Eddie Edwards, Calgary 1988

[w26240]

W przeciwieństwie do Polskich "orłów" (patałachów) Eddie był charyzmatyczny i miło oglądało sie jego skoki zwłaszcza, że zawsze dało sie wyczuć dystans z jakim do tego podchodził. Niewątpliwie Eddie jest jednym z najbardzie znanych skoczków w historii.

[Ali74]

Eddie is a legend

[SystemzOverload]

he tried where no other british man volunteered.

honourable man.

[Gosia3680]

Mimo odległości jego skoki budziły pozytywna reakcję ludzi... po prostu widząc go było się z czego pośmiac... chociażby z tych okularów korekcyjnych na nosie. On miał w sobie ten specyficzny urok. On nawet się w powietrzu poprawnie nie układał. Gdyby się ułożył w to by skoki miał dłuższe i lepszej jakosci.

[jonferris24]

The commentator: "Even if they doubled his points, he still wouldn't have escaped last place... and despite errors in his technique, he was able to stand on his feet to the enjoyment of the public..."

Hahahahaha

[ralphyization]

@jonferris24 Yeah, but I think some guy broke his leg, THUS, Eddie the Eagle was NOT last!!!

[davd1986]

Is he ok?

[astra606]

Eddie you was the hottest eagle and a true national hero! xDD

[yazoo9310]

miał krotkowzroczność i lęk wysokosći a skakał, prze chuj ;D

[ParodyVuurwerk]

u spanish piple suck so cancer hard

[overdrivelc16]

@ParodyVuurwerk Stoere jongen hoor!

[charqui101]

ahora en las actuales olimpiadas solo lo pueden participar gente personas con farmacias y auspiciantes a sus espaldas y no gente normal como nos demostró el Sr Eddie Edwards que logro un sueño de poder participar.

saludos Eddie Edwards

[duckzarekool]

lol think about it can anyone mention a famous slope ski person does any one know who won? no he was the most famous

[ItsBagBag]

At least he tried, and not bad for a guy who trained in a tiny back yard!

[JtG2164]

thumbs up if DIY SOS sent you here lol x

[mimi00000091]

moim zdaniem szkoda że teraz nie ma takiego skoczka ponieważ rozweselił by skoczków i umiliłby im skakanie :)

[jochemVDO]

Haha it is great

[robby2k]

Eddie the Eagle, true British sporting legend! a prince among men! What a guy!

[Chopper861]

LEG END !!!!!



[11thhourreprieve]

A bit of a national celebrity back in the day. I don't remember anyone else representing UK in this field.

[TOMOROCKS18]

eddie the eagle flying through the sky eats some ice pie Eddy the eagle your so dumb eddie the eagle you have a big bum!!!!!!!

[ShiningNow]

LEGEND!

[TOMOROCKS18]

Eddy the eagle flies through the sky falls on his face and haves a cry

[coolay73]

Eddie był zawsze tylko swoistą "maskotką" zawodów na skoczni, nikt go nie traktował poważnie.

[SkiGearTV]

One of the greatest and most inspirational stories in the history of Nordic Ski Jumping! We were all rooting for him. Super vid, thanks for Posting it.

[pawelbp7]

Romoeren nie lata z v i ma niezłe wyniki na planicy

[MatiR9000]

@pawelbp7 Romoeren lata stylem "I I" a nie stylem "II" to jest różnica :)

[wacek284]

fajne gogle

[johngalt200]

Legend.

[lolahavasuaz]

he looks like "bubbles" from Trailer Park Boys ... Bahahaha

anybody ? ?

[Roleta51]

Najważniejsze że ustał ! :D

[dmax631]

what a legend

[mikedamat]

Being willing to go down that ramp already makes him better than 99.99% of us.

[tomi967]

nie no po prostu REKORD ŚWIATA

dziwne, że przegrał z Nykenenem

hehe

[MMArmaggedon]

I remember living in Calgary taking a tour of Calgary Olympic Park (where the Ski Jumping for '88 took place). Anyway the woman that gave us our tour said that she had worked the Olympics and before taking his jump, he was going up and down in the elevator because he was scared shitless :P

[sbasia1]

xd

[fetchy15]

he looks like bubbles from the trailer park boys

[BigPhil1982]

@fetchy15 Exactly what I thought lol

[ivangrozny27]

why does he get slagged off so much. I thought his technique looked pretty sound there.

[mr516r]

legenda skoków ;D

[peter181234]

I read they are making a film about his life, should be a cracker!!

[azthornton54698]

did he come last

[AlexLazor]

0:22  Wsłuchajcie się, jaką ma radochę ze skoku :D

[Glompkin]

The language is Swedish

[bykospl]

Podobny do Gmocha:D

[batman345555]

hahahahahahaha rozpierdala mnie

Ale jaja ma bo ja bym nawet nie usiadł na belce a co dopiero zjechał.

[AllahuAlAhad]

Byłem tam i pamiętam go dobrze. Robert skakał chwile przed nim.

[gtamaniak100]

jaka jest różnica skoków z nartami w litere V a tymi prosto?

[DannielPL]

@gtamaniak100 skoki stylem V są bezpieczniejsze, jest mniej upadków, a z uwagi na bardziej aerodynamiczną sylwetkę lepsza jest także odległość

[mr516r]

@DannielPL no nie do końca się z tobą zgodzę bo styl V jest dla innych zawodników leszy, a dla drugich nie

to zalezy od samego zawodnika :D

[DominMKS]

@gtamaniak100 poczytaj o Janie Boklovie.

[gtamaniak100]

@DominMKS Wiem,wiem :)

[ralphyization]

We in Canada, absolutely LOVED Eddie the Eagle!! What a champ!

[bierhoffex]

podobno ma wystapic na MŚ w Osla :)

[MatiR9000]

W okularach skacze XD

[Sephirot88M]

Ja tam podziwiam zaparcie tego skoczka, inni by sie poddali a on robił to co kochał

[LewapPTB]

heh i zobaczcie taki staruszek mi to wyglada na ponad 40 lat tutaj i sobie skacze a piepszenie że Małysz w swoim wieku miałby zakonczyć kariere , spokojnie można długo skakać , ps tez się dziewie że mu te okularki nie spadły ;)

[DannielPL]

@LewapPTB on miał wtedy 25 lat :)

[MrNiki14]

@DannielPL Czy on ma zespół Downa?

[fagocista1980]

@DannielPL Chyba zartujesz:) Ja mam 31, a ten Edwards tutaj wyglada co najmniej na 45 lat:)

p.s. Od Mateji moglby sie wiele nauczyc;) pozdr.

[DannielPL]

@fagocista1980 Wiem że wygląda starzej :) ale poszukaj w necie, choćby w angielskiej wikipedii, urodził się w grudniu 1963, miał więc 24 lata i 2 miesiące, nawet mniej niż napisałem w poprzednim komentarzu :]

[Sowyet]

@DannielPL wygląda jak mój stary co ma 52 lata bez jaj

[MarQ189]

@LewapPTB A nawet 24, bo urodził się w grudniu ;)

[MarQ189]

Mateja mógłby się od niego uczyć!

[agnessailormoon]

Please, takes my words of recognition for great ski jumper Eddy Edwards ;)

Fantastic man ;))

[agnessailormoon]

Adama Małysza stawiam wręcz sobie za wzór, także pod względem wiary w Boga. On nawet uczy tolerancji religijnej ;p

Ci, którzy go nie rozumieją to nie są Polacy !!!

[agnessailormoon]

Dzięki, że mogę wrzucić po polsku, bo po angielsku bym nie umiała tego wyrazić :))

Niesamowity skoczek, który prawdziwe cieszy się z tego, że skacze. Nie był profesjonalistą, ale marzył, by wystąpić na Olimpiadzie. Dopiął swego i choć skoczył najgorzej to... zresztą co tu pisać skoro filmik wszystko pokazuje.

Fakt, że skoczkowie to bodaj najbardziej zgrana grupa sportowców na świecie, którzy na co dzień nawet zachowują się wobec siebie fair play :))

[wikiporno]

looks like bubbles from trailer park boys

[pompeynick1898]

Let's face it, he jumped further than any of us ever will.

[skijumper119]

@pompeynick1898 false!

[Daymack]

Great to see this one again!!! go eddy!

[KrychuWKS]

Super facet! On czerpał radość ze skakania, kochał to, nie osiąganie wyników, bo talentu nie miał. Był jedynym skoczkiem brytyjskim i przeszedł do historii. Szkoda, że teraz nie ma takiego zawodnika :D

[ralphyization]

@KrychuWKS Can youtranslate?? 

[mate521]

@KrychuWKS taka brytyjska wersja roberta mateji

[Mr1999romano]

@mate521 mateja nie zdobyl takiej popularnosci pozatym Eddie skakal bo lubil i czerpal jakas radosc z tego a nie jak co niektorzy jakby na sile.

[MrLukasz191]

Eddie fajny skoczek to był

[Zajdalen]

fail :DDD

[Kebabosaurus]

Best ever :]

[SSmanism]

Best or the best...like Malysz.! I jebać stare baby!

[megadog103]

@SSmanism wtf?!

[sgtpoe]

only ever british ski jumper maybe zielaq87 is better i think not

[Tominator32]

the best forever

[zielaq87]

what a moron

[Quionic7]

This is what the Olympics are about, letting people like Eddie here try.

Not some jocks that have millions of dollars put in them.

[OlciaKoniarcia]

On jest zarąbisty ^ ^

[fantheblues]

Przecież to dziadek Bronka.

[RCBSilat]

Only individual olympiad to be mention in either the opening or closing ceremony.

[benw306]

@RCBSilat well done you watched QI ;-)

[cambsboyjames]

quality must be the worse jumper ever byt he had some balls to jump off there. he was quality. he provided entertainment everytime he jumped

[Adam29887]

To następca Adama Małysza

[MrKamas91]

ile skoczył??

[TheEasternMonkey]

Orzeł jest tylko jeden - AVE ROBERT MATEJA

[naggingomar]

kto z WP palec w górę

[Kanelsillen]

I dont get it. :P

[DominMKS]

Przez tego gostka musieli wprowadzić system kwalifikacji. Hehe zakładał gogle na gogle. :)

[mantor420]

18 dickheads dont get it!!! EDDIE IS MORE POPULAR than the medal winners>>

[nick211267]

we love eddie he is british, we havent got the luxury of snow six months of the year might have a couple of days of the stuff, you need to get a life bear012d

[AlexHWalker]

I love it how its a bad jump but a british record!

[Spugester26]

Eddie came to Finland and recorded the track "Mun nimeni on Eetu", "My name is Eetu". Eetu is finnish for Edward. Brilliant lad!

[Mikepodrazil]

Better to Tomas Zmoray from SVK

[m269tkn]

The reason why he is such a celeb, is because he is the "have a go hero"

You MAY be able to jump further than him. Blind Grandmothers could probably jump further than him, but they didnt enter.

He was the only British applicant, for the 1988 Winter Olympics ski jumping.

Despite his best attempts, and dont fool yourself that he wasnt trying (self sponsored), the Olympic commitee decided to toughen up the rules so people like him couldnt enter. It was the Olympics that lost the Olympic Spirit

[m269tkn]

The reason why he is such a celeb, is because he is the "have a go hero"

You MAY be able to jump further than him. Blind Grandmothers could probably jump further than him, but they didnt enter.

He was the only British applicant, for the 1988 Winter Olympics ski jumping.

Despite his best attempts, and dont fool yourself that he wasnt trying (self sponsored), the Olympic commitee decided to toughen up the rules so people like him couldnt enter. It was the Olympics that lost the Olympic Spirit.

[bear012d]

@DannielPL , This sport is called ski jumping. The sport called Nordic combined is a mix of ski jumping, followed by a cross country ski race =). And for everyone else. Why do you guys think Eddi is such a hero? This guy made a mockery of the sport. Olympic athletes train there whole life to be able to compete. And Eddie here, did not do this. Eddi's performance was an insult to not only ski jumper, but all olympic athletes. If u disagree, clearly you dont understand the spirt of the olympics. 

[MarcSAFCCUFC]

@bear012d The spirit of the Olympics isn't winning, it's about participating, hence them giving wildcards nowadays.

[bear012d]

@MarcSAFCCUFC I agree with you that the point of the Olympics isn't winning. The point of the Olympics is to be able to set high goals, and achieve them. It takes hard work and dedication to get to the Olympics. Eddie basically saw a jump on t.v and said "Hey, i wanna try it", and boom, a few years later, with false training, he was in the Olympics. Not saying that he didnt achieve a great goal. Im just saying he belittled other athletes in the Olympics because he was ABLE to compete.

[TheOngelma]

Saatana Matti on paljon parempi!!!!!

[Teilo95]

On przynajmniej spełnił swoje marzenie. Wystąpił w Calgary w 1988. A wy nigdy tego nie zrobicie bo całe życie będziecie grzać dupe przy komputerach. Ujmę to tak. EDDIE< JESTEŚ MOIM MISTRZEM I DODaM NA TO< ŻE WARTO WIERZYĆ W MORZENIA !!

[ImNotOb4ma]

EDDIE, YOU ARE LEGEND!

[ThePeters9]

Eddie is OK!!!

[Activsoul]

Why isn't Will Ferrel playing this guy in a movie?!

[MegaMac1990]

haha!

[onthescene345]

bubbblessss!!

[kroper13]

Eddie Orzeł Edwards :)

Cytuję z Nonsensopedii: Eddie "Orzeł" Edwards publicznie ogłosił Roberta Mateję swoim następcą :D

[Koksik999]

Okulary a potem google xd ostro

[greasemonkey7740]

who is most famous ski jumper who won the title in 1988 and no googleing it.Oh its Eddie isn,t it I,ve asked hundreds of people but they can only remember King Eddie

[filipgrd]

hehe fajny gostek

[oling2812]

Eddie the Eagle is a god

[itchap1979]

Respect!!!

[Majlo02]

Hahaha w okularach? xD

[kenia4011]

ciekwe czy miał trenera idol mateji

[gallenkallela]

even sweden can win him on the skijump, heh :D

[RockinDaBronx]

legend

[1337inzock]

@RockinDaBronx epic and legendary comment

[baconair]

Sure, everybody loves a clown.

[akracer1]

No Other Jumper has ever flown as high as eddie the eagle has.

He was the ultimate under-dog and the world fell in love with him and cheered him on.

He may have been the worst skier ever but he won the heart of the world and that is a gold metal.

[inkbot2000]

didn't that happen to the Jamaican bobsled team too. my source is cool runnings so it may not be close to the truth

[wallen123]

@akracer1 fuck off you loser

[brian6078]

@akracer1 I'm from Calgary and yes we loved Eddie The Eagle Edwards;so much we flew him back to Calgary to visit us.

[bear012d]

@akracer1 WTF do you mean other jumper has flown as high as eddie? Dude i went further than this guy the very first jump i took on this ski jump. Actually im sure he has the record for the shortest jump ever on this jump. LOL!

[decadyne]

@bear012d

He's speaking figuratively, you freaking GENIUS.

[megadog103]

@akracer1 pfff... You only say that because GB was always shit at ski jumping...

[ralphyization]

@megadog103 Whatever, man, but Canadians absolutely LOVED his nerve!!! I wouldn't friggin; do that in a million years! He was the underdog hero of those Olympic games...

[ih8makinusernames]

maybe one of the worst pro ski jumpers of all time.

[ralphyization]

@ih8makinusernames Yeah, but Canadians LOVED him!!! Even though, or especially because of....not sure, that he was British!! Whoo hoo!

[DuderinoDeux]

A GB Legend like Mr Blobby

[yku1234]

lolz, jiihhii @ 0:23

[peethesis]

jamieDurant is a troll and a bad one it seems..

[superstar2559]

This really does make me smile. Good on him.

[kosek318]

Ludzie sie z niego smieja ja tez ;) ale mam dla niego szacun bo sie cieszyl z kazdego swojego skoku ;) nie byly one w prawdzie swietne ale sie cieszyl i w pewnym stopniu The Eagle sie przyczynil do reklamy skokow narciarskich ;) PZDR

[gaiscalle]

GO GO GO EDDIE

[mrzix]

JamieDurant, you have a small cock, so you dont have the right to speak.

the end.

[LCPython]

Man. I wouldn't have the balls to do that. Go Eddie, represent my hometown!

[000BHVids000]

lol nice, you're so sad that you have time to spend posting shit like this.

I think you should get out more :)

[DouglasEdward84]

and yours is being swamped by asians.

[LongLiveAndros]

What can I say?

Oh. Summer olympics 2008. Utter Australian pwnage.

[chainsoar]

@JamieDurant this coming from a bloke who lives in the aftermath of Britain's largest criminal colony.

[Brolinarna1]

Swe FTW!

[AmiralGutural]

That's one of my heroes! Eddie Edwards and Jan Boklöv are the true masters of ski jumping!

[MasterJoBob]

there still are amateurs

they don't win, they usually are not competitive, and they usually come from some place with some background that you would not care about because they are modern day amateurs

in order to be interesting you need to be good (pro) or weird (the eagle)

[NUT1011]

, Frank King, seemed to single out Edwards for his contribution: "At this Games, some competitors have won gold, some have broken records, and some of you have even soared like an eagle." At that moment, 100,000 people in the stadium roared "Eddie! Eddie!"

[NUT1011]

One reason he took up the sport was he couldent aford a ski lift pass and he slept in his car when he was at the games coz the govermet wouldent give him mony and he wor 6 socks coz his boots dident fit him and he was short sighted and dident like hights and it was the first time EVER a singel person was mentiond at the end of the games

[homfencing]

Just learned yesterday that one of the guys competing in men's aerials was inspired by Eddie the Eagle!

Let's face it...he couldn't jump worth a damn, but not many people would even try coming down the hill. Props to him.

[monokid123]

its not the fact that he wanted to win or even do well at all his point was that england never had a ski jumper so he went and gave it a go and fair play to him altho the jump was pathetic it still makes me proud

[ralphyization]

@monokid123 It makes me proud of him, and I'm Canadian! He's the kind of guy that makes me proud of my WAY distant English lineage.

[whitby311]

Damn, who let an amateur into the Olympics?

[bcoy1para]

because a lot of sports men and women are amateurs in the olympics, not all are pros, its the beauty of the olmpics.

[whitby311]

I know, sadly sarcarsm just doesn't come across. Eddie may actually be the last true amateur to have competed in the Olympics.

[LOV3s2341]

EDDIE EDDIE!!!!!

Eddy the Eagle^^

[urethrafunk666]

It's bubbles!!!!!!!

[steviewidess]

he looks like bubbles trailer park boys

[jpeel132]

better than i could do

[councilglasses]

National pride,thats how good we are.The man should never been allowed to shame us by being there.The English best at putting the weak first,a country run by classroom assistants where everyones a winner.

[Robbanchelsea123]

hur gammal?

[dresio666]

he's a great proof that you can never give up your dreams

[ryttut]

the announcer doesnt seem so thrilled

[MrGreatunwashed]

There was no-one better than Eddie at the time from GB so it was enter with him or not at all, id rather enter someone shit than no-one at all. At least he had balls and got up there. Good on ya Eddie mi lad! Keep up the Churchill ads as well sir!

[Metwaron]

Spodziewałem się czegoś gorszego. Zwykły słaby skok... nie gorszy od niedawnych wyczynów dwóch Finów: H.O. i M.H. Tym bardziej nie rozumiem tych nowych przepisów...

[neilsamples]

The epitome of what the olympics are all about, triumph over adversity.Even when you;ve tried your hardest and practiced for years and you still come last...but even worse is when some people ..on here...can't or even worse...understand

here'sto all of the hopefuls in life

Eddie the eagle

Eric the eel

Jamaican bobsleigh team etc etc

[malph182]

@neilsamples

The Jamaican bobsleigh team were just inexperienced, not shit. They finished 14th at Lillehammer. Plus, they still had to qualify. What was Eric the Eel's qualification - just don't drown? He nearly failed that. The motto is "faster, higher, stronger," not "let's give crap sportsmen a go to keep the bleeding hearts happy."

[TheRobbo6]

Bless him, he tried.

[pepnbuns]

tosser............

[slivovich]

so what's so special about him? did he win something unreachable? I just never heard of him. Can anyone explain me?

[scottj101]

He was really bad...but the best GB could offer at the olympics in the 80s i think

[zosinternational]

i still rmember eddie the eagle 20yrs

later he is famous

[swettybettybob]

lol what a legend!

[thisismadness08]

this is true spirit of olimpics. Not money not taking any drugs just to win for all cost, but to stend up and have a go. Go Eddie you have fans everywhere!!