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12 Aug 12
Originally posted by karoly aczelMaybe you should lobby for Australian Boomerang as an Olympic sport.
Yep, good Olympics not to have a tv for 😞
"There are different types of throwing contests: accuracy of return; Aussie round; trick catch; maximum time aloft; fast catch; and endurance"
ref: wikipedia on boomerang.
details of these are at
http://beholders.org/body/unusualsports/162-boomerangs.html
including a video on how to throw them.
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13 Aug 12
Originally posted by karoly aczelEh, don't knock it. You have almost twice as many medals as we do, for only a quarter or so more people.
Yep, good Olympics not to have a tv for 😞
Ok, granted, for a nation as downright obsessed with sports as the Convicts, that is disastrous.
Richard
29 Aug 12
Originally posted by JS357You're onto something there. Lets face it : any sport can make it at the Olympics with a good enough PR campaign.
Maybe you should lobby for Australian Boomerang as an Olympic sport.
"There are different types of throwing contests: accuracy of return; Aussie round; trick catch; maximum time aloft; fast catch; and endurance"
ref: wikipedia on boomerang.
details of these are at
http://beholders.org/body/unusualsports/162-boomerangs.html
including a video on how to throw them.
29 Aug 12
Originally posted by Shallow BlueWithout sport we are ... nothing.
Eh, don't knock it. You have almost twice as many medals as we do, for only a quarter or so more people.
Ok, granted, for a nation as downright obsessed with sports as the Convicts, that is disastrous.
Richard
(pssst: don't worry. i'm just playing along with the locals here, I don't really care all that much 😉 )