Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Day 6 and 7 Road to Canberra

Day 6,
We missed great Sydney Friday night,,,, but at the time we didnt know how crap the canberra was.

Morning, we rent a car, Mitsubishi Rancer!! Then headed to the Canberra.
We cruised up there, checking out kinda country site. I actually surpirsed outback is very similar to Germany. But I can say it was not like OUTBACK outback,, just a country side.

We arrived in Canberra, our hotel supposed to be huge and nice 5 star..
Hmmm, it was nice one but not that special.. one things speacial was they rang the fire alram middle of the night and everyone got paniced.
We were OK but just sleepy as hell..

When we arrived, we checked out shopping center which is the best things in Canberra I assume.
Then drove to the embassy site, parliament,,so-so not so fun for me.
We also went to the immigration office. Asked them how to live in Australia, things liek that.
It sounds like if I could get a job, I could live 3 years for sure and we can apply the PR visa later on.  hmmmm I might give it a try next year anyway.

Day 7
Brekkie at the hotel was excellent,, this was our highlight of Canberra for sure.....

Shopping , market--this was the crappiest market ever I saw..
walking around the lake,,super cold wind..
more shopping,,
headed to Casino and I won 100bucks but Sophie lost 50 bucks..
We could have a free dinner at Thai food one. It was decent taste..

Hmmmm Now I can say why you wanna go to Canberra? what for??

If you dont know someone, Canberra is not smart choice for holiday...
Unless you wanna have a rest...

I should have stay in Sydney,,, wanted to check out the IVY bar with Chris LOL

Leia Mais…

Day 5 Newtwon

Day 5,

We had great days with Dawn and Chris in Sydney.
Today me and Sophie headed to newtown just checking out there.
Walking around, check out some shop but couldnt find something we wanna buy.
Anyway then we headed to the paddington market.

It was like a Victoria market in Melbourne.  Its not bad at all for buying some cheap AUSTRALIAN things from China.
Some of them are cheap and personally I love the Aussie T-shirts and shorts.
I ended up buying the Aussie flag shorts. LOL

Then for the dinner, Dawn and Chris showed up and we had a French dinner.
Dawn's friend Ray and Chris mate Gavin came up.
These guys are so funny they all talk girls and boys things.
We enjoyed conversation, and great French dinner.

Then after party at IVY bar,
Chris suggested us to go to the IVY bar where on Friday and Saturday all the suits guys go and skunkie bitches looking for them... Thats why Chris know there well! LOL
But actually Ivy was pretty good, I guess Dawn hates there bcuz of the girls there, mini skirts and kinda snobby girls.
Anyway it was pretty nice bar as far as on Thursday!

Gavin shouted me a nice jib tonic, cant remember the gin name but it was pretty good.

So we called it for a day after that.
Thanks again Dawn and Chris!!  We enjoyed Sydney so much!!

Ivy bar


We LOVE IVY but Dawn hates IVY

Leia Mais…

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

you have to watch this 絶対みて

Better watch this film, its awesome.

I cant believe BMX can do such this tricks so far.

絶対見てみて、これぞBMXの最終系やわ。。カメラワークもめっちゃかっこいい。

Leia Mais…

Saturday, 20 November 2010

Day 4 Chris

Day 4

Chris took a day off for us! What the funny thing about Chris was he forgot to tell to take a dayoff today. So he called up his office and told them to take a day off....
I thought this is very very Aussie thing! It cannot be like that in Japan.
Maybe if you own your company, its yes but such as goverment related job, its impossible!
I love Aussie style!

Anyway firstly we headed to Opera house in the morning, it was nice sunny weather.
Its best day for taking a photo! Check out the beautiful darling harbor area and opera house.
Then we walked to the Rock area to grab a lunch.
Chris offered us to have a German real food, yeah it was pretty good!
It was exactly like German food, yes of course...
And I had a girly beer(light beer). hehehe

After meal, caught a ferry to Manly again.
It was so nice in Manly, in the first day, waves were so rough and strong because of the bad weather. But today fuck yahhh so nice and sunny!!
I took a shirt off and laid on the beach!
got a  suntanned a bit and Chris called his japanese friend.
Shiina showed up and she looked a bit slutty at the first sight but she was nice girl.
We chatted about Sydney life and headed back to the city.
Then Chris again called some more friends, he knows so many mates!!
Because he has been our hero since we were in Brissy.


Anyway one german girl and aussie girl, Korean funny boy and Gavin showed up.
These guys were pretty cool, I wish I have more time to catch up with them.
But this German girl,,, Oh--gooosh,,, she speaks like a full automatic machine gun!!
Talk kinda shit all the time and pretty strong girl...

Aussie girl was cool, she taught us about Canberra because she lived there for a while.
But every one said why you going to Canberra what for??

At the time I didnt know this meaning about Canberra, but I will know it later!

Jap girl Shiina was very quiet,, I know what she was feeling.
I bet she was very happy because everyone is English speaker and everyone seemed to enjoy conversation. It was very different than what she was with her japanese friend.
She wanted to join in but her english was not good enough...
So she just tries to catch up everyone's conversation..


I know it because I was like her at the first time, but Simon. Chirs, John, Amanda and Paul kept talking to me very slowly! LOL This is why I can speak English right now.

So after the yummy Tapas dinner, yes it was one of the best one actually speacially octopai!
We called it for day and I really thank to Chris!!
He is still my super hero!!



mine mine mine mine mine.....


Best Australian guy









German girl and Zen




Tapas Dinner

Leia Mais…

Do you know who won the Australian Masters? 誰が勝ったオーストラリアンマスターズ

Did u guys check out who won the Australian Masters??

I heard one Japanese guy won the Masters!! He finally got a gold jacket!!
And Ive got a photo from my secret service guy,,check it out

この前オーストラリアにタイガーウッズも参加してた
オーストラリアマスターズ誰がかったか知ってる?

うわさでは日本人が優勝してゴールジャケット手に入れたみたい!!
特別にゴルフダイジェストの友達からそのときの写真手に入れた!
あまり日本では大きく取り上げられなかったみたいやけど
オーストラリアではすごかったらしい!タイガーとかセルジオを押さえて優勝!
すごい日本人もいるもんやなーー

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Leia Mais…

Thursday, 18 November 2010

Dominc Mazza ドミニック マーザ16歳!!

Dominc Mazza ドミニック マーザ16歳!!400Y越え、、、

Leia Mais…

Joe Millar

Leia Mais…

Jamie 3冠逃す! 

Jamie Sadlowski 3冠のがす!

優勝はJoe Millerイギリス
一日8000カロリーのも食事をして週5日もトレーニングするようです。
ボール初速も最速を大会中に記録したようです。
スイングしたら勢いで体がういてる、、、、なんてやつや

Jamie couldnt get the back to back 2010champion!
Winner was Joe Millar,, geee, he eats 8000cal per day and work out 5 days..
Hes got a fastest ball speed during the competition, super fast hey


Leia Mais…

Day3 Dawn

Day 3.

Today Dawn took a dayoff for us. She is so nice to take a dayoff even she started to a new job recently!! I still thank for her, organizing BBQ even she was almost vegetalian... Chris and I feel kinda funny to tell her to buy a meat!!! hahaha

Anyway she picked us up and we went to Bondi area. We grabbed a brekkie at brontie beach ( cant remember that name).
Breakkie was pretty good, I had a lunch menue though.

checked out some art stuff along the sea side, then drove up to city and saw a convict musium.
I didnt know Australia's history was such new..

We caught up with Chris for Korean BBQ.
We had a girly drink with Chris and Dawn had a Man drink BEER!!
Sophie was eating so much meat during this trip, so was I.

Anyway Dawn and Chris are awesome guys. I am so happy to see them ages ago.
Every time I met a good guys in Oz, I firstly thank to Simon and Paul.
Because they are the first guys and they introduced me some more good friends.
If I didnt met them, I cannot have same experiences that I had before and from now on!!

Anyway this time, Dawn took care of us so good, we have to give something back!
Dawn come down to Kyoto next year!! that will be our time!!

Cheers Dawn,










Leia Mais…

Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Day 2

Day2,

After we enjoyed awesome first day, 2nd day was kinda chilling out day for us.
In the morning, we headed to Rocks and grabed a meat pie in the morning.
Checked out the Coles and other woolie.

Mono rail was kinda cool, we could go around the city.
Then when we decided to take a look at the darling harbor.
It started raining... so we called it for an early day.
I wanted to see Hamish and Andy thuogh! LOL

Got back in hotel and watched the undercover boss series. It was kinda fun!!
I liked it!

Meat Pie

Coles My Dog
Steak paradaise

Leia Mais…

Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Australia Day 1 SYDNEY

Day 1,

We arrived in Sydney airport via from Gold coast on the 31st!
I felt already good, breathing in OZ air!!

When we picked up the baggage, Chris supposed to pick us up.
But he wasnt there, Sophie asked me '' Did you tell him out flight details?''
I said No problem he will show up soon!
I started to feel I might tell him to pick us up at international one,,, so we called him, he was the international one! Sorry bro!

Chris was good as usual, he was the legend of our mates.

He dropped us at the hotel and got cantacted with Dawn who is my snowboarding mate!
Chris and Dawn organized a BBQ for us, called some more friends.
We met Dan and Glen who are Chris's good mates, they are nice guys!


Oh-yah Chris car's mileage was over 260000km but still run OK! I really cant believe it!!
But I will find out Paul's car has much more mileage later!

Anyway we kinda delayed to arrive at the BBQ place almost 2hours, its called Shelly beach next to Manlly( fuck yahhh)

Dawn and Mike ( her frined) were ready for all the meal!
We started to BBQ!

Lots of meat, lamb, sausage, dipps, Ohhhhh---they alllll gooooood

I started to feel I am finally in OZ! I was so happy to see them all.
Specially Chris and Dawn.
Our first day was perfect day!

Then almost finished our BBQ, its pissing down! Some of them got soaked and we headed to after party for beers.

We looked around and found a Beverian beer cafe in Manlly.

I couldnt talk much back there but I was already feeling so happy to listen everyone's conversation and I thought this is what I wanted to be...
Sophie seems to have a good time with all of them.

After that, we head off..

And I called it perfect first day in Australia!! because of Chris and Dawn!


Finally in OZ

260000km Honda makes tough car!

How nice, public Barbie place

Mike BBQ master



Oh--I miss Aussie BBQ

Shelly beach
Perfect first day in Sydney!!  Chris and Dawn are THE LEGEND!

Leia Mais…

Sunday, 14 November 2010

Its all about AUSTRALIA

We just came back from Australia, my dream country. It was the best holiday ever...
I didnt wanna go home so badly... but on the other hand, I am thinking to immigrate there one day.
I will try to find a job.

Anyway I will tell our story from the backwards.
Then I will update more story in this week. Please check up my blog this week.

On the last day 13th, we woke up at 3am and got a cab for heading to Southern cross buss station in Melbourne. We got there on time and headed to the airport. Got a flight in safe and
We arrived in Gold coast airport for changing to the international flight.

There was a massive delay of our flight. I thought this is definitely telling to us to stay in OZ, so Australia tried to hook me up as much as possible!!
hahaha, anyway we had to wait 3 and half hours at the airport...
we could have gone to the surfers paradaice but we didnt go just in case.

Jetstar gave us 10bucks voucher ticket for food which was nice.
But you know you cant buy full meal at 10bucks,,, we ended up to paid a bit more..

After massive delay, we were already worried about how to get back home.
Flight supposed to arrive in Kansai airport around 21:35... and our last bus was on 22:00dep...
This is very very tight schedule,,,,

Our flight arrived exactly on 21:35, I dunno why airplain could go faster,,,
anyway we have 25mins left to get on the last bus.

I am the first person to pass the immigration and waited Sophie to come up.
She showed up and headed to the baggage claim on 21:45.

Yes Sophie got a bag on 21:58. And she went to the exit.

And where is mine??

22:00 still not come
22:05,,, not,,,  and I called her if she got a bus. but she was waiting for me at the exit..
I thought she went to the bus and hold the bus... damn I should tell her at the first place,,,
anyway I told her to check the bus,,,

22:10 She ranged me that Bus was gone....
And right after the calling, my bag was came,,,, its too late jetstar,,, thanks a lot for giving us a crappy service...

Then I found a jetstar staff and asked if they can cover our hotel fee or taxi charge..

you know the answer,,, NO sir,,,
I said to her, then what should I do?? you dont cover anything because of your delay?
the reason of the delay was jetstar crews sick or something...
anyway they said please contact with your insurance and see how it goes,,,

We found a hotel and checked in 0:00.  What the service of jetstar.
If my insurance doesnt now cover, jetstar ended up more expensive than other company for sure..

anyway except for the last day, our holiday was fantastic.
Now I would like to thank and hug you all,
specially Chris, Dawn, Paul, Matt, Beverley, Flo and Hans!

Leia Mais…

I think comment is fixed now, Beverley!

I guess now my comment section is fixed now!
You can drop me a line anytime!!

コメントが直りました、一回くらい見てる人はコメントしてくださーい

Leia Mais…

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Gonna back in my home country since 6 years

In 3 days, we will be back in my home country since 6 years...

I have been missing Australia,,,, so so so far,,,

The time finally comes,,, I am grad to be back for sure

I am sure we will enjoy the time in OZ.

I just wanna say, FURRRCK YAAAAHHHHH CANT WAIT !! LOL

やっと国に戻れる、、第二の母国!ながかったなー6年間

Leia Mais…

Sunday, 17 October 2010

rice harvest finished 稲刈り終了

We just finished the rice harvest period, this year I helped 2 rice field.

Mum and grandma's brother worked very hard, I really counldnt believe they work so hard everyday.
They are the tough guys,,specially he is near 80y/o,, but still super tough..

Maybe this kinda work is better for me, LOL

Anyway we finished the rice harvest and we had a new rice, which was awesome tasty.
Everytime I had a new rice, I feel being a farmer is not bad at all.
Eating good food everyday and working under the sun, not with computers.

I will send this rice to my mates this time, I am looking forward their answer soon!
I bet they will love it!

今週で稲刈り終了。 今年は2つの田んぼを手伝えた。
しかし艶子とハルオおっちゃんはたふやわー  おっちゃんなんてもう80ちかいはずやのに
一日中仕事、、芋ほったり稲かったり、草むしったり、小豆とったり。。
すごいわー
おれもこっち系の仕事のほうがむいてるんかもね、田舎Boyやし

無事に稲刈りもおわり、新米をたべたけど、ほんまにおいしかった。
自分でとったやつやからかもしれんがおいしかった。
友達にもこのおいしさをっとおもい、月曜にオカンが出荷してくれる。
どんな返事がかえってくるかたのしみ!

Leia Mais…

Tuesday, 12 October 2010

Congratz for Amanda

Congratz for Amanda!!

She passed one of the hardest lawyer exam!! I am proud of her so much!
I heard she studied very hard and she did a good job!!

Now her dream of becoming a lawyer came true! She is ready to judge!!

I am kinda surprised bcuz 2 of my mates passed the lawyer exam in the states.
I think they are smart girls!!!

Congratz again Amanda! You deserve your holiday before working in law firm!!
Omedetou!

おめでとうアマンダ!
アメリカの司法試験に合格したという知らせをきいた。
感動です。 友達2人も弁護士がいるなんて
めっちゃ勉強していたと聞いていたから、ほんとうに嬉しい知らせです。
アマンダも夢が叶って嬉しいとおもいます。
さー弁護士になる前に思いっきりバケーションたのしんでね!

最近いいニュース少なかったし、今日はいい日になりました

Leia Mais…

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Paul did an excellent job ポール最高、またやっちゃったー

Paul man did an excellent job as an Aussie!!

This is second time that he missed a fright to go back to Australia!!

Today he was supposed to catch the fright back to Oz, but as far as I heard, he was packing his staff and they left home one hour late.
When they got in the airport checking counter, it was closed,,,,,,

On top of that, he was booked Jetstar which is very strict on the checking time...
So he ended up staying one more day in jaapn!

What the funny point was, this time he made in the airport but closely he missed.
But the last time, he forgot his returning day. As he lost his printed out paper ticket, he called the fright company to check his fright detail.
They said you have 30mins to checkin in,,, where are you right now? He asked me how long does it take to the airport?? I said more than 2 hours from my home! LOL

This is so funny and I love this kinda story!!
He is my legend!!  Thanks Paul san!

ポールさん二回目の飛行機乗り遅れ、今日帰る予定が荷物を詰めるのがちょっと遅くなり
チェックインカウンターについたら、時すでにおそし。。
JETSTARのカウンターはしまっており、のれず、、、運良く明日のフライトの変更できたみたい

しかしポール最高、前回はチケットなくしてたまたま電話で確認したら
フライトまで30分です、チェックイできますか?って 
おいおいまだ家やがな、、、

ということで2回連続の乗り遅れやっぱりポール笑いのつぼしってるわー

しかしなんでこんなにオーストラリア人はゆっくりしてるんやろう、、
ええなーー レジェンドやわーー

Leia Mais…

Another Jamie Sadlowski video

Here is another video of Jamie Sadlowski. His swing speed is insane,,
ジェイミーのビデオです。 ものすごい早いスイング。。。

Leia Mais…

Shoot a bear or not, from Simon  熊を撃つ?撃たない?サイモンより




Are you gonna shoot a bear or not?  熊さんを撃っちゃいますか?

Leia Mais…

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Latest news of Jamie Sadlowski ジェイミー最新ニュース

Jamie Sadlowski 
Jamie Sadlowski's ball speed at impact, measured the day this photo was taken, is 60 mph faster than the PGA Tour average.
 
ひさびさにジェイミーのニュースをみつけた。 ファンとしてはいち早くよんで、日本語訳したいところ
でも今日は残念ながらつかれているのでまた後日します。
 
Your first reaction is fear, if you're smart. A 48-inch driver whirs through the air at 150 mph, rips a gaping hole in the quiet little lives of so many peace-loving atoms, and even without a ball anywhere near the clubhead, it triggers flight—your own.
You wouldn't picnic in front of a jet propeller or practice yoga on I-95, and you want to get the hell away from whatever Jamie Sadlowski is doing so that part of ? it doesn't break away and kill your favorite person.
Sadlowski, 22, the two-time defending world long-drive champion, is swinging his white-shafted, 7.5-degree driver, posing for photographs against a black backdrop in a stately clubhouse in Vail, Colo. After a few minutes exposure to the most arresting action in golf, someone finally asks the obvious question:
"You won't let go of that club, right?"
"No, you're fine," Sadlowski says.
He brings the club to parallel, past parallel, and then parallel again—with his left leg. His backswing finally ends with the clubhead pointing at a spot in front of the ball. It is here that Sadlowski transitions, but that's not the right word because really he detonates an explosive pass through the hitting area. It's a good-looking swing, as pretty as a Tour pro's, but much, much faster.
The shaft will not break, you tell yourself. The hosel will not crack, his grip will not slip and you will be safe here, standing in the line of fire. Probably.
Jamie Sadlowski, former slap-shot savant, long-hitting "freaky boy" (his father's words), the real Sidd Finch of golf, invites two big questions, neither of which is whether or not he is the longest hitter ever, because the numbers say he is. His 418-yard poke at the 2008 Re/Max World Long Drive Championship was a finals record. He hit an earlier drive in that competition 434 yards.
Question No. 1: Dennis "The Chief" Paulson won the 1985 long drive championship and went on to a decent PGA Tour career, but long-driving has never had a hitter who achieved stardom on Tour. Will Sadlowski be the first? His career low is 62. He's won some club championships in Canada. And he recently took his first lesson, from Peter Kostis. "He hits all the right positions," says Tom Stickney, director of instruction at Vail's Cordillera and a Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher.
To be sure, long-driving is not golf. Long-driving is done at night, under lights. Rock music pulsates, and contestants scream and flex after a pure hit. There's no limit to the number of clubs ? allowed. Adams Golf is building Sadlowski 24 drivers with reinforced faces for this year's Re/Max event in Mesquite, Nev., on Nov. 5. (He'll practice with 12 and bring 12 "fresh ones.")
A player is allotted two minutes and 45 seconds to hit six balls, at least one of which must end up in the 60-yard-wide "grid." Three hitters launch from the tee at the same time until the final eight, when each man has the tee to himself. Sadlowski had to rely on his final ball four times when he won the title in 2008. He hit it more than 400 yards each time. "I always hit my sixth ball the best," he says.
His father, Danny, attributes Jamie's mental toughness to hockey; Sadlowski spent three years in the Alberta Junior League. That grit will be vital if Jamie is to win four more world titles to break Jason Zuback's record, and then leave long-driving to chase more success in traditional golf—i.e., low score wins.
The second question hovering over Sadlowski is more complicated: How is he is so long?
"It defies physics," says Kevin Streelman, a Tour pro who has played several rounds with Sadlowski and who, like many others, is fascinated by him.
At 5' 11", 168 pounds, Sadlowski is an outlier. Built more like Charles Howell than Charles Atlas, he jokes that next to other, mostly NFL-sized long-drivers he looks like a teen-age girl. But it doesn't matter. As rising PGA Tour star Dustin Johnson puts it, having witnessed the spectacle that is Sadlowski: "He's not a big fella, but he hits it a country f---in' mile."
That is partly what makes him so fascinating to CBS golf announcer Gary McCord. A born promoter and enthusiastic swing theorist, McCord has been introducing Sadlowski to all the right people since the two met at Whisper Rock, McCord's club (and now Sadlowski's) in Scottsdale, Ariz., in 2008.
"Within five minutes I had him out there on the range with the whole membership watching," McCord recalls. "Miller Barber is out there going, 'Where'd that go?' 'It's over there, Miller.' Bam! 'Where'd that go?' "
Back on the tee at Vail, McCord instructs Sadlowski to hit a drive over Jack Nicklaus's vacation home, adjacent to the Cordillera Valley course. The house is 417 yards away, and in the thin air Sadlowski air-mails Jack and Barbara's bedroom. "No one has ever been where this kid is," says McCord, citing Sadlowski's high-end clubhead speed of 148 mph and peak ball speed of 215 mph. Like radar guns, launch monitors vary.
With the photo shoot over, Steve Atherton, GolfTEC's vice president of instruction, tests Sadlowski and finds a 59-degree hip turn and Gumby-like 110-degree shoulder turn. Sadlowski's so-called X-Factor, the difference between the two, is 51. According to Atherton, the Tour average is 59 and 100, for an X-Factor of 41. "The more opposite those numbers," McCord says, "the more you load up the spring, and the more recoil you have."
Load, lag and recoil add up to a heavy hit. Where those qualities originated and where they have led Sadlowski is another story.
"I always refer to it as the circus act," Sadlowski says of his long-drive show, which will keep him on the road for up to 170 days this year. "It's like a cartoon. I'm breaking boards and watermelons, hitting drives off a four-foot tee, or off my knees.
"It's fun," he adds. "I've always been quiet, but I've learned how to switch on for an event. I didn't want to go to college and have a normal day job."
Sadlowski grew up in the three-stoplight town of St. Paul, Alberta, where his father, Danny, worked as a highway maintenance foreman. (Before hitting the long-drive jackpot, Jamie briefly worked for his old man, scraping up roadkill.) Every winter, Danny flooded the family's yard to create a small hockey rink for Jamie and his two older brothers. Jamie shot left-handed, into a piece of mesh-covered plywood, and came inside only to stave off frostbite. All of the Sadlowski men developed a blur of a shot, and in St. Paul they still talk about Danny's slapper, and Jamie's, which can reach speeds of 100 mph.
But even in Canada the national game couldn't fill every need. To keep his youngest son occupied in the summer, Danny, not a golfer, cut down a set of right-handed clubs given to him by a friend. A natural lefty, Jamie played cross-handed, often with retirees when he couldn't find anyone his own age.
"From the start I caught onto this hockey thing," says Art Sellinger, two-time national long-drive winner, Sadlowski's agent, and the owner of Long Drivers of America, which owns and produces the Re/Max. "I know his power has a lot to do with that. Jamie showed me in hockey how much you lean the stick, you save the hit, and that's lag. Jamie's been saving the hit left-handed since he was 2. He's been saving the hit right-handed because he used a flat stick and shot from both sides. He's basically hitting the golf ball with two right sides to everybody's one.
"He's been doing flick sports, fast-twitch hand and arm sports, badminton and hockey, for years," Sellinger continues. "And the golf has been done on an incredibly correct plane. The most successful players in our sport are golfers."
Hockey developed fast-twitch muscle fibers in Sadlowski's left side while strengthening his wrists. So did cross-handed golf and, yes, badminton. All of those activities also made his wrists unusually supple, yet another way Sadlowski created lag once he changed to a conventional grip at age 13.
Says McCord, "He's figured out how to move his muscles in time and space faster than the big guys."
Footwork also seems to play a role. Like many bombers, Sadlowski seems to push hard into the turf with his spikes, leaving imprints on the tee.
"There's a theory that on the downswing you should push off hard with the left foot, snapping the knee straight," says Dr. Lewis Keller, a golfing friend of McCord's and a physicist at Stanford's National Accelerator Laboratory. "The left shoulder is pushed upward, which causes the shoulders to rotate faster, which causes torque. The trick is keeping the head on plane. Laura Davies does it. Tiger does it, which I think led to the knee trouble. And Jamie does it."
Sadlowski went to his first long-drive event, a qualifier in Edmonton, at 14. Two adult friends of the family had entered and agreed to bring Jamie along. He won using a stock, 45-inch driver.
He made a quantum leap three years later, in 2005. After driving 20 hours with his parents to the competition site, a string of soccer fields in Blaine, Minn., Sadlowski, 17, initially failed to hit the grid. Furious, he stormed to the parking lot, where he was told the format was double-elimination. After running back to the tee, he became the first boy bomber to eclipse 400 yards, and won. (He hadn't even had time to tie his shoes, which explains why he hasn't tied them since.) "That's when he really got my attention," Sellinger says.
To this day, Sadlowski lets his tee shots do the talking. "I'm not a yeller or a thrower of the clubs or anything," he says. "I'm a quieter type of guy. Art's learned not to talk to me [during the World Championship]. I like to keep to myself."
In his wintertime off-hours, he ice-fishes in Alberta, an even more solitary pursuit than golf. In a floorless tent, he cranks up a heater, sits on a bucket in jeans and a T-shirt and drops his line into the abyss. His grandmother cooks up the catch. It is here that Sadlowski is most in his element.
McCord nicknamed him "Crankenstein" because such handles (Golfzilla, Big Cat, the Beast) are the long-drive way, but Sadlowski is less comfortable self-promoting than he is contemplating life during his frequent, 100-mile-plus drives between St. Paul and Edmonton International Airport.
He banked $250,000 for winning his first world title in 2008, and $150,000 for defending it as the economy sputtered in '09. That sum is expected to be first prize this year, too, but the publicity is just as important. The long-drive is still an act, as dependent on ink and airtime as it is on audacity.
Sadlowski has learned to articulate his methods because, he says, "Everyone wants to get longer."
He explains to his audiences that he eats right and exercises, including a regiment of high-intensity squats and medicine-ball throws. He doesn't want to get big, limiting his flexibility. But he certainly hasn't jawed his way to the top. He was tongue-tied after his clinic in Vail when an older woman stood up and asked, only half-joking, "Do you date older women?"
"He's such a respectful, humble kid," says Gregg Tryhus, who owns Whisper Rock. "You don't expect to see what he does with a golf ball."
Sadlowski is much longer than Tour distance leader Bubba Watson, and when the two had a chance to go head-to-head in January at the Tommy Bahama Desert Marlin, a Scottsdale pro-am, McCord contends Watson refused to play ball.
Watson claims not to remember the episode. "I've never seen him hit a shot," he says. "Can he play? Can he putt?"
Out on the range at Cordillera, Sadlowski steps up and flushes about a dozen 7-irons—240 or so—before catching one thin. His hand-eye coordination is Tour quality. His 20-degree hybrid is his ? gear-down club. He hits it straight, and still well beyond the drives of even the longest Tour pros.
"I like his swing," Dustin Johnson says. "Can he make it out here? I don't know. He's young. He'd have to work on his short game. Length is no issue."
"I know one thing," McCord says. "Under the gun, when he has to hit one in the grid, he does it."
That bodes well for this month's long drive world championship and, some day, December's PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. It's conceivable that the Legend of Jamie Sadlowski is just beginning.


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