Official Off Topic Discussion Thread #1

[Ogertron3000]

Just had a look. This is definitely worth sharing, and yes, definitely canteen lady standard, lol.

Don't be embarrassed, you're not even Australian.....fortunately, lol.

#australia #breakdance #olympics #meme #funny #nappy #reels #lmao #like #dance #paris2024 #paris

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My international sporting allegiances change depending on the sport. As i was born in england but moved here when i was 7 i an technically english but that was 40 years ago. I spent 1999-2003 living in england doing the young man travelling scene which did sort of boost my sense of being english again.
For any international soccer its always england.
For most other things especially the olympics its australia, not cricket though (which i find boring), the aus cricket team are so arrogant and always cry when things dont go their way i take great pleasure in watching them lose.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting that link.

My complete and utter lack of interest in watching the Olympics is very occasionally punctuated with brief moments of thinking that perhaps I should take a quick look at what the world is watching, if only to pretend that I give a crap.

Now, just hearing the phrase "Olympic breakdancing" is, all by itself, almost enough to dispel that silly idea....but seeing that clip just sealed the deal.

If you really thing about it breakdancing is really just a form of gymnastics, it involves the same basic skills, strength and coordination, apparently it was a one off and wont be in any more olympics.
It was meant to pull in a younger audience but they say the skateboarding did that much better.

I wouldn't call that break dancing. I feel bad for her because she probably practiced that for years.

I dont know what you would call it? The aussie olympic boss said she represented australia "with courage and enthusiasm" personally i wish she had represented us in breakdancing.......
My suspicion is it was a publicity stunt on her behalf to get some quick sponsorship and advertising deals as she is suddenly a global talking point. It would be more lucrative than an actual gold medal, its funny as she is everywhere on any news website you can find but i dont even know who actually won the gold.

 

[krichardson]

I think somebody spiked her tea in the canteen.

LOL.....and seriously?.....breakdancing and skateboarding are Olympic events?.....what next,competitive graphiti??

 

[jjohnwm]

If you really thing about it breakdancing is really just a form of gymnastics, it involves the same basic skills, strength and coordination, apparently it was a one off and wont be in any more olympics.

Lol, maybe...but I've already thought about it more than I feel it deserves.

Gymnasts spend half their time flying through the air, landing with precision and grace, twisting and turning in mid-air like swallows in flight.

Break-dancers begin every routine by falling down, and then don't get up until they are done.

 

[danotaylor]

My suspicion is it was a publicity stunt on her behalf to get some quick sponsorship and advertising deals as she is suddenly a global talking point. It would be more lucrative than an actual gold medal, its funny as she is everywhere on any news website you can find but i dont even know who actually won the gold.

So true. She's a bloody genius mate...now a wealthy one at that!

 

[RD.]

Canada won the gold in breaking. I heard that jjohnwm is hosting the after party.

 

[Ulu]

LOL.....and seriously?.....breakdancing and skateboarding are Olympic events?.....what next,competitive graphiti??

Absolutely nothing wrong with skateboarding if they actually race on the damn things!

Kick flipping, grinding, jumping on the board…. It’s all just a performance art fest.

Are those flipping chickens willing to do a world record beating 85+ mph speed run?
( 135+ kph for you metricated folk.)

Nope.

Mischio Erban did it 10 years ago. It has been (unofficially) broken since. He rode these wheels.

Seismic Speed Vents: the 85mm, 85+ mph skate wheel.

 

[Ulu]

BTW, my skate wheels have never gone over 40MPH. I did that on these ZigZags.


And it was not in a straight line.
I wiped out on a curve at that speed.
Gravity loses to centrifugal action, and I found myself sideways, yet still “standing” on the board as I punched it through the weeds.

 

[jjohnwm]

Lol, I recall back in my motorcycling days how contemptuously I viewed the road warriors who drove their cars like lunatics. 100mph while encased in a car doesn't even begin to compare to that speed on an unfaired 2-wheel sport bike.

But....standing on a skateboard? Nope, uh uh, not this little yellow duck...

 

[esoxlucius]

If you want your mind well and truly blown, then watch this. There are loads of videos on you tube of these lunatics, daredevils, madmen, whatever you want to call them. These are long boarders, similar to skateboards but bigger. Respect!

 

[jjohnwm]

Wow! Unbelievable! I sure hope this is on a closed road; I hate to think of a car coming around one of those bends when that guy on a 6-inch-wide plank is busy taking up two entire lanes.

I was bemused by that stance with the two hands clasped behind the back. Improved aerodynamics? Holding his pants up? Checking to see if he shat himself?