Olympics RSX Coverage

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evlPanda
evlPanda
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19 Jul 2012 12:32pm
I calculate it as starting midnight on the 7th. That is, 00:00 on the 8th. For the east coast. An hour later for the women's.

...if it'll be live on tv.

That's a Tuesday
da vecta
da vecta
QLD
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19 Jul 2012 1:40pm
The coverage of the RSX worlds in Perth was so good. Let's hope they've learnt something from Channel Ten's (One) coverage of the Perth Sailing World Champs.

Will it be on Foxtel though?
evlPanda
evlPanda
NSW
9207 posts
NSW, 9207 posts
19 Jul 2012 2:33pm
Is there a list of who is sailing?

www.sailing.org/tools/documents/2012QualifiedNationsNationalOlympicCommitteeConfirmation18June2012-%5B12579%5D.pdf

Would be good if there were strong winds, of course. Perhaps a bit ****e otherwise.
wdric
wdric
NSW
1625 posts
NSW, 1625 posts
19 Jul 2012 6:30pm
DO I read that right with the Australian entrant being blue for the men's and says NOC Rejected!

Does that mean we don't have a competitor?
redsurfbus
redsurfbus
304 posts
304 posts
19 Jul 2012 4:36pm
Not looking good for wind now, this morning is the last wind here in weymouth for a good week, longer range is predicting an azores high which usually blOcks any low pressure and wind. Potential sea breeze of 12 to 16 knots in mid afternoons, not too common this time of the year though.
JustinL
JustinL
NSW
468 posts
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19 Jul 2012 7:20pm
About four or more australian men where at Olympic standard and qualified for the games but Yachting Australia didnt send anybody. The Australian team is one of the hardest to qualify for. You have to win a world cup event or come top 10 in the worlds, something like that.

Yachting Australia about a year ago relaxed the selection criteria for the mens windsurfing so the boys went hard and spent all their money on gear and events!!

Then YA changed its mind and said now RSX is dropped for kites we dont want to send any of you guys.
I feel bad for the familys that went all in.

Eygpt has taken our spot now
wdric
wdric
NSW
1625 posts
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19 Jul 2012 8:38pm
Gee that is a shame that our very own yachting body that are supposed to be there to support us pulled the plug after all the hard work, time and money spent on doing their best, not to mention the investment Yachting Australia would have made in the lead up years as well.
Since us Australians are good sports I thought we would have sent our best athlete that we had in any sport regardless of their world ranking.

Sounds a bit like what that sprinter guy was on about with the selection process of his sport.

I wonder why a female got in and not a man!
John0
John0
QLD
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19 Jul 2012 9:49pm
In the womens RS:X class, Jessica won the ISAF Level 1 event at Kiel Week in Germany, June 2011. With this performance, she met Yachting Australia's qualification criteria for the London Olympics.
Sterlings
Sterlings
QLD
73 posts
QLD, 73 posts
19 Jul 2012 10:17pm
The kitboard racers will soon realise how it all works. Top 6 in the world championships or win a world cup or no guarantee (?hope) of going to the Games. Hope your pockets are deep
PW
PW
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PW PW
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19 Jul 2012 8:21pm
Investment by YA in RSX - ha,ha,ha. That's a joke.
paddymac
paddymac
WA
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19 Jul 2012 8:32pm
Sterlings said...

The kitboard racers will soon realise how it all works. Top 6 in the world championships ...


So that's like second last in the world will get you a spot? Cool!
wdric
wdric
NSW
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20 Jul 2012 12:30am
paddymac said...

Sterlings said...

The kitboard racers will soon realise how it all works. Top 6 in the world championships ...


So that's like second last in the world will get you a spot? Cool!



Yah Yah we gota cop that atm

But we gota start somewhere and all these guys seam to be getting along just fine together
www.regattanetwork.com/clubmgmt/applet_registrant_list.php?regatta_id=5440&custom_report_id=85

www.stfyc.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=358162&ssid=266030&vnf=1

But back to the RSX, a few comments here certainly are shedding some light on the way it all works with YA/Olympic classes, all the best to our lone lady in the fleet though

da vecta
da vecta
QLD
2515 posts
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22 Jul 2012 10:55am
[b]JustinL said...[/b
Eygpt has taken our spot now


That's great isn't it!

Instead of having Matilda wearing boxing gloves she should appear paws up offering gifts. It could then be called the gift boxing kangaroo flag.
sboardcrazy
sboardcrazy
NSW
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3 Aug 2012 5:55am
I thought windsurfing had been dropped from the olympics?
wdric
wdric
NSW
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3 Aug 2012 7:36am
And if we use a little imagination we could assume that becasue they were dropped they are a little bit p!ssed off and thats why they are seeking a ruling
AUS4
AUS4
NSW
1296 posts
NSW, 1296 posts
3 Aug 2012 9:25am
Next Olympics !

sboardcrazy said...

I thought windsurfing had been dropped from the olympics?


Brett Morris
Brett Morris
NSW
1204 posts
NSW, 1204 posts
3 Aug 2012 10:44am
RSX racing looks great on TV...Turning out to be a windy event, which ironically would have suited the Aussie RSX men who didn't even get a chance to compete.

Such a shame and wasted opportunity....I love sailing and windsurfing, but lets be honest, some of the sailing classes are not up to scratch compared to windsurfing and skiffs. I'm left scratching my head how Windsurfing got dropped?
Oh yeah, now I remember, Yachting Australia voted it out! That is a fact!
Te Hau
Te Hau
497 posts
497 posts
3 Aug 2012 10:35am
Great Olympic RSX Windsurf racing on TV, why would you want to drop that class when you have all of those dreary dinghy classes you could choose from?
Kites and W/surf are modern, trendy,
keep them and dump some traditional rubbish....
ISAF.....well out of touch
Brett Morris
Brett Morris
NSW
1204 posts
NSW, 1204 posts
3 Aug 2012 4:06pm
The RS:X Class takes the ISAF decision to court
Shame that it has come to this, but the proof is in the press release below.
How this happened in the first place is still a mystery, i.e Why did Spain vote for Kite's when they are about to win a gold medal in Windsurfing? Just one of many questions that need to be addressed.
Hopefully this doesn't get too ugly, but something tells me that the gloves are coming off....
http://www.rsxclass.com/download/PressRelease_JudicialReview.pdf
wdric
wdric
NSW
1625 posts
NSW, 1625 posts
3 Aug 2012 7:08pm
Brett Morris said...

RSX racing looks great on TV...


Is it on any free to air channel

Dont have foxtel
ginger pom
ginger pom
VIC
1746 posts
VIC, 1746 posts
3 Aug 2012 8:35pm
watching it on Iplayer....

It is possible from Australia.
SeanAUS120
SeanAUS120
QLD
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4 Aug 2012 3:06am
ginger pom said...

watching it on Iplayer....

It is possible from Australia.


Yep, if you don't have Fox you can watch it online with a VPN. I'm using http://www.watchuktv.co.uk/, was about $14 for a month of Olympics on the BBC iPlayer because I don't have a TV where I am right now. Quite nice!!!

LeStef
LeStef
ACT
514 posts
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5 Aug 2012 7:15pm
You can see any sport live for free here, works brilliantly once you get rid of the ads at the beginning.

http://www.vipbox.tv/olympics.html
wdric
wdric
NSW
1625 posts
NSW, 1625 posts
5 Aug 2012 9:39pm
LeStef said...

You can see any sport live for free here, works brilliantly once you get rid of the ads at the beginning.

http://www.vipbox.tv/olympics.html



Looks like none are on atm.
Did you have to sign up to watch anything on this?

While still search for free easy ways to have a look at 2012 sailing events since channel 9 aint showing any I cam accross this from 2004, man they would be stuffed after pumping the whole race like that
LeStef
LeStef
ACT
514 posts
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5 Aug 2012 9:46pm
wdric said...

LeStef said...

You can see any sport live for free here, works brilliantly once you get rid of the ads at the beginning.

http://www.vipbox.tv/olympics.html



Looks like none are on atm.
Did you have to sign up to watch anything on this?


No it works free but only the LIVE pictures. Check the time of the race on the London site.
With the sailing I also watched judo, handball and fencing

pierrec45
pierrec45
NSW
2005 posts
NSW, 2005 posts
6 Aug 2012 2:53am
It visually hurts not to see any Aussie names in the men's standings...

On a different topic: how come so few DSQs, like the good ol' days?? Is there no such thing anymore?
Just curious...
ka43
ka43
NSW
3101 posts
NSW, 3101 posts
6 Aug 2012 9:01am
Recorded the windsurfing on Fox, it was pretty bloody good. Have seen a fair bit of the Lasers etc but then scored with the womens RSX. Great footage and OK commentary, they certainly dumb it down.
Jessica looked like she was sailing well and beat the fancied GB lady. The Ukraine sailor was smashing it. the fleet was planing nearly all the time and was very interesting watching them downwind.
They also got some pace up.
Willy Sailor
Willy Sailor
242 posts
242 posts
6 Aug 2012 11:20pm
I think any one should be able to compete with there country flag on there back

Yes there should be min requirement ,eg swim 50 in xyz time
But with the windsurfing , if you can stand on the board and go around the buoy
You should quafily

Yes with the sailing class there is limited to 1 person but send offer the best of the try out

Sending no one is stupid ......

With sailing even the favorite can get wiped out on the last leg on a flue wave and give the under dog a chance ........

Ps how many FAIL swimmer did we send over that didn't even get pass there heats
Glitch
Glitch
QLD
292 posts
QLD, 292 posts
7 Aug 2012 1:30am
Totally agree but maybe no posting when pissed.
Willy Sailor
Willy Sailor
242 posts
242 posts
6 Aug 2012 11:33pm
FYI the final medal race is today Tuesday at 9.30pm foxtel ch 191 London 8hd
AUS4
AUS4
NSW
1296 posts
NSW, 1296 posts
7 Aug 2012 10:04am
ka43 said...

Recorded the windsurfing on Fox, it was pretty bloody good. Have seen a fair bit of the Lasers etc but then scored with the womens RSX. Great footage and OK commentary, they certainly dumb it down.
Jessica looked like she was sailing well and beat the fancied GB lady. The Ukraine sailor was smashing it. the fleet was planing nearly all the time and was very interesting watching them downwind.
They also got some pace up.


Jessica's mast track came out during the last race before the medal round , when she was in 4th.

Well done Jess.
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