Determination

Lightning Bolt (couldn't Resist!)"HE'S GOING TO RUN 9.6, THERE'S NO QUESTION. HE'S 21; HE'S GOING TO GET STRONGER; HE'LL GET BETTER WITH COMPETITION; HE'LL LEARN THE EVENT. HE'S A PHENOMENAL TALENT." ATO BOLDONIn my mind, the Men’s 100 Metre Sprint is without doubt the purest form of sport. What else could be more decisive, more dramatic, more precise than a straight line race to decide who is the fastest person on the planet? I grew up watching the dark scandal of Ben Johnson in Seoul, the brutal fluidity of Carl Lewis in Tokyo, the outright ecstasy of Linford Christie in Barcelona. On saturday night in New York, a record-shattering, groundbreaking new king of speed was crowned.

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By  on 2/6/08
Fly Guy“THERE'S NO REASON WHY NOT, I'VE GOT ARMS AND LEGS LIKE THE NEXT MAN - IT'S ALL DOWN TO WHAT'S UPSTAIRS.”

GUY MARTINCrowd favourites usually adhere to certain characteristics: The plucky lad who came from nothing, or the practical joker, or the enigmatic genius with a weakness for booze and women. Occasionally though, one comes along that breaks the mould. Guy Martin ticks all the right boxes - lad next door, joker, raconteur, prodigious talent. But what’s this? No scandal? No self-destruction? No. A healthy liver, no evidence of a leather-clad role-play dungeon, no gambling addiction. Just a lunatic virtuoso with skill beyond his years and unflinching courage in his convictions. 

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By  on 30/5/08
Mastery In Monaco"IT'S A BADGE OF HONOUR. IF YOU DON'T COME OFF THIS TRACK WITH PAINT ON YOUR TYRES YOU HAVEN'T TRIED HARD ENOUGH." MARTIN BRUNDLEIs anyone else getting a little tiny bit tired of the Lewis Hamilton post-race persona? It’s that meeting-the-parents, slimy kind of maturity that just seems to rub me up the wrong way. The faultless analysis of his pit strategy, the holier than thou praise for his team, the underlying arrogance that makes Formula 1 racing about him and no one else. Media sentiment is still very much on his side and, in spite of my bitter undertones suggesting that this has all gone to his head, so it should be.

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By  on 27/5/08
Street Marvel"I LIKE TO SEE THE SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACE WHEN I SHOW THEM I CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE." MARVIN HAGLERToday is the 54th birthday of ‘Marvelous’ Marvin Hagler, to many the greatest middleweight boxer of all time. In a sport characterised by rags to riches stories, this 5’ 9” scowling skinhead had a journey to the top that was as tough as any, defined as much by relentless hard work and perseverance as by natural talent.

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Categories Sport  Tags boxing determination Sport 
By  on 23/5/08
God Went Surfing With The Devil"A Katusha Grad rocket hit a mall in Ashkelon yesterday. Fourteen people were injured. The next day when we played at the beach, two Palestinian civilians and three gunmen were killed by IDF forces in the Gaza strip.”Keep an eye out for this documentary. Skateboarder Alex Klein is in Israel and Gaza to tell the tale of life and surfing in the Middle East. Klein and his talented film crew are living alongside locals, spending day and night by their side as they laugh, eat, drink, surf, panic and cry.

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Categories Sport Film Politics  Tags creativity determination documentary Film Imagination surf surfing 
By  on 22/5/08
Soundtrack To Life“I pressed the button, and suddenly we were floating. It was an incredible feeling to realise that I now had the means to multiply the aesthetic potential of any situation." - Andreas PavelHow far we have come. If your iPod is of the Nano persuasion, kudos to you. If you’re packing 6G’s, you rock. iTouch? Awesome. iPhone? Spectacular. Anything electronic that has pinching, flicking and caressing as standard operating procedures deserves all accolades.

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By  on 16/4/08
Daley StarThink back to Linford in Barcelona, Kelly in Athens, Thompson in LA and Redgrave, well, everywhere. The Olympics are back this year, and we have a national treasure ready for his first act.British gold medal hopes are a rarity, but that’s not the only reason we get so excited by sports like curling once every four years. In the main it’s due to the stupendous, behemothic and magnificent gravity of the whole occasion. Footballers can screw up but then make up for it when next Saturday comes. But if a sprinter doesn’t ‘go on the B of Bang’, as Colin Jackson puts it, he has to live with failure for another four years; and what’s more, if an athlete has a ten year career, then they may only get two shots at glory. That’s why the Olympics are so huge: it’s the ultimate test, the culmination of four years work in one moment of exertion.

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By  on 31/3/08
Exclusive ObscurityThere are few things in this world that are at once insanely eccentric, staunchly traditional and devoutly practical. In most circumstances there is no room for tradition while technology and design are forging new and improved paths, especially in an environment that is obsessed with innovation - the motor industry. From the moment Henry Ford rolled out his Model T, the race has been on to be the most modern, the most advanced, the quickest, the safest.How extraordinary, then, that a small, privately owned British car company, Bristol, has for 60 years turned its nose up at fashion and convention in favour of what some might see as archaic practices in car design. The styling is discreet, penned by aeroplane engineers rather than car designers. Bristol cars are an acquired taste:

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By  on 27/3/08
Tour Of A LifetimeThis is the most philanthropic time of year. We tend to be a bit introspective about our lives as we see sportsmen and comedians ‘doing their bit’ for charity. We’re soon back at work though, maybe having made a donation, safe in the knowledge that the fractured world is being healed by our efforts.For some people though, philanthropy is a way of life. A children’s charity called Touraid has been set up by Andy Berry and Nick Avery to give children from third world countries the chance to establish educational and social links to children and schools in England. A bold mission statement that really comes to life when you realise that sport is the catalyst for all of this.

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By  on 17/3/08
Capturing BanksyYou could write a thesis on the influence and significance of street art. But why not use film to tell the story. Better than that, documentary film in its purest form - a locked-off camera edited into a time-lapse piece. For over an hour, Jeremy Gibbs stood across the street from fresh work by Banksy on Essex Road, London, and filmed people who stopped to look and take photos.The great thing about the film is that it captures the diversity of the audience. This isn’t about grubby kids vandalising for its own sake. It's about a blank canvas, and an artist with the determination to make his voice heard. The not so great thing about the film - the music. Sorry about that.

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Categories Art Film  Tags Art banksy creativity determination Graffiti Street Art 
By  on 12/3/08

 

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NO CAN'T DO

Lightning Bolt (couldn't Resist!)

"HE'S GOING TO RUN 9.6, THERE'S NO QUESTION. HE'S 21; HE'S GOING TO GET STRONGER; HE'LL GET BETTER WITH COMPETITION; HE'LL LEARN THE EVENT. HE'S A PHENOMENAL TALENT." ATO BOLDON

Fly Guy

“THERE'S NO REASON WHY NOT, I'VE GOT ARMS AND LEGS LIKE THE NEXT MAN - IT'S ALL DOWN TO WHAT'S UPSTAIRS.”
GUY MARTIN

Mastery In Monaco

"IT'S A BADGE OF HONOUR. IF YOU DON'T COME OFF THIS TRACK WITH PAINT ON YOUR TYRES YOU HAVEN'T TRIED HARD ENOUGH." MARTIN BRUNDLE

Street Marvel

"I LIKE TO SEE THE SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACE WHEN I SHOW THEM I CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE." MARVIN HAGLER

God Went Surfing With The Devil

"A Katusha Grad rocket hit a mall in Ashkelon yesterday. Fourteen people were injured. The next day when we played at the beach, two Palestinian civilians and three gunmen were killed by IDF forces in the Gaza strip.”

Soundtrack To Life

“I pressed the button, and suddenly we were floating. It was an incredible feeling to realise that I now had the means to multiply the aesthetic potential of any situation." - Andreas Pavel

Daley Star

Think back to Linford in Barcelona, Kelly in Athens, Thompson in LA and Redgrave, well, everywhere. The Olympics are back this year, and we have a national treasure ready for his first act.

Exclusive Obscurity

Tour Of A Lifetime

Capturing Banksy

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NO CAN'T DO

"HE'S GOING TO RUN 9.6, THERE'S NO QUESTION. HE'S 21; HE'S GOING TO GET STRONGER; HE'LL GET BETTER WITH COMPETITION; HE'LL LEARN THE EVENT. HE'S A PHENOMENAL TALENT." ATO BOLDON

“THERE'S NO REASON WHY NOT, I'VE GOT ARMS AND LEGS LIKE THE NEXT MAN - IT'S ALL DOWN TO WHAT'S UPSTAIRS.” GUY MARTIN

"IT'S A BADGE OF HONOUR. IF YOU DON'T COME OFF THIS TRACK WITH PAINT ON YOUR TYRES YOU HAVEN'T TRIED HARD ENOUGH." MARTIN BRUNDLE

"I LIKE TO SEE THE SMILES ON PEOPLE'S FACE WHEN I SHOW THEM I CAN DO THE IMPOSSIBLE." MARVIN HAGLER

"A Katusha Grad rocket hit a mall in Ashkelon yesterday. Fourteen people were injured. The next day when we played at the beach, two Palestinian civilians and three gunmen were killed by IDF forces in the Gaza strip.”

“I pressed the button, and suddenly we were floating. It was an incredible feeling to realise that I now had the means to multiply the aesthetic potential of any situation." - Andreas Pavel

Think back to Linford in Barcelona, Kelly in Athens, Thompson in LA and Redgrave, well, everywhere. The Olympics are back this year, and we have a national treasure ready for his first act.

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“THERE'S NO REASON WHY NOT, I'VE GOT ARMS AND LEGS LIKE THE NEXT MAN - IT'S ALL DOWN TO WHAT'S UPSTAIRS.”
GUY MARTIN