OT: YouTube....

Welcome to the Digital Sportspage forum.

Moderators: Bill_Abner, ScoopBrady

User avatar
Sudz
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 4431
Joined: Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:00 am
Location: Raleigh, NC

OT: YouTube....

Post by Sudz »

User avatar
Sudz
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 4431
Joined: Sun Apr 06, 2003 4:00 am
Location: Raleigh, NC

Post by Sudz »

User avatar
WillHunting
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 1212
Joined: Sat Nov 29, 2003 4:00 am

Post by WillHunting »

haha, I remember that silliness of the ambulance driving over players to pick up 1 injured player.
User avatar
Zeppo
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 7517
Joined: Fri Aug 30, 2002 3:00 am
Location: Brooklyn, NY

Post by Zeppo »

Yeah, but Frank Caliendo doing the John Madden pop corn popper ad is the funniest thing anywhere near that page. 'It's easy, Fred. . . .'
User avatar
dbdynsty25
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 21620
Joined: Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:00 am
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Post by dbdynsty25 »

HOLY CRAP, this dude bailed HARD at the X-Games recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBvCrSjp ... %2Fview%2F

How the hell this guy walked away is beyond me. Watch till the end when they show the closeup of his shoes flying off. Simply amazing.
User avatar
Slumberland
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 3574
Joined: Tue Oct 28, 2003 4:00 am

Post by Slumberland »

Chocolate rain?
User avatar
webdanzer
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 4795
Joined: Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:00 am
Location: New Jersey

Post by webdanzer »

dbdynsty25 wrote: How the hell this guy walked away is beyond me. Watch till the end when they show the closeup of his shoes flying off. Simply amazing.
Wow. Man, that is one lucky dude.
User avatar
pk500
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 33890
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2002 3:00 am
Location: Syracuse, N.Y.
Contact:

Post by pk500 »

I don't know what's more ridiculous, that the dude walked away or that the analyst said, "Wow, I can't believe he made a 720," as the guy was lying on the bottom of the ramp, motionless.

What a tool.

ESPN should just engrave the "Biggest Hit" ESPY for 2008 right now for this kid. No need to conduct voting.

Take care,
PK
"You know why I love boxers? I love them because they face fear. And they face it alone." - Nick Charles

"First on the throttle, last on the brakes." - @MotoGP Twitter signature

XBL Gamertag: pk4425
User avatar
sportdan30
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 9122
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2003 3:00 am
Location: St. Louis

Post by sportdan30 »

Check out this 9 year old soccer phenom

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports ... r.whiz.itn
User avatar
Danimal
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 12194
Joined: Mon Apr 12, 2004 3:00 am
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Contact:

Post by Danimal »

sportdan30 wrote:Check out this 9 year old soccer phenom

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports ... r.whiz.itn
It was awesome how he passed the ball once in that whole video. Must be great to be on his team.
Follow Me on:
YouTube - www.youtube.com/maxpixelation/
Twitch - twitch.tv/maximumpixelation
Twitter - twitter.com/maxpixelation
User avatar
dbdynsty25
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 21620
Joined: Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:00 am
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Post by dbdynsty25 »

Danimal wrote:It was awesome how he passed the ball once in that whole video. Must be great to be on his team.
You obviously didn't watch much of it. He had about 5 perfect through balls to teammates in the first couple minutes. And BTW, that phenom was signed by Man. U already.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story ... 04&cc=5901
User avatar
Nozzleman_216
Starting 5
Starting 5
Posts: 711
Joined: Fri May 06, 2005 3:00 am
Location: Coshocton, Ohio

Post by Nozzleman_216 »

pk500 wrote:I don't know what's more ridiculous, that the dude walked away or that the analyst said, "Wow, I can't believe he made a 720," as the guy was lying on the bottom of the ramp, motionless.

What a tool.

ESPN should just engrave the "Biggest Hit" ESPY for 2008 right now for this kid. No need to conduct voting.

Take care,
PK
Thats the "god" Tony Hawk. Yes, a real TOOL
XBL: Nozzleman 216
PSN: Nozzleman_216
User avatar
GB_Simo
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 3170
Joined: Wed Mar 31, 2004 4:00 am
Location: Easington Village, England

Post by GB_Simo »

dbdynsty25 wrote:
Danimal wrote:It was awesome how he passed the ball once in that whole video. Must be great to be on his team.
You obviously didn't watch much of it. He had about 5 perfect through balls to teammates in the first couple minutes.
db, are you basing that on the YouTube videos of him? In the CNN video linked to in this thread, he passes the ball twice and one of those could be interpreted as being something else.

The kid is better at 9 years old than I am at 22, and I know I shouldn't be jealous of the little git but...
XBox Live and PSN Gamertag: theycallhimsim
User avatar
Jimmydeicide
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 4565
Joined: Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:00 am
Location: Ellesmere Port..Errr California

Post by Jimmydeicide »

I 'd just go into him with 2 feet and put him up in the air, then we'll see how good he is.
User avatar
pk500
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 33890
Joined: Sun Aug 11, 2002 3:00 am
Location: Syracuse, N.Y.
Contact:

Post by pk500 »

SEMINOLE wrote:
pk500 wrote:I don't know what's more ridiculous, that the dude walked away or that the analyst said, "Wow, I can't believe he made a 720," as the guy was lying on the bottom of the ramp, motionless.

What a tool.

ESPN should just engrave the "Biggest Hit" ESPY for 2008 right now for this kid. No need to conduct voting.

Take care,
PK
Thats the "god" Tony Hawk. Yes, a real TOOL
I don't care if it was the bastard offspring of Hawk, Bucky Lasek and Bob Burnquist.

Just because he's the greatest skateboarder of all time doesn't give him a pass on making such a stupid statement when a guy is laying on the deck and millions are wondering if the kid is alive or paralyzed.

It was a f*cking stupid thing to say, fawning over a trick while a kid was prone on the deck in one of the worst extreme sports accidents ever.

Take care,
PK
"You know why I love boxers? I love them because they face fear. And they face it alone." - Nick Charles

"First on the throttle, last on the brakes." - @MotoGP Twitter signature

XBL Gamertag: pk4425
User avatar
ScoopBrady
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 7781
Joined: Sun Aug 17, 2003 3:00 am
Location: Chicago, Illinois

Post by ScoopBrady »

I just watched that and I didn't get the impression that Tony Hawk was a tool at all for any of his comments. He was obviously concerned about the kid by everything else he said. Seems to me as if he was trying to put a positive spin on a very negative situation by mentioning that the kid just performed a trick that nobody else in the world has ever done. I could understand if he said something like "Wow, he just nailed the 720 but couldn't get the 540." I don't know, I just don't think he was fawning over the trick like you suggest.

It is extremely awesome that the kid walked away from that. It takes huge coconuts to perform those kind of stunts on a ramp like that and I've always thought there is no way I'd ever be able to do anything like that. Does anybody know if he had any kind of injuries after that? If he walked away without anything more than bruising than it's a miracle.
I am a patient boy.
I wait, I wait, I wait, I wait.
My time is water down a drain.
User avatar
dbdynsty25
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 21620
Joined: Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:00 am
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Post by dbdynsty25 »

Mild concussion. That's it. Unbelievable.
User avatar
Boltman
Starting 5
Starting 5
Posts: 788
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:00 am
Location: "The Mission City" San Fer, CA.

Post by Boltman »

pk500 wrote:I don't know what's more ridiculous, that the dude walked away or that the analyst said, "Wow, I can't believe he made a 720," as the guy was lying on the bottom of the ramp, motionless.

What a tool.

ESPN should just engrave the "Biggest Hit" ESPY for 2008 right now for this kid. No need to conduct voting.

Take care,
PK
I was thinking the same exact thing, for all we knew at the time dude could have been dead, then cue the announcer "wow a 720...." friggen tool.

Burnquist (sp) should have given the guy that fell his gold and taken the silver. I know his jump was awesome as well, but that would have been the class act.
Last edited by Boltman on Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
Boltman
Starting 5
Starting 5
Posts: 788
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:00 am
Location: "The Mission City" San Fer, CA.

Post by Boltman »

dbdynsty25 wrote:Mild concussion. That's it. Unbelievable.
His helmet truly saved his life.
User avatar
mobiggins
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 1016
Joined: Tue Sep 30, 2003 3:00 am
Location: Texas

Post by mobiggins »

I'm totally with pk on this one. That was the first thing that came to my mind as well after that gem came out of his mouth. Not 5 seconds have passsed after this guy slams to the floor from 2 stories up, we don't know if he's permanently paralyzed, and the only thing that comes to Tony Hawk's mind to say is, "wow, I can't believe he did a 720"???!!

Tool is right.
User avatar
webdanzer
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 4795
Joined: Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:00 am
Location: New Jersey

Post by webdanzer »

ScoopBrady wrote:I just watched that and I didn't get the impression that Tony Hawk was a tool at all for any of his comments. He was obviously concerned about the kid by everything else he said. Seems to me as if he was trying to put a positive spin on a very negative situation by mentioning that the kid just performed a trick that nobody else in the world has ever done. I could understand if he said something like "Wow, he just nailed the 720 but couldn't get the 540." I don't know, I just don't think he was fawning over the trick like you suggest.
I agree with Scoop's take on this. I agree the comment was jarring, but I don't think it stemmed from Hawk caring more about the trick than the kid. Call him a bad broadcaster, sure, but I think the comment came from him struggling through a tough moment, not from him worshiping the trick.
User avatar
Boltman
Starting 5
Starting 5
Posts: 788
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:00 am
Location: "The Mission City" San Fer, CA.

Post by Boltman »

webdanzer wrote:
ScoopBrady wrote:I just watched that and I didn't get the impression that Tony Hawk was a tool at all for any of his comments. He was obviously concerned about the kid by everything else he said. Seems to me as if he was trying to put a positive spin on a very negative situation by mentioning that the kid just performed a trick that nobody else in the world has ever done. I could understand if he said something like "Wow, he just nailed the 720 but couldn't get the 540." I don't know, I just don't think he was fawning over the trick like you suggest.
I agree with Scoop's take on this. I agree the comment was jarring, but I don't think it stemmed from Hawk caring more about the trick than the kid. Call him a bad broadcaster, sure, but I think the comment came from him struggling through a tough moment, not from him worshiping the trick.
I can agree with that view, dude should have just kept his mouth closed I guess.
User avatar
dbdynsty25
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 21620
Joined: Mon Aug 19, 2002 3:00 am
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA

Post by dbdynsty25 »

Boltman wrote:I can agree with that view, dude should have just kept his mouth closed I guess.
But then you run into the issue that it's his job to talk. I'm sure he just couldn't think of what to say. I mean, he did start it with that is one of the worst crashes I have ever seen. I give him a pass...it's not like he's a professional broadcaster. He's a skater that has a skateboarding empire. Sheesh, give the guy a break.
User avatar
sportdan30
DSP-Funk All-Star
DSP-Funk All-Star
Posts: 9122
Joined: Tue Jun 03, 2003 3:00 am
Location: St. Louis

Post by sportdan30 »

I agree with Db. I think Tony Hawk just exhibited a little inexperience when it comes to dealing with a scary situation during a broadcast. You gotta remember most of the viewers are people in their teens and 20s. I think he tried to maybe calm everyone's emotions, but it didn't come off that way.

Just glad he's ok. I would thought for sure he would of broke his legs.
User avatar
Boltman
Starting 5
Starting 5
Posts: 788
Joined: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:00 am
Location: "The Mission City" San Fer, CA.

Post by Boltman »

sportdan30 wrote:I agree with Db. I think Tony Hawk just exhibited a little inexperience when it comes to dealing with a scary situation during a broadcast. You gotta remember most of the viewers are people in their teens and 20s. I think he tried to maybe calm everyone's emotions, but it didn't come off that way.

Just glad he's ok. I would thought for sure he would of broke his legs.
I keep watching the replay, and the impact is so damn severe that his shoes launch off like they are damn rockets! It is so amazing that he just comes off of that with nothing more than a concussion. Simply amazing.

I thought his tailbone would have been busted upon impact. I thought for sure after seeing that, even though he walked off, there were going to be long time problems arising from that fall.

His helmet maker need to start using that spill, with his head slinging backwards onto the bottom of the ramp in a new add campaign.
Post Reply