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2008 Beijing Olympics! (pg. 29)
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| loca |
Considering your family supposedly raised horses for jumping and racing, you are surprisingly ignorant about showjumping itself and the effort it takes both the horse AND the rider.
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| exstasie |
| quote: | Originally posted by loca
Considering your family supposedly raised horses for jumping and racing, you are surprisingly ignorant about showjumping itself and the effort it takes both the horse AND the rider.
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Do you guys though at least see what we are trying to explain?
Forget about the physics and whether its actually possible for a horse to jump on its own or not.
But all we are saying is who actually physically jumps over the rails...
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by exstasie
But all we are saying is who actually physically jumps over the rails... |
the horse?:conf: |
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| Orko |
| Thanks dude, at least somebody is taking the time to consider what I wrote. |
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| MKpacha |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Thanks dude, at least somebody is taking the time to consider what I wrote. |
I can tell you now that riding a bike in a race will essentially give you as much excersize as jumping a horse around an olympic course.
I am passionate about riding... I know what I am talking about. Just because you grew up around it, doesn't mean you are the expert... |
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| Orko |
That is settles it! Loca and MK don't know how to read.
It is official. |
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| MKpacha |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
That is settles it! Loca and MK don't know how to read.
It is official. |
No, you are saying that it shouldn't be in the Olympics because the horse does all the work, I have already gone ahead (previously) to explain how much work the rider is actually doing. They don't just train the horse, and then sit on it. It is constant excersize of rider and horse around the course.
If what you are saying is that it should not be a sport because it should be physical ability of person vs person, and not person + horse vs person + horse, then fine... however, then would we remove the Pentathalon, one of the oldest Olympic sports known.
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| Orko |
| Also, a sport which was changed for the modern Olympics to included horses, when the original event did not use them. ;) |
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| MKpacha |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Also, a sport which was changed for the modern Olympics to included horses, when the original event did not use them. ;) |
You are driving me absolutely nuts.... If this is what you wanted to acheive then cool... |
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| Orko |
People are funny when you questions the legitimacy of their passion. I was trying to have a thoughtful, and polite discussion of the merits of an event, to where you and Loca degraded into name calling.
As for a real event, who is ready to see Bolt smash the 200m record? I want to see him actually give it his all, since that was his original event. I've heard some people question him, saying that he is juicing, but I think it is just natural genetics and training. |
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| MKpacha |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
People are funny when you questions the legitimacy of their passion. I was trying to have a thoughtful, and polite discussion of the merits of an event, to where you and Loca degraded into name calling.
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I appologize for the name calling... I beleive it was Loca who started to be personally defensive... I started by explaining the "Sport" and ended being quite disgrunteld in the way you responded. |
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| MKpacha |
I would also like to point out that not even someone who has trained for 20 years could get on an olympic trained horse and compete. You do, yes, have to be physcially and mentally able. An Olympic rider is, an athlete.
But seriously.... this is pointless.... this is an edm board... it would be like me battling out about hockey.... I know nothing about it other than the obvious.... |
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