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Edgework: What does it take to do a downhill run? Lots of courage and technical perfection–along with enough strength to pull you of a difficult situation if something goes wrong. Here’s an intriguing piece from GoPro: a downhill run through the viewpoint of Ted Ligety, an American and one of the world’s very best skiers, …
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Edgework: You ski but do you really know how you ski? It’s a sport that demands solid technique (and lots of practice) to do well and that technique must work in conjunction with the actual physics of the sport–the ability to make a pair of skis (or a ski board) turn, stop, change direction. As …
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Paying Attention: Another Holiday Classic from SNL…this one, “Christmas Time For The Jews” has a great sound track featuring Darlene Love and a sharp social/cultural message. You don’t have to be Jewish to love this very, very sharp short. The Fine Print: Embed via SNL and YouTube (thanks guys). All rights belong to their respective …
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Paying Attention: One of the finest American entertainers of all time–in both talent and spirit– was Bob “Here for the Troops” Hope. During most holiday seasons, throughout his career, Bob Hope went on the road to entertain American troops in war zones around the world, logging 57 USO Tours. He was particular diligent about giving up …
Paying Attention: One of the all-time great sketches from a show–Saturday Night Live– that has produced a bunch of all time greats: the Schweddy Balls skit, with Alec Baldwin, Molly Shannon, and Ana Gasteyer. The double-entendre’s go triple-overtime on this one. Funny and not to be missed. The Fine Print: Embed via SNL and …
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Paying Attention The Gerald Daughtery Political Ad is picking up a lot of press over the last few days and for good reason: it’s intelligent, funny, and so different from the norm for political ads as to be an absolute rock star. So…just in case you haven’t seen it…here is, quite possibly the best political …
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The Olympics Embed from Getty Images They make it look so easy, the Olympic swimmers, but the strokes they lay down in the 50 meter pool are so much more refined than what most of us produce when we do a few laps for exercise. In a sport in which tenths and hundredths of a …
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The Olympics Nice, short (5 minutes plus) video which explains the sport of fencing, one of the oldest sports in the olympics and also one of it’s most arcane and inaccessible–until it’s explained.
The Olympics Getting closer to the signature track & field events of the Rio Olympics. This is another in the excellent series produced by Sports Illustrated and centers on American sprinter English Gardner.
The Olympics Another in Sports Illustrated’s series of very short profiles and interviews with U.S.Olympians, this one on shooting team member Morgan Craft.