Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [center] [b][color="#FF00FF"][size=5]Allison Stokke [/size][/color][/b] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150701.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150702.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/stokke05150701.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150704.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150706.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150707.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150708.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150709.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150710.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150711.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150712.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05160701.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album80/allison-stokke-05150716.jpg[/img][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [b]i'll let her play with my pole [/b] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [size=4][u][quote][img]http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/sports.aol.com/fanhouse/media/2007/05/wapofrontpage.jpg[/img] [b]Allison Stokke Hits the Front Page of the Washington Post[/b] May 29th 2007 by Michael David Smith[/u][/size] This is the front page of today's Washington Post. The front-page stories are about U.S. policy in Sudan and Iran, the war in Iraq and Memorial Day, crowded public schools and the Secret Service protecting presidential candidates. [b]And Allison Stokke, a [u]high school[/u] [color="#9932CC"](does that mean I should wipe up the screen)[/color] pole vaulter who has become an internet sex symbol.[/b] [b]Stokke is great at what she does -- she could be an Olympic gold medalist some day -- but that's not why she's in the Washington Post, [/b]and it's definitely not why [b]the story about her is currently the most-viewed article on the Post's web site.[/b] [b]Stokke's fame is about her looks,[/b] and the story asks [b]whether we can all feel comfortable about adult men gawking at pictures of a high school athlete on the internet.[/b] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//23.gif[/img] The blog With Leather made Stokke a star, although her picture was all over the internet before that. Was With Leather editor Matt Ufford wrong to post photos of her? I don't think so. [b][size=4]She's 18[/size],[/b] and With Leather is all about the intersection of sports and attractive women. And yet I still feel uncomfortable with Stokke's celebrity status, mostly because she feels uncomfortable with her celebrity status. Stokke just wants to be a high school student and a pole vaulter, and it's a shame that she's now more than that.[/quote] [url="http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/05/29/allison-stokke-hits-the-front-page-of-the-washington-post/"]http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/05/29/...ashington-post/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [b][size=4][u][quote][img]http://bp0.blogger.com/_WT47uHJXGgU/Rl7NmCd8S_I/AAAAAAAACLo/0RM7X6SF0Tw/s320/stokke.jpg[/img] Allison Stokke Speaks [/u][/size][/b] This week, Allison Stokke became the subject of unwanted attention, as With Leather, the Washington Post, numerous other blogs, My Space, Facebook, and forums made her a celebrity. [b]It’s crazy who this whole story has blown up.[/b] Some of us agree the posting of Ms. Stokke on With Leather was in bad taste, while some agree its okay for anyone to be posted online and to have lewd comments typed about her. Furthermore, some people rant and rave about her beauty and her physical assets. The fellow who runs With Leather seems to be soaking it up – hey, it got traffic to his blog; nevertheless, at what price? However, it looks like some restraint and perhaps moral compass is being shown, as her fan site had her pictures removed voluntarily by the administrator. [b]In light of the news, her pictures can be easily (and I mean easily) be found the web[/b] and throughout the internet from competitions, with her friends, family, in dull moments, and as well just doing things what everyone else does. As much as you can find of her, or anyone online, it is quite scary and disturbing. [b]Today, she spoke out about the whole controversy.[/b] [size=3]Here is the link on a Los Angeles CBS affiliate [color="#800080"](with video)[/color] : [/size] [url="http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_151005135.html"]http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_151005135.html[/url] [color="#FF0000"][b][i](watch these old pervs drool) - sneaky shows up at 3:02[/i][/b][/color] While, I don’t think it is a good idea for her to have spoken out, and the family to have consented with the Washington Post for an interview, I think it [b]needed to warn people about the dangers and pitfalls of the internet.[/b] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/37.gif[/img] It will be determined whether she wants to parlay this into something else, but for the most part, we all need to lay off her and the Stokke family. Unlike the Paris Hiltons, the Lindsay Lohans and Britney Spears who flaunt their sexuality for the world to see, Ms. Stokke has not asked for any of the fame she has recently gotten, and from the looks of it does not want it either. Furthermore, she’s a kid (not to demean her, but that is what she is). If she we 23, 30, 40, the whole context would be much different, but this is just a vulnerable teenager now in the public of the world. The internet is a vast, vapid place, and while it could be used for good; however, the additive of ‘sex sells’ is a big business on the internet and she seems to have been caught up with it. It's two days later, and people are still talking about it.[/quote] [url="http://oriolepost.blogspot.com/2007/05/allison-stoke-speaks-plus-more-thoughts.html"]http://oriolepost.blogspot.com/2007/05/all...e-thoughts.html[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ONYX Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [quote name='Rumble in the Jungle' post='494400' date='Jun 2 2007, 03:13 PM'][b]i'll let her play with my poll [/b][/quote] [color="#FF0000"][b]That's[u] "pole"[/u] Dude, you are not allowed to play with Jamie any more. [/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [center]:HEY BABY: [/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [center][/center] [quote][img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210701.jpg[/img] [size=4][u]The Bastardly Asks: Is Allison Stokke Dating a Douchebag?[/u][/size] [b][size=4][center]93.43 % Yes 6.57 % No[/center][/size][/b] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210702.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210703.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210704.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210705.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210706.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210707.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210708.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210710.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v515/bloodylamer/bastardly-photos/0505/album82/allison-stokke-05210711.jpg[/img][/quote] [url="http://www.bastardly.com/archives/2007/05/30/is-allison-stokke-dating-a-douchebag/1/"]http://www.bastardly.com/archives/2007/05/...-a-douchebag/1/[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 BJ, your starting to look like a stalker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [quote name='sneaky' post='494403' date='Jun 2 2007, 03:19 PM'][color="#FF0000"][b]That's[u] "pole"[/u] Dude, you are not allowed to play with Jamie any more. [/b][/color][/quote] what are you talking about ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [color="#800080"][b]Advice fron Uncle BJ.[/b] [/color] [center][quote][img]http://collegecandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/31/2994-stokke-hed.jpg[/img] [font="Comic Sans MS"][size=3][b][i]Dear Allison, Drop the turd sandwich with acne, forget college at Cal, fuck pole vaulting which will earn you nothing, pick up a modeling career, move to South Florida, and marry me. Love, Uncle BJ [/i][/b][/size][/font][/quote][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [quote name='Rumble in the Jungle' post='494413' date='Jun 2 2007, 03:36 PM']BJ, your starting to look like a stalker [/quote] [font="Arial Narrow"][size=3][b]Dude ... just because I now know which elementary school she went to ... does not make me a stalker. [/b][/size][/font] [center][img]http://backupfromfox.s3.amazonaws.com/user/allison_stokke/640/49358c8ec4e2a8d0106ba25dcebc4b0f.jpg[/img][/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [b][size=4][u][quote]The Bloggers’ New Obsession: Allison Stokke[/u][/size][/b] If you need proof of just how much media, and, more specifically, [b]Internet blogs, now have complete control over our culture[/b] in a way that seems to hypnotize us all, look no further than Allison Stokke. Who the hell is Allison Stokke, you might ask? [b]Allison Stokke is an 18-year-old California high school student[/b], winner of the 2004 California state pole vaulting competition and University of California scholarship earner. It also just so happens that [b]Allison Stokke is what males would refer to as “totally smoking.â€[/b] It all started with the simple snap of this picture. [size=4][b]Now, Allison Stokke is one of the most popular searches on the Internet and has been absolutely bombarded by Myspacers, sports bloggers, journalists and creepy men alike.[/b][/size] The only problem is, Allison and her family hate all of this newfound attention - especially the blog on With Leather that [b]turned her into a sex symbol literally, overnight.[/b] Soon after, Stokke and [b]an entire article written about her made the front page of the Washington Post [/b]- a place usually reserved for actual current events, like….um….yea, that little war that’s been going on. While I feel bad for this girl, (it’s not like she’s Lohan, who keeps going out at night, asking for it) she never asked for this and seems genuine in simply wanting to be an athlete and nothing more) I don’t think she should keep putting herself in the public eye. [size=3][b]It’s only going to make men look at her more and say gross things, just like one of the guys who blogged: 1. I’d hit it. 2. I would like to hit it. 3. I certainly would like to partake in some Stokkey Pokey (and turn myself around/THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT!) 4. No, I mean it. I would break it off in that and never look back. 5. What’s a pole vault?[/b][/size] [center][img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img][/center] [b]I’m sure all the buzz surrounding her won’t die down anytime soon[/b], being that our society eats up modest, pretty girls who photograph well and speak their minds. And this posting here on College Candy certainly won’t make Allison Stokke’s problems any better.[/quote] [url="http://collegecandy.com/buzz/2921"]http://collegecandy.com/buzz/2921[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [quote name='BlackJesus' post='494418' date='Jun 2 2007, 03:42 PM'][font="Arial Narrow"][size=3][b]Dude ... just because I now know which elementary school she went to ... does not make me a stalker. [/b][/size][/font] [center][img]http://backupfromfox.s3.amazonaws.com/user/allison_stokke/640/49358c8ec4e2a8d0106ba25dcebc4b0f.jpg[/img][/center][/quote] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumble In the Jungle Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [quote]The Bloggers’ New Obsession: Allison Stokke If you need proof of just how much media, and, more specifically, Internet blogs, now have complete control over our culture in a way that seems to hypnotize us all, look no further than Allison Stokke. Who the hell is Allison Stokke, you might ask? Allison Stokke is an 18-year-old California high school student, winner of the 2004 California state pole vaulting competition and University of California scholarship earner. It also just so happens that Allison Stokke is what males would refer to as “totally smoking.†It all started with the simple snap of this picture. Now, Allison Stokke is one of the most popular searches on the Internet and has been absolutely bombarded by Myspacers, sports bloggers, journalists and creepy men alike. The only problem is, Allison and her family hate all of this newfound attention - especially the blog on With Leather that turned her into a sex symbol literally, overnight. Soon after, Stokke and an entire article written about her made the front page of the Washington Post - a place usually reserved for actual current events, like….um….yea, that little war that’s been going on. While I feel bad for this girl, (it’s not like she’s Lohan, who keeps going out at night, asking for it) she never asked for this and seems genuine in simply wanting to be an athlete and nothing more) I don’t think she should keep putting herself in the public eye. It’s only going to make men look at her more and say gross things, just like one of the guys who blogged: 1. I’d hit it. 2. I would like to hit it. 3. I certainly would like to partake in some Stokkey Pokey (and turn myself around/THAT’S WHAT IT’S ALL ABOUT!) 4. No, I mean it. I would break it off in that and never look back. 5. What’s a pole vault? I’m sure all the buzz surrounding her won’t die down anytime soon, being that our society eats up modest, pretty girls who photograph well and speak their minds. And this posting here on College Candy certainly won’t make Allison Stokke’s problems any better.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [center][img]http://backupfromfox.s3.amazonaws.com/user/allison_stokke/640/5d7e24fb065b36810837b010fc8bf13a.jpg[/img] [size=3][b]Other girl: [/b][i]"Why does that crazy looking, dreadlocked, tattooed guy in a Bengal jersey now attend everyone of our meets" [/i][/size] [/center] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [size=4][u][quote][img]http://clog.dailycal.org/images/341.jpg[/img] [b]Allison Stokke Repeatedly Kicked Off Wikipedia, Perverts Across America Probably Weep[/b] June 02, 2007 [/u][/size] No pervy shots of an unsuspecting 18 year old student athlete?! What the hell kind of encyclopedia is this?! Apparently, the lack of an Allison Stokke Wikipedia entry is causing a bit of a controversy. We thought the Stokke celebrity-rama would end quickly, but somehow the story keeps going. So people across the country are currently exclaiming, “Dude, I can’t believe Wikipedia won’t post pics of this famous hot teenage pole vaulter.†Wrap your mind around that one. Anyway, the whole incident proves what the Clog’s grandma always told us: “If you don’t want old perverts to ogle you on the information superhighway, you really shouldn’t take up collegiate pole vaulting.â€[/quote] [url="http://clog.dailycal.org/468/allison-stokke-repeatedly-kicked-off-wikipedia-dirty-old-men-across-america-weep"]http://clog.dailycal.org/468/allison-stokk...ss-america-weep[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [size=4][u][quote][img]http://media3.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/photo/2007/05/28/PH2007052801160.jpg[/img] [b]Teen Tests Internet's Lewd Track Record[/b] California High Schooler Allison Stokke, 18, Becomes a Victim Of Unwanted Attention After Photo Is Posted on a Sports Blog By Eli Saslow Washington Post May 29, 2007[/u][/size] NORWALK, Calif. -- Early this month, 18-year-old Allison Stokke walked into her high school track coach's office and asked if he knew any reliable media consultants. [b]Stokke had tired of constant phone calls, of relentless Internet attention, of interview requests from Boston to Brazil.[/b] In her high school track and field career, Stokke had won a 2004 California state pole vaulting title, broken five national records and earned a scholarship to the University of California, yet only track devotees had noticed. Then, in early May, she received e-mails from friends who warned that a year-old picture of Stokke idly adjusting her hair at a track meet in New York had been plastered across the Internet. [b]She had more than 1,000 new messages on her MySpace page.[/b] A three-minute video of Stokke standing against a wall and analyzing her performance at another meet had been [b]posted on YouTube and viewed 150,000 times.[/b] "I just want to find some way to get this all under control," Stokke told her coach. Three weeks later, Stokke has decided that control is essentially beyond her grasp. Instead, she said, she has learned a distressing lesson in the unruly momentum of the Internet. A fan on a Cal football message board posted a picture of the attractive, athletic pole vaulter. A popular sports blogger in New York found the picture and posted it on his site. Dozens of other bloggers picked up the same image and spread it. [b]Within days, hundreds of thousands of Internet users had searched for Stokke's picture and leered.[/b] [b]The wave of attention has steamrolled Stokke[/b] and her family in Newport Beach, Calif. [b]She is recognized -- and stared at -- in coffee shops.[/b] [b]She locks her doors and tries not to leave the house alone.[/b] [size=3][b]Her father, Allan Stokke, comes home from his job as a lawyer and searches the Internet. He reads message boards and tries to pick out potential stalkers.[/b][/size] "We're keeping a watchful eye," Allan Stokke said. "We have to be smart and deal with it the best we can. It's not something that you can just make go away." On May 8, blogger Matt Ufford received Stokke's picture in an e-mail from one of his readers, and he reacted to Stokke's image on instinct. She was hot. She was 18. Readers of Ufford's WithLeather.com -- a sports blog heavy on comedy, opinion and sometimes sex -- would love her. The picture was taken by a track and field journalist and posted as part of a report on a California prep track Web site. The photo was hardly sexually explicit, which made Ufford's decision to post it even easier. [b]At 5 feet 7, Stokke has smooth, olive-colored skin and toned muscles.[/b] In the photo, her vaulting pole rests on her right shoulder. Her right hand appears to be adjusting the elastic band on her ponytail. Her spandex uniform -- black shorts and a white tank top that are standard for a track athlete -- reveals a bare midriff. By targeting his comedic writing to 18- to 35-year-old males, Ufford has built a sports blog that attracts almost 1 million visitors each month. Ufford writes tongue-and-cheek items about the things his readers love: athletes and beautiful women. Stokke qualified as both. She was, therefore, a "no-brainer to write about," Ufford said. He posted her picture and typed a four-paragraph blurb to accompany it. Meet pole vaulter Allison Stokke. . . . Hubba hubba and other grunting sounds. "I understand there are certain people who are put off immediately by the tone of my blog," Ufford said. "Every week, there's somebody who takes offense to something, but that's part of being a comedy writer. If nobody is complaining, it probably wasn't funny. You are hoping for some kind of feedback." By that measure, Ufford's post about Stokke created a landmark for success. He received a handful of angry e-mails, including one from the photographer who threatened to file suit if his picture of Stokke remained on the blog. But Ufford also [b]attracted a record number of visitors in May, thanks largely to Stokke's picture.[/b] [b]More than 20 message boards and 30 blogs copied or linked to Ufford's item.[/b] [b]From her computer at home, Stokke tracked the spread of her image with dismay and disbelief.[/b] She had dealt with this once before, when a track fan posted a lewd comment and a picture of her on a message board two years earlier. Stokke had contacted the poster through e-mail and, a few days later, the image had disappeared. But what could she do now, when [b]a search for her name in Yahoo! revealed almost 310,000 hits?[/b] "It's not like I could e-mail everybody on the Internet," Stokke said. For the first week, Stokke tried to ignore the Internet attention. [b]She kept it from her parents. She focused on graduating with a grade-point average above 4.0,[/b] on overcoming a knee injury and winning her second state title. But [size=4][b]at track meets, twice as many photographers showed up to take her picture.[/b][/size] [b]The main office at Newport Harbor High School received dozens of requests for Stokke photo shoots,[/b] [size=3][b]including one from a risqué magazine in Brazil.[/b][/size] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//24.gif[/img] [b]Stokke read on message boards that dozens of anonymous strangers had turned her picture into the background image on their computers.[/b] [color="#800080"](oops)[/color] She felt violated. It was like becoming the victim of a crime, Stokke said. [b]Her body had been stolen and turned into a public commodity,[/b] critiqued in fan forums devoted to everything from hip-hop to Hollywood. After dinner one evening in mid-May, Stokke asked her parents to gather around the computer. She gave them the Internet tour that she believed now defined her: to the [b]unofficial Allison Stokke fan page [/b] ( [url="http://www.allisonstokke.com)"]http://www.allisonstokke.com)[/url], complete with a rolling slideshow of 12 pictures; to the [b]fan group on MySpace, with about 1,000 members[/b]; to the message boards and chat forums where hundreds of anonymous users looked at Stokke's picture and posted sexual fantasies. "All of it is like locker room talk," said Cindy Stokke, Allison's mom. "This kind of stuff has been going on for years. But now, locker room talk is just out there in the public. And all of us can read it, even her mother." An impostor created a fake profile of Stokke on Facebook, a social networking site intended mainly for college students. Stokke's classmates at Newport Harbor High School started receiving Facebook messages that seemed to be from Stokke -- except she typed in Southern jargon and listed her interests as only "BOYS!!!!" Last week, Stokke wrote a complaint letter to Facebook, and it immediately took down the fake profile. She hasn't contacted any other Web sites, she said. Allan Stokke, a defense attorney, studied California's statutes so he would know if he saw or read anything about his daughter that went beyond distasteful to illegal. "Even if none of it is illegal, it just all feels really demeaning," [b]Allison Stokke said. "I worked so hard for pole vaulting and all this other stuff, and it's almost like that doesn't matter. Nobody sees that. Nobody really sees me."[/b] Last Friday night, Stokke stood underneath the stadium lights at Cerritos College here, 20 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles. A few thousands fans had come to watch a postseason meet, and dozens of photographers and cameramen roamed the field. Before her first jump, Stokke tried to control her breathing as she chatted with her coach. A good jump here would qualify her for the state championship in Sacramento. A former gymnast, Stokke had tried pole vaulting as a lark as a freshman in high school. Two months later, she set a school record. She won the 2004 state championship three months after that. Stokke had augmented her natural, pole-vaulting disposition -- speed, upper-body strength and courage -- by lifting weights three times each week. College programs including Harvard, Stanford and UCLA also recruited her. During her meet at Cerritos College, Stokke cleared 11 feet, then 12 feet, then 13 feet and qualified for the state meet. By the time she stared ahead at a bar set 13 feet 6 inches, all other nine pole vaulters had maxed out. Stokke warmed up by herself, the only athlete left. She loved pole vaulting because it was a sport built on intricacies. Each motion required calculation and precision. A well-executed vault blended a dancer's timing, a sprinter's speed and a gymnast's grace. [b]"There's so much that happens in a vault below the surface,"[/b] [color="#9932CC"](man my mind is dirty)[/color] Stokke said. As the sun set Friday night, Stokke positioned her pole as if she were jousting and sprinted about 100 feet toward the bar. She ran on her tip-toes, like she'd learned from ballet. As she approached her mark, Stokke bent her pole into the ground and coiled her legs to her chest. She lifted upward, twisting her torso 180 degrees as she passed over the bar. It was a beautiful clearance, and the crowd stood to applaud. Back on the ground, her vault accomplished, Stokke smiled and took in the scene around her. [b]In the stands and on the field, she was surrounded by cameras.[/b] And for a second Stokke wondered: What, exactly, had they captured? And where, exactly, would it go?[/quote] [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/28/AR2007052801370.html?referrer=reddit"]http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...referrer=reddit[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [img]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/2936/47259252465aa9fda5amh4.jpg[/img] [img]http://photos-045.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v79/155/81/42801826/n42801826_31277045_7138.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.allisonstokkepictures.com/images/action_pictures/competition_pictures/9.jpg[/img] [img]http://farm1.static.flickr.com/222/521135591_91fe3c66fe_o.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.dyestat.com/3us/5out/arcadia/pix-action/154DSC_4817stokke.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.dyestatcal.com/image/4tr/8-August/08Stokke/Vltglr.jpg[/img] [img]http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8473/18cakeun9.jpg[/img] This is all I needed to know ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest WhoDeyForever Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 I hate girls that date such douchebags..This is a prime example..She is a cutie though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest WhoDeyForever Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [quote name='Notorious' post='494433' date='Jun 2 2007, 04:36 PM'][img]http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/8118/6642by8.jpg[/img][/quote] I really hope that's not hair I see under that left armpit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bengal Migration| Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 She looks a lot like the middle eastern chick that served us dinner at the kebab place tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ONYX Posted June 2, 2007 Report Share Posted June 2, 2007 [color="#FF0000"][b]Awwwwwwww. BJ has a crush!!! It's as cute as it is disturbing. I bet BJ has already gone to the store to buy some roses, some candy and some chloroform and duct tape. Isn't it romantic? [/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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