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Eddie the Eagle

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Ali_Dibden
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Who remembers this guy!?
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ThundaKilla
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He did afterbang for a good 100, 200 yards.
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JsNeagle
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and then there's this guy...


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Mr.Bishop
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Those glasses...
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Mr.Huck
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You had to love Eddy.
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Stickity
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jesus what the hell was going on with the commentators? it sounded like a clusterfuck right after he landed
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Ali_Dibden
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And also the classic 58m jump.
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theschneidler
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Those skis are so damn long
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-Otto-
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That guy is a hero!
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Rodigan
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Eddie was recently in a UK TV show called Splash which was basically a diving competition for celebrities. Needless to say he killed it on every dive and won the whole thing. The guys pretty old now but still has huge fucking balls.
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Mr.Huck
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That's sick. Stoked to hear that he's still doing crazy shit.
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Mr.Bishop
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That was a ridiculous jump...
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a_burger
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holy fuck
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Ali_Dibden
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That jump was disgracefully large!
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90053
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ScottyN
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WHOO NELLY! just an outrage, he almost lands flat!

Also the commentary sounds like the climax of euro porn. classic.
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Ali_Dibden
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http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/whatever-happened-to-eddie-the-eagle-edwards-1270490.html

Clicky for all those that want to see why he got kicked out of the olympics.
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Laurent.
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Splash has shown me things I cannot unsee.

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Mag
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British skiing at it's best.
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90053
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haha, semi related my mate just got 17th in a world cup aerials event
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Mr_Bump
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holy thug zone
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ScottyN
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hahha my mate just won bronze at the aspen x games. fancy that.

well done to aerials man, that mad.
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Boooshank
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Hahaha. I remember tis shit. He was pretty famous at the time. Ha.

And that long jump. Reallllly? That flying!

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90053
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it was his first world cup event and he's still doing school, closest i've got to saying my friend's a pro though haha
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ScottyN
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hhah yeah man thats awesome, good for him
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Lapander
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Straight to gucci plateau.
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DILLINGER
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56/56 would laugh again.
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Ali_Dibden
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crunkmissile
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I'm just gonna go ahead and leave this here..

skip to 1:00 for the actual jump
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redking
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Not too bad at all
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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,689
Afterbanged like an absolute hero, haha!
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ScottyN
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UNBELIEVABLE JEFF!

The REAL king of afterbang
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-Otto-
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Bump, because the Olympics reminded me of this guy!
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