Blokes on the Couch, brought to you by 2oceansvibe Radio, is the only real way to listen to sports commentary. This weekend’s round of public service will cover three Super15 games over the course Friday and Saturday, the details and previews of which are after the jump.
It’s Friday, and you need to look at this. Korean designer Eungi Kim assembled a horse-shaped bike frame for the Seoul Cycle Design Competiton and I can’t tell if I hate it or not. It’s horse-shaped, so I approve inherently, but it’s just one rung below the penny farthing on the hipster scale.
It’s a happy thought. Especially because they’ve been holding the naked sledding world championships in Braunlage, which they tell me is in Germany – a country with a rich history in this noble endeavour. Dozens of competitors took part, and they weren’t all ladies! Surprisingly SFW.
We discovered Danny MacAskill in 2009. He was the antidote to the prawn carnage that we’d been suffering all over Cape Town for some time. Since then the video that he posted (Danny MacAskill-April 2009) has reached nearly 24 million YouTube hits. While MacAskill’s new video, released three months ago, has 7 million hits and counting.
It’s polo time again, people, and 2oceasvibe is giving away FOUR pairs of tickets to Saturday’s match between SA and India. As you will no doubt be aware, the event, held at Val de Vie, is the height of elegance and sophistication – so best you flip through a few copies of GQ and Vogue […]
It seems too good to be true, but a Bavarian brewery has been marketing delicious sports beer since 2001 and I’m only finding out about it now.
Several Kiwi athletes have sent in messages of support for those caught in the earthquake that struck Christchurch today. Twitter has been overflowing with support with from Super Rugby players from the Blues, Hurricanes, Chiefs as well as the Black Caps cricket team in India.
Ever seen a guy launch himself over a Kia, only to catch a ball thrown out of the sun roof and slam-dunk to win the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest? No, neither had the judges and that’s why LA Clippers power forward and NBA rising star Blake Griffin won the 2011 version of the dunking contest. Impressive [a la Darth Vader].
It was certainly an ironic sight to see Gennaro Gatusso with a captain’s armband and a ‘respect’ badge on one sleeve, while the other arm was firmly clasped around Joe Jordan’s neck.
If, for some reason you haven’t seen Wayne Rooney’s breathtaking goal against Manchester City from Saturday, here it is again, in all it’s magnificence and glory.
I work in sports broadcasting and I must have read the “Sportsman’s Handbook of Safe Responses to Interviews” a fair few times. This is officially the most honest sports interview I’ve read. So on this Friday afternoon treat yourself to a gander at Barcelona midfielder Xavi’s chinwag with the Guardian. Putadas, mama mias and putas.
Now I should clarify here, Norwegian kitesurfers in blouwberg are siesa. And by “siesa” I of course mean “an intoxicating mix of insanity, skill, and bravery”. Yesterday, Nick Jacobsen climbed up a crane on the deck of the now-permanently wrecked Seli I, with his kite and his board, and jumped off. Nuts.
Beer. Nectar of the Gods. Liquid Grace was crafted for humankind to take the edge off any week. We all know that, but just how strong do ‘they’ make it? Well it turns out that the World’s Strongest Beer went on sale yesterday and the name will bring a wry smile to one member of the Sharks squad.
When I watched the World Cup opening concert last year I couldn’t believe how bad the Black Eyed Peas were live. I haven’t cringed so much since I saw a kid in a show apologise to the audience for forgetting his lines. It seems though that they have done it again. This time at the Super Bowl no less.
I came across this rather grisly story while watching the pilot of Boardwalk Empire this morning, which (by the way) is blaaaady marvellous viewing. Robert Kubica, the Formula 1 Renault driver, was badly injured in a rally crash in Italy on Sunday. And by ‘badly injured’ I mean surgeons had to reattach veins, tendons and muscles in his arm to save it.
AOL Acquires Huffington Post For $315 Million – The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is being acquired by AOL in a deal that creates an unlikely pairing of two online media giants. […]
Do you remember the 2010 Currie Cup semi-final between the Bulls and the Sharks? If you didn’t watch it, you may remember it as the game that was interrupted by bees. In the fifteen minutes that we waited for the bees to be cleared, we were subjected to a deluge of puns, which grew significantly […]
Here’s a snippet of ‘interesting’ news out of the Tottenham Hotspur’s camp involving two of our local lads. It just so happens that our Bafana Bafana reps have really connected. Despite the fact that Bongani Khumalo reportedly mistook Stevie P’s head for a ball, ‘Arry Redknapp has praised BK’s stellar vibes. True Saffa.
In an era of fickle Spaniards it seems appropriate to hail Gary Neville as a model professional. Jamie Carragher is a similar figure at Liverpool: a man you loathe unless you support the club he plays for. Either way you cannot help but admire his allegiance. Here’s to that cursed excuse for a moustache.
Because it’s basically here. I mean come now. The third installment of the hugely popular Castle Cape Town Tens is set to get underway this Friday and Saturday 4 and 5 February 2011. And even better, three of you lucky fishes can win a double ticket each, as well as your first two beers at […]
Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, and holder of the title of “worst teeth for a rich person” also happens to own the world’s second largest yacht – The Octopus. One of the logistical tentacles of the Octopus is a helicopter used to ferry crew and guests to and from the vessel. It crashed into the ocean. Click for the pic.
When the world’s greatest living icon sends a message that simply says, “bring back the trophy”, AND your president dresses up in Proteas gear to send you off, you know the pressure is on. One wonders if that dreaded c-word is banned from the Proteas camp as they prepare to leave our shores in search of that ever elusive first World Cup triumph…
Manic Monday, also known as Transfer Deadline Day, was ended as Big Ben tolled at 11pm UK time yesternight. Torres had been choppered down to West London, Carroll had been whisked from North East to North West and Charlie Adam was seen in a rubber dingy trying to defect from Blackpool. One man is responsible for the hullabaloo: Roman Abramovich.
The Super Bowl is coming up on Sunday and apparently the always tasteful PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals) has offered NBC flippin’ great wadges of cash to air an ad filled with women fellating vegetables.[NSFW]
This race claims to be the world’s most demanding one-day survival ordeal. You will actually not believe what the competitors have to traverse to make it through this race. Killing fields: fiery fields, swamps, barb wire and mud tunnels. Death warrants must be signed. I choose life.
Zuckerberg And Social Network Actor, Eisenberg, Meet On Saturday Night Live – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a “surprise” appearance on Saturday Night Live, joking with the actor who played him in The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg. Viewers got a triple dose of Zuckerberg as Oscar nominee/guest host Eisenberg took the stage, quickly joined by the […]
At an undisclosed location in Hawaii, this guy called Devin Graham – who is known for doing odd things in interesting places, and placing videos on the internet – took an abandoned water reservoir turned it into the world’s most coolest Slip ‘n Slide.
Two of the players participating in the Neo Africa Tri-Series, Anton van Zyl and Doppies Le Grange, will be popping in to the 2oceansvibe Radio studios this afternoon to shoot the breeze. There is a strong possibility that we’ll get on to the subject of rugby, what with Anton’s recent titanic performance for the Barbarians […]
Representatives of Sky Sports said they had no hesitation in sacking football pundit Andy Gray over ‘unacceptable behaviour’ after footage emerged of him directing a lewd request at Sky Sports presenter Charlotte Jackson, before roaring with laughter. Well, YouTube has further implicated colleague Richard Keys. This just keeps getting better.
If you were sitting on the fence with that condo purchase on Greenpoint, now really is the time to put an offer on the table. A number of consortiums, most notably the functionally-named Cape Town Grand Prix Bid Company are making bids to bring the F1 Grand Prix to Cape Town.