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The Beautiful Game

"Pure artistry..."

Skills from football's hottest young talent, animation genius by Richard Swarbrick.  More of the same tonight please Mr Gareth Bale (when the mighty Spurs take on AC Milan for the uninformed!)

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Categories Sport Tags Design

By Sammy on 9/3/11

Downhill From Here

"... literally."

A course you would only find in Latin America.  A level of skill honed over many years of practice...

... and some enormous cojones. Check it.

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Categories Sport Tags Endeavour

By Sammy on 19/2/11

A Little Reminder

"... that talent and endeavour never go out of fashion!"

Some of the finest skateboarding tricks of a generation for you to be entertained inspired by ... these creative, determined souls go on keeping this sport right at the cutting edge.  Enjoy.

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Categories Sport Tags culture Fashion

By Sammy on 27/1/11

The Best Of The Best

"Matthew Burrows moment of magic almost topped the lot."

Almost but not quite.  His goal for Glentoran against Portadown back in October last year made the top 10 (if not ultimately the winners spot) for Goal Of the Year 2010.  Not bad for a little known Irishman from the celtic outback.

Some might call his extravagant back heel simply luck.  Us, we see pure imagination and spot on execution (....and ok maybe a little sprinkling of good fortune from the leprachauns in the crowd!)

Check out the full list of top goals from 2010 as compiled by Fifa and then you decide whether Turkish international Hamit Altintop's spectacular volley in a EURO qualifier in Kazakhstan was worth the title of 2010's very best.

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Categories Sport Tags Endeavour

By Sammy on 26/12/10

£4£ The Best Ever

"Pac-Man, The Destroyer, The Fighting Pride of the Philippines, meet Manny Pacquiao"

As of Saturday Manny Pacquiao became an eight-division world champion, the first boxer in history to win ten world titles in eight different weight divisions. He Has been named "Fighter of the Decade" by the Boxing Writers Association of America and recognised by many as Pound For Pound the World #1.

But for the people of his challenged homeland he is so much more.  He is an inspiration, a talisman, a living example of what can be achieved when you see beyond the lack of immediate opportunity and instead lean on the resources you have within you.  And that makes him very special indeed ...

"He is truly one of our nation's heroes who can unite us even in times of devisiveness.  An icon of the masses.  Manny Pacquiao mirrors the champ within every Flipino, here and abroad." Gloria Arroyo, President Of The Philippines

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Categories Sport Tags Manny Pacquiao

By Sammy on 14/11/10

Inspired By Travis?

"... but landed by Aaron."

... aka Aaron "Wheelz" Fotheringham to be precise.  This the world's first double backflip on a wheelchair as at August 26, 2010. Pure No Can't Do and an inspiration to us all.

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Categories Sport Tags Endeavour

By Sammy on 6/9/10

Man Of Steel

"...Superman no longer wears a cape..."

Damien Walters started out as a gymnast specialising in tumbling (and was part of the British Men's Tumbling team that won the World Team title in 2003). From there Damien took to trampolining before broadening his influences and developing the range of skills that have lead to him being hailed as one of the best freerunners and stuntmen around. What he does with his body and the creative terrain he chooses to show case his talent is pure No Can't Do.

Credits included Hellboy II and Kick-Ass and from his showreels of the last 2 years below it's easy to see why he got the parts!.
 

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Categories Sport Tags culture

By Juan on 26/7/10

Tarp Surfin'

"... with a cover nicked from a cricket square?"

How to catch a ride when there are no waves, or when your nearest beach is actually your nearest car park , Pure NO CAN'T DO from the Santa Cruz boys.

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By Juan on 24/7/10

Piece By Piece

"... we can achieve our goals..."

Olympic Swimmer John Naber is a living breathing example of this truth.

Back in the 70s, Naber had missed out on medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics - he had found himself the forgotten man of the US team as he performed a support role in getting the US relay teams through to the finals, only for the great Mark Spitz to step in and power the team to glory. Naber finished the games promising himself if he was to return to the Olympics it would be as a gold medal winner.

He did his homework and set his sights on winning gold in the 100m backstroke at the next Games in Montreal and in doing so calculated that, based on the progression of times, he would need to swim the distance in 55.5seconds – a four full seconds faster than his best. Four seconds is a lot in swimming, enough to leave a simmer disillusioned, but not Naber.

He broke it down and then he trained. He trained for ten months a year, so he would only need to improve by one tenth of a second over the space of a month. There are roughly thirty days in a month, so he would only need to improve by one three-hundredths of a second every day. He trained for four hours every day, so he only needed to improve by one twelve-hundredth of a second every hour.

Naber won his gold – in 55.49sec. If you want it, you can work out a way to achieve it. A truly great athlete, but as the video below shows he was no match for Stains' best!...

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Categories Sport Tags Endeavour Humour

By Juan on 9/7/10

It's All In The Head

"...according to young freerunner Ali..."

Ever wondered what goes through the mind of the nations up and coming Parkour specialists? What are they thinking when they do what they do...

'Mental Block' from Director Karen Palmer, provides us with a strong insight.  This short depicts the journey of Ali, a young freerunner striving to find his own personal route through life using the discipline of parkour.  It shows how the mental blocks he and other artists inevitably encounter are addressed and ultimately overcome.

Set within london inner-city estates the freerunner discovers that the hardest obstacles to overcome are infact those that exist in the mind.  It takes imagination (the idea of being chased by a man with an axe?) and shere determination to overcome them. See it here.

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Categories Sport Tags culture Endeavour

By Juan on 24/6/10