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[Duke Nukem]

Saw this gem via Reddit:

Irish Olympic Laser Start Sequence

[PeterHuston]

Saw this gem via Reddit:

Irish Olympic Laser Start Sequence

That was hysterical. Steven Spielberg as RC Chair....classic!

[Former MDR Vandal 1]

Saw this gem via Reddit:

Irish Olympic Laser Start Sequence

Single greatest sailing video ever ...

If you ever wonder what everyone else in the world thinks of sailing, just play this a few times.

To paraphrase Jack Lemon -- "This is the good video, the Glenngary Video."

Perfection.

PS -- the comment about Belarus -- "poor performance on the water and a questionable human rights record on shore..." It sounds like he is describing me ... Fucking the best video ever.

[NYBOZO1]

Love it!

[Duke Nukem]

"We have a beam of 1.37M--it's controversial."

[Amati]

Fookin eh!

[coyotepup]

Well, he did call the skipper that port-tacked the whole fleet a dickhead. So he's onto something there.

[the_abandoned_brane]

dickhead.

[Bunchofgrapes]

There's the Aussie's....you hear them before you see them...hahahaplop

[OKMLSAIL]

Awesome

[Punani Jackson]

Saw this gem via Reddit:

Irish Olympic Laser Start Sequence

Outstanding! Thank you for sharing.

[SPORTSCAR]

That commentary is about what we would expect from the local coverage network, Channel 9, here in Australia who so far have broadcast not one nano-second of a sport in which Aus are looking likely to win at least 3, possibly 4 medals.

But wait: This just in a few minutes ago:

"Staying up?

Are you staying up until 11pm tonight? You should be. Channel Nine has suddenly realised that, without sailing, they have no winners so they are televising all Australian medal races live. That means you can catch Tom Slingsby going for gold at 2pm British time, which is 11pm in the eastern states and 9pm in Perth."

Can't wait to hear who they have for expert commentary. Such well known sailing luminaries as Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire will no doubt make it an absolute misery to listen to, but hey, at least we'll get to see it.Maybe they could hire that Irish guy to liven it up with insightful commentary?

[Evo]

Can't wait to hear who they have for expert commentary. Such well known sailing luminaries as Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire will no doubt make it an absolute misery to listen to, but hey, at least we'll get to see it.Maybe they could hire that Irish guy to liven it up with insightful commentary?

ha...it will be this guy again



ok...so not much different from Karl Stefanovic really

[ocs]

That commentary is about what we would expect from the local coverage network, Channel 9, here in Australia who so far have broadcast not one nano-second of a sport in which Aus are looking likely to win at least 3, possibly 4 medals.

But wait: This just in a few minutes ago:

"Staying up?

Are you staying up until 11pm tonight? You should be. Channel Nine has suddenly realised that, without sailing, they have no winners so they are televising all Australian medal races live. That means you can catch Tom Slingsby going for gold at 2pm British time, which is 11pm in the eastern states and 9pm in Perth."

Can't wait to hear who they have for expert commentary. Such well known sailing luminaries as Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire will no doubt make it an absolute misery to listen to, but hey, at least we'll get to see it.Maybe they could hire that Irish guy to liven it up with insightful commentary?

I have a few rowing mates who are seething at James Brayshaw's calling.

[Flatbag]

Can't wait to hear who they have for expert commentary. Such well known sailing luminaries as Ken Sutcliffe, Karl Stefanovic and Eddie McGuire will no doubt make it an absolute misery to listen to, but hey, at least we'll get to see it.Maybe they could hire that Irish guy to liven it up with insightful commentary?

ha...it will be this guy again



ok...so not much different from Karl Stefanovic really

So that's what DoRag looks like. Kinda figures.

[Rolfe'd]

"Watch your fockin head!" - what it's like to teach Learn to Sail

[fan]

That was awsome would totally rather listen to that.

[Stubby]

Fucking great, love your work Duke. Can we exempt the usual greeting here?

[spectator]

I think that' twas the voice of a certain Timmy from a counrty with lots of green covering it's land. If it's him, good on him. He knows a thing or two about olympic sailing, fur fuck sake.

[albanyguy]

"Staying up?

Are you staying up until 11pm tonight? You should be. Channel Nine has suddenly realised that, without sailing, they have no winners so they are televising all Australian medal races live. That means you can catch Tom Slingsby going for gold at 2pm British time, which is 11pm in the eastern states and 9pm in Perth."

Like +1000

[cosmicsedso]

"Staying up?

Are you staying up until 11pm tonight? You should be. Channel Nine has suddenly realised that, without sailing, they have no winners so they are televising all Australian medal races live. That means you can catch Tom Slingsby going for gold at 2pm British time, which is 11pm in the eastern states and 9pm in Perth."

Like +1000

The fact that we (AUS) have only ONE Gold medal so far probably makes it newsworthy...
I too shudder to think who will do the commentary, expert or not.
Please not Tessa....

I have an alternative though.

The BBC coverage is available if you have 'ExpertShield' loaded and connected. Its free to download, Mac or PC, and gives you a British IP address so you can access any of the BBC's Eight Olympic channels including ONE just for sailing. And there are NO ad breaks!! Where would you insert an ad break in a medal race anyway? Might be worth watching 9 to see...

HOWEVER
I wouldnt use a pc you value or do banking on.
It is jerky with lots of buffering (could be my ADSL) but the commentary is passable with expert commentary fron Shirley Robertson.
It was a bit of a hassle to set up 'ExpertShield' but I have now watched 2 nights of Olympic sailing LIVE so its well worth it. Expect to be sleep deprived for the next week!

When I was a lot younger you would have to wait for about 3 months Seacraft magazine to find out what happened at the Olympics.
I love technology!

Fav Olympic quote from the 9 team so far "This track is twisty and turny" Eddie McGuire (twice)

and the emoticons for the rag

[albanyguy]

Cosmic - I'll have the bbc site, via ExpatShield, ready and waiting as a backup in case 9 cock it up. The feed on 9 will come from the BBC feed so we'll be watching the same thing. Whether 9 put have an Aussie voice commentating remains to be seen. Guess we'll have to wait n see.

For the non-Aussies here a certain aussie facebook site called "Channel 9's Olympics coverage sucks" now apparently has over 100,000 likes.

http://www.smh.com.a...0803-23l6s.html

We're not just grumpy about only having 1 Olympic gold to date.

[Andrew P]

[/quote]


I wouldnt use a pc you value or do banking on.
It is jerky with lots of buffering (could be my ADSL) but the commentary is passable with expert commentary fron Shirley Robertson.
It was a bit of a hassle to set up 'ExpertShield' but I have now watched 2 nights of Olympic sailing LIVE so its well worth it. Expect to be sleep deprived for the next week!

When I was a lot younger you would have to wait for about 3 months Seacraft magazine to find out what happened at the Olympics.
I love technology!

Fav Olympic quote from the 9 team so far "This track is twisty and turny" Eddie McGuire (twice)

and the emoticons for the rag
[/quote]

Make sure you don't download any toolbars by mistake that put a trojan/virus on the PC.

[SPORTSCAR]

Favourite Channel Nine-ism was this morning when the talking head said of U-Bolts win:
"They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place - well it has here, except it's not the same place"
And to think they actually get paid for babbling out shit like that!

[cosmicsedso]

Make sure you don't download any toolbars by mistake that put a trojan/virus on the PC.
[/quote]

I wondered why I had new and really annoying toolbars. Good advice
I'll take any advice to remove them........

[cosmicsedso]

Favourite Channel Nine-ism was this morning when the talking head said of U-Bolts win:
"They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place - well it has here, except it's not the same place"
And to think they actually get paid for babbling out shit like that!

There have been some absolute gems.
But its so easy to just turn the sound down you miss them....

[dumper]

I cant for the love of me, figure out who cock coq is

[Bill E Goat]

I cant for the love of me, figure out who cock coq is

Cook Islands

http://www.london201...helema-1092731/

[Evo]

Favourite Channel Nine-ism was this morning when the talking head said of U-Bolts win:
"They say lightning never strikes twice in the same place - well it has here, except it's not the same place"
And to think they actually get paid for babbling out shit like that!

they're making Foxtel look good.

[(p)Irate]

So how come the Irish can do something like this but Roy and HG, who did it so much better, are now restricted by "IOC Protocols"? Search for Flatbag, and not the anarchist above, if you want an idea.

[DryArmour]

That was excellent. Great way to start my Monday at 4:50AM. Thanks for posting the video...

[dreadom]

"it's the beginning of the race. I got it wrong....unfortunately We don't have anymore time here"
Could be the channel 9 commentary.

[atefooterz]

BBC commentary !!!! = YES

[Bill E Goat]

Steven Spielberg and Tim henman on the start boat an eclectic mix of film and sport

[atefooterz]

Free 2 air 1080 GEM of laser match racing

[dudette]

Hilarious.

[wheezr]

I guess this is what my wife was watching this morning. She kept looking over at me and laughing.


"More dick heads on the beach watching".

[I Am The Stig]

That was excellent. Great way to start my Monday at 4:50AM. Thanks for posting the video...

This

[Wild Rover]

I'd like to hear a Honey Badger version of this.

[Ryley]

"it's the beginning of the race. I got it wrong....unfortunately We don't have anymore time here"
Could be the channel 9 commentary.

I thought this video was lifted directly from NBC with Bob Costas trying to fake an Irish accent. "..unfortunately we don't have any more time here. now back to equestrian synchronized water polo"

[Clove Hitch]

Saw this gem via Reddit:

Irish Olympic Laser Start Sequence

awesome! SA should hire him

[Hobie Dog]

"Mind your head."

[The Main Man]

Still killing myself laughing, that is priceless!

[Clove Hitch]

Still killing myself laughing, that is priceless!

"lots of fuckers have turned out to watch what is actually a very, very boring sport indeed"

"We have a beam of 1.37-- that's controversial" haha

[smackdaddy]

Gold.

Must be schmokin'.

[jerseyguy]

"it's the beginning of the race. I got it wrong....unfortunately We don't have anymore time here"
Could be the channel 9 commentary.

I thought this video was lifted directly from NBC with Bob Costas trying to fake an Irish accent. "..unfortunately we don't have any more time here. now back to equestrian synchronized water polo"

Was at a meeting once upon a time when the NCAA was discussing emerging sports for women. The subject of equestrian came up. Guy sitting next to me, long known as the class clown, leans over, and in all mock seriousness asks: "do they use the same horses for water polo as they do for equestrian?" Whatever I was drinking exited my nose.

[Bitpitch]

unfrigginbelievable....you just gotta love it.

[Delta Blues]

"I wouldn't mind finishing up with her." (lady with the binoculars)

[Dino]

Very funny... The guy who did that is a member of the cast of "Hardy Bucks". It's a tv show set in a small town in the west of Ireland. It's hilarious.

[fish]

Nothing sailing related.. but search youtube for "hardy bucks" if you want more from the same people.

Example : Irish driving test...
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=CWtwMMcHB24

Warning; this may not make any sense if you are not familiar with the west of ireland

[fish]

Hi Dino. You just beat me to it!! J

[spectator]

Very funny... The guy who did that is a member of the cast of "Hardy Bucks". It's a tv show set in a small town in the west of Ireland. It's hilarious.

Are you sure it's a member of Hardy Bucks?

I'm fairly sure it was a guy who may or who not have done his own fair share of going around the buoys in a slightly bigger boat in similar circumstances.

[jasenj1]

The local morning radio show played clips from this this morning. They sounded like they more than half thought it was serious.

And I see the video has been taken down due to the IOC having a rather large stick up their hindquarters. There's NO laughing at the Olympics!


- Jasen.

[Ryley]

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Asses.

[smackdaddy]

The video got twatted by the sail?

[vegavexity]

Can somebody please find another copy of that clip? The Olympic police took it down on Vimeo

[Racing the NorthWest Passage]

Deleted. BOO!

[Tiller Man]

The fooking video got twatted by the Olympic Police. They look like eejuts.

[Speed Freak]

Any word on another copy?... Or has Olympic Big Brother put the kibosh on all internet channels?

[Bitpitch]

what anal pompous dicks

[Bakunin]

Can somebody please find another copy of that clip? The Olympic police took it down on Vimeo

http://freakshare.com/files/e8nds4mc/110715240.mp4.html

[Hobie Dog]

Can't get there, site is blocked. Somebody has to have it and post it on U Tube.

[CarlC]

Can we hide this somewhere, away from the fekkers at the XXX?

Best video of the year, by far.

http://gawker.com/59...london-olympics

[Editor]

the video is no longer available. i am hearing the ioc made that happen....

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[Mike Hunt]

Try here - Linky

[Editor]

i just found another source - it is back on the so-called fp...

[BalticBandit]

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[jerseyguy]

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If NBC was broadcasting the Mars rover, the delay would be weeks since there would be little to no commercial interest in it.

['moondance44]

http://www.liveleak....=510_1344196881

[Student_Driver]

Can this be for real ..or is it a spoof... I love it...''someone has to win this race and the clock is running out'.... Funniest thing I've seen in years...

[zerothehero]

it's funnier the second time, me thinks

[duncan]

Olympic horn

[Jangles13]

Another source...

http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852

EDIT: apparently his name is Fran Higgins, and indeed from Hardy Bucks. His response to the removal of the video from Vimeo: http://audioboo.fm/boos/912374-the-ioc

[olshitsky]

Another source...

http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852

EDIT: apparently his name is Fran Higgins, and indeed from Hardy Bucks. His response to the removal of the video from Vimeo: http://audioboo.fm/boos/912374-the-ioc

the response is just as good. IOC = Illuminati of Cunts

[shanghaisailor]

Of course the IOC / ISAF took it down - they wouldn't want anyone to think they had a sense of humour now would they!!

Appart from being funny ( I can't remember laughing at a sailing video since Malcolm McKeag and "Splash" - yes, I am that old)

On a serious note, ISAF should play the video multiple times and learn just how difficult our sport is to understand and that, yes, there probably are people who could get that confused seeing the start of a race and notice even the comedian didn;t attepmt to mis-commentate the actual race.

C'mon ISAF/IOC the video isn't PC but put it back up - put yer own bleeps in it but in the meantime "Mind yer head"

Classic

SS

[stranded]

what the IOC ( unts ) expect us to accept .


- - - Crumbs from a group of people ensconced in a castle in switzerland, accepting brown paper bags and selling restrictive tv rights.

- - - For an event that is , in the main, funded by the member countries TAXPAYER' s contributing to the development of their competing athletes.

It is time their administration was rotated


or shared by the member cuntrees


these games show just how out of touch the ioc royal family has become



- - - and do not start me about all the subjectively judged QUASI " sports "


for example, why cannot AMATEUR boxing borrow from fencing and use pressure pads to confirm scoring hits ?


some of this smells a bit like soccer 's ( another swiss castle dwelling administration )

reluctance and resistance to adopt goal mouth technology used by almost every other ball game


why ?

[Swanno (Ohf Shore)]

love it

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[DKras]

http://www.mostwatch...ing-commentary/

Saw this gem via Reddit:

Irish Olympic Laser Start Sequence

[Dale dug a hole]

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Happy to help out an Aussie

[eric e]

Saw this gem via Reddit:

Irish Olympic Laser Start Sequence

That was hysterical. Steven Spielberg as RC Chair....classic!

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i'm disliking these olympic media nazis more and more

thank you, found it

the man's an ejet

http://www.liveleak....=510_1344196881

[bye bye]

You could get more or less exactly the same commentary on more or less any TV channel anywhere ... except RTE who thankfully drafted in Prof to cover the medal races with Irish interest. As a result RTE had the best sailing coverage at the games and the best I've see outside of the match racing world championships!

[Presuming Ed]

But did he bet on the result?


()

[eric e]

and after the take down

our irish commentator has a few words about censorship

http://audioboo.fm/boos/912374-the-ioc

from the front page

[bye bye]

Don't know but I did! Had an Anslie at 3/1, an Annalise + Slingsby double on at 3/1 and an Anslie + Mills + Percy treble at 40/1. Was a bit disappointed by the last 200m of the Star race to say the least!!

[schakel]

That was extremely funny,

The comment of what he said was the race but was only the start. Bwhahahah
And then even better... he is so pissed they took away his documatary he swears some thing you wouldn't wish your worst enemy,
Political and sailing technics incorrect. And women-sexism comment. Well perhaps not so funny after all...

[Sailing My Cubicle]

Total "Streisand Effect" here - if the IOC hadn't shut down the video, then people would have eventually forgotten about it. 'Cept for maybe every 4 years or whenever someone starts another "Why doesn't sailing get more tv time" thread.

Now, the story has evolved from a harmless & funny video to yet another example of the heavy handed and out of touch IOC control of the media.

[Tittravate]

Great Vid!!! I can see why the IOC tight-asses would take down the video...they didn't want to pay our Irish friend to be their future commentator!

[The Main Man]

They clearly have no sense of humour.

[Bob Perry]

I really like that commentary. I thought it was very funny. Can't see the harm in that.
Maybe that guy could call the women's beach volleyball games.

[Bitpitch]

what a bunch of nazi dicks...jeez can't they grow up

[Winever]

Too funny! Whatever the official word I'm betting Jobson at least is laughing his ass off! Well done Viper!

Cheers, Win ever.

[Tranquilo]

ESPN needs to hire this guy for the AC.

[Pewit]

For better quality viewing than ExpatShield (and fewer annoying ads and pop-ups) try HDTVPlayer which has all 24 BBC channels and you can throttle the stream if you have poor bandwidth (try disconnecting other devices from you broadband connection to improve quality).

Follow this thread on the Whirlpool forums for details

[Damp Freddie]

it's a feckin' spoof ya daft feckers.

Richard Head and Hugh Janus to the committee boat please.

The olympic horn has sounded.

[capt araldite]

I wish they would bring this guy out here at Christmas for the TV coverage of the Sydney-Hobart race start, he would do a much better job than the usual TV "experts" and we may get hear more than just "Wild Oats"

[(p)Irate]

I wish they would bring this guy out here at Christmas for the TV coverage of the Sydney-Hobart race start, he would do a much better job than the usual TV "experts" and we may get hear more than just "Wild Oats"

We don't need him. Remember The Dream with Roy & HG? And that was an Australian Network TV show not an internet bandit Started at Atlanta96 then Sydney then the Illuminati of Cunts took it down. Now they could do an S2H call.

The Coodabeen Champions once did a live call from Constitution Dock after the race. Corrected Time? What's that? Well you know, when you don't have enough time, or you have too much time, and you say if only I had more time or they had too much time and then it all gets sort of, corrected. So, what does it really mean? Dunno.

On other IOC dominance, Wil Anderson's Gruen Sweat, a TV show examining advertising and marketing to do with the Olympics found that they were prevented from showing not only footage from the 2012 Games, but any footage from any Olympics ever!! This includes 1936. And who came up with the idea for the torch relay? IOC's mate Adolf Hitler (not Adolf Dassler, that's another story).