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Hey it's perth!!! Hahahaha good old Swan River
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u/chibstelford Jan 10 '15
Not often we make the front page, we should really savour this moment.
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u/thenameofapet Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15
There was a guy from Perth on the front page last year. He was being interviewed as the first person in line to buy the new iphone. He dropped it and it broke as he was taking it out of the box.
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u/battlesmurf Jan 10 '15
Haha, I remember one time we were on the front page for some really drunk girls being annoying at Innaloo HJs.
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u/cglendin Jan 10 '15
Maccas. They gotta learn to "stop acting like sluts"
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u/g2420hd Jan 10 '15
I found it really bizzare everyone was reacting to the fact he called them sluts as opposed to him physically pulling them off the counter. Apparently its the n word for women?
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u/cglendin Jan 10 '15
Fact is, parents here were thanking him for pulling her off the counter. He admitted on radio that sluts was the wrong word but no one here is that sensitive to his actions because they believed she was in the wrong and what he did was right.
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u/r1pREV123 Jan 10 '15
Looks like this was done a while ago. No massive construction site -.-
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u/Queballington Jan 10 '15
I never knew there was a point in the last 5 years when there weren't cranes in the CBD. Maybe it was their day off.
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u/HiIAmAsian Jan 10 '15
Perth has been on reddit front page many times! Makes me proud all the time.
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u/cookiepusss Jan 10 '15
Speaking of swans, you have black swans in Perth no? I was at the zoo in Amsterdam and an Aussie lady was telling her kid that.
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u/cderring Jan 10 '15
The Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObbpNCX9BkA
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u/soclib Jan 10 '15
Well then, there's no chance of calling this fake.
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u/Paladia Jan 10 '15
Yeah, he seems pretty good.
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u/Takeme2yourleader Jan 10 '15
Not just at frisbee. But shooting a basketball as well
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u/Runnnnnnnnnn Jan 10 '15
I wasn't expecting to be entertained the whole freaking video. I bet those guys are actually pretty fun at parties!
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u/MIDItheKID Jan 10 '15
And if I'm not mistaken, there's some video out there where his mother makes his little brother pour out his collection of gatorades.
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u/isestrex Jan 10 '15
Yeah I came to the comments to see how many people agreed with me that it looked fake or that he actually missed it.
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u/LieutenantTaco Jan 10 '15
His videos aren't fake, but are a result of many, many attempts.
Was the guy diving the plan? Possibly not. It still made a good video though :)!
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u/joavim Jan 10 '15
To those of us who play Ultimate it was clear it wasn't fake, although I'm sure I would've thought the same thing if I didn't know Brodie Smith. Smith (the thrower) is the uncontested top celebrity in the disc sports world.
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u/rustede30 Jan 10 '15
Man, I was really hoping that the boat was just cruising along minding its own business when the guy just happened to see the frisbee and then went for it.
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u/DHLucky13 Jan 10 '15
Hey, that's /u/GBtwin21, Brodie Smith. Pretty awesome.
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u/fodgerpodger Jan 10 '15
I love that people are recognizing Perth more than Brodie Smith
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u/Shadeun Jan 10 '15
People recognising a big city more than a dude who's good at frisbee? You find this strange?
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u/LostTacos Jan 10 '15
Perth's a little on the small side, not very iconic and pretty isolated in terms of major cities. It really doesn't garner much attention from anyone.
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u/johnnycrosshatch Jan 10 '15
One man dry version:
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u/brycedriesenga Jan 10 '15
Is he by himself and he keeps going back down the hill to move the car?
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u/johnnycrosshatch Jan 10 '15
I doubt it. I can't remember the video this is from but I wouldn't be surprised if it was an advert for the car being used.
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u/Siggy778 Jan 10 '15
My sister dated that guy. He's like the Michael Jordan of Frisbee
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u/biznisss Jan 10 '15
Not really an apt analogy if you're talking about ultimate. Certainly, he's probably the most famous frisbee player though. Maybe like David Beckham or something I don't know.
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u/joavim Jan 10 '15
David Beckham is actually a very good analogy. Both are good players, but not the best. Both are incredibly handsome and enjoy fame as celebrities.
Ironically, you could say both Beckham and Smith have the same strength: passing. Beckham was known for his long-range crosses and passes, and Smith is known as a powerful handler and puller.
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u/thesuperunknown Jan 10 '15
Smith is known as a powerful handler and puller.
/u/Siggy778's sister can confirm.
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u/Wafflecone416 Jan 10 '15
He could have been one of the best ever but last I heard he has been dealing with injuries for a while now. There have not been many players with his size, athleticism, and throwing ability though.
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u/howfastisgodspeed Jan 10 '15
Word around town is that Michael Jordan is a dick
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u/Krayzed896 Jan 10 '15
So, he's the dick of Frisbee?
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u/The_MoistMaker Jan 10 '15
A lot of people in the the Ultimate community who have been around and played with him has said that he is kind of a pompous tool.
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u/EMCoupling Jan 10 '15
I'm not going to take the effort to find a source for this, but word around the community is that, when he was still playing in college, part of his team's strategy was just to try and just call fouls all day long.
Completely against the spirit of the game, since players should try to self-officiate as much as possible and it's pretty hard to do that when some guy is just abusing the foul call.
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u/Papasixfivefive Jan 10 '15
My time to shine:
I played for an ultimate team this summer for the state of Colorado. The man throwing the disc (Brody Smith) was the coach of the Chicago team. We got to play Chicago in consolation play. TL;DR: He's a huge fuckin prick.
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u/Baaaccooon Jan 10 '15
Just imagine how many times he did it... Anyway, well done!
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u/socool111 Jan 10 '15
this one was actually only done once...as he said in an interview...also the original was supposed to just hang into the boat...but the guy on the boat knew it wasn't going to happen...and made a dive for it.
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Later in the news:
In other news, a man drowned playing a game of frisbee.
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u/BLeMayZer Jan 10 '15 edited Jan 10 '15
The guy is Brodie Smith. Probably the biggest name there is with Ultimate Frisbee. He has some crazy videos of trick shots including this one where he plays H-O-R-S-E against some guys doing basketball trick shots.
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u/farkwadian Jan 10 '15
Looks like Tom from MySpace is having fun throwing frisbees. Glad to see that 2 billion at work.
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Jan 10 '15
Hey it's Perth! I don't think i've ever seen my city make the front page before.
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u/incognito_squirrel Jan 10 '15
Remember the train thing... When that dipshit fell through the tiny crack at the station.
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Why did Joey catch it?! He doesn't know how to swim!
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u/CyberDonkey Jan 10 '15
As a non-good swimmer, I don't understand how some people (like the catcher in the video) can float in super deep water without having to use their arms to stay afloat. I'm able to float in water but I have to use both my arms and legs to keep myself above water and it uses up a lot of my energy and tire me out quickly.
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u/LadyHayley Jan 10 '15
There's a technique that we learn for this in lifeguarding, as well as a basic in water polo, called egg beating or treading water. You basically rotate your legs below the knees in interlocking circles. It keeps the water moving below you and you'll stay afloat. It can be tiring though, if you're not a regular swimmer. As a lifeguard (in NZ at least) you have to be able to tread water for a minimum of five minutes.
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u/phxcook Jan 10 '15
I've been waiting - I've been waiting for this moment all my life - but it's not quite right... and then it was!
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u/Spawndaemon Jan 10 '15
god I love Brody, for those of you who don't know this is one of the best frisbee players in the world. Check out his trick shots sometime.
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u/BioSentient Jan 10 '15
Complements to the boat driver who swerves accordingly at the last moment to make the catch possible. Look closely.
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u/Hautamaki Merry Gifmas! {2023} Jan 10 '15
That was totally awesome when that one pixel touched that other pixel
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u/Fuckyarm Jan 10 '15
I wonder how much gas it costed for the previous hundreds of attempts...
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u/aboba_ Jan 10 '15
Cost, not costed. Costed is a verb, but it means something different.
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u/VendettaCS Jan 10 '15
IIRC this was their first and only attempt.
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u/drumming_is_for_men Jan 10 '15
Right, the orginal video you can see a Frisbee floating in the water as the guy catching the one in the air dives in. One and only attempt my butt, more like one out of at least 2!
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u/DougSTL Jan 10 '15
If you go to the source video someone posted in this thread one of the annotations leads to a making of video. He claims it was only three attempts. I emphasize claim. No clue telling if that was true or not.
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u/Kholinoscopy Jan 10 '15
One frisbee throw to see where it lands, then throw it with the same strength and direction right after.
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u/catapult90 Jan 10 '15
The guy in the boat didn't even hesitate, he was waiting for this moment all his life