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Sure it originated as "whoop dee doos"... but why? why do we call them that?
Maybe it's what the old-schoolers would yell when they'd get all squirly? I have no idea, but when talking with non-MXers the term sounds pretty crazy, and I never have an answer as to "why we call em that".
Maybe it's what the old-schoolers would yell when they'd get all squirly? I have no idea, but when talking with non-MXers the term sounds pretty crazy, and I never have an answer as to "why we call em that".
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It's where the crashes happen.
Racer92, that kinda fits in with my "old-schooler yelling" theory. On that note, it's a good thing the whoops didn't evolve to be called the "HOLY SHIIIITS".
I heard that the term "whoops" originates from Montgomery Whoops, who was an English sea captain in the 18th century or something like that.
The story goes that when sailing back to England after the battle of Copenhagen, he came across a fleet of 4 Cornish fishing boats. Mistaking them for danish boats, his ship opened fire and sunk four vessels. According to oral history, this happened since his fleet mistook the Cornish flag for the Danish flag.
The incident led to his dismissal from his post. This led to the origination of the term “whoops” in the English language to describe a blunder or mistake.
Although this happed around the start the 19th century, the term did not take off until the start of the 20th century, when senior naval and army officers began using it colloquially.
Mate you just replied to a 15 year old thread. How’d you even find it?
Thanks for that. I didn't notice the date and was curious why GuyB would randomly choose to reply to a whoops thread today.
I enjoy when the old timers call them “hoops”
It comes from a combination of words/phrases.
The Cherokee word "Whoop" meaning to "dance lightly over fallen trees", and the Malaysian phrase "Dee-Doo" meaning "You fool, you should have known better".
Credit to either Super Hunky, or Jody, I think I can't remember.
The old timers only use that term when you jump through them.
I think it originated with the first supercross, The 1972 Superbowl of Motocross. They were originally called Hoop-tee-dos
Moguls don't run the full width of a track (or ski run), they're more like individual mounds instead of strips like whoops, which they actually did have moguls in some early 80's Supercross and were correctly called moguls.
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Might be total bullshit but I like it.🙃
Lol...are you on the dope? Cool.😉
Yes...it the ancient days we called them moguls because they looked like the "moguls" in skiing. But then MXA or Dirt Bike called them Whoop de Chews and everybody at the tracks shortened it to "whoops" and RC mistakenly called them "hoops" which is where some folks also repeated his mistake.
They can be good or evil depending on how good you are.🙃
No, a Belgian strong we made last winter.
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Rubber baby buggy bumpers was the original name, ABC World Wide of Sports anchor Tif Stalren would accidentally refer to them as "Rubber baby buggy Humpers" and ABC would cringe as they knew the FCC fine was incoming. During the initial broadcast, when they took a break for the halftime show (Rocket man, hackey sack tournament, beer bottle blowers chorus) the team let Tif know he said "humpers" on day time TV and was facing a huge fine of $34. ($78 million in today's money). Tif replied "whoops!" and the reat is history. (insert link to wikipedia)
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Carry on.
Bring back hoop-tee-dos, $6.50 lower deck, and $10 VIPs!
I first heard the term used first by desert racers in the early 70s but that doesn't explain the origin of the term.
Yes, why yes I do.
It was the term used before RC, and and after RC, however during RC's reign it was "hoops"
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