Old Friends I - work from 2014 I thought it would be worth reposting.
Interesting fact about Hockey’s history :
The journal of Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin notes that on October 25, 1825, men from his party skated and played hockey on Great Bear Lake.
Old Friends II
Re-post of an old work I did last year.
A little fact about hockey : The Montreal Canadiens have won the most Stanley Cups in league history, with 23. The most recent came in 1993.
Elegantly - reblog of an older work.
According to FactMonster, the man credited with giving birth to the type of figure skating we see today is Jackson Haines, an American from New York.
First Track
The modern-day ski itself was developed by the Norwegian Sondre Norheim in 1850, who perfected “Telemark” bindings that binded the ski to the boot.
Having a lot of fun creating that fan art and fake Russian Rocky IV vintage poster. Inspired by Russian Constructivism, I went for a genuine european look.
Funny fact about Rocky IV : “During [the filming of] Rocky IV, Dolph had hit me so hard I had swelling around the heart and had to stay in intensive care at St. John’s Hospital for four days,” said Stallone during an interview. Talk about taking your job too seriously!
Busy re-blogging this work : So High!
Interesting fact about ski jumping : Ski jumping was born in Norway, the country that has given us practically all of our Nordic skiing events. A popular attraction at ski carnivals in the mid-1800s, the first official ski jumping competition was held in Norway in 1872.
Reblog of a previous work I did last year.
Interesting fact about Hockey : The first organized indoor hockey game was played March 3, 1875 at Montreal’s Victoria Skating Rink, between two teams of nine players each, many of whom were McGill University students.
The Greatest Run
Alpine skiing has more disciplines than any other winter sport.
Homme Fort (cirque) Circus’ Strongman
Pierre Gasnier stood only 5’ 3 tall and weighed just 143.5lbs and was able to lift a dumbbell weighing 260 lbs over has head. A feat that many strongmen twice his size could not do.
Glissade IV - The word toboggan comes from either the Algonquin word odabaggan or the Anishinabe word nobugidaban.