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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: DJRacing on August 02, 2008, 08:46:15 pm
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So how many of you played other sports or has it always been motocross and then vmx?
I started off playing soccer for one year because I was to small to play rugby, but the following year and the next 16 years it was the kiwi game. Not only did I play but refereed the game as well. I also rode Horses at events and did ok at that. I got serious about road cycling and track cycling but I was probably to old when I started to go any further than representing my city.
Hobby/sports I have been involved with or still do are, Skiing(I wish I learnt how to when I was young); Photography, mountain biking, tennis, table tennis, BMX as a teenager, Hunting, fishing and there are still lots I want to do.
So have any other people out there played other sports?
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Always keen to go on a Beaver hunt ;D
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Im stuffed just reading what you do lol, i do 20 to 30k's on my pushy a week, other than that if it has not got a key i dont move ;D
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At a kid, teenager and young adult, I was a mad-keen pushy rider - first BMX/Freestyle, then MTBs. Was actually kinda OK at MTBing, back in the days before it got too serious (a couple of mates would regularly run in the top 10 in their/our age group at the Nationals, and I could kick their arses - but of course, I never actually got around to competing at the Nationals, so now I'm just a washed-up coulda-been sitting at a keyboard... :D I have no delusions that even my best-ever-before-I-discovered-beer form would be worth pissing on in the current scene).
Still do the Mont 24hour as a part of a team, but have been taking it less and less seriously each time.
Rally cars took over from the bikes about 10 years ago. Started off crap, and worked my way all the way up to mediocre... Put the money, time, money, time, effort and money into it in 2004 and won the ACT Clubman Championship (think of it as a C-grade championship), plus did OK at the Rally of Canberra.
Since then, I've been working my way backwards down the ladder of seriousness, and enjoying it more and more.
Its an awesome, highly addictive sport, but there's so much crap and its so expensive and so time consuming. Nobody ever stops rallying because they're not enjoying themselves - its always due to a lack of money and/or time.... :-\
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Never got into the main-stream sports (footy, cricket etc). Played weekend soccer for a couple of years as a young kid, and in high school sport, but the first dirt bike came along when I was 8, and so that's what I spent my weekends doing.
I've owned a vintage dirt bike for more than half of my life, but my first race was in 2006...
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(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l187/mx250a/Misty%20Dog/DSC01536.jpg)Woof Woof ;D
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My First ever race was at Katoomba MX track March 1980, 14 year old Jnr, First open MX was the Superbowl of Motocross Sydney Showground 1980, then raced until I was 19, rooted and smoked dope until I was 25, and then raced my ass of until I was 34. now I'm 42 and its VMX,.. Off road racing is the only sport I have ever been invioved in, It's been unreal and I love it!
I was talking to my friend bruce about "the life" he said his brother reckons that sitting at watsons bay "Doyles" eating lobster and drinking chardonney is "the life", I said that compared to riding all day saturday, drinking beer until you can't stand up on sat night, then ride all day sunday at an event like the Rockley Enduro, Thats my kind of "The Life"
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Being formerly from NZ, my sporting interests varied as much as the weather and the terrain
Dirt bike riding/racing all year round, skiing in winter (folks had a holiday cottage in Arrowtown 19km from Queenstown) ,squash, badminton (B-Grade), fishing (NZ has awesome trout), Deer stalking/shooting, possum shooting ($5 bounty on each pelt ;D paid for a lot of things), Road racing, ballroom dancing (the best bloke to chick pick-up ratio EVER!!!)
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mainly raced motocross
then enduro
then a bit of road racing
for the last 30 years
only other sport was A grade basketball for about 15 years ;D
now just vintage motocross 8)
and moderns in the vets :o
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E74,
I like the sound of your party habits both then and now, the rooting, a small bit of dope and getting pissed certainly brings back memories. Must be that age we / most of us went through. Now, although I'd like to be able to afford to eat lobster and sip Doyles chardonnay or red, I still go along with you on the ride / party/ ride, or if you're into other things on the weekends, the Saturday night partying and talking shit in amongst it takes some beating.
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6 to 16 rugby leauge 10 to 19 trail riding 19 to 23 motocross broke neck nothing till 26 road bikes and karate was very angry about neck 2nd in state 70kgs and touch footy till 34 then only touch foot and bushwalking 38 bushwalking and four wheel driving 42 then trail riding 44 some vmx hurt neck and shoulder 45 to 47 trail riding and restoring vmx bikes
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pretty much just been a trail rider with the odd splash of racing here and there.
mostly in the mid 80's, a little bit of club trials, enduro's & mx, gave it all away and played guitar in bands for a while. married, kids etc and did the family thing and now just catching up on what i've missed out on with this VMX thing. have always had pushbikes and ride regular and usually go for a snow ski every year cause it's just awesome!
but i really need a TY175 if that makes any sense.
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:o there was NEVER a time before bikes!! :P..well..not a lot..about 7 years in which time I dabbled in gymspastics (shutup ok!) an' then I played left right out on the footy team after suffering a nasty knee injury in my first 5 minutes of my very first game..not bad enough..it was my own team mate who cleaned me up!! that was enough of that contact shit! too freakin' dangerous!! >:( so the BMX craze was alive and well at Nudgee from 1970 on. Highschool sport was another beauty! Ice skating! It was probably the least supervised and the 'sport' also attracted some nice young ladies :-* ;D The full on dirtbiking hit the scene late 1974 and continues to present day though I now ride less than ever I have more bikes than ever..rideable bikes I mean!! 8) in retrospect, I was/am what you'd commonly call a dag. I got the RM80 in early '78 so a few mates (SL70, GT80 and MC1-A90 kwak) and myself would skip sport and head to the local quarry, the teachers knew, it was all above board and everyone was happy ;)
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im still young and growing but i've had my share of sports i played soccer when i was young for close to 5 yrs got a gocart at age 10 got a 1973 yamaha gt80 at age 12 which started it all ;D play footy for my school up in the frontrow since yr9 now in yr11 got my cr125rb when i was roughly 15-16 spent close to a year restoring it and have been riding it since raced one race last year on my dads DT250 and didnt even make it to the first corner :-[ i bodyboard with my mates every now and again and attend boxing training twice a week and since i learnt to ride a push bike i have it's always been my way of transport and fun bmx,cross country,downhill mountain biking,even a little bit of trials and i think its gunna last me plenty more years to come 8) Tom
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Bikes since 4 years old. I'm 29 now. Dabbled in karts in 92/93/94. Lot of ex-competitors race professionally now (Whincup, Owen, Macrow, etc.). All of em were super fast.
For the past few years I've raced here & there on moderns, but I've never had the time & inclination to work on my fitness & speed! After a big stack on my CRF450, I sold the big girl and got a 250F instead as a practice hack. I just can't risk racing moderns these days, if you can't keep yourself fit or practice often enough, those big four-bangers will kill you.
I've found VMX to be perfect for me. I don't have to train or even practice that much, and the racing is great without putting your neck on the line to clear some stupidly big jump or something. The downsides? The upkeep on the old bikes is quite hefty, they are definitely harder to keep in tip-top shape for racing.
My missus was top 5 in the world in BMX, so hopefully our little guy gets her talent and makes more out of motorcycling than I ever did!
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Hmmm, other sports:
Soccer as a boy from the age of nine - the result of living across the road from two poms my age.
First bike at 15, at 17 raced Motocross and continued every weekend for the next two years.
Took up surfing, preferred that to the bikes and surfed for the next five years.
Played competition squash during the surfing years before joining the Army and learning how to play Rugby Union.
Knee injury (f*ckin' Army) put an end to the Rugby.
Got passionate about snow skiing until injuring other knee (f*ckin' Army).
Snow skiing has similarities to both MX and surfing - I think you'll agree if you've tried all three.
Had a go (a full one minute) strapped into a mates hang glider (f*ckin' Army mate) and badly broke my arm.
The hang glider doesn't qualify as one of my sports, but Docs five minutes on the footy field and resulting disaster brought the incident to mind...
Got keen on scuba diving for about one year and then vegied for the next fifteen years; resulting in my current physical shape.
and here we are!
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Haven't any of you guys ever tried stand-up Jetskis ? (Sit down Jetskis suck ). It is one of the most fun things to do ( with your clothes on ), other than bikes & is sort of like a mix of MX, waterski-ing & surfing . Jetski-ing in surf is like riding motocross , where they move the jumps every lap . Some advantages over bikes are : no dust ( so you don't have to clean air filters ) & you don't have to change tyres , chains , sprockets or gearbox oil . You also don't have to worry about setting up your suspension & you usually don't get gravel rash when you come off.
Some disadvantages are : you can get very itchy repairing fibreglass & you usually can't push your Jetski back to your car / toolbox , when it breaks down .
I have always owned a MX bike, from when I was about 15, though & I have been accumulating them ever since . I have also played a bit of hockey , windsurfed , waterskied & done a bit of snow ski-ing as well .
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I was into judo for most of my high school years. Competed in seveal state championships, but always beaten in the final by a fellow club member (and training partner) though, as he knew all my moves so well. Was up too black belt and coached juniors, however it all ended on May 9th 1975. Crashed my brothers 1974 DT100A into a Ford Falcon station wagon (on the road unlicenced). Broke both legs, the right one in 3 places which resulted in it being 1" shorter than the left one and had five month off work. Never went back to judo after recovering, bought my first bike, a Kawasaki KT250 and started competition trials riding in 1976. Rode trials (solo and sidecar)and enduro, plus the ocassional MX event through too 1986 when I joined the navy. Always kept my bike collection at my mum's place in Broken Hill while in the navy and got back into the dirt scene when I restored my TT500C for CD2.
CJ
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Wombat, I agree with you whole heartedly that MX, surfing and snow skiing have much in common when it comes weight transfer and stuff. I've never done any of those other than MX but I forgot to mention another of my fav pastimes at highschool before bikes really took off was skate boarding. We had some great downhill runs locally, plenty of bruises and skin off but nothing ever broke. Ironically we petrolheads (re: flano's or Bevan's or tappetheads) didn't like surfer's (re: skegs or sharkphuckers) but my oldest best friend is indeed a full on skeg converted over to MX when there were no waves to be had. I see his surfing come into play quite often on the 'whippy' bits and I know exactly what he's trying to do ;) problem is it usually works and he whips out in front of me!! >:( :D
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Started racing in drag racing in 1967 continued drag racing but also started motocross in 1969. Also played local Rugby League. Retired from drag racing in 1973 (money pit) and motocross in 1975 and moved to the USA. Played Rugby Union for the legendary Belmont Shore in California and competition volley ball as well as the occasional desert race on my Husky Auto or VB360 and occasionally drag raced my hotty '64 Chevy Nova. Returned to Oz in '81 continued playing Rugby for the next twelve years and rode enduros but eventually forced to retire because of a major ankle injury from my 490 Maico in an enduro which is still giving me shit today. Rode Vintage motocross and dirt track from 1988-1999 but had to retire when the pain got too much.
Today I'm a fat old cripple whose main sport is surfing eBay, although I'm getting fitter by the day and may soon start a little mountain biking on my Marin monocoque and may possibly get amongst this Vinduro caper.
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Whole life of trying valiantly to perfect the ALT Spectrum* sport practice and theory. :) * Advanced Lazy Turd ...
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Started racing in drag racing in 1967
Can't imagine you dressed as a woman, Mark......... :D
Or at least I try not to........... :-\
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interesting topic
been in motorbikes since i was six, not very good at it but it's in my blood, mainly road and enduro.
played football( soccer) since i was 9 and still playing competitive and also over 45 at Masters.
snow skied most of my life, havn't missed a session in 25 years, just love it as a family holiday, off too japan again this year.love it. would like to become a moutain guide one day when the kids leave home, now that would be cool.if the knees hold up.
Cheers Trev
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Whole life of trying valiantly to perfect the ALT Spectrum* sport practice and theory. :) * Advanced Lazy Turd ...
YOU LIE.
now come on :o you been going hard and fast for the last 20 odd years. :-X
what about before that ???
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Tilt............ Training in lazy turd ;)
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Hey good question DJ, mainly motorsport has been the only thing that spun my wheels. However there was something else...screaming electric guitars, I worked quite hard at this one from mid 80's for about five years but true to my form burnt out of it.
I always thought to myself at the start of all this as I spent all those hours in the shed rebuilding my CZ & discovering VMX..."Hmmm wonder when the 'lectric guitar bugs gonna bite again". Well that bug has bit again & instead of building bikes in the cold of winter, you'll find me & my ol' pal bourbon working on my guitar licks.
Guess thats why I'm a little quiet here lately. Look out for the "moto blues band"...now I just gotta build it....might take a whole lot longer than building a CZ 8)
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Dirt bikes since about six, spent a couple of years playing rugby in Europe in the mid '90's (I paved the way for Sonny Bill)
Other than that it's been all bikes, bikes, bikes!
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I root around a little on the guitar as well Eno, self taught, not much good but enough to keep me amused when alone. Ironically my fav is the Yamaha 12 string but the 3/4 size Zooki has the better action being as my hands aren't big. To keep my reflexes happening between rides I play Grand Prix Legends on the computer. With the little amount of riding I do one would think I'd be a legend at the legends by now but I'm still flat out holding it together for more then a few laps at the speed Clarke, Brabham and co. ran back in the 60's! :o 10th is the best I've ever qualified but like I said, it passes the time between rides and mentally if your mind isn't ready you won't even be able to launch from the start line without causing major carnage :D might have another go at it right now ;D sorry, please continue with desired topic :P
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Now why doesn't it surprise me that you've got a Suzuki guitar Doc? and a Yamaha! I've got a Yamaha FP-310 6 string. Maico didn't make guitars unfortunately.
I want one of these, a National steel. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SNcOyMLJ1xI (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SNcOyMLJ1xI)
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Footy, go karts , NZ off road racing champ, TM bills on to it beaver hunting or VMX what else is there ;
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VMX side cars and of course benchracing at the sportsbar ;D
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Now why doesn't it surprise me that you've got a Suzuki guitar Doc? and a Yamaha! I've got a Yamaha FP-310 6 string. Maico didn't make guitars unfortunately.
I want one of these, a National steel. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SNcOyMLJ1xI (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=SNcOyMLJ1xI)
I'd never heard of Charlie Parr but I intend to hear more. Thanks for the clip!
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Hmmmm... sports wise I haven't done too much else. I played some hockey as a kid, did a little gymnastics at school, got into gym (weights) for a while in my 20s. Played some competitive table tennis for a few years too. A lot of my spare time was taken up with other hobbies - photography, writing, ham radio, model aircraft, WW2 aeroplane history buff, that sort of thing.
Been riding since I was 15, but not competitively for most of that time. In fact, I only started racing motocross once I got into vintage in 2000. But I sure have done a fair range of stuff even if only for the experience - MX, DT, enduro, trails, speedway, road, trackdays etc.
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Racing stuff (had a go at most things with wheels and jet boats) have VMX , modern bikes and rally car at present also shooting stuff, currently into military shooting.
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I think I got my first bike riding lesson at 7-8, rode all sorts of things, 10 years racing Enduro, MX etc until my mid 30s, track days, building bikes, reading about bikes, windsurfing is my other thing.
Seems to be this commonality between bikes and going fast on water, windsurfing is real deal rush like bikes.
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I am a star at falling off things.
Rugby league from 6, a bit of surfing for a decade, minibikes from about 10, lots of skateboarding,
abseiling, rock fishing, lost interest in dirt bikes circa 18 (cops!)
Huge fun doing roller hockey and ice skating. A little water skiing and scuba diving.
A few rallysprints with Norm17 (an awesome driver, btw).
and now starting into building 5" live steam locomotives and home foundry work - "sport" of a more relaxed nature!
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Pretty well bikes all the way since about 9 y.o. for me. Dabbled in a bit of sailing and windsurfing. Never into footy or cricket (yawn) seem to need a bit of adrenalin to keep the interest. At 50 I still like to pull long wheelies (to me anyway) on the pushy, keeps the fitness up a bit and and get the adrenalin fix.