Subscribe now and choose from over 30 free gifts worth up to £49 - Plus get £25 to spend in our shop
Another shot at a reasonably recent addition to the STW roster, the Performance and Photography thread. Simple really, let's have some of the finest sporting photography you can muster to marvel at.
This week, let's see some photos around the theme of power.
Like this;
[img] 
[/img]
and this;
[img] 
?677[/img]
So, over to you folks!
POWER! 😉
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
Mulletus, that's superb!
Love the Tuilagi one as well!
And...
[img] 
[/img]
if ur gonna have boxing ...
[img] 
[/img]
Ah, Scott Gibbs. What a player.
The best thing about Wilkinson was the force he used to put into his tackles... grr
[img] 
[/img]
Randy Mamola
[img] 
[/img]
Garry McCoy
[img] 
[/img]
Linford Christie
[img] 
[/img]
Jonathan Edwards
[img] 
[/img]
Kelly Holmes
[img] 
[/img]
[i]if ur gonna have boxing ...[/i]
Ali not really known for "power" though.
However -
[img] 
[/img]
If you want to see a raw display of sheer power:
[url=
v Lyle[/url]
Joni Purmonen, vegan strongman.
[img] 
[/img]
10th in the England under 105kg strongman contest last weekend.
[img] 
[/img]
"Come on lads, there's only one of him!"
[img] 
[/img]
I will see your Tuilagi and raise you a Lomu
[img] http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGbd3bMaM22lUCnaw-7vNQ-ktv30olzcGyQU0NavKrPwsMGGIFyS5-Qjc- [/img]
Edit: Poor small pic
[img] 
[/img]
Piccy worky now....!
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
and most importantly, the noise;
[img] 
[/img]
Phil 'The Power' Taylor likes how this thread is going.
[img] 
[/img]
Monster Tajima beating the 10 minute mark up Pike's Peak last weekend
[url=
of the insanity[/url]
[i]I will see your Tuilagi and raise you a Lomu[/i]
Tried to find Lomu, but no great pics were available 🙂
[img] 
[/img]
Power of the impact!
[img] 
[/img]
Goran unleashes;
[img] 
[/img]
Proper boy riding hard
[img] 
?width=500[/img]
and another
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
(from Big Ring Riding)
*faints*
[img] 
[/img]
Hope to see some more of this kinda power on display tomorrow
[img] 
[/img]
Some great stuff this week, folks! Keep 'em coming!
guns:
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
mere moments before all sorts of shiny bits of 250f exploded all over hawkstone.
Classic boxing pic. Marciano v Walcott
[img] 
[/img]
what's with all the pics of sweaty naked men?
think it says something about your avergae forum dweller for the sheer volume of people swooning over big tuff boxers. 😉
Here's one I didn't prepare earlier! 8)
[img] 
[/img]
[img] http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRjgLFXXs3ijP4oF2VdCeIL_nFNlq1PHXOFxjWo3i3Xw9BG3OXa [/img]
I don't see any naked men tracknicko. But hey, if that's how you want to picture them. 😉
Powaaar!
[img] 
[/img]
that just means you've got used to it.
maybe you're one of the worst?
"Worst"?
worsest.
You got some issues you need to get out in the open?
Ex LMS 8F hauling mixed goods up the 1:37 Lickey Incline, banked by a 9F.
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
Sir Nigel Gresley.
[img] 
[/img]
[url= http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2686/4392831184_e3de06c884_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/53067724@N00/4392831184/ ]Thighs2[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/53067724@N00/ ]Jon Wyatt[/url], on Flickr
E.J.Potter, The Michigan Madman. 🙂
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE
*Applauds*
el fenomeno - awesome power in his heyday, unplayable
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[IMG] 
[/IMG]
Is Space Shuttling a sport nowadays?
Oh yes, it was supposed to be sport wasn't it. 😳
Ignore my steam train pictures. 😕
Is Space Shuttling a sport nowadays?
OOPS!! **Hangs head in shame**
😳
😀
Have some Victoria to cheer you up
[img] 
[/img]
Had some thanks.
(OK, it was sponge cake but it cheered me up)
Topless darts is probably ban-abole, but...
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
[img] 
[/img]
That Linford Christie photo from stumpy01 is friggin AWESOME. Equally the photo of Absalon is shite (f2.8 is no good).
I remember this like it was yesterday:
As we're now on the run into winter. Two cold ones from the world of Pennine Skiing - in the voodoo world of long range forecasting next winter could be more of the same.
[url= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5281/5238310791_27b1e42c31_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5207/5238209869_b4cb4314b7_z.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5237877908_65e6a6bae1.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5237877908/ ](Almost) one four too far for KP[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/4105735626_c27dece0ea.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/4105735626/ ]Power![/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/5066445743_77ddcbea6b.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5066445743/ ]Mallard[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4130/5066458829_5393dc43e0.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5066458829/ ]Rocket[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
[url= http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4151/5066443725_ef1761af80.jp g" target="_blank">
[url= http://www.flickr.com/photos/mark_farrell/5066443725/ ]Steaming up[/url] by [url= http://www.flickr.com/people/mark_farrell/ ]Mark-Farrell[/url], on Flickr
Trains and power stations are sport eh?
Well I race the steam trains on the Severn Valley Railway on my commute. 😛
Ah, but are [i]they[/i] racing [i]you[/i]?