Samoans

bodebldr2000 · 11-26-2006, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by GoalGetter

Shit. I thought this thread was about the girl scout cookies that go by the same (well, similar) name... Samoas.

Never mind... carry on.

My wife saw that cookie as I was scrolling down the page and said "Hey those are Samoas!" lol Funny, guess you had to be there.

NordicNacho · 12-25-2006, 06:03 AM

HOTSPOT 5 Pacific Islands

SKILLS: Sumo, rugby, American football, flexibility, speed, size THE top stars in Japan's beloved sport of sumo wrestling are not Japanese, but quick-footed behemoths such as the 600lb Konishiki and 6ft9in, 516lb Akebono, both of Pacific Island ancestry.

The cluster of islands that straddle the international date-line in the South Pacific, including Samoa and American Samoa, have also funneled hundreds of players into American football and rugby in Australia and New Zealand.

"Football is like legalised village warfare, " explains "Throwin' Somoan" Jack Thompson, an all-America quarter-back from the University of Wisconsin in 1976.

"There is an innate competitiveness in the warrior sense in Polynesian culture." But more than cultural factors are at work. Polynesia is a hotbed of human biodiversity, with links to sub-Saharan Africa and aboriginal populations of Japan.

This genetic mixture helps in part explain why athletes from this region are large, agile, and fast.

NordicNacho · 12-25-2006, 02:02 PM

Soul of Sol · 12-25-2006, 03:19 PM

Samoans are the reason I started lifting weights in 9th grade. This guy named Timo used to come up to me flex his bicep next to my leg, and tell me I needed to hit the gym. Timo was benching 315 for reps at 14 years old. That and the fact I was knocked unconscious by a Samoan linebacker at practice. I got him back, though. Speed kills.

Strongwarrior · 12-26-2006, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Soul of Sol

Samoans are the reason I started lifting weights in 9th grade. This guy named Timo used to come up to me flex his bicep next to my leg, and tell me I needed to hit the gym. Timo was benching 315 for reps at 14 years old. That and the fact I was knocked unconscious by a Samoan linebacker at practice. I got him back, though. Speed kills.

What did you do? Did you beat him up?..lol..I would love to hear that story...

Soul of Sol · 12-28-2006, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Strongwarrior

What did you do? Did you beat him up?..lol..I would love to hear that story...

Nah..I just outran him. It really ticked him off

maniclion · 12-29-2006, 02:48 AM

I think it may have been a culturally sexual selective thing, you know big is beautiful....

**Mudge** · 12-29-2006, 09:01 AM

I like big butts and I cannot lie.

maniclion · 12-29-2006, 01:22 PM

Also it's a long way across the sea in a canoe, only the ones with the ability to store ample supplies of food would be able to make the journey especially all the way to Hawaii....It's not like they had huge ships like the whiteman did when he decided to set out across the ocean, well except for the Norsemen, but they were pretty big folks too...

Strongwarrior · 12-30-2006, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Soul of Sol

Nah..I just outran him. It really ticked him off

That's it? Oh man, I thought you kicked his ass or something...whatever

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12-25-2006, 06:03 AM	#32
NordicNacho Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2,415 Photos: 18	HOTSPOT 5 Pacific Islands SKILLS: Sumo, rugby, American football, flexibility, speed, size THE top stars in Japan's beloved sport of sumo wrestling are not Japanese, but quick-footed behemoths such as the 600lb Konishiki and 6ft9in, 516lb Akebono, both of Pacific Island ancestry. The cluster of islands that straddle the international date-line in the South Pacific, including Samoa and American Samoa, have also funneled hundreds of players into American football and rugby in Australia and New Zealand. "Football is like legalised village warfare, " explains "Throwin' Somoan" Jack Thompson, an all-America quarter-back from the University of Wisconsin in 1976. "There is an innate competitiveness in the warrior sense in Polynesian culture." But more than cultural factors are at work. Polynesia is a hotbed of human biodiversity, with links to sub-Saharan Africa and aboriginal populations of Japan. This genetic mixture helps in part explain why athletes from this region are large, agile, and fast.

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maniclion Catalyst Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hawaii, selling munitions for the war on EcoTerror Posts: 17,514 Photos: 10	I think it may have been a culturally sexual selective thing, you know big is beautiful....

12-29-2006, 01:22 PM	#39
maniclion Catalyst Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Hawaii, selling munitions for the war on EcoTerror Posts: 17,514 Photos: 10	Also it's a long way across the sea in a canoe, only the ones with the ability to store ample supplies of food would be able to make the journey especially all the way to Hawaii....It's not like they had huge ships like the whiteman did when he decided to set out across the ocean, well except for the Norsemen, but they were pretty big folks too...