Byron Bay Archives - Sportsocratic

Easternmost memory – surfing in the wild at the end of the continent

April 8, 2020 By Angus Goozee Leave a Comment Filed Under: Waves of Pain

Here is a special story from our "Waves of Pain" collection. In a surfing world dominated by hyperbole... the west wave... the best day... the best secret spot... the best surfer... the best barrel... the best board etc this column pays homage to those not so best days in the ocean. In truth it is some of these not so best days that are the most interesting, most moving, most … [Read more...]

Sartorial splendour at rugby 7s

October 24, 2018 By SOCRATES NEWS DESK Leave a Comment Filed Under: Sartorialism and style

For sporting sartorialism, it's hard to beat a rugby 7s tournament. The recent Byron Bay 7s was no exception with the women and the men turning out in an array of eye-catching strips. Elegant, awesome, colourful, original, hilarious and stupid are just some of the adjectives that spring to mind. Take a look and comment on the ones you liked the best. … [Read more...]

Something on in town? Rugby maybe?

July 12, 2018 By SOCRATES Leave a Comment Filed Under: Sartorialism and style

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Saturday, January 7 – Cavvanbah Sports Centre – pickup basketball

September 23, 2016 By SOCRATES NEWS DESK Leave a Comment Filed Under: Sartorialism and style, Sport and society, Sport fashion

Regular Saturday arvo pickup was on at the Byron Bay Cavvanbah Sports Centre. All of the usual stars were out and shining. One bloke with a penchant for low post play showed what basketball sartorial style is all about while simultaneously proving that power forwards and centres can actually dress well. You don't have to be Steph Curry to be cool, it seems. Check out the pics … [Read more...]

Saturday, December 31 – 2016 – In-coming New Year in Byron Bay (Jonson Street)

September 23, 2016 By SOCRATES NEWS DESK Leave a Comment Filed Under: Sartorialism and style, Sport and society, Sport fashion

In comes the New Year and Byron Bay's sporty locals were out on Jonson Street in force dancing, playing chess, checking out the tourists, eating ice-cream, romping around on stilts and riding on bicycles with one, two and three wheels. It was all about as stylish as you could hope for. Except for the fire shows. Fire shows are … [Read more...]

Outstanding (but not well-known) sporting achievement

September 19, 2019 By SOCRATES Leave a Comment

Everyone has heard of Kelly Slater and his bucket load of world surfing titles. Michael Jordan and his multitude of NBA titles are pretty common knowledge too. Michael Schumacher’s six world driver’s championships are pretty well known as well. Here is a sporting achievement all three would be jealous of. Manly surfer Greg Mossop has a sporting achievement that these three champions could only dream of and Mossop believes that, with a bit of luck, he could have done even better!

Priorities in times of Covid-19

April 14, 2020 By SOCRATES NEWS DESK Leave a Comment

Here is a story about a new kid in town who suddenly, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, has to worry about how she will survive. At the same time, sports celebrities implore “loyal fans” to keep supporting their clubs financially. This kid…. and millions of others (many of them new kids in town) just WANT THEIR MONEY BACK. They need it! The elite sports leaders and many average punters come from totally different worlds. When someone asks the ones without jobs about how important the survival of professional sports teams is, I doubt that they have even given it any thought. They have more important things on their minds.

“Pressure? Pressure is a Messerschmidt up your arse. Playing cricket is not!”

Keith Miller

One of the greatest cricket “all-rounders” of all time, Keith Miller was not only an exceptional performer in multiple elements of test cricketing (batting, bowling and fielding) but he was also gifted in numerous other aspects of his life. Witty, entertaining, handsome, a renowned war time pilot and gifted Australian Rules Footballer, Miller was famed for calling a spade a spade and acknowledging that there was much more to life than elite sports. Having flown fighter bombers in the Second World War under life threatening circumstances he was not one to take the “pressure” of high level sport too seriously!

What is Elvis leg?

Admit it. You’ve never heard of “Elvis leg,” have you? What the blazes is “Elvis leg?” As is the case with every other “What does it mean…” story we have ever posted, the answer is not directly related to the name itself. It is indirectly related to Elvis, though. Have a guess what the relationship is… then click here and check out whether your were correct. Find out for certain which sport uses this term and what it means.

What is a liberator?

Of course most you aviation buffs will think that a liberator is an American WW2 heavy bomber. Fair enough. But in a sporting context does it have a completely different meaning? Indeed it does. You are going to have to click here to find out what a liberator is and does in the world of sport.