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  • MiketheSnowM Offline
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    MiketheSnow
    wrote on last edited by MiketheSnow
    #4708

    Brazilian Gabriel Medina in the picture of the Olympic Games so far

    surf.jpg

    EDIT

    And the vid

    https://www.eurosport.com/surfing/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/paris-2024-watch-the-moment-behind-the-incredible-surfing-viral-image-of-the-olympics_vid2196178/video.shtml

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      Jesus is a surfer

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      • M Machpants

        Jesus is a surfer

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        #4710

        @Machpants said in Olympics Thread:

        Jesus is a surfer

        Screenshot_20240731_060859_Chrome.jpg

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        • boobooB booboo

          @Machpants said in Olympics Thread:

          Jesus is a surfer

          Screenshot_20240731_060859_Chrome.jpg

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          nostrildamus
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          #4711

          @booboo said in Olympics Thread:

          @Machpants said in Olympics Thread:

          Jesus is a surfer

          Screenshot_20240731_060859_Chrome.jpg

          Wow, the Crsuaders even have their own colour-branded surfboards. Just this year's model looks a bit washedup.

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            #4712

            Found this ranking of Olympic sports I made while watching Tokyo in COVID lockdown. I think on viewing so far I'd knock skateboarding well down. And I'd bring canoe slalom up into the top five, been loving it so far this time.

            IMG-20210806-WA0000_Original.jpg

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            • Windows97W Offline
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              #4713

              Personally I'm just happy that the nervous "when or will we even win our first gold medal" wait has been cut short by our woman's 7's team.

              Gutsy effort from the captain Hirini too, playing with a mashed up face to set up the winning break from her own tryline.

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                I should investigate how I can be part of the team doing the shittest and least competitive sport so I too can use OLY as a postnominal like a bunch of 12-14 year olds that can't skateboard.

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                • Billy TellB Billy Tell

                  Triathlon postponed 😡

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                  #4715

                  @Billy-Tell said in Olympics Thread:

                  Triathlon postponed 😡

                  Beats me why they didn’t do the triathlon down on the much healthier French Riveria

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                  • Chris B.C Offline
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                    Jesus - it's carnage out on the wet roads in the Women's triathlon. About a dozen women have hit the deck so far, including one of the NZers.

                    I hope it dries a bit for the men,because the last thing you want when you've got one of the favourites is to be riding on a skating rink and introducing randomness!

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                      #4717

                      The wonderful-named Cassandre Beaugrand, a Parisan, wins the Olympic Gold in the Triathlon. A hometown win. 😉

                      I doubt there is going to be an image from these games to match her hitting the tape to win Gold on the Pont Alexandre III with the golden dome of Les Invalides in the background.

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                      • sparkyS sparky

                        The wonderful-named Cassandre Beaugrand, a Parisan, wins the Olympic Gold in the Triathlon. A hometown win. 😉

                        I doubt there is going to be an image from these games to match her hitting the tape to win Gold on the Pont Alexandre III with the golden dome of Les Invalides in the background.

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                        wrote on last edited by MiketheSnow
                        #4718

                        @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

                        The wonderful-named Cassandre Beaugrande, a Parisan, wins the Olympic Gold in the Triathlon. A hometown win. 😉

                        I doubt there is going to be an image from these games to match her hitting the tape to win Gold on the Pont Alexandre III with the golden dome of Les Invalides in the background.

                        The shot I posted yesterday is a magic shot but unfortunately it could literally be anywhere

                        If I was there as a photographer the shot I would want is a volleyball player spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                        If that happened to be a French athlete then all the better

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                        • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                          @sparky said in Olympics Thread:

                          The wonderful-named Cassandre Beaugrande, a Parisan, wins the Olympic Gold in the Triathlon. A hometown win. 😉

                          I doubt there is going to be an image from these games to match her hitting the tape to win Gold on the Pont Alexandre III with the golden dome of Les Invalides in the background.

                          The shot I posted yesterday is a magic shot but unfortunately it could literally be anywhere

                          If I was there as a photographer the shot I would want is a volleyball player spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                          If that happened to be a French athlete then all the better

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                          @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                          spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                          Not a euphemism?

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                          • BonesB Bones

                            @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                            spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                            Not a euphemism?

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                            MiketheSnow
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                            @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                            @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                            spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                            Not a euphemism?

                            A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                            Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                            paris.png

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                            • MiketheSnowM MiketheSnow

                              @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                              @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                              spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                              Not a euphemism?

                              A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                              Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                              paris.png

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                              @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                              @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                              @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                              spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                              Not a euphemism?

                              A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                              Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                              paris.png

                              Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

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                                sparky
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                                #4722

                                The host nation are having one helluva games so far. Second in the medals table behind Japan at the moment and second in most medals won behind the USA too. Vive La France!

                                https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/live/cd19g1n0771t#MedalTable

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                                • MN5M MN5

                                  @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                  @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                  @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                  spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                                  Not a euphemism?

                                  A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                                  Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                                  paris.png

                                  Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

                                  nzzpN Offline
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                                  nzzp
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                                  #4723

                                  @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

                                  @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                  @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                  @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                  spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                                  Not a euphemism?

                                  A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                                  Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                                  paris.png

                                  Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

                                  and the blue.

                                  and the sunshine.

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                                  • sparkyS Offline
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                                    sparky
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #4724

                                    L'Equipe got the shot.

                                    https://twitter.com/lequipe/status/1818558749641949539

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                                    • nzzpN nzzp

                                      @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                      spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                                      Not a euphemism?

                                      A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                                      Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                                      paris.png

                                      Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

                                      and the blue.

                                      and the sunshine.

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                                      Bones
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #4725

                                      @nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                      @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                      spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                                      Not a euphemism?

                                      A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                                      Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                                      paris.png

                                      Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

                                      and the blue.

                                      and the sunshine.

                                      Crowd?

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                                      • BonesB Bones

                                        @nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                        spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                                        Not a euphemism?

                                        A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                                        Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                                        paris.png

                                        Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

                                        and the blue.

                                        and the sunshine.

                                        Crowd?

                                        nzzpN Offline
                                        nzzpN Offline
                                        nzzp
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #4726

                                        @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @nzzp said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @MN5 said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @Bones said in Olympics Thread:

                                        @MiketheSnow said in Olympics Thread:

                                        spiking the ball towards the Eiffel Tower with the ball caught in the gap in the metalwork

                                        Not a euphemism?

                                        A wide angle version of this perspective and composition - but maybe the tower may look too small

                                        Alternatively a zoomed in shot compressing the foreground and background

                                        paris.png

                                        Looks like Oriental Bay with an Eiffel Tower photoshopped in the background

                                        and the blue.

                                        and the sunshine.

                                        Crowd?

                                        yah, probably that too 😛

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                                          canefan
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                                          Sounds like Hayden Wilde has a mare in the swim and he's in deep merde

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