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Allsmokenopancake

Ovechkin on a segway... Reckless

By Allsmokenopancake, in NHL Discussions

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Allsmokenopancake    0

Allsmokenopancake
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http://blog.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog...n_a_segway.html

The full story is funny, here are some highlights...

"Hey Segway guy," the Park Police officer was shouting at Alex Ovechkin. "You can't ride in there."

Ovechkin, wearing his red Caps jersey and yes, riding a Segway, scooted out of the tourist-dotted maze that encircles the National Christmas tree, smiling his gap-toothed smile.

"I'm sorry officer, he got away from me," apologized Mary Ann Melville, a tour guide from Capital Segway

Bradley boarded his ride in the shop and attempted to execute a backward spin. He nearly fell off. Then he challenged Green to try the same move.

"So the best way if it starts spinning is just to jump off?" Green asked the employees.

I should say that Segways are very peaceable creatures, and within two minutes you can figure out how to glide, and if you're just an average sort of person you likely won't, for example, nearly crash while offroading your Segway up a hill and through a gulley by the Washington Monument.

"Sorry," Ovechkin said after that incident, when instructed to stay on the pavement henceforth. "I don't want to be a rat, but it's Greenie's fault."

Ovechkin was easily the loudest Segway rider. He rode the thing backward until it started making grinding noises; "when it makes that noise it's telling you it's not happy," one of the guides told him. He loudly shouted out "anybody wanna ride with us????" to a crowd waiting at a bus stop. He said "Whooooo hooooo" and variations thereof maybe 50 or 60 times. He rocked back and forth incessantly when we stopped to regroup. He yelped "Let's Go Caps" at random businessmen. He attempted to ride without the use of his hands, wrapping his legs around the steering column.
"Have you seen any girls?" Backstrom asked.

"No," Ovechkin replied. "Girls, where are you? I can't find you."

Soon after, the no-hands experimentation commenced. Bradley whizzed by and nearly crashed in the grass.

"I tried to skid," he explained. "Didn't work though."

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Cheesehead    0

Cheesehead
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hahahahaha, where's the video!?!?!!?!? Whooooo hoooooo

The video should be up on the link later today I believe

It was on Comcast Sportsnet last night. Quite the spectical.

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camhockey16    5

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i thought they had video of all that stuff that the article talked about..

don't tell me all that stuff is on the cutting room floor?!?

seeing them all zoom off together at the end of the video reminds me of like the jets from west side story - except they are all on segways - that must be what the gangs of the future are going to look like..

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Joe    1

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This is great, its nice to see the energy and enthusiasm he has. Sadly, it makes me think of this as a Habs fan, had this been in Montreal and a player was having fun during a "poor" season he would be lambasted.

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markov79    0

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This is great, its nice to see the energy and enthusiasm he has. Sadly, it makes me think of this as a Habs fan, had this been in Montreal and a player was having fun during a "poor" season he would be lambasted.

yes indeed, it would be all over RDS...

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