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Title: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: dellenty69 on 18 October 2011, 03:05
epic driver. and what a machine.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TshFWSsrn8
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: damien010685 on 18 October 2011, 07:45
Pity hes sh!te when it comes to a rally!!
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: SoundillusioN on 18 October 2011, 12:03
Pity hes sh!te when it comes to a rally!!

Well, when you're rallying you have to do it in one take!....  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: Khare on 18 October 2011, 12:10
He's great at stunts, but in a rally Loeb creams over him in any surface. Mind you Loeb creams a lot of people in any surface.
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: Sam on 18 October 2011, 12:40
He's great at stunts, but in a rally Loeb creams over him in any surface. Mind you Loeb creams a lot of people in any surface.

Would loeb ever try gymkana? He doesnt like going sideways though, he says its inneficient.
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: daz veedub on 18 October 2011, 12:47
awesome skills man  :cool:
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: Khare on 18 October 2011, 12:52
He's great at stunts, but in a rally Loeb creams over him in any surface. Mind you Loeb creams a lot of people in any surface.

Would loeb ever try gymkana? He doesnt like going sideways though, he says its inneficient.

As the grand master Keiichi Tsuchiya said

Quote
"I drift not because it is a quicker way around a corner but the most exciting way."
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: damien010685 on 18 October 2011, 12:54
Yeh he def has skills though good to watch!
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: Ninja on 18 October 2011, 13:03
Yeah he's pretty awesome!
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: dellenty69 on 18 October 2011, 13:25
its the car i love, awsome machine.

and that bit on the wet skid pan is pretty smart!
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: Dan n Nic on 18 October 2011, 17:57
He is good, but running out of ideas me thinks.
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: DOA on 18 October 2011, 18:28
There was a story in Evo magazine (I think it was Evo anyway) about a show he did at Battersy power station alongside his fellow Ford driver (forget the name). Apparently Block struggled with his WRC car to get it drifting and get around the course they had, practicing for ages and looking pretty bad. His fellow Ford rally driver on the other hand rocked up, slung it sideways and made a pretty good show of it with bugger all practice.

Block is only in WRC because he can afford it and the publicity of his name (and Gymkhana vids for those of us who cant stand stupidly sized caps) that gives the right image that Ford want, not for his (lack of) driving talent. Fair do's hes probably an alright driver and would show me the way around a race track all day and night but he just isnt world class  :embarassed:.
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: bricey on 18 October 2011, 18:39
pretty sick of seeing this chump now,
give me a haldex controller and ill do it in my 4mo :smiley:
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: jmsheahan on 18 October 2011, 22:26
How about this?  :grin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlkJ4Jie84&feature=player_embedded
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: bored_Welsh_lad on 19 October 2011, 18:06
Who cares if hes not the best driver in Rallying, hes no longer a person, hes a label.. And it works.. People love him, they thrive off him.. Lets not forget he was a co-founder of DC shoes also.. This guy is no mug, he enjoys himself and lives life to the full...

I love his videos and I love Rob Dydrek.. They live life how it should be!!
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: Diamond Hell on 19 October 2011, 19:59
How about this?  :grin:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlkJ4Jie84&feature=player_embedded

That is fully the best thing I've seen today.

Many thanks for making I laff.  :cool:

Ken Block - over-hype-central.
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: Tazzy on 20 October 2011, 17:44
on the first turn as he comes onto the track, he hits the wall

gymkana 4 is good
Title: Gymkhana 5
Post by: archie837 on 09 July 2012, 15:59
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2bCIyus
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Khare on 09 July 2012, 16:44
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: shepgti on 09 July 2012, 16:53
like real life gta :grin:
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: tigerj360 on 09 July 2012, 16:56
PURE AWESOMENESSSS  :cool:
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Diamond Hell on 09 July 2012, 17:00
heh - beat me to the post of this.

How to sell shoes: make videos of a chubby American going sideways in a car in novel locations.

Genius.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: scarr89 on 09 July 2012, 17:06
Once you have seen the first you have seen them all. I'll watch it when I am about to chew my face off due to chronic boredom. For now I'll see how many times I can paper my eyeballs before they bleed.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 09 July 2012, 17:42
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.

He's had a few top 10 finishes in the wrc  :wink:
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 09 July 2012, 18:47
anyone else find them a bore now, seen it all before. meh. only part that made me think oo and rewound it was the cool sideways air he got.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Khare on 09 July 2012, 20:22
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.

He's had a few top 10 finishes in the wrc  :wink:

Ok, but that doesn't make him as amazing as people think he is.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 09 July 2012, 20:30
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.

He's had a few top 10 finishes in the wrc  :wink:
2 over ten races is it?, and iirc he was only just in the top ten i.e 9th/10th or something
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.

He's had a few top 10 finishes in the wrc  :wink:

Ok, but that doesn't make him as amazing as people think he is.
+1 needs to stop dicking around with the handbrake wearing DC's and focus more on WRC.

however i suppose hes going to be getting a good wage for doing it and proberbly having fun so i can see why he does them.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Khare on 09 July 2012, 20:44
Don't think he gets paid to do it, he owns DC so I think it's more about promotion more than anything. He might get paid by other sponsors for it though.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: jimbooboo on 09 July 2012, 21:00
I bet most of the other driver like world champ Loeb could do the same?

Its all cut and takes not one continuous piece so..
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 09 July 2012, 23:21
Don't think he gets paid to do it, he owns DC so I think it's more about promotion more than anything. He might get paid by other sponsors for it though.
ahh does he, never knew he owned it, thought he was just sponsored or a big share holder type thing :D suppose the promotions might bring in more money for him though...
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Thom89 on 09 July 2012, 23:45
He normally bores me, but this is his best yet! I guess the residents of Lombard Street said a big NO to him passing their windows sideways, and would have been great if he could have got across the Golden Gate Bridge... but hey :cool:
Shades of Bullitt :cool:

Thom
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: The Mighty Elvi on 10 July 2012, 12:07
Epic.  Right up until the song, when I could think of was Eric Cartman.

God that's gonna stick in my head all day!

Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: luke on 10 July 2012, 13:51
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lojjb7sV9w4&feature=g-u-u (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lojjb7sV9w4&feature=g-u-u)
 :grin: :grin:
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: archie837 on 10 July 2012, 14:06
Epic.  Right up until the song, when I could think of was Eric Cartman.

God that's gonna stick in my head all day!



YES! Exactly the same thing happened
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Steve_PD on 10 July 2012, 19:09
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.

Is Kimi not great at driving either?
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Khare on 10 July 2012, 19:37
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.

Is Kimi not great at driving either?

Different styles different types of driving. Put Kimi in a Gymkhana track and he'll go half the speed knocking down most of the bollards/walls. Put Ken Block on a circuit and Kimi will run rings around him. Both a great drivers but they just have different styles of driving and different strengths and weaknesses.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: Steve_PD on 10 July 2012, 20:01
A bit like when Sebastien Loeb raced in a GP2 race and came 25th out of 25
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: JC on 10 July 2012, 20:09
and then we got keyboard drivers  :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 10 July 2012, 20:17
gran turismo has a lot to answer for
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 10 July 2012, 21:38
Gymkana 5 for those interested

Pretty sick skills if you ask me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuDN2bCIyus&feature=youtube_gdata_player



Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 10 July 2012, 21:43
Wow. He's got to be one of the best in the world when to comes to this sort of stuff. Shame in he's not great when it comes to real world driving aKa WRC.

Is Kimi not great at driving either?

Different styles different types of driving. Put Kimi in a Gymkhana track and he'll go half the speed knocking down most of the bollards/walls. Put Ken Block on a circuit and Kimi will run rings around him. Both a great drivers but they just have different styles of driving and different strengths and weaknesses.

Bang on mate, for this type of driving Block is the daddy. I found this clip very entertaining even if many if you didn't.
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: VeeDubGTI16v on 10 July 2012, 21:44
to be fair to him he's not a paid professional driver, he makes shoes for a living  :grin:
Title: Re: Gymkhana 5
Post by: daz veedub on 10 July 2012, 21:46
to be fair to him he's not a paid professional driver, he makes shoes for a living  :grin:

a quality shoe at that  :cool:
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: JayNesbitt on 11 July 2012, 21:06
He's basically the Danny Mcaskill of driving...no good at competitive sport but massively gifted in messing around in a manor we all wish we could.
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 11 July 2012, 21:08
 Mcaskill = Legend
Title: Re: ken block. whos watched him?
Post by: DOA on 11 July 2012, 22:44
Pah to Block, anybody can do what he does with practice, its what happens on the stages that counts and I wouldnt class him on the same continent as most rally drivers.

As for his machine, that aint no machine, these are machines:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6lgWiqjeDw&feature=g-all-a&list=PLDE148E719A9C5A7A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA3-wXXW6ok&list=FL1i8vmW-JTdJw0uBuHOtSyA&index=9&feature=plpp_video

Well, the first one was until it killed him when he hit a wall hard  :cry:. Still, they did build 2 shells and his previous judd engined e36 BMW still exists.......