WANT!

The predecessor of modern forms of football

I've mentioned this game before, but thought I'd give a source and some context.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_football
Medieval football is a modern term sometimes used for a wide variety of localised football games which were invented and played in Europe of the Middle Ages. Alternative names include folk football, mob football and Shrovetide football.  

These archaic forms of football, typically classified as mob football, would be played between neighboring towns and villages, involving an unlimited number of players on opposing teams, who would clash in a heaving mass of people struggling to drag an inflated pig's bladder by any means possible to markers at each end of a town.

By some accounts, any means could be used to move the ball to a goal, as long as it did not lead to manslaughter or murder.

 Shrovetide is still played in one British town.

Told you it was a good idea!

How does he sit down with balls that big?

Also some helmet cam footage of Danny in a different downhill race, the speed is terrifying.

More Waves

I thought this was pretty relevant after that picture dekus some time ago.

Today I learned about Tumbling

Why is this not a standard olympic event?

Man vs Robot - Earl, the Robotic Bowler

EARL, the Enhanced Automated Robotic Launcher

It's a fun contest but I think before you can really say machines > humans, the machines will have to operate at human scale and not as these huge powered robotics system.

Downhill Mountainbiking

Schwalbe 2.0

The difference between F1 and GT3

Race lap time:

F1 - 1:49

GT3 - 2:23

F1 make Gt3 looks like a girl sport

Footbal ninjas

Best sports interview ever

Brendan Venter has been warned not to repeat his bizarre post-match television interview based on the comedy sketch in the film Mike Bassett: England Manager.

Ouch

The Haka

Here is something for our brand new sport label.

"The Haka is a Māori traditional dance performed immediately prior to sport matches. It is primarily associated with New Zealand national rugby union team."

SlamBall - Basketball with trampolines

Dogeball with trampolines also looks like fun.

Best save ever?

Italian football Team training

Royal Navy Field Gun Competition

What an awesome sport

wiki The field gun competition also referred to as Gun Run or the Gun Run was held annually at the Royal Tournament in London from 1907 to 1999, and was contested by teams from the Royal Navy. After the demise of the Royal Tournament, the Brickwoods field gun competition was revived as a naval contest: it was won for the first time by an Army team (from 7 Air Assault Battalion REME) in June 2005. The origins of the field gun competition lie in the Second Boer War in South Africa. The legendary story tells of the siege of the British garrison in the township of Ladysmith in 1899. In support of the British Army, the Royal Navy landed guns from HMS Terrible and Powerful to help in the relief of the siege. The Naval Brigade transported guns over difficult terrain and brought them into action against the Boers. The Royal Navy landed two 4.7 inch guns and four 12-pounder field guns. The guns were transported inland by rail and then drawn on makeshift carriages by oxen. For the final part of the journey, sailors from the Naval Brigade manhandled the guns over very difficult terrain. One story tells of sailors carrying one of the 12 pounder guns for 2 miles after one of the wheels collapsed. The siege of Ladysmith lasted for 120 days until February 1900. On their return home, the sailors from the Naval Brigade paraded their guns through London and appeared at the Royal Naval and Military Tournament at the Agricultural Hall, Islington. Displays of Field Gun drill continued in subsequent years.

The Front Flip Long Jump

Here you see someone doing a 20 feet (6.1m) somersault long jump. This technique is not allowed in official long jumps due to safety concerns.

Here is an article about the style from before it got banned.

July 29, 1974 The Flip That Led To A Flap The sport's august officialdom is alarmed by a new long-jumping technique that could endanger a few necks—and the 30-foot barrier [...] In contrast, Ecker points out that the flip enables the jumper to take off from the board almost at full speed and at a more desirable higher angle. When he tucks and rolls into a somersault, wind resistance is cut. And since rotation is working with him rather than against him, his feet will land—assuming correct execution—well ahead of his body, and the latter should follow on through so that he does not fall back in the pit. In practice, the hardest part of the new technique to learn is landing. "Wiping out in the flip," Delamere says painfully, "is coming down butt first." To preclude that dire end, the East Germans reportedly have theorized that a half-twist should be added to the flip so that the jumper lands facing the board. Few things in sport prove as easy in competition as on paper, and the flip is no exception. While the dynamics of the new technique may satisfy the laws of physics, the danger factor is at least a worrisome possibility. More...

We will never know if this technique would allow people to jump further than the current record of 8.95m until the technique is officially allowed and the pro jumpers try it. What's for sure, is that it would make the sport a lot more interesting to look at.

World's Highest Dive

The current record stands at 53.9 m (177 ft) and was set by Oliver Favre in 1987. However I couldn't find video of that. But there is video of the previous record at 52.4 m (172 ft) set by Dana Kunze.