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I detest the America's Cup thingie.

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over 12 years ago

Emirates must have spent a fair bit to be the main sponsor. Anyone know what the deal was worth?

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 12 years ago
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:

We weren't prepared for the flood tide.  Thoughts?


Sack Ricki!

Typical Brown - invisible as usual and Lochhead out of position for the upwind leg.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 12 years ago
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:

On the third leg, our jibes needed to sharper.  What was Barker thinking?!?!


Wouldn't have happened if they had used Clapham, Kosta and Marco.

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 12 years ago
Junior82 wrote:
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:

We weren't prepared for the flood tide.  Thoughts?


Sack Ricki!


Typical Brown - invisible as usual and Lochhead out of position for the upwind leg.



And clearly above all else, Paston did not organise the defence of the lead well enough
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over 12 years ago
Junior82 wrote:
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:

We weren't prepared for the flood tide.  Thoughts?


Sack Ricki!


Typical Brown - invisible as usual and Lochhead out of position for the upwind leg.



Imagine if Ricki was skipper - "I think we did really well considering it was very wet and windy out there. I think we deserved to win. I'm very happy with how things went."
I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 12 years ago

g r o a n .....

Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 12 years ago

Other low-income laborers agreed. "You bet it was an important goddamn race," said marina worker Sam Tosch, who, along with his brother-in-law Bud, has a little boat he sometimes takes out fishing a bit, here and there, if he can get a weekend off, but, you know, nothing like this. "Believe me, these fellas, they take their boating real serious. I remember this one time, I was scraping barnacles off this one rich guy's hull, and he starts screaming at me, 'Be careful, you idiot! Don't you know that boat cost more than you'll earn in your whole life?' So, you can see how important it all is."

I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 12 years ago


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over 12 years ago

like my last erection

I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 12 years ago

Who's Dean Barker?

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over 12 years ago

your biological father

I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 12 years ago

If the nation can't learn to hyper foil up-wind, long-term, we're biologically screwed.

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over 12 years ago
‘We didn’t want that stupid cup anyway,’ says Dean Barker


Profile pic. Should you be interested. Lakhsen, on the right, lost touch with him.
Mohammed, on the left, I'm still in touch with. He's now living in Agadez, Niger. More focused on his animals now as tourism has dried up. Is active with a co-op promoting local goods, leather work and bijouterie, into Europe. 
20/5/20

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over 12 years ago
Cosimo wrote:

hubris was the winner on the day




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over 12 years ago
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:
Cosimo wrote:

hubris was the winner on the day




That guy totally deserves to become a meme. He already looks kind of photoshopped into that photo anyway.

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over 12 years ago

Him and mosh girl?


"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion. 

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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over 12 years ago

OK lets start a meme on this forum !! I'm in like Flynn.



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over 12 years ago
terminator_x wrote:
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:
Cosimo wrote:

hubris was the winner on the day




That guy totally deserves to become a meme. He already looks kind of photoshopped into that photo anyway.


got his first erection in 10 years
I like tautologies because I like them.
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over 12 years ago
Junior82 wrote:

Him and mosh girl?



Him on the New Zealand's Got Talent panel (New Zealand's Not Got Talent?). Him in bed with his wife?

I don't have the photoshop skills.

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over 12 years ago

This thread is awesome!

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago · edited over 12 years ago · History
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:

I just heard Martin Tasker say "this is the biggest event in New Zealand history"...


Words fail me...again


I would have thought Martin Tasker tapping the Israeli journo was a bigger event. I wonder what Indian bookmakers were offering for the result?

Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!

The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!

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over 12 years ago

From Stuff the comments section it brought a tear to my eye...

Comment From Sandy:

"Very proud of all our sports people. We don't have billions to throw at our sports people and yet here we are. Racing in the most prestigious yachting race in the world. Not bad for a country with no money. Thanks Emirates & all the other sponsors for believing in such a small little country".

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over 12 years ago

You can bet your bollocks to a barn dance that come Sunday, if the ABs lose, people wont be saying

 

Very proud of all our sports people. We don't have billions to throw at our sports people and yet here we are. Competing in the most prestigious rugby tournamen in the world. Not bad for a country with no money. Thanks AIG and ADIDAS & all the other sponsors for believing in such a small  little country

 

The end with this madness I tell you!

Grumpy old bastard alert

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over 12 years ago

I want the ABs to lose



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over 12 years ago


"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 12 years ago
nufc_nz wrote:

I want the ABs to lose


Same 


Three for me, and two for them.

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over 12 years ago


"The America's Cup made me happy...and all I could think of was how exciting it could have been for the bars on the waterfront..."...dude, how old are you man?

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over 12 years ago

Just heard that the entire crew of Emirates Team New Zealand were being chased by horny women in San Fransisco because of their ability to go out hard early and still come second!!!

"Ive just re-visited this and once again realised that C-Diddy is a genius - a drunk, Newcastle bred disgrace - but a genius." - Hard News, 11:39am 4th June 2009

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over 12 years ago
I think he has a few friends who own bars around the place and a lot of the time he watches sport out at bars so is just putting himself in their shoes. A bit weird still though, of all things to consider.
Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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over 12 years ago
C-Diddy wrote:

Just heard that the entire crew of Emirates Team New Zealand were being chased by horny women in San Fransisco because of their ability to go out hard early and still come second!!!

On top for a week and still came second, is how I heard it.
Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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over 12 years ago

Just found out there is exactly 1 (one) american sailor on the Team USA boat.......



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over 12 years ago · edited over 12 years ago · History
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:

On the third leg, our jibes needed to sharper.  What was Barker thinking?!?!


I think you've developed a form of Stockholm syndrome Banzai - you've invested so much in opposing it that now, secretly, you've developed some kind of affection for sailing.  I think you're in the top 10% for knowledge on the americas cup

Normo's coming home

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over 12 years ago
nufc_nz wrote:
Buffon II wrote:
nufc_nz wrote:

I want the ABs to lose


Same 





cool gif bro

Three for me, and two for them.

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over 12 years ago
james dean wrote:
Banzai!...AIEEE!!! wrote:

On the third leg, our jibes needed to sharper.  What was Barker thinking?!?!


I think you've developed a form of Stockholm syndrome Banzai - you've invested so much in opposing it that now, secretly, you've developed some kind of affection for sailing.  I think you're in the top 10% for knowledge on the americas cup


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