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A one word theme today. Make of it what you will, with some sporting photos.

Thusly;

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Big n hairy beast

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That huge desert truck looks as if it could drink all your beer and get your daughter pregnant.


 
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Liquid water

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Frozen water

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Two big lads at their absolute prime. GB's only gold medal at the '96 Olympics.

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Global, they're utter beasts!
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Have a look on Google for Kamaz racing.


 
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You can't beat der Pisten Bully!
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Andre 'Skinny' Greipel on the left, Robert 'Monster' Forstermann on the right

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Posted : 09/01/2015 1:01 pm
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torsoinalake - WTF?


 
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Site injections of mineral oil or something called Synthol apparently.

You wish you were this awesome:

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Edit: I saw him on TV somewhere -


 
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googling "synthol fail' is interesting.


 
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[i]Site injections of mineral oil or something called Synthol apparently.
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Absolutely nothing to do with 'sport' then!


 
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Big, and slightly insane...


 
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He's a weightlifter!!

Anyway. Here's something proper.

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Hoffman! What a legend.


 
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This jump remained the longest for 23 years.

Nice to see The Fridge up there ^^


 
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No Josh Bender yet?

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Mentalist!!! ๐Ÿ˜ฏ


 
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I am ok, I got this.

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..later that day ๐Ÿ™‚

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Mentalist indeed.

Einstein said:

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

Watching Bender ride off that massive drop again and again & failing every time leads me to believe that he is indeed, insane ๐Ÿ™‚

Definitely in the "big" category though....

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Proper weight lifter, Ilya Ilyin

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Have we done Tyler yet?
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[url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-30711128 ]Sir Ranulph Fiennes in Marathon des Sables record bid[/url]

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He will be 71 and doesn't like heat too much!


 
Posted : 09/01/2015 3:39 pm
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Now, THAT is a chainring

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http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/that-watson-gap-jump-7785/


 
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Back to the water - Grand Inga project, the worlds biggest river Rapids. Well worth getting the documentary.
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Yes there is a kayak in that water - somewhere ๐Ÿ˜ฏ
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This is the little 'training' river, aka the Nile.
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Sticking with big waves...big Laird.

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McConkey:
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Candide Thiovex:
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24 litres, 60 litre oil tank, Brooklands lap record holder at 144mph.

[i]Although capable of 168 mph (270 km/h) the car has rear wheel braking only[/i]

a Bentley with the same engine looking for traction;

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and without the silencers


 
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Last from me, 2 Big Bens..

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This thread needs Cam Zink

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I always look at those multi-expsoure photos and initially think it's some sort of formation bike riding team doing a display.


 
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Some lovely stuff today, folks! I really like that ski jump one, sums up the lunacy of the sport for me!

How about some of this;
Chris Benchetler on some phatt planks
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And, just to prove he does sometimes face the right way;
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Posted : 09/01/2015 8:23 pm
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Sadly Shane Mcconky died skibasing supposedly when one of his Tyrolia pre-release bindings (the comedy ones from the 80s that you could trick people in lift queues with), didn't.

Candide's landing from that very jump almost cost him his mobility. He went on to much greater things though in the free skiing arena


 
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Done before, but worth a re-post


 
Posted : 09/01/2015 9:35 pm
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The Bender shot is obviously enhanced by the duplication of a couple of layers of strata.
Not taking anything away from the man though!


 
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BOOM, boardinbob, BOOM! ๐Ÿ˜€


 
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River Don Steam Engine
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Don_Engine


 
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