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freddurgan
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I think raquetball is the best sport ever
#4295086 - 06/14/05 02:25 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just played for my second time today and it's just SO entertaining. Fast paced, but not an overload for a new player. Plus it's not a team sport so I don't have to listen to people bitch at me when I fuck up.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: freddurgan]
#4295093 - 06/14/05 02:26 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Off-topic somewhat:
In high school we needed a code language for smoking pot. It was racquetball.
Pot=racquetballs Dealer=referee Smoking=a game Where to smoke=the court
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: freddurgan]
#4295105 - 06/14/05 02:27 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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It is so exhausting, but fun. Me and my friend had some all-out battles in racquetball.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#4295106 - 06/14/05 02:28 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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hahah that's a pretty good code.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: freddurgan]
#4295126 - 06/14/05 02:32 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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When I was a kid my dad would bring me out to the courts, short shorts, eye protection, and the works. I actually had a lot of fun, but I haven't played a game in probably at least 10 years.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Cherk]
#4295312 - 06/14/05 03:33 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah I should probably wear eye protection. I wear my glasses (flexon) but that doesn't really mean much. Got hit in the face today too.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: freddurgan]
#4295330 - 06/14/05 03:37 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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I don't know the rules but I've hit the ball around a bit at the local rec center. A friend of mine and I always talk about going and actually playing, it never ends up happening though.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: freddurgan]
#4295361 - 06/14/05 03:44 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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raquetball is definately not the best sport ever
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Infrared]
#4295397 - 06/14/05 03:54 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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I would like to know what is then.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: freddurgan]
#4295434 - 06/14/05 04:00 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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of course its subjective... but in terms of the amount of time of practice it takes to get good, and most enjoyable to watch.... soccer, football, baseball, hockey, basketball
ive played nearly all sports, some leagues... just speaking from experience, you dont get much of an adrenaline rush playing raquetball. although it is a good cardio exercise
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Infrared]
#4295448 - 06/14/05 04:03 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Oh man..soccer is so boring to watch. Football is boring to watch 90% of the time because they just run 6 yards.
Now TENNIS, that's a sweet sport to watch.
But then again it's subjective.
I'm not gonna comment on baseball.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: freddurgan]
#4295471 - 06/14/05 04:06 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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i cant stand tennis... and the sports arent boring to watch if youve actually played them
you know how hard it is to play soccer? do you know how hard it is to play football? do you know how many practices you have to go to to learn plays? do you know how much you have to work out away from practice to get into playing shape?
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Infrared]
#4295486 - 06/14/05 04:09 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah yeah, they're hard to play. Doesn't make them good. People go to baseball practice every day but baseball is still highly not entertaining.
But I DO agree that things get much easier to appreciate if you play them. Like, when you pick up a guitar, you start to appreciate guitar players that much more. Or watching those guys go APE SHIT in ping pong, only to truly understand how god damn hard that is to do.
Good times.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Infrared]
#4295523 - 06/14/05 04:14 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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You don't know what an adrenaline rush is until you find yourself strapped to a snowboard at 13,000' on a 35-45 degree slope. And if you're at loveland you got 5-40mph winds on top of that.
This isn't me, it's just some lucky bastard on one of my favorite slopes in Colorado.
If ya can't tell, snowboarding is one of the things I'm most passionate about. Next time any of you lovely shroomerites are in CO during the winter hit me up and we'll go hunt for some powder.
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Edited by Smoker For Peace (06/14/05 04:18 PM)
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Cherk]
#4295542 - 06/14/05 04:16 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ha, I'm not going to pretend I can understand the rush of a snowboarder at 13,000 feet on that kind of slope. That's just nuts.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Cherk]
#4295544 - 06/14/05 04:17 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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yea, ive been snowboarding... ive skateboared my entire life.. i know what an adreanline rush is... you get the same rush goin 50mph down a concrete hill with blind corners at the bottom. or jumpin down a flight of 20 stairs
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Infrared]
#4295566 - 06/14/05 04:21 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah I used to do a lotta skating too Gave up my trick deck for a longboard a few years ago though. Now I just skate for transportation. I think 5-6 stairs was my limit, I value my ankles I got a few friends that are sponsored amateurs and I can't even imagine having to deal with injuries as often as they do.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Infrared]
#4295567 - 06/14/05 04:21 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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Oh I bet. You people standing on a board going down a hill just don't make sense to me
I like my bones and skin and I appreciate them.
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Cherk]
#4295621 - 06/14/05 04:32 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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my friend is a pro boarder now.... but i use to be an adreanaline junkie, id jump off 2 story houses just for the fuck of it. i prety much quit skating for the most part cause both of my knees are fucked and my ankles too....
i just dont understand you people who sit in front of a wall and smack a ball up against it over and over
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Re: I think raquetball is the best sport ever [Re: Infrared]
#4295631 - 06/14/05 04:34 PM (18 years, 9 months ago) |
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I'm (was) a computer nerd. Any sporting activity is a huge jump up for me. Only other sport I play is Disc golf. Fun, but lemme tell you, that's some adrenaline rush right there.
Sarcasm? You bet.
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