the Apex through the exit and what exit/apex allow for the earliest point for entry. If you're breaking at any point in the corner, you did it wrong, if you're looking at exit point at apex, you're WAY behind. At apex you should already be set for exit, and looking to set line for the next corner. I type all this shit out to make the point, in circle bike track, non of that happens. Zero. I'm not dismissing the athletes, your interest in it, nor your enjoyment. I'm saying as spectator, on TV like many other vehicle racing sports it's boring. I think MotoGP and F1/GP is okay on TV, but in person, different world. For me personally, relative to a track day on a motorcycle or distance ride on a bicycle I'd much prefer both over going in a circle. Maybe I would enjoy Vélodrome riding, but I'm absolutely certain I'd never choose it over a day at the track on a motorcycle. Notice I haven't mentioned NASCAR? Because I don't love it either. No right or wrong just opinions and bikes going in a circle is boring as shit to me, but hell, I like watching surfing so what the fuck do I know.
August 8, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, Napoleon said: Okay, now I understand. I thought that I heard someone saw that “artistic rimming was coming up”. I felt that I should at least stick around to see what the fuss was all about. I'm not a really strooonnng rimmer
August 8, 20241 yr 1 hour ago, MirrOlure said: Real Men of Genius…. Here’s to you, designer of the modern day synchronized swimming swimsuit. The full blown ass show is most welcome. I have absolutely zero interest in the sport, but damn me if I don't watch it. 2 minutes ago, Blotto said: I'm not a really strooonnng rimmer It's not Austistic or Spectrum Rimming yo!
August 8, 20241 yr Damn those pesky doped up Chinese athletes aren’t giving away the gold medal lead easily. We were up yesterday by 2 when I checked.
August 8, 20241 yr 12 hours ago, UTexasFight said: Kornacki level setting on USA vs China remaining golds is why USA can never let China take over the world. We got opportunities in a bunch of sprints, basketball and volleyball. They got… ping pong and diving Yeah, but apparently there are 5,000 different categories of diving.
August 8, 20241 yr 5 hours ago, TexPx said: Sam Watson of Southlake was edged out in speed climbing semi finals. Raced for the Bronze and set a new world record, besting the world record he set in the prelims. That sounds like a humongous choke job in the semis.
August 8, 20241 yr Okay, and if that's your passion great. I just watch a pace motorcycle and a couple of more laps. You bring up a very massive difference between track riding on a motorcycle (GP or dirt oval style) and this Vélodrome. That wall and the track mean the riders don't have to do 5 things. 1) Entry speed 2) Corner entrance 3) Apex 4) Exit point 5) Exit speed When on a GP style track you're planning your line for the next corner entry, your breaking point, your corner entry speed, gearing for the best line to hit the apex and exit at the maximum speed. You also have gear selection and lean, setting weight, figuring out how to be ready to power AT the Apex through the exit and what exit/apex allow for the earliest point for entry. If you're breaking at any point in the corner, you did it wrong, if you're looking at exit point at apex, you're WAY behind. At apex you should already be set for exit, and looking to set line for the next corner. I type all this shit out to make the point, in circle bike track, non of that happens. Zero. I'm not dismissing the athletes, your interest in it, nor your enjoyment. I'm saying as spectator, on TV like many other vehicle racing sports it's boring. I think MotoGP and F1/GP is okay on TV, but in person, different world. For me personally, relative to a track day on a motorcycle or distance ride on a bicycle I'd much prefer both over going in a circle. Maybe I would enjoy Vélodrome riding, but I'm absolutely certain I'd never choose it over a day at the track on a motorcycle. Notice I haven't mentioned NASCAR? Because I don't love it either. No right or wrong just opinions and bikes going in a circle is boring as shit to me, but hell, I like watching surfing so what the fuck do I know.Last derail.Not sure what u are you trying to convince me on. Kenny Roberts was a childhood hero of mine. My first road bike was a very scary ‘84 Yamaha RD 350LC. Bro owned a Yamaha dealership in Hot Springs and we rode all over The Ouachitas and Ozarks.Loved the woods so raced Enduro and Cross Country for years before racing mountain bikes.I think Moto GP is by far the most exciting road racing for spectators. Just saying Vélodrome track racing is cool and fun too and like everything else the more you know about it the more interesting it is.
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