Just a massive YouTube rabbit hole
Sport Review #101
I hate to break it to you, but this is only day two. We’re all looking at our four walls and wondering what they’ll look like in four weeks. If, like me, your screen time is way up and you’re looking for distraction, here are some recommendations that might help. I hope you and yours are well, let me know how you’re going.
Rob Moody is an international treasure, archiving hours of footage, often from VHS and putting it on YouTube in the face of every copyright rule going. If you’re a cricket fan, there’s *weeks* of viewing here.
The Average MTB Guy is an Auckland dad (and former Sport Review schoolmate) who rides all the NZ trails and tests equipment. Relatable stuff that’ll get you in the mood for when we’re all allowed out again.
Bon Appétit is the gold standard cooking channel, with a lot of stuff you’d never even think of (there are amazing recipes on their website), and a really sold look at the basics.
Tom Scott just finds interesting things and explains them really well.
Conan O’Brien’s youtube channel is hours of high quality comedy, with virtually every interview, travel series and skit with his staff he’s ever done.
Scott Brown is an Auckland carpenter that puts everything he does on YouTube - it’s incredibly relaxing watching someone else who actually knows what they’re doing.
Thanks for reading - Richard
The week's best NZ sport content
Dana Johannsen joins RNZ’s The Detail team to go over Drug Free Sport New Zealand’s case taken against weekend warriors and amateur sportspeople [RNZ]
Suzanne McFadden on staying fit through lockdown [Newroom]
TVNZ’s Scotty Stevenson has been shrinking before our eyes - here’s the story behind it, starting with a simple run [Stuff]
Dylan Cleaver on why missing kids’ sport is going to be the hardest part of the lockdown [NZ Herald]
Video nasty
Behold - Gerald the gorilla.
Long read
One from the 2005 archive - The Suspects Wore Louboutins. The story of a group of young women who’d break into Hollywood mansions to ransack the bling [Vanity Fair]
Recommendation
If you’re craving escapism back to a simpler time. A much, much simpler time, that means it’s time for an Inbetweeners re-watch. There are three season on Netflix, and they’re short so you won’t be up all night.
Selected weekend fixtures
Check your SKY guide for some of the amazing retro matches
Other than that, it’s going for another walk
Bring back the gif
When someone breaks the 2 metre bubble on your morning walk.
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