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Worlds Longest Throw Ever with an iPod-154yards? (video)
youtube.com - 1/1/2009
Worlds Longest Throw Ever with an iPod-154yards? (video)
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Roald Bradstock stars in "The Art of Throwing" series. Achieving an amazing 154 yard throw with an iPod, Roald demonstrates his amazing throwing pr...

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Macenstein:  I bet someone threw a Zune further…

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW):  iPod tossed 154 yards by an Olympic thrower

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I bet someone threw a Zune further…
Macenstein — Behold Roald Bradstock , former Olympic javelin thrower and current fashion plate. Here we see Roald set the world record for iPod throwing, and amazing 154 yards. Or at least we assume he is setting it. The filming is so disjointed, and there appears to be no one with any type of badge or even mustache officiating the event, but given that Roald has built his entire (sad) post-Olympic life around throwing random objects, we’re guessing this is legit. Amazingly, the iPod survived the throw, and is being donated to the Who Gives a S#$% Museum in Hertfordshire England.

iPod tossed 154 yards by an Olympic thrower
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — Filed under: Humor, iPod Family, Cult of Mac, Found Footage Roald Bradstock is a champion javelin thrower, but lately he's been throwing more than that, including an egg, a golf ball, and a soccer ball. You know when people start breaking random things in creative ways, an Apple product will show up. Sure enough, in the video above (turn the sound down, the wind noise is horrendous), Roald tosses an iPod a football field and a half. There's no reason why he should do this, but it looks like Apple expected this might happen some day -- despite a ...

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