OT: YouTube....

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:13 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cK2oyQXw ... ed&search=

Sudz · Post by **Sudz** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:15 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_138p6uz ... ed&search=

WillHunting · Post by **WillHunting** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:41 pm

Sudz wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_138p6uz ... ed&search=

haha, I remember that silliness of the ambulance driving over players to pick up 1 injured player.

Zeppo · Post by **Zeppo** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:53 pm

Yeah, but Frank Caliendo doing the John Madden pop corn popper ad is the funniest thing anywhere near that page. 'It's easy, Fred. . . .'

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:15 pm

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.

Slumberland · Post by **Slumberland** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:26 pm

Chocolate rain?

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 2:37 pm

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.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:00 pm

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

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:35 pm

Check out this 9 year old soccer phenom

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/sports ... r.whiz.itn

Danimal · Post by **Danimal** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 5:50 pm

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.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:32 pm

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

Nozzleman_216 · Post by **Nozzleman_216** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 6:38 pm

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

GB_Simo · Post by **GB_Simo** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:14 pm

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...

Jimmydeicide · Post by **Jimmydeicide** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 7:42 pm

I 'd just go into him with 2 feet and put him up in the air, then we'll see how good he is.

pk500 · Post by **pk500** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:16 pm

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

Post by **ScoopBrady** » Fri Aug 03, 2007 8:57 pm

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.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:53 am

Mild concussion. That's it. Unbelievable.

Boltman · Post by **Boltman** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:19 am

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.

Boltman · Post by **Boltman** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:22 am

dbdynsty25 wrote:Mild concussion. That's it. Unbelievable.

His helmet truly saved his life.

mobiggins · Post by **mobiggins** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:27 am

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.

webdanzer · Post by **webdanzer** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:48 am

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.

Boltman · Post by **Boltman** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:03 pm

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.

dbdynsty25 · Post by **dbdynsty25** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:19 pm

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.

sportdan30 · Post by **sportdan30** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:36 pm

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.

Boltman · Post by **Boltman** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:43 pm

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.