Awesome Pole Vaulting - Fierljeppen

Monday, 26 March 2012

Fierljeppen - i'm not sure how to pronounce it but it's Dutch for "crazy person pole vaulting over a giant river." Earlier i had talked about what was my Favorite Olympic sport. This would definitely be at the top of the Summer Olympics.

http://youtu.be/XauyTdXIL5A

That's what i thought was going to happen when i tried to pole vault that swamp in Jackson.

comments | | Read More...

Auto Show 2011

Monday, 24 January 2011

Here's some pictures from the 2011 Auto Show.
It wasn't too busy on a Friday at 2pm. You could pretty much sit in any car without waiting.
These were definitely the coolest "cars" there. They had 2 wheels and a top speed of around 20 mph. Of course they won't ever be built and i would hate to be in a car accident when your entire body is 8" from the front.
This was the inside dash of the Honda CR-Z. It suppose to be like 3 cars in 1, with buttons for Sport and Economy modes. It was definitely cool from the inside.
The Fiat 500 is a very small car that is super popular in crowded European cities. It has more room and horsepower then it appears from the outside. I liked it.
Now here are the super cars.

The Mercedes 300SL.
A glow in the dark version.
The Tesla Roadster. This company hasn't actually made any money selling it's cars. But i think they are suppose to sell their lithium ion battery technology to Toyota or someone and become a very important part of future electric cars. Instead of one big heavy battery, they have over 4,000 "cell phone" type batteries in the trunk. In three years they say they will have an economic electric car for the average person.
The Audi R8 GT. This is a mid-engine V10 and cost around $260,00.
Maserati GranTurismo
This guy had obviously been there for a while.

comments | | Read More...

Americans Hate Soccer

Wednesday, 23 June 2010

First, the Pro's and Con's

Pro's

• It makes more sense calling something Football since they use their foot. Versus our football which should be called something else, like Run-Pass-and-Tackle-Ball

• It is apparently the "hardest" sport to play, given the constant running around

• For poor kids in Africa it's a good sport cause all you need is a ball, or many plastic bags and the ability to tie quasi-hexagonal knots

Con's

• Their offsides is dumb. Similar to offsides in hockey except replace the blue line with the defender closest to their end of the field. The problem with it is that it is always changing with the movement of the player, making it difficult for the referees. Also the whiny soccer defenders try to intentionally make players offsides by suddenly running forward. Rather then play defense, they reason that tricking an offensive player into being offsides is easier. Then they raise their hand to the ref's. Which leads me to my next con.

• It reminds me a lot of the NBA when a player thinks he got fouled. There the player yells then flops to the court. In soccer the player looks to the referee and raises his hand. Then if the ref doesn't call the offsides or foul, no less then 4 players run up to him and scream in his face.

• Crying. Whether to the ref's or just in general.

• Utter bewilderment when they miss a shot. They react as if every shot they have ever taken on a goal has gone in and this one time is the first time they have ever missed. Most announcers say so-and-so AGONIZES after missing that goal. Well they sure act like it's agony. They usually put their hands on their head in some way.

• Faking injuries, almost dead, then being completely fine 10 seconds later.

• The WORST thing about all of this is that kids watching this on tv think, well that's how the professionals act so i guess i should do it to. Thus continuing this acting, crying, whining in soccer.

• Dirty players

And this little darling in the red is one of the dirtiest players ever. She's in college and is shown here pulling a girl to the ground using her ponytail.



I do remember several year ago that the USA womens team won something. The world cup maybe?? I'm not sure what it was but it seemed important at the time. Everyone said that it would bring new life and revolution soccer in the USA. It didn't. Or maybe it did, i don't know, i don't pay attention to soccer.
The only people that like soccer in America are little kids under the ages of 12 and people who moved here from another country.

I mean it was kind of fun watching it last week and i was upset that they lost but i'll end up forgetting about it in a week. They tried putting American soccer on right after the match was over, something like Phillidelphia vs. Miami. I had no interest in watching so i turned it off.
Every 4 years we get fired up about the summer and winter olympics. But the US team could lose every game and never score a goal OR win every single game by 7 goals and still no one here would care.

comments | | Read More...