HIP Women WorldWide

maandag, november 14, 2005

HIP Hedrick

Chad Hedrick broke the Dutch World record. The new time to beat is: 6.09,68

picture: www.studiosport.nl

maandag, september 26, 2005

HIP cyclist Valverde

Alejandro Valverde. Unfortunately not the new world champion cycling, but according to us, the hippest!

HIP World Champion

woensdag, september 14, 2005

HIP Kaka

Can you name us one soccerplayer who is HIPper than Kaka? We think he is the hippest!

vrijdag, augustus 12, 2005

HIP: Javelin Thrower Andreas Thorkildsen

Although we are with summerbreak, we want to share the HIPPEST Javelin Thrower with you.

picture: www.iaaf.org

woensdag, juni 22, 2005

HIP Animals

HIP Animals, according to Liz

1. Black Panther. HIPpest animal I know. If I ever have to get back as an animal I want to be a black panther. They can run, climb and swim….. Only catching other animals wouldn’t really be my thing…..
2. Horse. My favourite animal. Especially the baroc Andalusian and Lusitano and the English Thoroughbred. They are smart, understanding and sensitive animals and they served us for a long time, till we switched to more horsepower.
3. Zebra. Almost the same as a horse, but a little bit different…… Like their stripes…
4. Dolphin. Besides really cool animals, also very smart animals. I went swimming with them in Cuba. Although it must drive them crazy to do all the time the same thing, they looked excited to “work” with people and being petted.
5. Giraffe. Actually I really started to like the giraffe after a visit to the Zoo of Emmen as a child, where a giraffe gave me the possibility to scrub his head. There tongue is a bit “rough”, but there long neck, small head and long legs makes them very HIP.
6. Kolibri (don’t know the English name) If you see one “eat’ you just have to look
7. Penguin. They walk so funny! And after seeing the move Madagascar, they are even funnier….
8. Orca. Once heard the story that two Orca’s tried to save a human being, but they were a little rough while playing with it. They were throwing with the human being like we do with a ball….the human being did not survive it… I don’t know if it is a true story, but I would love to see one in real.
9. Flamingo. They look a bit odd with their long thin legs, but their colour is so cool.

HIP Animals, according to Anna:

1. Parrot: with their beautiful colours and the fact that they can ‘talk’, cool to imagine how they fly around in the jungle with a lot of them.
2. Giraffe: they have a funny face and I like the pattern of their skin. Since years I have a puffed giraffe animal which is very cute.
3. Penguin: also funny, when I see them walk I always have to laugh because it looks so weird. They look beautiful with the black and white
4. Zebra: Just a nice pattern
5. Turtles: My brother used to have 2 turtles, they were very cute.
6. Monkey: especially the ones which look a bit like human beings, I don’t know their names. The baby monkeys are so sweet.
7. Dolphin: very very smart. Free Willy... Whales are also very interesting, impressive.
8. Lion/tiger: Have to mention a scary animal too. These show so much power, even when they sleep.
9. Elephant: Could not be missing here.
10. Butterfly: the ones with nice patters. The animals they were before they turn into butterfly are also funny, I don’t know the name. The transformation phase is very interesting
11. Tropical fishes: with all their beautiful colours. Too bad I can’t dive and don’t dare to and I’m not so good at swimming under water as well, so I haven’t seen that much tropical fishes when I was in Curacao.

dinsdag, juni 21, 2005

HIP music instruments

HIP music instruments, according to Liz
1. Saxophone. A good saxophone player can make this instrument the sexiest sound in music.
2. Violin – maybe on the first sight not the HIPpest instrument, but it has I just love the sound of it. It can by classic, but can also rock.
3. Bagpipe. Not an every day music instrument, but I always love to hear the sound. Gives me chicken skin. Not for every day by the way.
4. Guitar, acoustic. But only for a person who can really play, and not someone trying to play at the campfire (although that can be nice as well)

HIP Music Instruments, according to Anna:

1. Saxophone: I think there’s no need to explain, sexy.
2. Piano: I’m always jealous to people who can play the guitar very well, it’s romantic and just beautiful
3. Mouth Organ: just funny, but can sound very nice, for example together with guitar music
4. Guitar: Nice blues on an acoustic guitar.
5. Tooter: ?? Don’t know how to explain, not a trumpet but something like that with which the ‘Last Post’ is played

dinsdag, juni 14, 2005

HIP coaches

HIP Coaches, according to Anna:

1. Jose Mourinho (soccer, Chelsea): one of the first moments I heard about him, I thought it was an asshole, because of his behaviour towards Frank Rijkaard. But actually I don’t really know what it was all about. And then I saw him during the Champions League. The incident when he wasn’t allowed to sit besides the field during the match. He’d got such a punishment before but then he managed to communicate with his assistants by cellphone or something like that. So this time everybody was alert, but he wasn’t even in the stadium. I still wonder what he did this time to have contact with his assistents. I’m sure he’d done another funny trick. Heavenly funny, I love this ‘recalcitrant’ behaviour. Besides this, he’s also just a good coach, helped Porto and Chelsea back to the top and gave Robben all the trust he needed during his injuries.
2. Bart Schouten (icespeedskating, USA): HIP because he made a speedskating country of the US and because he looks hip (for his age..).
3. Frank Rijkaard (soccer, Barcelona): with his relaxed attitude, he made an incredibly good team of Barca, which is able to beat the golden players of Real Madrid. Had been a good player and a great coach of the dutch national team as well. He made one of the best teams in years, but had some trouble with penalties...
4. Flavio Briatore (F1, Renault): Maybe not really a coach, but well. I like the italian, a little bit of mafia, style, that specific attitude which I can’t describe, and the way he managed to make a very good car for Fernando Alonso and give him all the trust to go for it. (just forget all his mistakes with Naomi Campbell etc.)
5. Marco van Basten (soccer, dutch national team): Although a lot of times I really don’t understand his decisions, he still proved to be right, and that’s the hip thing about him. He created a very young and talented new ‘Oranje’ and had the courage to say goodbye to oldies Davids, Kluivert and Seedorf. He’s right about that, but I still don’t get the ‘van Bommel’ decision... We’ll see. Finally become world champion??
6. Jacco Verhaeren (swimming): the driving force behind the many (olympic) victories of Pieter van de Hoogeband, and also former coach of Inge de Bruyn.

HIP coaches, according to Liz

1. Frank Rijkaard. He was a good soccer player, he fitted in every team he played, his biggest mistake as coach of the national team was quitting after the team lost in semi – finals, and now he is doing a marvellous job at the Barcelona soccer team. I think he will be a big one, the first of a new generation of great coaches (together with Van Basten, Ronald Koeman and less good Gullit). He mostly looks really calm and does not fear trying something new.
2. Sjef Janssen/ Anky van Grunsven. Anky van Grunsven is not only the best horseback rider of the world right now, she also trains a few of the best horseback riders, and upcoming horseback riders. Her husband, Sjef Janssen is her trainer and rides her horses when she is not able to ride (broken leg, pregnancy). He made her the best of the world (besides her own qualities).
3. Gerard Kemkers. Speedskating coach of the TVM team. Last Olympics his skaters scored enormously, and in 2004 Renate Groenewold was the first female Dutch Worldchampion Long distances(at least in ages).
4. Marco van Basten. He had the change to become one of worlds best soccer players (I think every soccer fan knows some of moves) but has to stop his career because a bad ankle. In first instance he did not wanted to be involved in anything that was related to soccer. This made him look around. After some years he followed a course for soccer coach and now he is the newest coach of the Dutch National team. (and pretty successful till now)
5. Bart Schouten. The second speed skating coach. Scores good results with most of his skaters. Probably going to TVM after the Olympics.
6. Jacco Verhaeren. Swimming coach of Pieter van de Hoogeband (and others)
7. Arsene Wengen. Coach of Arsenal. Lots of soccer players who did not really succeed in other teams (Bergkamp and van Persie)