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Post by Cory Bresnan on Aug 24, 2012 14:36:40 GMT -5
No don't check with Cory check with franks girlfriend...unless sarahs going
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Post by Chris Gangi on Aug 24, 2012 14:56:43 GMT -5
Hey Frank....what day and time and are they having kids classes? if so what are the ages. OO...I'm talking about the Brooklyn Fair! Not sure Chris. Ill find out if you want. Ill text you. Might wanna check with Cory to make sure u can attend first. Neil thanks. I do teach as much as I can. I have many pullers coming to train with me. hope all is well That would be awesome Frank.....TY
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Post by TK on Aug 24, 2012 15:20:38 GMT -5
WOW! Frank.....who'd you piss off?
lol....supporting local tourneys should be respected.....It's a great thing when a class act puller shows up for a smaller event.
Kudos.
TK
TK
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Post by Frank "The PREZ" Hirst on Aug 24, 2012 15:34:05 GMT -5
Girlfriend is the key word. I saw your date. Haven't seen him in a while. Congratulations Cory
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Post by Cory Bresnan on Aug 24, 2012 18:21:05 GMT -5
Frank I didn't bring my girlfriend this year because last time every time I walked up to the table you would hit on her...petifile...you wonder why we don't practice with you anymore
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Post by Chris Davis on Aug 24, 2012 18:26:17 GMT -5
oo this is getting personal!
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Post by Cory Bresnan on Aug 24, 2012 18:32:32 GMT -5
You know I started this to see why Frank thinks its ok to pull the same fairs every year and embarrass some of them...but its not ok for Tim Lewis to pull amatuers where he sometimes still struggles...and plus Tim Lewis actually teaches people technique, Frank just whoops and sprints out he teaches nothing
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Post by Tim Lewis on Aug 24, 2012 19:31:36 GMT -5
Ok, I will once again bluntly state my opinion. If people disagree that is FINE but here it is:
I don't give a rats a$$ what a class is called whether it is open, amateur, professional, greenhorn (yes I've been to a tournament where this term was used LOL).....people are caught up in reputations and ranking these days but the way I see it its just about you pulling guys in or around YOUR OWN SKILL level that make tournaments fun. If you went to 5 tournaments in a row and won so easy you didn't break a sweat, you probably would get sick of it, I know I would. I'd find bigger events to go to. Along the same line, if you just got flashed 2 and out 5 times in a row that wouldn't be that fun either.
the bottom line is an arm wrestler should follow an unwritten rule to enter classes where they are competitive in. If there is no longer competition in the class, then what's the point? You get nothing out of winning and people just get frustrated losing to you over and over again. This goes on both the winning and losing ends of the spectrum.
Yes I won the CT amateur class right handed but it was not easy. Me and Brian and Seth had great matches. Left handed I did NOT win the class but it was competitive.
In Dallas, the left hand pro class 76 was not as competitive as the 98 amateur left. I WON the 76 PRO left but took 2nd in the amateur left 98. I also did not pull the amateur left 76 in Dallas because I didn't think it would be competitive enough honestly.
I would like to think that I use judgement at tournaments when entering classes. I will always pull the open class that I weigh in at right and left. Any additional classes are always based on the talent level that is present in the class period.
And Cory to say that Frank isn't willing to help new pullers isn't fair to him either, he would if he was asked to....just not everyone is that social that's all and forward.
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Post by Brian Ledoux on Aug 27, 2012 12:18:28 GMT -5
Maybe this isn’t the appropriate thread for my first posting, but I couldn’t help but give my input (whether is matters or not). I am very new to the armwrestling game; most of my sport experience has come in the form of amateur boxing and other contact sports. That being said, I had my first exposure to an armwrestling tournament @ Arms for Kids a couple weeks. I had never heard of Frank before, but based on my first impression his presence there was more of a supporting role rather than him just trying to smoke everyone who competed. He spent time announcing the proper rules, best safety practices, etc. to ensure that newbies like me didn’t snap their arms in half. I guess I don’t get why people get so riled up when the guy is clearly working a charity event
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Post by Mike Giannelli on Aug 28, 2012 17:16:29 GMT -5
Maybe this isn’t the appropriate thread for my first posting, but I couldn’t help but give my input (whether is matters or not). I am very new to the armwrestling game; most of my sport experience has come in the form of amateur boxing and other contact sports. That being said, I had my first exposure to an armwrestling tournament @ Arms for Kids a couple weeks. I had never heard of Frank before, but based on my first impression his presence there was more of a supporting role rather than him just trying to smoke everyone who competed. He spent time announcing the proper rules, best safety practices, etc. to ensure that newbies like me didn’t snap their arms in half. I guess I don’t get why people get so riled up when the guy is clearly working a charity event You used your first post on this?!?! Frank and eats weenies like you for breakfast, and makes fun of it afterwards. He's good at making square tables, and has a cool hairdo.
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Post by Emma "The Ember" Pihl on Aug 29, 2012 6:16:42 GMT -5
This thread is LOL LOL LOL !!!!!! some people like to teach, some people dont and some people shouldnt teach.. some people have talent in the sport and some has no talent in the sport that will have to train harder .. may take longer for some to be one of the good pullers but its all up to you how good you wanna be. your only a novice for a year in my opinion. but then again all event has diffrent rules about the novice classes.
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Post by TK on Aug 29, 2012 6:39:24 GMT -5
Maybe this isn’t the appropriate thread for my first posting, but I couldn’t help but give my input (whether is matters or not). I am very new to the armwrestling game; most of my sport experience has come in the form of amateur boxing and other contact sports. That being said, I had my first exposure to an armwrestling tournament @ Arms for Kids a couple weeks. I had never heard of Frank before, but based on my first impression his presence there was more of a supporting role rather than him just trying to smoke everyone who competed. He spent time announcing the proper rules, best safety practices, etc. to ensure that newbies like me didn’t snap their arms in half. I guess I don’t get why people get so riled up when the guy is clearly working a charity event You used your first post on this?!?! Frank and eats weenies like you for breakfast, and makes fun of it afterwards. He's good at making square tables, and has a cool hairdo. and yes his hair is cool.
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Post by TK on Aug 29, 2012 6:42:12 GMT -5
Why did we haggle Tim Lewis for so long about pulling amateurs now the point of this thread is much much clearer.
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Post by John Bergstrom on Sept 2, 2012 12:31:19 GMT -5
really i love to teach new guys but i think we all need a good pump to our egos by being the champ of our home town its just fun. Cory with an old man like yours it wont b long b 4 your taken it to frank and wouldnt that b the better way to fix your problem train hard bro
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Post by Jean chicken wing Daigle on Sept 3, 2012 18:31:59 GMT -5
The Daigle's have been doing the Brooklyn fair for the last 6 years. Every year Frank Hirst helped us in the A.W.tournement We have had some of the big name guys like Tim Bresman,Harry Bean, Andy duchenne and many more. I only hope that Frank is not going to stop helping other people just because of what is being said about him. The comment that was said about Sarah was uncalled for. We missed you last week, I hope that it,s not because of what Corey is saying.
Jean Daigle
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