It looks like the sport's forum could use a little activity so I thought I'd post a general question. What's everybody's favorite sports?

I'll go first.

As far as what sports I personally enjoy, I'm an avid snowboarder. In fact, I have this winters season pass sitting on my dresser as I impatiently await the season to begin...come on snow.

I'm not much into your typical sports, i.e. football, basketball....but I love dirt biking (of the motorized variety). In the summer we do a lot of dirtbiking and wake boarding. Wake boarding was really easy for me, I think it's because it's quite similar to snowboarding.

I bat my eyelids at least twice when I wake up. I continue to bat my eyelids frequently throughout the course of the day, I've heard some of the professionals refer to this as 'blinking'...

Also, I take a daily trek to my front door, and to the bathroom.

Occasionally, I step outside - but the Sunlight usually keeps me at bay.

I do, however, go to Karate once or twice a week, money depending.

I am like Marx. Bone idle. But that's because I have entered Knackered Old Shitdom. I have a varied past sporting history.

I was a pretty good Rugger full back as a teen; also Coventry Inter-schools Javelin and long-jump champ; won a long distance canoeing competition with a mate who was far better than me. Grown, I took up Archery in late teens and represented Malaysia in an International Asian Games (came in well but no medal) and still hold a State title in Oz; did parachuting for several years in the mediterranean (was in Guiness Book of Records for 6 weeks in the late 60 for a 20,500 ft drop. Some Swede UN guys beat it PDQ); Did Assault Coursing for several years (ground and arial) - O/i/c the RAF's interservice team / O/i/c Joint RAF/USAF team; passable snooker player, still; have a glider pilot licence although it has been a while since flown; Used to ride horses for several years as a teen and then later for several years with my daughter; Piss useless golfer but can take on golfers with a bow any day!; swam across the Pacific (Hahaha, made that up).

It is hardly suprising I am knackered.

Edit: Addendum: I have been watching the Rugger World Cup the past few days. The only game I will watch. Some splendid examples of tough chaps and some great matches. At the moment (2.30 am) Canada is playing Japan. Frankly, they should stick to Curling and Karate and I should be in bed.

Cycling. I ride everywhere within a couple of kilo radius, all year.

In summer I love the water, swimming, boating. I don't have enough strength for sailboarding. I used to love water-skiing.

Team sports: volleyball, road hockey, softball.

At home I'm up and down three flights every day, not so easy for a smoker

Karl didn't you say you're on the tobacco? I'm hooked too

LOL....well, as long as you're getting SOME excercise.

Regarding Karate, do you have any opinions on Gracie Jiu-Jitsu versus Shijian Kenpo Karate? My youngest son is going to start taking lessons and I'm not sure which would be better. They don't do mixed so I have to choose one or the other.


Boy, I'd say...very impressive list. I've wanted to do parachuting and hang-gliding for years. I'm waiting for my oldest son to be old enough to go with me. My husband isn't very fond of heights so he's informed me that he will not, under no uncertain terms, be accompanying me. I used to ride horses, too. I was in the Jr. Posse as a teen, did a little bit of barrel racing and such. I've been wanting to get another horse for years but what with kids, careers, all our other activities...I haven't quite found the time yet.

My brother is a cycling enthusiast. He'll bike like 30 miles in one day...up in the moutains! I can't even imagine. The guy he bikes with competes in those Iron Man competitions. That's a little intense for my taste. We do a lot of boating too, that and jet skiing.

For me, it's cycling (despite the recent morale-shattering we all took due to the doping scandal at the Tour de France....)

This is one of my other favorite hangouts: http://www.cyclingforums.com


On weekends I ride my bike (I have 3) on recreational rides, and also use my bikes for utilitarian purposes.

6 days a week I do 20 miles per day on my exercise bike too, which keeps me in good shape for the outdoors bike trips!

Snowboarding is definately the best relaxation, maybe horse riding is a close one..

Cycling is good too, especially off road and downhill mtb ... skateboarding..

I mostly protect from injuries by regular weight lifting, which is a rather manly persuit, butits good for women too..

I used to do marital arts, freestyle karate and all that stuff, but I got pissed off with the over-controlled pyschopaths who tend to dominate in that sort of thing.. Its not much of a self defence system if those who do it cant keep their mouth shut.. Practically everyone I know who used to do this ju-jitsu and kickboxing stuff used to get glassed or twatted, regardless of what colour their belts where!

I have never enjoyed team sports because i regard them as pretty gay and feminising on the hole.. I dont have that sort of mentality, i always like to compete as an individual.. At school I was a very good althlete and actual beat the UK record for the high jump.. (unfortunately I only beat the womens record, not the mens!)

A good round of golf never goes amiss..

Or a game of snooker.. (pool is a kids game..)..

Most evenings and mornings though, I like to indulge in the king of sports..

99 handshakes with the rhode island red..

Your brain is still pretty agile though Percy, if that's any compensation for any deterioration in physical prowess.

Kim,
I enjoy a good game of cricket, especially on the TV, it's the only game I'll watch, rugby union lost it's appeal years ago for me as there's just too much of the over-hyped crap on TV and in other media these days.
As I mentioned in another thread around here, I've been involved in Kendo for a rather long time and that keeps me fit to a degree, it helps to offset the hours sitting at my radio gear talking to folks on the other side of the world.

MARITAL ARTS? Was that a freudian slip, Drex?

I guess that depends on how you snowboard....I've always found it to be PRETTY intense.

I think Kendo would be very interesting. Do you find it to be pretty similar to fencing?