sports

by llizard (aka ejm)

updated 14 August 2008
MOST RECENT: beachball
added in July 2001: triathlon

page 1 (archery – kiteflying)

A archery
B badminton . beachball . bicycle . bladers/skaters
C cards . cheerleaders . chess . climbing
D darts
F fencing . fishing
H hockey . hulahoop
J juggling
K kite
M motorcycle
P parachute . pingpong
R rowing . running
S sailing (and fireworks) . skateboard . skating . skiing . surfing
T tennis . triathlon
U unicycle
W waterskiing
Y yoyo

archery:

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badminton:

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beachball:

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Please see the ASCII-animation of this beachball.

bicycle:

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We went on a bicycle holiday in France.
I was worried that I wouldn't be able to keep up.
(Thanks to anon for the bicycles)
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           bye bye
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Click on the map of our route in 1997 to see where we went. The Musée Nationale de la Préhistoire has photographed a cave painting like some we saw in the grotte de Font de Gaume in Les Eyzies. Click on the map of our route in 1998 to see where we went on another journey.

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bladers and skaters:

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cheerleaders:

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I have used these cheerleaders to make a javascript animated cheerleader.

There are more cheerleaders.

chess:

If you extract and copy single pieces, please make sure my initials are attached as well.

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       )(       )(   "-=\~      )(     )(       ()
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ejm97 (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )    (   )
     [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]  [_____]




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   for use as a sig perhaps:


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ejm96   /___/___/___/___/___/___/___/___/



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ejm97   /___//__\___/___/___/___/___/___/


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chessboard

   _______________________________
8 |bR |bKn|bB |bQ |bK |bB |bKn|bR |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
7 |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |bP |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
6 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
5 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
4 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
2 |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |wP |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
1 |wR |wKn|wB |wQ |wK |wB |wKn|wR |
  |___|___|___|___|___|___|___|___|
    a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h


             __________________.____+_________________
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climbing:

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darts:

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fencing:

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        |\           / |
ejm    /  |          |  \


             X
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ejm    /  |      |  \



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fishing:

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hockey:

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kite:

The following kites are copies of watercolour miniatures I have done:

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|    '      +   |
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|ejm97          |
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  kite flyers:
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|  / /    /\           |
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|______________________|

  kite flyer and kite:
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ejm97        ~~

dedicated to the memory of ASCII-artist Colin Douthwaite fighting kites:

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The most amazing sight I’ve seen, though, was in Lucknow, India. It was about 4:00 pm and suddenly the cloudless sky was filled with tiny square kites. They were clearly cheap things that kids got just for the purpose of fighting in the skies. We watched hundreds of kites dancing, lines crossing, and then the losing kites plunging to the ground as the winners went on to spar with others.

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Thanks to KoshyGeorge for drawing the city.

To sport page 1 (archery – kiteflying)
To sports page 2 (motorcycle – yoyo)

©ejm 1996-2001