Toby "Crash" Stevenson???

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:23 am

I must know the truth... does ANYONE in real life call Toby "Crash"? I have only ever heard Dwight Stones (and now all of the other NBC announcers) call him that.

Toby, Kurt, and a whole bunch of other California people are members of this message board... the truth must be revealed!! :devil:

Enlighten us please!

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:48 am

Oh wait it gets better...

This is from several news articles:

Stevenson, nicknamed The Cat in the Hat because of the fact that he wears a black street hockey safety helmet, got the silver with 5.90m.

LOL

tim hutzley · Unread postby **tim hutzley** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:47 am

that would be pretty funny if Dwight Stones read this.

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:02 am

tim hutzley wrote:that would be pretty funny if Dwight Stones read this.

If I were a TV announcer who wanted to get a feel for what the pole vault community thinks about something, I would read this board :devil:

superchau88 · Unread postby **superchau88** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:02 am

i was wondering the same thing when i was watching the olympics.

the funny thing is, this might be the kind of thing that just might stick on. so i guess from now on we'll be referring to toby as crash stevenson?

CowtownPV · Unread postby **CowtownPV** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:34 am

I have never heard anyone but the announcer call Toby "crash". He wears the helmet to promote safety in the vault not because he crashes.

Bruce Caldwell · Unread postby **Bruce Caldwell** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 7:44 am

tim hutzley wrote:that would be pretty funny if Dwight Stones read this.

Dwight is an endorsee of the ESSX High Jump System and works with us, he has seen the board.

achtungpv · Unread postby **achtungpv** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:16 am

other errors announced...

"Pavlov cleared 5.8, which was announced as being 4 cm above his PR and then later announced as being 1 cm under his PR", actually his PR is 5.85 from indoors.

"Pavlov is in his first major championships", I guess being the '04 Indoor World Champion doesn't count.

"Stevenson is in his first major championship", I guess the '04 Indoor World Championships doesn't count

"Gibilisco just cleared (5.85) a foot over his season best", actually his best this season was 5.82.

I like Stones a lot as an announcer, but you don't have to invent drama when there's plenty around already.

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:47 am

superchau88 wrote:so i guess from now on we'll be referring to toby as crash stevenson?

Not unless Toby himself tells us he LIKES the nickname and WANTS use to call him that :eek:

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 9:49 am

achtungpv wrote:"Stevenson is in his first major championship", I guess the '04 Indoor World Championships doesn't count

Yeah I remember him saying something about Toby having no international experience and I thought the same thing about World Indoors.

At least they didn't call him "the Cat in the Hat" on air

Lord of the Poles · Unread postby **Lord of the Poles** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:08 pm

Yea, I hate how they're practically trying to force the "Crash" nickname upon us by constantly calling him that... it's stupid...

blazerunner121 · Unread postby **blazerunner121** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:40 pm

"crash" never would have come up in my mind. i think of him as "the black helmet" guy.

PoleVaultPower.com

Toby "Crash" Stevenson???

Toby "Crash" Stevenson???

Dwight

Who is online