Last week, @ablaze wrote a post about his bucket list of sports events that he'd like to attend and at the end of it, he wrote:
Let's see if we can get something going here with a nomination. I nominate @the-gorilla to share his bucket list events.
Which is a tough challenge so here we go...
All photos are my own unless referenced
Sports Excluded
I've been to a lot of sporting events in my life, the image above is from Wimbledon in 2015 when I saw both the Men's and Women's winners that year play (Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams). In other years, I've seen Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Venus Williams so have been fortunate enough to see some of the best players in the game's history. I don't feel that I need to see these players play in the final but I wouldn't turn down a trip to any of the Grand Slams (or any other tournament for that matter). Perhaps I'll go to the Masters Finals in London at some point in the future.
I've also been to Wembley a few times to watch my beloved Reading. The above photo is from the FA Cup Semi Final in 2015 with a goalkeeper error leading to a painful 2-1 defeat in Extra Time. A visit to a cup final of some sort would be high on the list but I've been to so much football that it doesn't make my top 3.
So what does?
🏎 A Formula 1 Race - Probably Baku
As I mentioned before, I've been to a lot of sport and the above photo was taken at a test session at Silverstone back in 2005. I went with a few work colleagues who knew people - it's great to know people who know people and I got to go into the Jordan and Williams pits. It was a great day and I can only imagine what it would be like on race day. So my first choice is a Grand Prix weekend and given the choice, I'd choose Baku in Azerbaijan. It's one of the races I look forward to every season as it's always exciting and often full of crashes. If I could choose where to watch it from, it would be in the pits with the option of jumping in the safety car every time it's sent out.
🏒 Stanley Cup Final
Back in 2008. I went to watch Vancouver Canucks (v. Florida Panthers) and despite being on my own, got sucked into the atmosphere and loved every minute of it (it helped that the home team won). It was the closest atmosphere to football that I've experienced and I would love to go to the showpiece event in the sport. The stadia are impressive (a significant improvement on the Bracknell Bees or Guildford Flames) and the fans noisy and passionate. It would be a great experience.
Summer Olympics
One of my photos should be here but it looks like I deleted all of my photos between 2010 and 2013. Which is a bit 💩 to say the least. So this one will have to do...
When the Olympics came to London in 2012, I was living next to Tower Bridge. So when I couldn't get tickets to anything, I wasn't very happy about it. Some of my colleagues were a part of the opening ceremony and I could get nowhere near the Olympic village in Stratford, regularly seeing it out of the train window on my occasional work trip to Chelmsford. I did get to go to the Paralympics that year though, in which I saw some incredible feats of humanity and the atmosphere was amazing so this is my 3rd and final choice.
As incredible as it would be to see another home Olympics, I'd happily go anywhere in the world.
So these are my top 3 Sports events that I'd love to go and see. If I get the opportunity to go to something else, I certainly wouldn't pass up on the opportunity. There are many more sports and events that could have been chosen - The Superbowl was in my original list and an Extreme E X Prix would be incredible if fans are allowed to watch it. Not to mention the football derbies around the world. So many sports, so many venues and so many great match-ups. I've seen a lot but barely scratched the surface of what's available. (I'll leave the golf for @ablaze 🥱😴)
Please let me know your thoughts on my choices and I hope to see others write about their sporting bucket lists. If you do, please tag me (and I'm sure @ablaze would be interested too) 👍
Continuing on from @ablaze's nomination theme, in the hope that they have time to take part, I'm nominating fellow moderators @frafiomatale and @titopx and everybody who's read this.
tennis & f1 & motogp ( u didn't mention motogp ) , i remember those days where the william sisters played against each others , we are lucky to see much legends playing in one era ( roger , nadal , djoko , serena , schumacher , alonso , hamilton , vettel , rossi , and many others )
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MotoGP's never really interested me. I watched it a bit when I was younger and it's probably because it's not on as much mainstream TV as it used to be.
I've been incredibly lucky to see the sport that I've seen. I'm hoping to watch the Formula E in London later this year (if I can get tickets). The F1 is just too expensive but still something I'd like to do one day.
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i think at some point formula E & formula 1 will be one thing maybe in 15-20 years , well i was lucky to watch much of motogp races and back in the days it was as good as f1 ( only thing is that it's impossible to have same safety standards as f1 )
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Interesante propuesta y buenas elecciones bro, fuera del cliché de siempre.
Espero poder hacer mi propia lista, gracias por la invitación.
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I think that having been to a lot of live Premier League football and seen many of the world's best players (I'd love to see Messi before he retires), it was fairly easy to leave football out. There are so many other sports that could have made the list and I could watch pretty much anything!
I'm looking forward to hearing your choices 👍
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Ooooh, interesting choices here, a formula one race would be right up my street too and come to think of it, the Olympics would be too, but there was only so much room on my bucket list!
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It's the variety in the Olympics that appeals to me - it's probably the only time you'll find yourself watching synchronised diving followed by women's mountain biking and some strange running/shooting biathlon thing. the-toddler-gorilla loved the skateboarding so it's a winner all-round.
I forgot to mention snooker but having seen Ronnie v. Jimmy White in the Masters Semi-Final, I've probably seen a match between the most exciting players of all time already.
So much sport. Never enough though.
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Ya the Olympics actually makes a lot of sense and there's so many events, that you'd imagine scoring some tickets shouldn't be too tough.
Snooker too, another I forgot! Man, that must have been a class match to be at! Two absolute legends
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You'd think wouldn't you?! I applied for loads and didn't get any and lots of other people had the same problem. The Paralympics was decent though.
If you could choose any 2 players in the history of snooker to watch play, they'd probably be the 2. Only Alex Higgins comes close in my opinion. Ronnie O'Sullivan was a class above though - Jimmy got destroyed.
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Yep, they'd be the two I'd pick.. They had/have it in spades. Ability, personality and flamboyance. Ronnie is more like a rock band front man than a snooker player, the head on and the way he goes on.
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When thinking about Ronnie O'Sullivan, it's remarkable what he's achieved with his temperament. I wonder how good he'd have been if he had the discipline of somebody like Steve Davis or Stephen Hendry.
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Sorry man, missed replying here... Ya I've had a similar thought about O'Sullivan before, but I think the temperament is part of the overall package that is Ronnie.
Changing any piece of the whole may be detrimental to him. For me he is the greatest of all time in talent, entertainment and likeability..
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100% talent and entertainment - likeability, I'd say that the repeated failure by Jimmy White makes him more likeable 😆
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Has tenido un privilegio casi unico, poder ver esas leyendas del tennis es algo especial. Luego también has podido visitar grandes eventos deportivos, como el fútbol y la fórmula 1. Esas son experiencias que te van a quedar para siempre.
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Yes, thank you. I've been incredibly lucky to be able to go to so much already and hopefully I'll be able to keep going and take the-toddler and the-baby with me as they grow up.
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Amazing challenge! And great picks for your bucket list. I hope that everybody can participe (included myself). Thanks for share
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Thanks - all of the credit for the idea has to go to @ablaze. It's a great idea for the Steem Sports community to get stuck into.
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Great initiative my friend, as soon as I have some free time I will participate!
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Fantastico. I'm looking forward to seeing what you choose 🙂
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Excelente publicación
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Thank you 👍
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