TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway
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Is it otherwise unheard of? Granted, I don't currently know anything about Norwaygian geography, so it might be obvious to others...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
Is it otherwise unheard of? Granted, I don't currently know anything about Norwaygian geography, so it might be obvious to others...
It's relatively cold and snowy there (they're 10 degrees north of us!)
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
Norwaygian geography
It crosses the Arctic Circle, which may lead people to think it's really cold there all year long.
On another note, went to Wikipedia to check that before writing, and my word Norway looks beautiful.
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@Dreikin said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
lead people to think it's really cold there all year long.
Pah, cold weather doesn't stop summer sports! Weaklings!
Filed under: I don't do sports, so this is coming out of my metaphorical anus, reversed.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
@Dreikin said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
lead people to think it's really cold there all year long.
Pah, cold weather doesn't stop summer sports! Weaklings!
Filed under: I don't do sports, so this is coming out of my metaphorical anus, reversed.
It's not cold unless you have to make a hole in the water before going swimming.
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@El_Heffe Beach volleyball hasn’t been a beach sport anymore since pretty much forever. Over 20 years ago it kind of surprised me to see a beach volleyball tournament organised in Enschede (in the town square to boot); by now it hardly fazes me to learn one is being held at the foot of a sea dyke — on the landward side, mind, with a popular tourist beach just on the other side …
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@Dreikin said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
my word Norway looks beautiful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ7LORizfZg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI68E-PEvFU
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They surf there too http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/sports/surfing-unstad-norway-lofoten-masters.html?_r=0
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@Gurth said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
Beach volleyball hasn’t been a beach sport anymore since pretty much forever.
Nobody cares if it's played on the beach or not.
The important thing is they still wear the same outfit
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@Lorne-Kates Not enough chicken!
https://youtu.be/Adfipy3lp9o
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@Lorne-Kates said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
@El_Heffe said in TIL: There's Beach Volleyball in Norway:
Bork, better life.
Now that you mention it, I can no longer remember why we let Norway break out of the union in 1907...
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@Mikael_Svahnberg
In order to win more skiing medals, stack the competitions with twice as many participating athletes.