As some of you may know I am a Bocker, which involves the use of spring loaded inertia stilts.
At a meet recently my brother came along and filmed it, we tried combining Bocking and Basketball and the result was Powerball. I did the editing(though I didn't bother adding special effects), and I am also in the video(in the Bllack skate helmet).
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1IpjdrdRfY[/media]
I also made a video of us generally messing around(bit more humorous):
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLd75GeRUrc[/media]
Feel free to ask me any questions about Bocking :v:
Interesting..
Well, they seemed like a bunch of invalids instead of sportsmen to be honest
Also, poor floor. :smile:
As I said in the [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=806145]last thread you made[/url], bocking is a stupid idea with a stupid name. You look retarded, it hinders your movement and, as proved in this video, makes normal things like basketball harder to play.
It looks stupid, it is expensive, why would anyone want to waste their money on something like this?
[QUOTE=Lightbourne;17568042]As I said in the [url=http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=806145]last thread you made[/url], bocking is a stupid idea with a stupid name. You look retarded, it hinders your movement and, as proved in this video, makes normal things like basketball harder to play.
It looks stupid, it is expensive, why would anyone want to waste their money on something like this?[/QUOTE]
How is a invention that lets you travel 30mph and jump 2 meters something that hinders movement, stop pulling facts out of your arse.
Only on a flat surface.
Useless.
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Also look at you guys in the video, it looks like a hassle to move about!
[editline]06:46PM[/editline]
Second video really hammers in the fact that you guys look like idiots. One guy couldn't even get up off the floor for gods sake!
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And people are falling over left, right and center! So lets relay the facts:
- May only be used on a perfectly flat surface
- Makes you look like an idiot
- Difficult to use with people frequently falling over and finding it difficult to get back up
- Expensive
- You can jump slightly higher than normal and run a bit faster (but it's very hard to slow down)
[QUOTE=Lightbourne;17568184]Only on a flat surface.
Useless.
[editline]06:44PM[/editline]
Also look at you guys in the video, it looks like a hassle to move about!
[editline]06:46PM[/editline]
Second video really hammers in the fact that you guys look like idiots. One guy couldn't even get up off the floor for gods sake!
[editline]06:48PM[/editline]
And people are falling over left, right and center! So lets relay the facts:
- May only be used on a perfectly flat surface
- Makes you look like an idiot
- Difficult to use with people frequently falling over and finding it difficult to get back up
- Expensive
- You can jump slightly higher than normal and run a bit faster (but it's very hard to slow down)[/QUOTE]
All of this applies to skateboarding. It's a sport, for fun.
[QUOTE=Lightbourne;17568184]Only on a flat surface.
Useless.
[editline]06:44PM[/editline]
Also look at you guys in the video, it looks like a hassle to move about!
[editline]06:46PM[/editline]
Second video really hammers in the fact that you guys look like idiots. One guy couldn't even get up off the floor for gods sake!
[editline]06:48PM[/editline]
And people are falling over left, right and center! So lets relay the facts:
- May only be used on a perfectly flat surface
- Makes you look like an idiot
- Difficult to use with people frequently falling over and finding it difficult to get back up
- Expensive
- You can jump slightly higher than normal and run a bit faster (but it's very hard to slow down)[/QUOTE]
-Can be used on rough terrain, someone has even made studded hooves for this purpose. I can Bock just about anywhere, people have Bocked up mountains before.
-No, that's just your opinion.
-I mainly included people falling over in the video because us Bockers find it funny to see each other fail, I fell over in the gym because my hooves are worn down.
It is very easy to get up, I often just lay on the floor because I either slightly shocked after falling over or just feel like laying there. My record for getting up is less than a second.
-Can you jump 2 meters in the air(we measure how high we jump from the bottom of our stilts, but from out own view it is about 40cm higher)? No, you can't.
-Can you overtake cars and bikes, not unless you are Usian Bolt and we can go faster than him.
-It isn't that expensive, pay £135 for Bocks and a year or so later you buy new springs for £75 and that's only if you Bock lots.
Compare it to something like paint balling where you can spend thousands of pounds on Paintballs and gear each year, now that is what I call expensive, yet loads of people fork out cash to do it.
Please stop talking out of your arse and flaming, we mainly do this for fun anyway. The professionals in this sport are so much better than us in the video, and even some non-professionals Bock on a professional level.
I love the song in first video. Name/artist?
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And for a second I was scared that you play basketball with Powerballs. That would make me rage.