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[grapevine]

Chris Eubank calls his son a disgrace

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CBovf8bJxMo

The weigh-in, always a bit of a circus, has gone a step too far.

[Johnnycomelately]

Posted by grapevine (here)
Chris Eubank calls his son a disgrace

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CBovf8bJxMo

The weigh-in, always a bit of a circus, has gone a step too far.

Must be some prior problems, some amount of estrangement, for dad to go breaking symbolic eggs on his kid’s head. Would be interesting to see dad’s history.

Is this fight yet to come? Buffoon daddy’s acorn might have given himself a dangerous dose of overconfidence.

Inspiring overconfidence in pool opponents, is an old trick of mine. And some times, when I miss an easy shot after my opponent has just screwed up, I ask have they taken my internet course on it.

Most folks don’t get it, but fighters and strategists would. Funny thing here is, the kid will hopefully own himself. I have a remark when a pool opponent gets themself in a rough leave from their previous shot: “Self made hero maker!”. Hehe, I always try to be the cause of great shots, good opponents are well worth the C$2 between smoke breaks.

The sooner pool becomes an Olympic sport, the better. I hope they at least mandate bank-the-8ball, but there are deep roots that will want a say. Fine on them, show your games. Me, I want a class judged as a performance art, like figure skating or skateboarding. Gimme my time to shine, attempting rare shots that sometimes land sublime, like what makes my own average losing feel tolerable.

[grapevine]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=E1Ej9TtGV4U

Another short of Chris Eubank for Johnnycomelately to show Chris's very precise and gentlemanly demeanour, which goes totally against the grain of egg throwing which behaviour he would consider to be beyond the pale, just as he said.

[Tintin]

Posted by Ewan (here)
Also https://players.brightcove.net/pages...12&mode=iframe for a nice quality full screen version.

That was a pleasure to watch.

Sure was. Strewth

[Bill Ryan]

A fascinating report of a Chinese paraglider who was swept to a crazy-high altitude by a sudden updraft.

• https://explorersweb.com/freak-updra...lider-to-8600m

Freak Updraft Sweeps Chinese Paraglider to 8,600m



On May 24, a Chinese paraglider named Peng Yujiang wandered into a powerful updraft while paragliding over the Qilian Mountains in northwestern China. It swept him up to an altitude of 8,589m, according to the South China Morning Post. This height is close to the cruising altitude of commercial airplanes and nearly matches the elevation of Mount Everest.

Peng, an experienced 33-year-old paraglider, took off from a launch site at about 3,000m, flying an Apollo 2 paraglider. After 20 minutes of flight, Peng entered an extremely strong column of rising air and lost control. It carried him so high that he faced temperatures around -40°C, low oxygen levels, and a wind speed of 90kph.

According to the official report, quoted by Cross Country, Peng experienced confusion and a brief loss of consciousness. He later told the authorities that he had no memory of flying between 7,100m and 8,500m. However, at some point, the cold partly revived him.

Peng unsuccessfully tried several times to escape the updraft. Caught inside the cumulonimbus cloud, he couldn’t see which way to go, and the turbulence caused his paraglider to collapse several times.

Eventually, however, a conscious Peng managed to navigate his paraglider back down. After more than an hour, he landed.

Peng had a camera on board, and his video has gone viral on Chinese social media. At first, some thought it was fake, but data from Peng’s flight tracker, verified by the Gansu Provincial Aviation Sports Association, confirmed he reached 8,589m. The survival of a totally unacclimatized person above 8,000m, especially in those temperatures, is remarkable.

Chinese paraglider survives accidentally flying near height of Mount Everest

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=3nhzFvDsV1I

[Richter]

Yankees vs. Dodgers Game Highlights (5/30/25) (10:01)
I'm not the biggest baseball fan, but a Yankees - Dodgers game is always a spectacle. Just look at that catch by Aron Judge at 4:54...

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Fb3s_IfNzXo

[Bruce G Charlton]

It's a remarkable tale of survival.

yet, in the first world war, the pilots had open cockpits, no oxygen, no pressurization. Yet some (especially German) reconnaissance aircraft, such as the Rumpler, routinely flew at 24,000 feet/ 7,300 metres altitude; and the crew needed to be functional throughout - the pilot needed to fly and navigate, the observer to take good photographs.

[Richter]

The NBA Finals have started, Indiana Pacers vs Oklahoma City Thunder
The first game was yesterday.

Indiana Pacers vs Oklahoma City Thunder - Full Game 1 Highlights | June 5, 2025 NBA Finals (10:17)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=A2A1M_o86cw

- NBA Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/@THECCBnetwork/videos


Also the NHL the Stanley Cup Final between the Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers has started.
Game 1 was won by the Edmonton Oilers (4-3) and yesterday was Game 2. And what a match that was...

Florida Panthers vs. Edmonton Oilers | NHL Playoff Highlights Gm 2 | June 6, 2025 (10:17)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ATEbXZpQQ5s

- NHL Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/nhl/videos

[Tintin]

Just delightful Looks like this may have happened at Queen's, the tournament traditionally played before Wimbledon fortnight, and probably from the early 2000s:

[grapevine]

That was just Wonderful Tintin !

Meanwhile, this must feel absolutely exhilerating . . .

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=003ZeGKuTTY

[grapevine]

and this . . .

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=TgEc-Rq1aKA

You can feel the fear and anticipation as well as the sheer enjoyment. And no music to spoil it . . .

[Johnnycomelately]

Big day for gap hounds of different flavours. Not flat to level or so flats landing, like a typical skateboard gap, but using a launch ramp to flarground landing.

Star of the show rode a motorbike over a bunch of closely parked cars, setting a record of 197 feet in the air.

Footage then shows bicycles and skateboards launching to flat, including 3 tries to success of a bicycle dude attempting and then doing a front flip. The print story said there were inline skate participants, but this vid doesn’t show them.

Colby Raha World Record 2025

Anthony Figueroa
8 subscribers

325 views Jun 23, 2025 PALM SPRINGS SURF CLUB

“Colby Raha world record jump to flat in Palm Springs California.”

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=NeI-Eh-Dlm4

[Johnnycomelately]

Repping skateboarding, copied from my post #406 on the thread What’s Happening in China.

The main point of that post was the cultural aspect, but the skating was so lively and different to me, that I think it deserves a showcase here. Lots of excellent normal tricks shown too.

Posted by Johnnycomelately (here)
A sk8 event in China, by a Japanese chan. 2nd vid of his from China, that I’ve seen.

No mention or vid evidence of anti-Japan sentiment from any Chinese. This seems to counter the narrative put forth by CCP-critics Matt and Winston on their YouTube chan The China Show, that visceral hat for the Japanese, is endemic in China. Maybe the event, which had other teams of foreigners - Thailand was mentioned - was sanctioned and protected by the gov.

The previous China post was from/of a skateboard event in Beijing, which is said by Matt and Winston to be at odds with the federal gov. They said that the city was more harshly treated/mandated during the COVID lockdowns, than most other cities/regions. I didn’t catch where this current event was.

The event included, or maybe was entirely made up of, challenges, most of them goofy or quirky, on and off of skateboards. They show the paperwork. A new thing, for me, were the busy/crowded challenges where tricks off the ramp (to flat) were in such close progression/sequence that riders sometimes landed on previous (unsuccessful, and often sprawled) riders.

WENT TO A CRAZY SKATE EVENT IN CHINA...

MDAskater
256K subscribers

Posted June 28, 2025

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=kS_-VeddQ6k

[Mike]

Short 8 minute video here, which includes clips of Don Fry's legendary MMA fight with Yoshihiro Takayama in 2002, along with an interview with Don talking about the fight and his great respect and affection for Takayama (who very sadly severed his spine many years later and is now a quadriplegic). Don is briefly shown visiting Takayama in the hospital after his accident.

An as early fan of MMA, I remember watching this fight, and it was absolutely incredible. Any pretense of strategy or technique went right out the window from the very beginning; these 2 guys just grabbed each other by the back of their necks and traded blows the whole way. Two of the toughest bastards the sport has ever seen:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rDMcznYIRPg

If you wanna watch the fight uninterrupted and in its entirety, here it is. About 10 mins long:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=oq4BzQCo0gk

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

For me, this is more satisfying than watching punches land.

https://x.com/DudespostingWs/status/1915375922263314648
Dudes Posting Their W’s
@DudespostingWs
Satisfying to watch Muhammad Ali dodge 21 punches in 10 seconds (1977)

[grapevine]

9 Darter in a Random Pub

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2ZsxzF0qgbw

Doesn't happen very often at all. . .

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

Impressive! I've hit 180 before, but never back to back.

For peak sporting accomplishments, it simply doesn't get better than this.

Ronnie O'Sullivan Fastest 147 in History 5 minutes 8 seconds 1997 World Championship

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9D2rFMPN9js

[Mike]

Posted by Mark (Star Mariner) (here)
For me, this is more satisfying than watching punches land.

https://x.com/DudespostingWs/status/1915375922263314648
Dudes Posting Their W’s
@DudespostingWs
Satisfying to watch Muhammad Ali dodge 21 punches in 10 seconds (1977)

Wow! Brilliant!

[Mike]

Mike Tyson had great defensive movement in his prime years before he got lazy and just started going blow for blow with guys. Some of these defensive highlights are almost as breathtaking as his best knockouts:

35 seconds:

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OYuiz0a4m-8

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

A fun vid, and for once with these sorts of videos, the title isn't clickbait!

Goals So Unexpected, You Have To Watch Them Twice

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=F_7SHycETJs