Giving the Faithful a run for their money

[sah67]

These Swedish fans don't stop cheering until their team comes out for a second(!) fan salute, which includes tumbling. As Puck Daddy puts it, "When's the last time you saw a hockey team emerge from the back to a curtain call like they're Pearl Jam on their third encore?"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=f21ux7jYkTs

[TimV]

Wow- that was great.  Can we adopt the chant/tune?  What did they win?

[BMac]

"Ooooh, heaven is a place on earth"

[Jim Hyla]

So how come Doug Murray never clued us into this?:-D

[andyw2100]

So how come Doug Murray never clued us into this?:-D

Doug Murray ever strike you as a big fan of synchronized tumbling, Jim?

[TimV]

::doh::

[David Harding]

Wow- that was great.  Can we adopt the chant/tune?  What did they win?

If you take the chant, you're also stuck with the uniforms.  ::looking::

[TimV]

They do have a kind of NASCAR vibe, no?

[LaJollaRed]

Wow- that was great.  Can we adopt the chant/tune?  What did they win?

Pre-season exhibition against the local high school. :-)

That was great - thanks for sharing.

From 2005-2008 we stood three rows behind this British kid who assured us that if we learned his chants we'd probably get kicked out. We were pretty clever, nonetheless.

[Trotsky]

"Ooooh, heaven is a place on earth"

Don't nuke people.
 They get weird.