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11-18-2008, 05:28 PM
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Poundstone News Story in CT
Fox 61 did a great story on Derek, this is great publicity for Derek and especially the sport of Strongman. Hope you enjoy!
http://www.fox61.com/pages/video/?au...clipId=3146822
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11-18-2008, 05:51 PM
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cool story. shows the sport and him in a very positive light
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11-18-2008, 06:42 PM
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I met the guy at a gym I work out in...very nice fellow. He's damned jacked alright.
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11-18-2008, 08:22 PM
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cool story, those news readers piss me off though.
strongmans pretty well covered over in america isn't it?
here in australia you can get it on pay t.v. and they have it on tv's at bars and stuff sometimes but no one has any idea whats going on.
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11-18-2008, 09:35 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stenzinator
cool story, those news readers piss me off though.
strongmans pretty well covered over in america isn't it?
here in australia you can get it on pay t.v. and they have it on tv's at bars and stuff sometimes but no one has any idea whats going on.
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i thought espn was the only channel that had it and they took it off at the start of the year
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11-18-2008, 10:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stenzinator
cool story, those news readers piss me off though.
strongmans pretty well covered over in america isn't it?
here in australia you can get it on pay t.v. and they have it on tv's at bars and stuff sometimes but no one has any idea whats going on.
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no strongman is not very well covered in america but it is covered better than australia
thanks OP for this story, derek really goes out of his way to push this sport into the spotlight and be an ambassador
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11-18-2008, 10:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BLARZEE
i thought espn was the only channel that had it and they took it off at the start of the year
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You could be right. i never really followed it, i just noticed it was on sometimes.
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11-19-2008, 08:05 AM
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Nice to see a fellow Nutmegger getting his due respect.....
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11-19-2008, 11:17 AM
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I watched it when it aired. It was a pretty good piece.
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