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Gymnast Shawn put to sleep after breaking leg

 

https://youtu.be/NMsLg4jqlJw

 

okee dokee, so i'm about 25 pages behind, but this immediately made me think of this

 

http://freakonomics.com/podcast/sports-ep-3/

 

Maybe you’re an obsessive sports fan. Or maybe a more casual fan, and you follow just a couple sports or teams. Maybe you pay no attention to sports, and you only see it when the Olympics are on someone else’s TV. Whichever the case: when you do see those athletes, it’s easy to think of them as existing solely in that context. A full-grown adult. Wearing a uniform. Performing under extraordinary pressure. Focused on a highly specialized task that has zero to do with daily life, or at least your daily life. But is that who those people really are? And how did they get so good at this thing they do? When you see them on TV, all you’re seeing is the outcome. But what were the inputs? We understand that elite athletes represent some magical combination of talent and determination. But what about, say, luck?

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Going to guess that those skates will cost as much as an avg carbon bike does.

Probably right.

I remember as a lightie it was all the rage at one stage and we used to mod them to no end. Bearings, wheels, rails, pretty much everything except the actual shoe part. If the road is smooth and he is a good skater then it won't be too difficult but as soon as the road gets rough then the drag and vibration just gets insane. Also dangerous mixing it with cyclist as you can't stop or swerve as quick(or at least I couldn't).

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Probably right.

I remember as a lightie it was all the rage at one stage and we used to mod them to no end. Bearings, wheels, rails, pretty much everything except the actual shoe part. If the road is smooth and he is a good skater then it won't be too difficult but as soon as the road gets rough then the drag and vibration just gets insane. Also dangerous mixing it with cyclist as you can't stop or swerve as quick(or at least I couldn't).

 

we played some street hockey in high school

 

I lost my fav pair of baggie jeans (and a fair amount of skin) during a game 

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