men we love: robin bell
August 12th, 2008
Today Robin Bell became the first man to ever win a medal for Australia in the Olympics for canoeing. He came third in the men’s C1 slalom. Seriously. He did. Are you telling me you weren’t aware of all the ins and outs of Australia’s international canoeing history? BLASPHEMY.
That’s not why we love him though. (Although I do have a proud family tradition of canoeing. When I was 7 we canoed all the way up the lagoon at Callala Bay and named a bit of land Debbie Flintoff-King Island. Want me to tell that again?)
More like we love him because he is a fierce bitch.
And if a combination of the internets, the paper and my tv have taught me anything it’s that Robby enjoys nothing more than a festive pair of boardshorts. Well it also taught me that his weekly splurge (as an impoverished athlete) is a curry and a $6 dvd.
But more importantly, it taught me about the boardies. They may be all he wears. Look below the the rim of his canoe (no that’s not a euphemism) and all you’ll find is one more pair o boardies. Possibly flag-print. Possibly black and white. Possibly his green and gold pair. Possibly even complete with motivational slogans and a MULTIPLE CHOICE.
The man won an Olympic medal and set a national benchmark in a pair of boardshorts. I am completely smitten. Well done you hot bitch.
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