DNA’s issue #105 hit the stands with Matthew Mitcham on the cover. It’s a nice simple cover too, and he has such a lean toned body, how could he look bad
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Website Samesame today posted an article suggesting that aussieBum was very close to signing a sponsorship deal to make Matthew Mitcham the face (and butt?) of their brand. I think the two are a perfect fit.
Unfortunately, after being in touch with aussieBum today, they denied a deal is done or close to being done. They are very proud of Matthew and his stunning victory in Beijing, but Matthew isn’t even back in Australia yet and hasn’t spoken to anyone about a deal. He has signed with a management agency, but no deals are done yet. But I think I speak for all of us when I say I’m seriously looking forward to the aussieBum shoots that may hopefully happen in the future with the sexy Matt.
If someone’s going to kick your ass then it’s the least they can do to show you all their junk while they beat you to a pulp. Looks like all that jumping around is keeping him fit. Actually fighting someone nude could prove dangerous to the goods though.
I’ve been an athletic and sporting person for my entire life. Dabbling in lots of sports, excelling in none but holding my own. Swimming has been the predominant one but there’s been tennis, rowing, gymnastics as well as rock climbing and other bits and pieces.
One thing I’ve never done is have any formal dance lessons and watching So You Think You Can Dance is just so inspiring and beautiful. For people to have that much control over their bodies and to be able to move with such grace is gorgeous and awe inspiring. I will admit to being more drawn to the slightly quirkier routines. Ballroom and Latin do nothing for me.
What a great way to start the day, finding out that our openly gay Olympic diver, Matthew Mitcham has taken out gold in the 10m platform diving competition over night, putting an end to the ideas of a chinese clean sweep of the diving pool. I watched the semi finals yesterday and Matthew was in spectacular form. According to this report, Matthew had a couple of dodgy early dives in the finals but came back with several tens to take out the competition! Congratulations Matthew, we are so proud. I’m even more proud that you can stand up and publicly thank your partner Lachlan, and that it’s not sensationalised!
Update: Here’s the Youtube version of the video that was here earlier. Hopefully now everyone will be able to watch it.
Dancing with the stars is shortly about to shimmy it’s way back onto our TV screens with a, thankfully, new host, the hot Daniel Macpherson. One of the celebrities about to flex his dancing muscles is AFL star, Collingwood player, Paul Licuria.
He’s one of the glamour boys of AFL but from what I can see he actually has a bit of talent on the field. I may actually tune in to one or two of the shows to see how he goes and see if he matches his former team mate Brodie Holland’s outfits on the show a couple of years ago.
Don’t forget to go here to vote in the first Aussielicious Awards, where Daniel Macpherson is in the running!
The ratings for this year’s Olympics by all accounts, have been fantastic, especially in the US while Michael Phelps were swimming, but I’m all for bringing back the original state for the Olympians. Nude. Surely it would be good for the team to bond? I’m not sure sprinters like Bolt would be quite as aerodynamic without some support but damn it would be fun to watch. Imagine the devastation of the pole vaulters if they clear the bar only to have their nuts just clip the bar.
It’s no secret that I’m attracted to swimmers bodies, but I also like a bunch of other bodies. The Olympics are the perfect time for us to indulge in checking out our favourite athlete shapes, from the short but oh so strong gymnasts, powerful sprinters, stocky weightlifters and all the other boys in between. What’s your favourite?
I’ll admit that when i first heard of Michael Phelps a few years back, my first impressions were cocky and arrogant. As Aussies, we are very protective of our swimmers and swimming, like all sports is full of good natured rivalry and a bit of sledging to throw the other team off.
After seeing interviews with Phelps in the subsequent years and in the lead up to Beijing and now over the 8 days of swimming competition, I have the utmost respect for the man. He has just become the most successful athlete at a single Olympic Games, EVER with 8 gold medals and the most decorated Olympian of all time with, I think, 12 Gold. The man is a machine, with an arm span 7 inches longer than his actual height and a surprising amount of modesty and respect for all his fellow competitors. I won’t say he’s not a little cocky or arrogant, but I don’t say it in a bad way. Every elite athlete has to be a bit selfish and full of themselves or they won’t achieve the greatness that Phelps has. Congratulations Michael and continued success!
It seems every four years we are flooded with images of nude Olympians. We had 3 successive special editions of Black & White Magazine years ago filled with nude Aussie athletes, now it looks like the Brits are at it. Of the few images I’ve seen, this one of Gregor Tait is my favourite. Maybe because I’ve grown up swimming and love the water, or because of the sheer dynamic nature of it. I wonder how many shots they had to take to get the timing so perfect?
It seems that the latest round of this public nudity challenge has proven that the first was a fluke. First time round I had literally dozens of people submitting photos. Every time we have done it since there has been dramatically less entries. Oh well, it was good while it lasted. But these images found their way into my email and I hope it was warm. Imagine falling off and being cold AND grazed.
As much as I love the idea of being nude, the idea of some sports being enjoyable nude doesn’t quite work for me. Without football boots the game would be a bit slower and a lot more people falling over surely? But then, nude but with football boots is just too dangerous to consider!
Sometimes sticking to a tradition really works. Like this nude Rugby match held on a New Zealand beach every year. They call it the Tri-Nations series and this match was fought out with bitter rivals South Africa. Both countries are passionate about their rugby but I don’t think anyone can beat the Kiwis for their obsession with the game. They even did the nude Haka. I don’t know how cold it was there but it might not have been as intimidating as it’s intended to be.
And they say this isn’t homo erotic? Yeah, right. They aren’t asking the right people. I found this over at Joqs.
The annual wrestling competition has happened once more again in the Kirkpinar Arena in Sarayici in the western Turkish city of Edirne a couple of days ago. The competitors are all adamant that there is nothing gay about this competition, despite contestants sticking their hand in each other’s pants to try and get a grip. Is that a grip like on a bowling ball? Never mind their stand on the situation, to us gay boys, whether it’s intended to be gay or not, it looks damned sexy. Up to 1,800 competitors take part in the tournament.