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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Jan 30, 2021 17:28:27 GMT
Motorsports is why we all are here, but I know many of us have also a second love. For some of us it's real gentleman sports like boxing, but it can also be MMA  or even floorball!   So let's get a thread started to show our friends here why we find other sports amazing. I will start with a nice one about Roy Jones Jr's KOs, one of the best boxers ever IMO. I am no fan of soccer, but I certainly enjoy videos of some of the best pure strikers doing amazing goals, so let's see what you guys can bring up to show why other sports are so magic  |
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Post by Michael Drechsler on Jan 30, 2021 17:37:54 GMT
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Post by Richard Coxon on Jan 30, 2021 17:46:15 GMT
Love MMA, bar the 5am main events. Love Boxing, hope we do see Joshua vs Tyson one day. Always liked Sugar Ray Robinson and Jack Dempsey. Love Football, but it certainly is hard on the heart.
I'll not post clips or Alberto will cry.
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Post by Alberto Ibanez on Jan 30, 2021 17:51:50 GMT
I remember when I was a kid and despite never being into cycling I got absolutely hooked at the tour de france on a summer. I watched all the stages after dinner here, and I believe a good part of the interest was the broadcast, with a set of guys that made really interesting what can actually probably only appeal to those "initiated", who really understand the difficulty of what was being shown.  |
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Post by Jonatan Acerclinth on Jan 30, 2021 17:52:08 GMT
This is my other sport. I referee in it and I play myself as a goalie.
I'm a reading goalie so imagine how difficult that can be after watching this.
I've often called it "Ice hockey for people who can't skate" but it's more than that to be fair.
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Post by Michael Drechsler on Jan 30, 2021 18:52:15 GMT
I remember when I was a kid and despite never being into cycling I got absolutely hooked at the tour de france on a summer. I watched all the stages after dinner here, and I believe a good part of the interest was the broadcast, with a set of guys that made really interesting what can actually probably only appeal to those "initiated", who really understand the difficulty of what was being shown. The ASO definitely knows how to sell the Grand Tours (Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a Espa~na), if the race is a bit dull, they broadcast picture postcards, and if the race becomes exciting again, they go back to racing. Their productions are a tourist office's dream, something the minor races often lack. But besides that, often I swear at myself why I'm doing this to myself, and a sore bum (more exactly the perineal area), because you didn't turn around in time can spoil your whole week, but if you finally reached the peak, its just like 'oh, yeah!'. And when you go downhill again, and you're on the largest ratio and can't pedal anymore, its like 'F*** oh, yeah!!!' (though an unexpected pot hole can spoil more than just your week). And sometimes, you just fool a bit around, because mastering your road bike is a bit like dancing, as it is so beautifully responsive (though you can quickly look like a complete fool if you don't make it out of the click pedals in time...). I'm just a hobby cyclist not entering competition, though, I only started in my late 30s.
Though there is admitingly aesthetically more pleasing sights than brawn in natural spandex casing...
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Post by Alberto Iquino on Feb 1, 2021 17:27:57 GMT
Not sure if this is allowed but...  |
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Post by Juha Bos on Feb 1, 2021 18:07:57 GMT
Any video containing Schwantz is always welcome. 
As for Road Racing, this is great to watch (despite the quality), Joey Dunlop versus David Jefferies at the 1999 Ulster GP at Dundrod. Not sure you'd away with spectators casually lying in a ditch at 8.00 these days.
I'd love to see one of those races in real life, must be really impressive. |
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Post by Juha Bos on Feb 1, 2021 18:42:59 GMT
I remember when I was a kid and despite never being into cycling I got absolutely hooked at the tour de france on a summer. I watched all the stages after dinner here, and I believe a good part of the interest was the broadcast, with a set of guys that made really interesting what can actually probably only appeal to those "initiated", who really understand the difficulty of what was being shown. It also depends which type of stage you're watching. The flat stages with the usual early breakaway, which gets caught with 3 km to go, is boring. But the mountain stages are great exciting, and so are most one day races like Flanders or Roubaix.
I've attended a few Tours when it passed through Belgium, the Tour of Flanders, and then the more typical Belgian/Dutch dominated discipline called cyclocross. It used to be very international, but lately only the Belgian and Dutch cyclists get a look in.
This was the last one I attended (I'm standing in the background at 7.34, in the group on the left), with the most interesting part of the track starting at 2.26. We were rooting for our countryman to win, but he falls off at 11.50.
I admire their skill to actually stay on the bike most of the time.
My own cycling is limited these days. I used to ride a lot more. My only claim to fame is I once beat Tom Boonen (I won, he was second) and all my bikes (well, all 4 of them...) were "prepared" by one of former Tour de France winner and World Champion Stephen Roche's mechanics.
But before you all start thinking I missed out on a great career: I didn't. I did finish ahead of Boonen, but it was in a motorsports quiz and he was just there to complete a line-up of motorsport experts.  AS for Roche: After retiring from cycling he took up rallying, and my dad was asked to assist in one of his entries. |
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Post by Bruno Pagiola on Feb 1, 2021 22:57:08 GMT
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or even floorball! 
AS for Roche: After retiring from cycling he took up rallying, and my dad was asked to assist in one of his entries.