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Ian Dalziel

Sun, 31 Aug 2014 16:18:42 +1200

before the screen
there was engraving and other methods of capturing fireworks

Richard Grevers

Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:47:34 +1200

I've worked on and off as a pyrotechnician since the 1980's, and was (I let it lapse as there isn't enough work around the 'naki) licensed to rig and fire star shells up to 250mm.
My reaction when I read that a woman had been gashed by a flying bit…

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:21:34 +1200

As I cannot find the Prince video
The ensuing "Purple Rain' can't have been fun either...

nzlemming

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 20:03:14 +1200

As I cannot find the Prince video, here's Patti Smith (I was kinda hoping Weird Al had done "When Doves Fry" but...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS0YdMHiOWQ

Yamis

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:14:14 +1200

Roast dove anybody?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-liu1JVo1g

Stephen R

Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:19:15 +1200

One thing which freaks me at live games now is those flame throwers that shoot up in to the air. I have visions of some schmuck wandering over to one and looking into the top of it (they're about 4 feet tall) just as some bloke on the switch turns…

DexterX

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 22:48:21 +1200

Score the Temuka Twins.

Lizzy Lawrence

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 21:16:46 +1200

Still haven't seen the end of the Haka.. just the Wallabies watching it.

Yamis

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:53:48 +1200

This reminded me of the Warriors opening game in 1995 v the Broncos. We were up high in the main stand and when they blew that car up to the sounds of War stuff went flying. On replay later you could see that one of the car doors blew many…

chris

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 18:22:40 +1200

The outside backs’ tactical kicking was quite a revelation – they’d clearly worked out that the Wallabies were vulnerable down the tramlines.

You’re hitting your straps as a rugby reporter now Russell.

In New Zealand's safety conscious environment, I find it a little difficult to fathom why stadium events still…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:28:49 +1200

Thanks...
reading this gave me the unique feeling of
'Being Dan Carter' and what might flicker
thru his brain milliseconds before the kick...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Fuxkinhug

speaking of kicks...
Have Richie, Steve & the ABs management
asked John Key to apologise for
implying that cheating by 'hacking'
or 'peering by accident' into an…

Lindsay Vette

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:21:13 +1200

Depending on how high up in the stands it impacted the velocity may have been a bit lower than 20m/s, but it would have been carrying some horizontal velocity as well to add into the equation. Depending on the weight of the object there would have been a significant amount…

Geoff Willmott

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 17:05:15 +1200

That thing's at the top of its arc after ~2s, so capable of going at least 40m if launched at 45 degrees ... starting probably 25m from players and crowd. Impact speed 20 m/s or 72 kph, no wind.

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:02:46 +1200

Infernal combustion...
I can't say I'm that keen on those sideline flamethrowers either...
(and that's from the couch at home!)
Maybe it's only Crusaders games?

Russell Brown

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:58:53 +1200

Yep, at about 1:22 here:

Wow.

MxDEJ

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:45:49 +1200

Yep, at about 1:22 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMxFNMtakyg

MxDEJ

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:42:48 +1200

If you can find a replay of the haka and subsequent explosion, watch the left-hand upright behind the team. Something sizeable gets blown up, flies higher than the top of the post (I think, from memory), and falls back to earth. Whatever it was, I'm pretty sure that sending it…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:16:05 +1200

Jonathan Livingston, I presume?
Internet Mana folk need to take their jackets off!
– otherwise some party called 'tern ANA' is gonna get a lot of needless exposure...

Russell Brown

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:07:02 +1200

I was in the Western Stand at Eden Park for the first Manu Samoa v.s. All Blacks test in 1993 when Manu Samoa started their manu while the All Blacks were performing the haka – totally amazing and spellbinding with no gilding of the lily needed.

I was there too.…

Rickai

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:03:22 +1200

We heard the boom from Third Ave – by the far the loudest in the 13 years I've been there. Helped by the stillness of the night. Didn't make up for the power cut from 7.10 until 8.20pm.

Myles Thomas

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:29:43 +1200

...which was nice.

Lindsay Vette

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:03:37 +1200

Call me a little bit old fashioned, but fireworks, flame thowers and flailing inflatables etc. during the game seem a bit unnecessary and detract from the actual on-field drama, and for me a test match starts with the haka, which is dramatic enough without pyrotechnics.

I was in the Western…

Gareth Davidson

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:45:35 +1200

So your view of the game was looking at the backs of most of the ABs. In other words, pretty much the same view as the Wallabies had for most of the game.

If it's any consolation, living in Sydney but being from Christchurch, I happened to be home (for…

Public Address

Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:45:35 +1200

Discussion from blog post.