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  1. bigway

    Stolen Gear

    apparently all the serial numbers will be posted on ukskydiver.co.uk later on .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  2. bigway

    Stolen Gear

    That is a pretty big 'job' to pull off! They went there for the one reason by the sounds of it and would have to be done by someone who has jumped there before if not all the time. I hope you catch the people involved. 45 rigs is a big haul, would need a van to say the least. no way is this done by a person who does not know the dropzone. Sorry for your loss! .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  3. Just watched the first episode of the new season. Anyone else seen it yet? .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  4. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    Yeah those profits are for the city it is in though right? I think it will be NZ or SA winning it this year. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  5. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    2003: The IRB offered prize money for the first time. This included a monetary prize for the winners and a participation bonus to help the respective unions financially. This worked on a basis of the longer the team was in the tournament, the more money it received. The 20 teams competing in the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia were paid a minimum of £150,000 ($216,000) for their participation, after the International Rugby Board (IRB) accepted recommendations from the Rugby World Cup Board. That sum rose to as much as £303,500 ($437,100) depending on how far the teams progressed in the competition, after the IRB recognised the large expenditure involved in sending teams to the World Cup. As well as the guaranteed £151,700 ($ 218,500) for each team, the eight quarter-finalists received an additional £101,180 ($145,700) each and a further £50,500 ($72,800) each if they reached the semi-finals. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  6. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    I think the winning team only gets a million dollars between them. I remember back at school when Jonah got offered to leave our school to go and play for the dallas cowboys for the sum of 10 million dollars. This was when he was 18 back in 1994/95 and he turned it down because he wanted to make the All Blacks. Back in those days the All Blacks had normal jobs. For example, Sean Fitzpatrick ( All Blacks Captain) was a plumber. Allan Whetton was a truck driver. Fats was a piano mover. Sure some players get good sponsorship money but they arent being payed stupid amounts of money to play rugby. All Blacks all get a free car from Ford and a salary but i doubt there is any All Black earning 1 million NZD (700,000 USD) I think Jonah was on 350,000 NZD at his peak playing for the all blacks. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  7. And Iraq should have everyday as a national holiday .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  8. it is well known that she lip syncs more or lees all of the stage performances she has ever done. That was just terrible though, she was stumbling around and looking like a trashy wannabe auditioning for American idols worst tryouts special or something. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  9. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    I am sure you guys will as well. There are many students coming from the US to New Zealand these days so they can play rugby while at school. I just pray that the US does not grab hold of rugby with money. One of the best things about Rugby is that the boys to not get paid millions upon millions of dollars. Nothing beats Grass Roots rugby and the World cup is an amazing sporting event. It is actually the 3rd biggest sporting event in the world and probably the only one that is not about making millions of dollars. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  10. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    Also recall that the team England had 5-10 years ago being one of the strongest teams in the world. The team that was played against the USA over the weekend was at around 30% of what they were between the period of 1998-2004. The USA played well, however that was Englands worst performance in the last 10 years. So really it kind of counters out any comparison against older England teams. England should have beaten the USA by 50+ points, dont think that because they did not is because the USA is much better, it was because that was a terrible performance by England. The rugby world over is shocked at how England performed so badly, they are not shocked the other way around because the only reason the score was so close was because the England team were rubbish. I dont meant to belittle the USA over the way they performed as I think they always have played strong rugby when it comes to the 'B and C' teams on the world stage, just not the 'A' teams. England is an 'A' team 75% of the time over the last 20 years. However the game agaisnt the USA they performed as a 'C' team. In the rugby world you would have the following teams that are ever any sort of competition.... New Zealand Australia, South Africa, Manu Samoa, France, Wales, Ireland, Fiji, Tonga, Argentina, Italy, The above list is in no particular order.. If the list was in any order then England would be in the top 5 teams. They played like we would expect the bottom team out of that to play. Playing any of the above teams is a big game for any of those nations, The way england played the other day any of those teams would of given England a thrashing. I just dont want to you to compare how the USA played against England over the weekend as to how they played 8 years ago against england because there is no comparisson. That is not to say the USA are not improving because they are. They are showing alot of disciplin and some good ball handling as well as showing more endurance than they use to. I have always wanted to see the USA in the quaters and they may make it to the Quaters this year. It sure would be good for them to play Australia as it would be the biggest game of the USA teams to date and i am sure it would be a huge achievment for the USA in international sport. I dont think the USA has ever exceeded in International team sport and maybe if they made this you guys would not have so much trouble finding a channel to watch it on. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  11. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    I know you dont seriously think France will beat the kiwis this year! Australia might, South Africa might but France does not stand a chance in hell of beating the kiwis. New Zealand will be meeting France in the quater finals as long as france can beat Ireland. I hope we do play the french in the quaters as it will be a france home game and the crowd will really enjoy the game. The funny thing is most of them will also be cheering on the All Blacks along with their home nation. The pool that has me thinking is the USA pool. The USA has to play Tonga, Samoa, england and south africa. I dont think the USA are going to be prepared to play Tonga or Samoa as they would never have experienced the hits of these Pacific islanders before. Does anyone know if the USA has played Tonga or Samoa before? If the USA manage to beat Tonga and samoa and England lose to tonga or samoa and the USA score one bonus point then they will be in the quater finals playing against Australia. I think if the USA play Australia it will be a big boost for the USA team as I am pretty sure the USA has never played OZ or the Kiwis before. However they will then see what playing rugby really means! .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  12. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    they are getting better ever world cup. They actually spend a fair bit of money on rugby now. A lot of New Zealanders go over there to play when they leave high school. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  13. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    here are the dates of the next games. South Africa against England is going to be interesting. I am putting South Africa ahead by 32 points. I hope this is not the case but am putting a bet on the game. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  14. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    not os sure the states becoming a world power in rugby would be a good thing. I love how rugby is nothing like the superbowl and is not involving millions of dollars per player and turning role models into animal abusers I think if the states got hold of the game it would ruin it. Anyway, they have had 100 years to get good at it so i dont see that changing anytime soon. On the flip side, i would like to see them make the quater finals at some point. About 8 years ago the USA offered Australia, South Africa and New Zealand a million dollars per team to play an exhibition match in America and they all turned it down. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  15. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    Someone is confident. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  16. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    Predictions all over the web are saying that Samoa standing toe to toe with the springboks last night will be England being sent home without making the quater finals. I think if samoa played like they did last night against SA that their is a good chance England will not make it past the pool competitions. Would be a good bet if you wanted to make some money. I sure hope it is not the case as England play a much more dicsiplined game than samoa and usually can go a few more moves than samoa without making mistakes but if they dont pick it up samoa will send them packing. Is Samoa made it through instead of England it would be a shame as they would lose their uater final game where if England made it through i believe England would stand a better chance. Good luck England. England played one of the best games i have ever watched in the last world cup final but since then have played some of the worst games. I hope they pick it up so they do not lose the point they proved to us at the last world cup. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  17. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    as is South Africa. The thing about NZ rugby is that we breed rugby players. MY school was the worlds top rugby school. We had players come from 21 countries around the world to attend my school for them to fullfill their aspirations to become good players and represent their own countries. Rugby is a religion in NZ as it seems to be in SA. Believe it or not most of the ALL Blacks have been born in NZ and if they were not born in NZ they have always grown up in NZ. I went to School with 4 of the guys from Samoa, a couple from Tonga, one from the USA team, Joe rokakoa, Salesi moymo, Jonah Lomu, inga the winga, and Waisaki Satutu was an old boy. You also may notice that alot of the teams in the World cup this year have ex-all blacks as coaches or supporting staff. Personally, if New Zealand won the world cup i would probably break down and would be buying a plane ticket back to NZ just for the parade, if their were no Plane tickets left, i would catch a boat ride there for the day. With a country of only 4 million people in it sure does make the All Blacks pretty special to us. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  18. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    Wales has just beaten Canada. Quater finals looking good for them. Manu Samoa had an excellent first half against South Africa, Well no excellent rugby skills but if you know how Manu Samoa plays, in that perspective they played very well. Unlucky the Kiwi ref did not allow their first try of the second half and now South Africa is running away with the game. So well done South Africa. Kind of pissed off watching this game though. An old rugby idol of mine from the 80's/90's, Michael Jones is the coach. When he was an All Black he refused to play on sundays, even when we needed him in the World Cup final, because of his religious beliefs but he seems to have no problem being the coach of a teram playing on a sunday. This is going to be the pool to keep an eye on i think. The power of samoa could very easily take a win against the England going on the way they played against USA, just as long Manu Samoa score big in the first half as they have never been a team that can carry right through the 80 minutes of a game. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  19. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    sure enough it is fair enough. What is wrong about it is that it is other new zealanders in the ital team showing disrespect to their own heritage. The Haka is as old as the game is. The haka means a lot to all New Zealanders, I can not imagine anyone from another country understanding the meaning of the haka as it is not just a rugby thing as it is to people from other nations. For two new zealanders to turn their back on it, They will have to live with that and from what i have read their words were 'it was a mistake'. I feel for those guys having to make that decision to choose their team over their heritage and culture. You enjoy the Tonga vs NZ haka. Should try and find some Western Samoa vs NZ hakas. They are the ones i always enjoy, that or the old days when the aussies use to approach us while performing it, instead of now just singing a nursery rhyme Squeak.. Ireland is playing France, Namibia, Georgia and Argentina. If Ireland beat Namibia and Georgia and get 2 bonus points they may have a shot of making the quaters, If they also beat either France or Argentina they should make the quaters easily. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  20. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    Everybody here in Australia was laughing at the All Black game. It was amazing. Italy is a good team. They should not have lost like that but New Zealand played the most perfect first 20 minutes. I would try and watch it if i was you. It is not often you see perfect rugby these days and I may be a kiwi saying it but it really was perfect. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  21. bigway

    Rugby World Cup

    What a start. Italy disrespected the Maoris, so the All Blacks in return took Italy to pieces. As a kiwi, I am disheartened by the ex new zealanders in the Italy team who disrespected their home country's heritage. They have to live with that though and from what I have read it seems they feel terrible about it and know they made a mistake. Must have been a hard choice for them to make,,,,, disrespect their heritage for their new team. Japan, coached by Legendary world cup rugby star and former All Black, My personal hero of the game, John Kirwan showed alot of heart over their demoralising defeat with Australia, though JK seems to think they showed a good 50 minutes with their new players. Seems they are looking to the future. Huge upset led by Argentina over France. Well done Argentina, I have always been a fan of the team since the 80's. England, Oh, my god! That was terrible. Really dissapointing. I hurt watching the England supporters at the bar jumping around when they scored over the USA. Sure enough England won but that was the worst win i believe in Englands history of the world cup. England are the holders of the world cup and USA is one of the worst teams in the world cup, different ends of the spectrum and for England not to trample over them was a real shame. they led at half time something like 23-3 and then in the second half lost everything and tied the second half 7-7. I love watching England play world cup games and I really hope that the team takes that game on board and realise they need to play each and every other game in this WC 100% better. If you look at the pools, England did not even score 4 tries to collect the bonus point over one of the worst teams in the WC so really this in a way has made England actually come off worst than the USA in that pool. If England win each of their games against Tonga and Samoa they will have a chance at coming ruuner up in their pool but i dont believe they will beat western samoa with a performance like that and surely will not beat south africa. So their really is a possibility that England may not even make it to the quater finals. This would be terrible for International rugby if they do not make the quaters and from after loast years world cup and the momentum that England could bring to their nations rugby if they do not make it through the pools it would be a dissaster. I wish England all the luck and really hope they pull it together as they are a magnificent team when they want to be. In a way it is a shame that The USA is in a pool with Tonga, Samoa and south africa as if the pool was a bit different after their loss to England seeing as they did not give a bonus point away, if the pool was a bit different they may have had a chance to make the Quaters. I personally know a player in the USA team and i wish them the best also. The way it is going if i remember correctly that it will be the Quater finals where the All Blacks meet Australia. I would much rather see that match up in the final to make a very exciting world cup, but with this in the Quaters it could make this World Cups anyones to win. Personally, I think this it the year for Wales to remark their position in International Rugby, I doubt they will win it but i would like to see them progress and maybe even make it to the semis if not the finals. They only need to beat Fiji and canada to make the quaters so they have a good shot here if/when they lose to Australia. Go the All Blacks!!! .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  22. they were also the crew for clinton. With bush in town and these massive fuckers sitting at our table with helicopters buzzing around outside and snipers on roofs everywhere there sure was alot of silence in regards to how much of a wanker bush is or the inconvenience of the city being on lock down .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  23. Just had an 18 hour stint on a poker table Half the table was the Air force ONE security team and the Air Hostesses. Really nice bunch of people and they had a lot of good things to say about the Bush familly outside of politics even though they of course would not comment about their political views. Though they did say Mrs BUsh and the kids are very nice, warm people while bush himself is "A funny guy". They were very genuine when commenting about how nice the family is even though i got the feeling he was not a bush supporter when it came to politics. He said something like 'i wont comment on that until he is out of office as he is my boss'. Took $500 off the Master sergeant! I had 5 lots of quads and was heads up where both of us had a straight flush, only i had the low end. anyway, just thought i would share. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .
  24. I cant think of one thing Skydive Chicago does not have. It is seriously the skydivers paradise. .Karnage Krew Gear Store .