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Julius Yego learned javelin throwing through watching YouTube videos and became world champion, come on, 'there are no courses' is no excuse :d 

 

The expenses are the harder part then, but if I were you I'd seriously consider putting a few dollars and/or euros aside each month so you can buy yourself some decent equipment when you're back in Europe :p 

That is true! Great inspiration, he is. Not necessarily just sportswise.

If possible, I do have quite a bit in savings, though that's mostly going towards university or travel. There should definitely be some things I can put aside, we'll have to wait and see. I do plan to get to a place with snow eventually, hopefully America or Europe for college.

Have you ever thought about skiing? Do you actually have ties to Brazil? Or are you just a big fan :p

 

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1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

I think just the regular roller skates and poles can do a trick. :d At least in the early stages.

Good point :yes Problem with that though is I'd rather buy one thing and stick with it as much as possible. Money is quite limited, and I don't own rollerskates of my own.

Also good luck learning classic technique like that... oh god. Maybe I can become like the Montenegrins and only ski freestyle lol

Guess for now I'll just go to the gym, I have a membership which is paid for anyway. 

 

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That is true! Great inspiration, he is. Not necessarily just sportswise.

If possible, I do have quite a bit in savings, though that's mostly going towards university or travel. There should definitely be some things I can put aside, we'll have to wait and see. I do plan to get to a place with snow eventually, hopefully America or Europe for college.

Have you ever thought about skiing? Do you actually have ties to Brazil? Or are you just a big fan :p

 

 

If I stand on ski, they're probably gonna break :d (not seriously, but you get the point)

 

I have no ties to Brazil. On the biggest Dutch forum at every Olympics we have a thread where we support small or exotic nations (like I opened here for the 2016 Olympics), with 2010 being the first time I was on the forum at the Olympics. Since my then girlfriend is Brazilian, I chose Brazil and since then I've been sort of following their winter athletes :p 

 

Then in 2014 obviously I chose Brazil again and had some contact with Leandro Ribela, a year later I wrote an article about him and his project which he put on his Facebook page, followed by a certain Bruna (who was at the Raubichi biathlon YJWCH at that time, her first ever international competition) sending me a message on Facebook asking if I'm an athlete (haha) or a fan :p It all got more and more from there :d

 

 

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4 minutes ago, ahjfcshfghb said:

Good point :yes Problem with that though is I'd rather buy one thing and stick with it as much as possible. Money is quite limited, and I don't own rollerskates of my own.

Also good luck learning classic technique like that... oh god. Maybe I can become like the Montenegrins and only ski freestyle lol

Guess for now I'll just go to the gym, I have a membership which is paid for anyway. 

 

Classic technique can most definitely be learned on rollerskis :p 

 

 

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Good point :yes Problem with that though is I'd rather buy one thing and stick with it as much as possible. Money is quite limited, and I don't own rollerskates of my own.

Also good luck learning classic technique like that... oh god. Maybe I can become like the Montenegrins and only ski freestyle lol

Guess for now I'll just go to the gym, I have a membership which is paid for anyway. 

 

 

Ah, I see. I actually tried that with my own roller skates few years ago, and I think I learned the skating technique rather well, considering that I used some odd wooden poles. :d

 

I even tried the classic technique with that. :lol:

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Ah, I see. I actually tried that with my own roller skates few years ago, and I think I learned the skating technique rather well, considering that I used some odd wooden poles. :d

 

I even tried the classic technique with that. :lol:

Hahaha

Well if I do end up staying in NZ then rollerskates it is lol

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