[SA Chris]

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/mar/27/david-storey-author-of-this-sporting-life-dies-aged-83

Missed from late last month. Enjoyed the book and film immensely.

[Bubba]

Noah Salasnek

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/photos/noah-salasnek-retrospect/

Noah’s influence on snowboarding is every bit as important as Craig Kelly’s. No snowboarder has had as wide ranging of an influence on the sport as Noah. He was the first to bring true skate style to freestyle, then freestyle into freeriding and finally freeriding to spines. His Super Spines descent may be the most game changing descent in skiing and snowboarding history. At that point we considered them unridable.  Since then both sports have been on the search for dream spine walls and amazingly Super Spines is still the gold standard.

[Falling Down]

Darcus Howe - Activist, black power, anti-racist campaigner and one of the Mangrove Nine died last week.  Those of a certain age will remember his great BBC2 show Devil's Advocate from the 80's.  The first time I went to Notting Hill carnival years ago I saw him dressed in full camo gear recognising him from the tele but only learned who he really was in recent years.  There was a massive service down the road at the All Saint's today..

[SamT]

Noah Salasnek

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/photos/noah-salasnek-retrospect/

Noah’s influence on snowboarding is every bit as important as Craig Kelly’s. No snowboarder has had as wide ranging of an influence on the sport as Noah. He was the first to bring true skate style to freestyle, then freestyle into freeriding and finally freeriding to spines. His Super Spines descent may be the most game changing descent in skiing and snowboarding history. At that point we considered them unridable.  Since then both sports have been on the search for dream spine walls and amazingly Super Spines is still the gold standard.

[emoji26]

super spines really stood out at the time!

[Bubba]

It was totally nuts and sounds like it's still considered nails.

Not many of us will ever look this good in action 

[mrjonathanr]

Robert Pirsig, author of the excellent Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance, well worth reading if you've not done so, and the rather darker Lila.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/25/robert-pirsig-zen-and-the-art-of-motorcycle-maintenance-author-dies-aged-88

[jwi]

I liked Lila better tbh.

[jfdm]

Just seen this really sad news.
He was an inspiration, such a shame.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/30/renowned-climber-ueli-steck-dies-near-mount-everest

[Mike Tyson]

Robert Miles of trance music fame, 47.

[SA Chris]

Remember bopping about to Children in many a crap nightclub in France while travelling in 1996. RIP.

[dave]

BANGER

[SA Chris]

Chris Cornell!

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/18/chris-cornell-former-soundgarden-singer-dies-aged-52

RIP. Thanks for some incredible songs!

[danm]

Fuck! Best live gig I ever went to was Soundgarden at the Bristol Bierkeller in the early 90's. Corrosion of Conformity were the support. Before Soundgarden came on, some of each band got on stage to jam and cover a Black Flag song. They asked the audience if anyone could play bass, a ginger lad stuck his hand up first and was hauled on stage to play. After finishing, the lucky lad was dragged backstage, and when we left the venue we found him by the back door, slumped in the alleyway, totally west. Fuck knows what they'd done to him, but he had the biggest grin on his face!

[Andy F]

Gutted about Chris Cornell. One of the finest voices in music. I had tickets to see Soundgarden at the Liverpool Empire in 95 but they cancelled. Never got the chance again 

[Oldmanmatt]

Chris Cornell!

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/18/chris-cornell-former-soundgarden-singer-dies-aged-52

RIP. Thanks for some incredible songs!

Ahh, shit!

Bollocks.

That's all I have to say about that.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=share&v=ltc5EsuyBh4



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[andy popp]

Roger Ailes - ying and yang

[Probes]

Gutted about Chris Cornell. One of the finest voices in music. I had tickets to see Soundgarden at the Liverpool Empire in 95 but they cancelled. Never got the chance again 

Aye, its got me too this. Mega fan of there stuff, I remember the ride from Chorley to Blackburn in 94 just to get Superunknown the day it was in the shops. Saw him in the Audioslave days a couple of times, tearing the roof off the MEN, puts hairs up on the back of my neck thinking about it now.
Very sad.

[Mike Tyson]

Nicky Hayden of Moto GP fame.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/39972058

[Duma]

Fuck.

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[Oldmanmatt]

All of them except one.

Manchester Arena blast: 19 dead and more than 50 hurt
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-40007886

I hope to fuck no one from here has been affected.
That's selfish, I guess, but, I do.

[dave]

Roger Moore

[tomtom]

Roger Moore

Later tonight in respect, I shall raise an eyebrow.

[nai]

Lovely Roger Moore story:

http://www.thepoke.co.uk/2017/05/23/goodbye-roger-moore-youve-been-great/

[mrjonathanr]

Greg Allman, Southern Rocker
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/27/gregg-allman-southern-rock-pioneer-dies-69

[Andy F]

John Noakes. A true childhood hero, his adventures with Shep made the world seem like a truly exciting place.