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Events that don't belong in Olympics
In reply to Curtis
man anything goes
Fencing
I thought this was something else from the name
Like how fast a person could drop two posts and nail up a few boards
Not this electronic fokry with two piece of wire
Stewwwpps
many more than that handball,trampoline,skateboading,water polo, i would not be suprised if i see hand wresting in the future
In reply to Curtis
wasn't Barbados trying to enroll Road Tennis? To me that would belong more so than a lot of these rubbish events..there is one with horses dancing on a sand pit..absolute nonsense..
Exactly. Equestrian.
Typical Euro-centric exploitation.
How many years, yet no horse ever get a medal.
Mek dem white jockey complete the circuit pon foot. Talk Nah.
In reply to Curtis
I am surprised that Frisbee has not been included. There was great push in USA for
it some 20 years ago.
Marbles are next up
In reply to velo
Why don't Handball and Water Polo belong?
In reply to Curtis
Equestrian is one thing, but Dressage is another. Equestrian is at least passable.
In reply to hubert
Well skateboarding got in, what about tire rolling like our yutes did back in the day
In reply to JahJah
At least you know the difference
Why not donkey kart racing?
In reply to velo
Wha wrong wid water polo? Nice game
Alright. I get the events in the pool. Who can swim the fastest.
But rass, man, everyday and all the different varieties?
Backstroke? Why? How come in track and field no race to run backwards???
Euro-centricity again. Black and brown people don't swim. Somebody drill in we head that the Sea has no backdoor. Right, Bajans?
In reply to Curtis
There's a longer video
Hilarious
here!
In reply to Chrissy
There you go. No one remembers the horse's name.
In reply to Curtis
Coz Olympics is for thoroughbreds.
Donkeys for the Paralympics? Or is that too politically incorrect for me to say?
In reply to JahJah
yes
Dominoes should be in!
In reply to nitro
Yuh done know
Not Jamaican sign dominoes though
In reply to Curtis
The use of signs is the exciting part!
In reply to Curtis
Add goat racing. Tobago can go-it-alone then
In reply to hotarobin
Agree with Road Tennis. Even Beach tennis.
All the pool events exclude a large part of the world population.
That's like having an event such as Flying Fish Deboning. Only Bajans, and maybe one Tobagonian would medal.
In reply to Curtis
fencing was an early sport! the new sports are pushed by equipment manufacturers.
I don't see professionals adding much to the Olympics, get the feeling that national pressure rather than personal desire is driving them.
In reply to camos
Back in the 60's, Guyana sent a guy for Fencing, but turns out they misunderstood the rules.
Balgobin Biswas apparently used to sell stolen bikes and radios.
In reply to Da-Vincy
Jamaica would have had a great goat racing team too if it wasn't for discovery of manish water and curry powder.
Though, one could argue that those options could be used to motivate the goat athletes.
In reply to Curtis
You would think Jamaica would have done well in shooting, but here we are...
Then again, dem shotta deh wild.
In reply to Curtis
Guyana's famous sports journalist Bill Crombie was married to a Canadian fencer.
3 pon 3 scrimmage basketball, scrimmage n BMX, skateboard designed to give Murca more medals. Hope it can keep some kids off the streets also
In reply to Chrissy
BL had fastest few minutes in sports news. A fixture.
In reply to Curtis
Though, one could argue that those options could be used to motivate the goat athletes.
Monty Python had a wonderful skit about "Harold the Sheep" along your lines here. Lemme go see if I can find it on YouTube for you.
--Æ.
In reply to Curtis
In reply to Curtis
That video is not on YouTube but I found it at Dailymotion.com. Watch it up to the 2:29 mark. It's quite funny.
--Æ.
In reply to JayMor
Classic Monty Python...thank you
Come to think of it, didn't they do an Olympics Hide & Seek event? That too was hilarious.
See Olympics Hide & Seek final
In reply to Curtis
Great stuff, although I think the ending would've been more interesting with the Paraguayan losing by a split second. Those guys created their own genre of comedy-- note how nowadays something will be referred to as Pythonesque or Pythonian.
Thanks, man.
--Æ.
In reply to Curtis
You could get rid of the male version but keep the female format.
In reply to Larr Pullo
Dem gal too maaga
In reply to Curtis
You obviously didn't see the Cuban pair last night....
I always found synchro diving overkill, but overall I think every sport has its place.
What would be interesting is if they brought Tug of War back.
As for the "X-Games" type sports:
it doesn't seem like the US is dominating those events.
One sport that doesn't seem well-equipped for Olympics: cycling time-trials.
In reply to Tryangle
Every High School sports day back in the day had tug-o-war.
Make Tug not War.
Perfect for Olympics.
In reply to Curtis
I'm assuming they removed it for safety reasons (maybe too many fellas were popping shoulders or something?) because otherwise, it meets great criteria - anybody can understand how it works/is judged and doesn't need anything crazy in terms of equipment.
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