Orienteering on TV - Attackpoint : Orienteering training, racing, running, navigation, and fitness

Jul 1, 2019 8:41 AM #

We made a TV programme for the BBC. You might be interested to see it if you can access BBC iplayer here . Stateside friends can play the "spot the American" game! I'll write some detailed analysis on my log.

Jul 1, 2019 9:54 AM #

LOST_Richard:

Not available to view outside the UK, at least not in Australia

Jul 1, 2019 12:09 PM #

Terje Mathisen:

Same issue here in Oslo, even after registering. :-(

Jul 1, 2019 2:23 PM #

gordhun:

A two hour program on sprint orienteering? I think I'll leave that one to the Brits.

Jul 1, 2019 3:21 PM #

Pink Socks:

Some of us North Americans love sprints!

#sprintsaremysizzle

Jul 1, 2019 3:32 PM #

gordhun:

Name one North American who would like to watch a two-hour (not live) TV program about sprint orienteering.

Jul 1, 2019 3:40 PM #

dbakker:

Me. David Bakker.

Jul 1, 2019 3:46 PM #

graeme:

David Bakker.

Jul 1, 2019 3:48 PM #

Pink Socks:

Me. (Duh)

Jul 1, 2019 3:54 PM #

Sandy:

Me, too.

Jul 1, 2019 3:57 PM #

gordhun:

OK I concede. I was wrong. There are at least three.

Jul 1, 2019 4:57 PM #

Cristina:

I regularly watch 3+ hours of live baseball, so a 2 hour production about sprint orienteering might honestly border on too exciting!

Jul 1, 2019 5:46 PM #

khall:

Absolutely would watch!

Jul 1, 2019 6:39 PM #

andreais:

Absolute best thing to watch from a tread mill. Learned that from my son, even if I can never match a fraction of the distances he covers in the same orienteering TV show.

Jul 1, 2019 6:54 PM #

AdventureGirl!:

“A two-hour (not live) TV program about sprint orienteering” ?

https://images.app.goo.gl/KmGtvfPmF2jXTuJJ7

Jul 1, 2019 7:04 PM #

BigWillyStyle:

Me too.

Jul 1, 2019 7:29 PM #

stever:

And me.
And I suspect also all of the other attackpointers who watch WOC live each year...

Jul 1, 2019 8:04 PM #

cmpbllv:

Plus me...and working on corrupting an entire troop worth of scouts, too. We have one who’s been watching sprints on YouTube since our last meeting 2 weeks ago!

Jul 1, 2019 10:26 PM #

Guisborough1:

Having watched the programme and read Graeme's log. That was excellent. An amazing amount of detail went into those races. (iplayer doesn't work in US. Maybe use a VPN Hotspot/Shield)

Jul 1, 2019 10:54 PM #

graeme:

@khall. One more reason - the event is the 25th JOK Chasing Sprint. Former international winners include Kirsten Hall and Daniel Hubmann :).

Jul 2, 2019 12:30 PM #

Acampbell:

Was such a fun race even despite the wasp stings and days of swollen leg after haha.
Very well done Graeme! And thanks to everyone else who volunteered!

Jul 2, 2019 3:32 PM #

j-man:

Me. If it were good, I might buy and rewatch.

Jul 3, 2019 12:00 PM #

torbensfunk:

and there you see the wrong mind set of an old guy.

Keep up the good work promoting our sport in an awesome way regardless which distance! :)

Jul 3, 2019 12:17 PM #

EricW:

...and that's what passes as a positive attitude?

Jul 3, 2019 6:38 PM #

BP:

Here’s a short clip from BBC Scotland that works in the US.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07f449k

Jul 6, 2019 11:59 PM #

khall:

Ahh, Graeme ... that feels like it was in another lifetime! (I do remember, though.)

Oct 18, 2019 7:26 AM #

graeme:

OK, please only look if you are my friends :) ... https://www2.ph.ed.ac.uk/~gja/jok.mp4

Oct 18, 2019 1:43 PM #

gordhun:

Only got 8 minutes through it so far Graeme but it is starting out super.
Glad it is now taped. Had I'd been watching it live they would have had me hooked for the next two hours. Great program host!

Oct 18, 2019 5:47 PM #

GuyO:

The first few minutes looked great! Looking forward to the rest!

Two hours is ok, but most can't just watch on a whim; have to put it on a to-do list -- conditioned on the availability of WiFi.

Oct 22, 2019 11:03 PM #

fossil:

Ha! First time I've seen Patrick Winterton in front of the camera. But where was his buddy Mike Dixon?

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