Aquellos que tengan mono de Penny, también podrán disfrutar de ellas, incluso en la mesa de su oficina...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Anatomy of a Footballer
Professional footballers are apparently not built like you and I. From head to toe, their bodies are subject to an entirely different terminology to the Average Joe.
Used figuratively as often as it is literally, the concept of the head in football is conveniently vague. Composed young footballers are said to have an old head on young shoulders, at least until they lose their head, at which point they need an arm around their shoulder. Players who lack genuine pace are able to call upon the yard in their head (pace is quantified simply in yards, on a narrow scale from 0.5-1).
A predatory striker is said to have an eye for goal, which occasionally involves giving the goalkeeper the eyes (having seen the whites of them), despite often having one eye (or half an eye) on an upcoming fixture. Meanwhile, today's mutant referees are required to have eyes in the back of their head.
Calling upon the other senses, players can sniff out a chance if their team smells blood (unless they're not given a sniff) but only after the two teams have finished feeling each other out. Hearing is less frequently referenced, but the universal gesture for a footballer not hearing something (a referee's whistle, or a goalkeeper's shout) is unmistakable:
A goalkeeper faces the frequent prospect of a shot arriving straight down his throat, which in reality is much less threatening than it sounds. One can only assume that big-money signings wear their price tags around their necks, while players still subject to a hands-off warning have their price tag slapped upon their person.
A particularly goal-shy centre-forward must bear the burden of both a monkey and the crowd on his back. The well-established (if rather dubious) remedy for his goal drought, however, is for one to go in off his backside.
In the game of football, the hands and arms are a consistently controversial region of the body. Penalty areas are frequent witnesses to a suspicion of a hand while everyone knows that as soon as you raise your hands, you're asking for trouble. Goalkeepers must possess a strong hand while making sure errant crosses are plucked out of the air using their grateful hands. Palms, meanwhile, exist only to be "stung" - the act of palming away has slowly been superseded by the more menacing-sounding clawing away.
No sports scientist has yet been able to determine the whereabouts of a player's engine, but it is likely to be found in a lung-bursting location near the centre of the body. There's no real room for innuendo in football commentary, but a great deal of mirth is reserved for when a player is struck in the unmentionables by a shot or a boot.
And so the business end of the footballer's anatomy. The legs seem the most obvious place to find the ever-elusive malicious bone, but loyal managers have rendered the search fruitless. The most notable part of the lower-body skeleton is surely the dreaded metatarsal, which homo sapiens only developed in the early 2000s if the succession of major tournament-disrupting breaks to the feet of your Beckhams, your Rooneys, your Nevilles and your Owens are anything to go by.
Flat-footed defenders are exposed by fleet-footed wingers, and given a torrid time by jet-heeled ones, resulting (in extreme cases) in twisted blood. Appropriately, some footballers' feet are now beyond cliché - the good feet for a big man are now rarely referenced unknowingly. A distinct bias towards the exotic, sinistral footballer has always been in evidence - left feet are educated and cultured, while any old neanderthal can swing his right boot.
When a footballer finally loses that half a yard, it is said that his legs have gone. Luckily, fresh legs are always on hand (so to speak) to replace them.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
KOASTAL "Orca"
Esta tabla de Koastal la "Orca" es un modelo de 46" x 10,25" y una distancia entre ejes de 31" con la característica de que tiene un agradecido cóncavo y un nose y tail elevado. Esta fabricada en un laminado de seis capas en madera de Arce y en su capa superior Aspen, Mahogany y Arce de color azul y naranja. El antideslizante en su capa superior es Lucid Grip. La hemos montado con tornillos autoblocantes Tracker, hard pads Paris de 1/4", ejes Paris 180/50º Blue, ruedas Orangatang Ballut de 72,5mm/86A, espacers y rodamientos SKF 608ZZ. Un tablón...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Día del Longboard en Pozuelo de Alarcón - Madrid
Evento organizado por la Concejalía de la Juventud del Ayuntamiento de Pozuelo de Alarcón, en torno a la práctica deportiva de Longboard, el próximo día 25 de noviembre de 2012, domingo de 10:00 á 15:00. Se trata de una jornada participativa, de carácter gratuito, para jóvenes que ya conocen el deporte y también para aquellos que lo ven por primera vez, con actividades para todos los públicos: jóvenes, familias, etc...
El mismo día se organiza también una prueba de slalom de la SSSA.
Aquí tenéis el cartel del evento y toda la información (Inscripciones, horarios, actividades, lugar, como llegar, etc.) facilitada por la Concejalía de la Juventud del Ayuntamiento de Pozuelo de Alarcón.
Queremos agradecer desde aquí a Bárbara del Ayuntamiento de Pozuelo, el interés y ayuda por que este proyecto sea todo un éxito.
Información e inscripciones...
http://www.pozuelodealarcon.org/index.asp?MP=2&MS=577&MN=2&tr=C&idr=3364#
http://www.pozueloalcubo.es/
Para la inscripción en las pruebas de slalom...
http://sssaes.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/inscripcion-carreras.html
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
SSSA Bilbao Slalom Race - Euskalduna
Euskalduna, un puente ya mítico en Bilbao, nos ha dejado muy buenas sensaciones este sábado durante la prueba de slalom organizada por la SSSA. Fue un placer poder disfrutar de las impresionantes rampas de Sancheski. Allí se reunieron parte de las máximas figuras nacionales de la categoría de slalom, incluso con presencia internacional del francés Guillaume Saint-Criq, un gran rider que quedo tercero y el uruguayo Santigo Pérez, segundo. El pavimento del puente fue un escenario idóneo, para ver como los riders bajaban a fuego compitiendo por el ansiado "podiúm". Fué impresionante , como Nacho_Caribbean fue de menos a más, para deshacerse de rivales tan fuertes como Alfonso Pérez, Guillaume Saint-Criq o Santigo Pérez. Quedando el "podiúm" de esta manera:
1º.- Nacho Muñoz-Cuéllar (Nacho_Caribbean).
2º.- Santigo Pérez.
3º.- Guillaume Saint-Criq.
El cuarto puesto lo ocupo meritoriamente Dany Navarro, que en esta ocasión no estuvo al 100%. Un mal día lo tenemos todos.
En Féminas, Paula Carmona después de un primer Round de prueba (DQ) se marcó una segunda bajada muy buena siendo 1ª en Féminas.
Ane Damborenea, en categoría Kids, se batió con Jon Elorriega y ganaba en su categoría.
Todo el evento estuvo espectacularmente amenizado por un gran "speaker" al puro estilo Movember y por el calor y entusiasmo del público bilbaíno.
Fue un día, climatológicamente hablando, complicado, con frío y viento, pero lo pasamos genial. Quiero agradecer la labor desinteresada, una vez más de Fernando Pastor (FERYNAT), Javier Navarro (JaviBoards), Ricardo Damborenea (RD) y demás voluntarios que echaron una mano en el montaje del circuito con los conos, cronos, cables, etc. A Kepa por las facilidades y su amabilidad. Muchas gracias a Javier Sanchez (SANCHESKI) por estar presente en la prueba y dejarnos disfrutar de ese pedazo de rampas. ¡¡¡GRACIAS!!!
Agradecer a todos los patrocinadores, en especial BBK, Caribbean , Sodaramps, Styling y muchos más por su apoyo al slalom.
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Euskalduna,
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