Cuba Gooding Jr.!

[columbus_RHstar]

From American Hockey Magazine:

Gooding Living The Good Life

Actor Cuba Gooing, jr. doesn't have to go far to play hockey now that the people of Athletica helped him build a state-of-the-art inline rink in the backyard of his new home in the Los Angeles area.

Gooding, the star of such movies as "Jerry Maquire" and "Rat Race" was featured in he November issue of American Hockey Magazine as one of the growing number of celebrities who is playing hockey for fun and fitness.

The 75 x 37-foot riink was designed by Los Angeles architect David Applebaum and features the Border Patrol 4000 boads and tempered glass, complete with NHL team logos. The concrete slab was designed to stand up to the harsh California sun, and Gooding added insulation inside the boards to muffle the sound so as to not disturn his neighbors when the action got fast and furious.

[missionhockey21]

I am not suprised, come on who remembers when he was a celebrity coach in PBH?

[Superstar9]

Cuba is one of the coolest people in hollywood... "show me the money!!!!"

[socalhckyplyr93]

ahh i miss the good o'l days of PBH...those were fun to watch

[kaptainkrunch408]

rich punk. I'm so jealous.

[missionhockey21]

Yeah, what a great line

[missionhockey21]

It was kind of fun to watch, but shameful at the same time. It did kind of make a mockery out of inline hockey, come on the ramps behind the net. lol

[JMUDukes26]

I was hoping this thread would degenerate into babble about CRHL Premier division Nationals. Wasn't Cuba Gooding Jr.'s 3'rd cousin twice removed on LU's team?

[RichardGraham]

Hi Mission,

I was no fan of the ramps (or the required V-Form skates), but I think that any time a celebrity gets excited about our sport, in whatever permutation, can only be a good thing. I think I missed the day that Gooding was at PBH, but I do remember seeing a movie in which he played a deep-sea diver (portraying the first black military diver, I believe), and I was impressed with his performance. Anything inline hockey is ALL GOOD! [img]/wtimages/icons/cool.gif[/img]

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[RichardGraham]

Hi SoCal,

Where I live now, I can walk down to the site where the rink was placed, and not have to worry about parking. Why am I always two or three years behind the times? LOL

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[RichardGraham]

Hi Superstar,

I'd like to meet Cuba. I get the impression that he's a real person, despite his celebrity.

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[RichardGraham]

Hi Dukes,

No, that was Will Smith, and it was six degrees of separation, not three. LOL

Sincerely,

Richard Graham
Editor
Inline Hockey Central

[Benny_Gulakiw]

Dont' forget, back in the day, Tony Danza was part owner of the Philadelphia Bulldogs. He actually wore a Bulldogs hat while he was on some talk show and talked about owning the team on national TV.

Benny Gulakiw
President
Inline Hockey America

[rinkrat15]

Let Cuba Gooding Know that Rink Rat would like to send him Some wheels...

National Inline manager for Rink Rat wheels.

[DannyG]

oh, very good!

I must admit, the quality of posting has gone decidedly downhill when it takes 12 responses for us to get around to the obligatory Lindenwood tangent and label.

To avoid this in the future, perhaps Richard should appoint someone as "Lindenwood Monitor," one whose sole job it is to bring every message thread over three responses into the Lindenwood family of reference.

I'd volunteer, but I'm too busy skating at my paid job for a living... [img]/wtimages/icons/tongue.gif[/img] (I'm going for all the mileage I can on this one...)

-Dan