Patd0g is now 0arbreaka

**0arbreaka** · 28th March 2007, 21:41

Just thought that I'd let everyone know that I have changed my username from Patd0g to 0arbreaka. I didnt really like my username before so I changed it to something I liked.

Cheers

Patrick

**Quartermile** · 28th March 2007, 21:46

Originally Posted by 0arbreaka

Just thought that I'd let everyone know that I have changed my username from Patd0g to 0arbreaka. I didnt really like my username before so I changed it to something I liked.

Cheers

Patrick

I don't get it, why Oarbreaker

**0arbreaka** · 28th March 2007, 21:47

Im a rower, and there is a bit of a story to the name as well

**Steam** · 28th March 2007, 21:57

Originally Posted by 0arbreaka

Im a rower, and there is a bit of a story to the name as well

So tell the story please.

I used to row too, you musta been trying pretty hard to break an oar. A carbon fibre oar or an old wooden one?

**0arbreaka** · 28th March 2007, 22:14

I dont really like to tell this story, but here goes anyway.
I used to row for Kings College in the U18 8+, we were down at the Secondary Schools National Champs in Twizel and we had already made it through to the finals and were one of the favourites to win (Kings College hasnt won Maadi in 54 years so the pressure was on) we were in the starting blocks in the Maadi final, the buzzer went and we did our racing start and on about my 5th stroke into the race my oar snapped about a foot down from the gate (these oars were custom made carbon fibre oars), due to the gear breakage in the 1st 100m of the, it race was called back into the blocks, and we were given our back up set of oars (which we hadnt trained with all season so the boat was not setup for them). After we had put the new set of oars in, we went back to the block and proceded to start the race again, we imediatley took to the front of the pack with our rivals Christs College and Hamilton Boys and from there we had a brilliant race, when it came to the last 500m we moved away from Hamilton Boys and it was between us and Christs College, it was neck in neck up into the last 100m in which Christs got us on the line, we came second by .93 of a second.
I feel that if I had not broken the oar, we would have won the Maadi cup.

**Quartermile** · 28th March 2007, 23:24

And you feel your shame and experiance with us

**0arbreaka** · 28th March 2007, 23:34

Originally Posted by Quartermile

And you feel your shame and experiance with us

what do you mean?

**Quartermile** · 28th March 2007, 23:36

read your rep it explains all.......

**Macktheknife** · 29th March 2007, 00:15

Good onya mate, at least you have one you are happy with now, you big brute. What did that bloody oar ever do to hurt you?

**0arbreaka** · 29th March 2007, 19:28

One of the coaches said he'd give whoever broke an oar $500, funny thing is I havent seen a cent of that...

**BuFfY** · 29th March 2007, 20:32

What an awesome story!
You shouldn't feel bad about it at all! I am sure all the guys in your team now have a story to tell chicks they are trying to pick up!!

**Colapop** · 29th March 2007, 20:34

You could have called yourself Crabs...

**JimO** · 29th March 2007, 20:57

Originally Posted by 0arbreaka

One of the coaches said he'd give whoever broke an oar $500, funny thing is I havent seen a cent of that...

haha that reminds me of when i was a apprentice my foreman told me to have a look at the job he was working on he said " if thats not straight i will suck your cock" it wasnt but i didnt say anything