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Title: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on December 27, 2010, 07:38:17 PM
Must Watch TV :D

Watch Celebs inc Dame Kelly Holmes, Jenny Frost & Kacey Ainsworth on their Pro-Jump Exo's doing some PowerBocking Challenges!

Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Jason on December 27, 2010, 10:29:46 PM
This should be a good watch  :Cbiggrin:

Jason  :Hoofies2: :CGEEK:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: billymaya on December 28, 2010, 10:57:58 AM
kewl thanks for the heads up ill be watching that :) good bit of advertising for the sport :)
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Spud on December 28, 2010, 09:59:22 PM
Really looking forward to this tbh!
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: miky10 on December 29, 2010, 09:59:56 AM
Naz, can you record it ?  :Cnotworthy:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on December 29, 2010, 02:00:58 PM
I shall try my best
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Becky on January 02, 2011, 03:30:24 PM
First show of the series is on this evening - no powerbocking til Friday, but tonight is BMXing for the boys and Street Luge for the girls! :)
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Edd on January 02, 2011, 08:31:45 PM
Just noticed free tickets linked through the channel 4 site http://www.applausestore.com/applausestore-book-form.php?did=2635&bid=1 which I guess is of value if your in Liverpool or thereabouts.  :Csmile:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Locky on January 02, 2011, 09:41:16 PM
I hope it gets better than what I've seen so far. Not sure chris evans was a good choice. He's shouting more than schofe does and he cant even get the name of the show right lol.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on January 03, 2011, 12:11:09 AM
I think 2 hours is too long for a show like this tbh, it was trending on twitter though!
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Locky on January 03, 2011, 12:23:41 AM
Yeah I think its 90 mins tomorrow and hopefully as the week goes on the live format will fit together a little better. Might even get chris to stop shouting.

I dont think the girls street luge really worked being a recorded event. 3000 people watching it on a big tv screen in an arena? Fail.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 03, 2011, 12:35:40 AM
Might need to give this a deeks on 40d, i forgot to watch it haha
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on January 04, 2011, 01:38:08 AM
I thought todays one was a better, loved the monster truck and minimotos brought a few memories back as we use to sell them a longggggg time ago lol

Not so sure on the pre recorded stuff though...
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Spud on January 04, 2011, 02:01:27 AM
I've got to 4od last nights show yet but I thought the first show lacked flow. I just hope interest holds out till the PJ night and that the production gets a little better as the shows go by.

 :spudT:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 05, 2011, 09:39:36 PM
Jenny on the skateboarding   :Cwideeyed:  haha
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Locky on January 05, 2011, 10:51:44 PM
I know becky has just arrived to do some more training with some of the girls tomorrow before bocking on the show on fri. I hope its good.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: spawnyb on January 06, 2011, 07:55:11 PM
Locky, you know what they are going to be doing, running / jumping or tricks?  Or is it top secret?

 :Cwideeyed:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Locky on January 06, 2011, 10:37:56 PM
Its top secret and its running lol.
Just the girls. Dame Holmes is going to win the bocking.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on January 06, 2011, 11:07:11 PM
if her knees hold out... sent some knee bar cuffs which seem to have helped but i think she has buggered her knee up in the segway fail relay
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Jason on January 06, 2011, 11:19:16 PM
Locky

If it's Top Secret does that mean you now have to kill everyone that has read this post  :Claugh:

Oh and by the way I didn't read it  :Cno:  :Claugh:

Jason  :Hoofies2: :CGEEK:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Locky on January 06, 2011, 11:53:34 PM
There are no secrets. Ask Wikileaks.

By the sound of it, Becky is having a blast :)
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Brendan (NeoNinja) on January 07, 2011, 02:14:38 PM
I know it's impossible now...But I wanted Lomu to win.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 07, 2011, 06:32:09 PM
Jenny or kelly will win i think. Team Jenny haha
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Small on January 07, 2011, 09:16:31 PM
How long did they have to master the stilts?
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on January 07, 2011, 09:27:27 PM
A couple of sessions me thinks, Becky will update you all I'm sure! They all seems to find it hard.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: JCDenton on January 07, 2011, 09:46:43 PM
have i missed it?? Was it on first?
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: spawnyb on January 07, 2011, 09:55:10 PM
Well that was a bit of an anti-climax wasn't it.

 :Cwideeyed:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 07, 2011, 09:56:59 PM
gona have to 40d it haha Hustle is on at 9 haha
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Locky on January 07, 2011, 10:00:47 PM
Yeah Graham it was :/

I think a 3 legged race would have been more exciting.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Small on January 07, 2011, 10:38:04 PM
They should have put some small jumps in at least
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on January 07, 2011, 11:04:24 PM
They thought that PowerBocking was dangerous and most likely to cause injury, I know this is a misconception but after what happened to Samuel they decided they would make it as simple as possible. They were going to have a powerbocking showpiece as well but cancelled that too.

I thought it was ok, didn't do any harm and I'll keep an eye out if there is a surge in traffic on any of our sites. There's already a few comments on twitter on powerbocks and powerbocking so that cool :)

I've recorded it and its uploading now.

Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Spud on January 07, 2011, 11:05:47 PM
The great thing about bocking is how quickly it is to pick up but it takes much longer to refine, the refinement was missing! Ian looked alright though!
 
:spudT:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 07, 2011, 11:17:11 PM
well if anyone wants some second hand M80's point them in my direction haha they good not been used much :P. it better be worth a 40d anyhow
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on January 07, 2011, 11:31:27 PM
This is the training they did with Ian http://famousandfearless.channel4.com/videos/69 but they did a lot more with Becky during the last week.

Theres some more on this http://famousandfearless.channel4.com/videos?tag=Powerbocking
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: lynch on January 07, 2011, 11:58:13 PM
hey naz are the stilts they used going cheep or up for grabs ??? :Ctongue:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 07, 2011, 11:59:04 PM
if so put my name down haha :)
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: spawnyb on January 08, 2011, 04:15:19 AM
Don't get me wrong. I agree it's great publicity for us, and you might get a lot of interest from what was shown.

Just expected a bit more on the show.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Spud on January 08, 2011, 09:22:10 AM
I watched the training video. Shame they didn't show it.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Becky on January 08, 2011, 08:55:18 PM
By the sound of it, Becky is having a blast :)
Yup!! :)

Ian and I both trained the girls before the event to make sure they could safely run but the production company decided jumping was too dangerous and too hard to make into a competition. I think they roughly had 2 1/2 days training on them spread over two months, mixed in with all the other sports they were trying to learn at the same time. I think they found bocking more difficult because it required strength, fitness and energy where as most of the others were sports which used equipment that had engines in them and didn't require quite the endurance that bocking does! They all did well considering the limited amount of training they had been given and how scared they were of falling off them on national tv! And the fact that it was the last day and they were all shattered and quite injured!

As Naz said they were worried that the girls would fall over on these and that held a higher risk of injury than the other activities they were doing, which is why it was last. Made for a good show for it to be part of though because the final was likely to attract a bigger audience than any other show - more promo for power bocking! :)

Quote from: Lynch
hey naz are the stilts they used going cheep or up for grabs
The stilts were bought by the production company so you would need to contact them if you were interested in buying them. I think possibly one or two of the celebs would have taken them home with them if they could.

I've just checked the stats on the EPB site and we have gone from 5 hits a day to 50 yesterday, so the publicity worked for us!
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 08, 2011, 09:07:08 PM
Hi becky, do you have a way of contacting the company? i really want some haha
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: dark-castles2 on January 08, 2011, 09:18:29 PM
Publicity is working here as well :) by chance a random guy said to me "OMG did you watch famous and fearless, I really want those spring things... about 2 hours later and after many videos on my phone he finally believed that I use them ¬¬"
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Becky on January 08, 2011, 09:43:33 PM
Hi becky, do you have a way of contacting the company? i really want some haha
It was produced by Princess Productions, so I guess contact them: http://www.princesstv.com
They might not be selling them though!
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Bounce on January 08, 2011, 10:02:35 PM
ok, thanks
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: webmaster on January 09, 2011, 02:38:32 AM
Just to add to Becky's post, we saw a massive surge in traffic, infact a 136% rise which is very good indeed, its not shown a massive rise in purchases but I think its given us a few sales we wouldn't have got otherwise and its most definitely raised general public awareness.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: English-tailor on January 09, 2011, 08:57:03 AM
Just to add to Becky's post, we saw a massive surge in traffic, infact a 136% rise which is very good indeed, its not shown a massive rise in purchases but I think its given us a few sales we wouldn't have got otherwise and its most definitely raised general public awareness.

Sales may happen more slowly as it is the beggining of January when most people are counting the pennies till next pay day.
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Jason on January 09, 2011, 12:18:06 PM
Agreed ET

I did a lot of research and joined up here a week or two before I bought so you may find sales jump in a week or so

Jason  :Hoofies2: :CGEEK:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Becky on January 10, 2011, 01:54:56 AM
Photos have made the online newspapers: Daily Mail (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1345218/Famous-Fearless-Princess-Beatrice-cheers-Charley-Boorman-pips-Dame-Kelly-Holmes.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/07/article-0-0CAE9CEC000005DC-27_468x645.jpg)
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/01/07/article-0-0CAE9CC7000005DC-802_224x622.jpg)
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Speedjumper on January 10, 2011, 11:58:45 PM
Cool Pics

I like the girls...even they o not use the right Stilts ;-)
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: aidanh1 on January 11, 2011, 12:24:34 AM
you getting jealous Speedjumper :P lol
they did well and celebs don't like bruises they like cotton wool and money so of course they weren't going to do anything major :P i think like a professional runner though had the slight advantage lmao.

Aidan :Cwink:
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: billymaya on January 11, 2011, 11:31:42 AM
my thinking is that the other 2 let her win because she was the runner that jenny girl didnt even look like she was trying!!
Title: Re: Famous & Fearless - Channel 4 - Jan 7th Powerbocking Challenge
Post by: Becky on January 12, 2011, 05:02:29 PM
two had an injured knee and the other an injured hip, but you are right in thinking that none of them wanted to fall over! I think with more than a few days practice they could all have done much more, but there just wasn't time amongst all of the other sports that they had to train for!