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Year 2008

 

Rate Video: Slamball Vol.1.5Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Sep 26

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By rss@youtube.com (sparkymac25) YOUTUBE READ THIS BEFORE DELETING VIDEO I CHANGED THE SONG SO DON'T EVEN TRY TO TAKE IT OFF. This is a video i made when i was bored between vol.1 and 2. i didnt want to make vol.2 till i put up the 2 trampolines Keywords: Slamball volume 1.5 vol. trampoline basketball cool awesome amazing dunks tramp...

Year 2007

 

Rate Video: Slamball compilication

Original at truveo.com external link    Tue, Sep 25

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Slamball is a four player team sport loosely based on basketball. It is played on a combination of surfaces, combining the acrobatics of the trampoline, the physical play of ice hockey, and elements of basketball, particularly the slam dunk. Four trampolines are set at floor level around...

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Year 2009

 

Rate Sport England offers grants to innovators of inspiring new games

Original at Times Online external link    Mon, May 11

 UK In short, the challenge is to find the next slamball, a sport that to some was tragically ahead of its time, though others suspect that flaws in the nascent game ran deeper. Slamball is effectively basketball with eight trampolines for men who can't ...

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Original at vids.myspace.com external link    Wed, Mar 18

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Ever herd of contact, basketball on trampolines????? vids.myspace.com

Rate Fighting In Hockey Makes Everyone Serious For Awhile

Original at Deadspin external link    Mon, Mar 16

 NY These men are still big caged (aquarium'd really) animals with sticks, so you'll have a better chance of eliminating spitting from baseball then you will stamping out fighting. My proposal? A Slamball-style rink that combines ice with trampolines. ...

Rate Fans can try their skills at All-Star Jam

Original at AZ Central.com external link    Wed, Feb 11    5 related articles

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East Valley Tribune  AZ - The NBA unveils Slamball this year at Jam Session, allowing visitors to take a crack at playing on the special padded court fitted with trampolines. ... Everyone's an all-star at Jam Session East Valley Tribune all 99 news articles

Rate Everyone's an all-star at Jam Session

Original at East Valley Tribune external link    Tue, Feb 10    5 related articles

Everyone's an all-star at Jam Session  AZ - Feb 10, 2009 instructional clinics, merchandise stores, video games and novelties such as "Slamball," which is basketball played on a floor of trampolines. ...

Rate Ryan solves the NYT, Thu 11-6-8

Original at Ryan and Brian do Crosswords external link    Thu, Nov 6

By ryan I also did not know that arena football was still around. Speaking of crazy-ass derivative sports, has anyone ever watched a Slamball game? It’s kind of like basketball only with trampolines and lots of super fun craziness. ...

Rate Barembs - Keeps On Turning...

Original at beaums (Livejournal) external link    Sun, Nov 2

By Taylor Beaumont But yeah, remember Slamball? Basketball with trampolines? Yeah it was on today for some reason. I watched it instead of doing something constructive. Sigh... Bring in Monday... Link · Reply · Advertisement ...

Rate Slamball, 'One Tree Hill' and the art of the modern mashup

Original at Chicago Sun-Times external link    Sun, Nov 2    5 related articles

Slamball, 'One Tree Hill' and the art of the modern mashup  United States - Nov 2, 2008 It's quite possible to find yourself mesmerized by this sport, which combines basketball, football (most will say ice hockey) and trampolines for a ...

Rate The Morning After: November 2, 2008 « Sparty & Friends

Original at Sparty & Friends external link    Sun, Nov 2

By patphish Since the Giants were dominating the Cowgirls already, I was watching the Slamball championship…pretty entertaining stuff…contact basketball with trampolines. My conclusion is: slamball > basketball. johnnyb0731, on November 2nd, ...

Rate Knives drawn: Live magically or die by the sword in ‘Legend of the ... - New Haven Register

Original at New Haven Register external link    Fri, Oct 31    5 related articles

Knives drawn: Live magically or die by the sword in ‘Legend of the ... subscription), CT - Oct 31, 2008 ‰Remember the old "Slamball" show on TNN, where bouncing basketball players used trampolines to perform gymnastic slam dunks? Well, it’s still around, ...

Rate One Tree Hill - Recap & Review - Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe

Original at keithp23 (Blogspot) external link    Mon, Oct 27

By KP He’s got major bruises all over him and I can’t see Slamball being a good idea for anyone, let alone Nathan. It’s like basketball but violent like hockey, on trampolines, without the protective gear. Bad plan! ...

Rate Complex Blog » History’s Greatest Failed Sports Leagues

Original at Complex external link    Tue, Oct 21

MISSION STATEMENT: Basketball with trampolines. HIGH POINT: When Bouncers gunner Chris Young took the nickname “Ghetto Bird.” MOMENT IT TURNED FOR THE WORSE: Whaddaya know? In researching this blog we discovered that Slamball is back ...

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Original at The Popcorn Trick external link    Mon, Oct 20

By noreply@blogger.com (Goose) Luckily, I didn't have to watch the blue-tinted Bigfoot very much, since I next stumbled upon the return of the greatest sport involving trampolines and attitude. I'm of course talking about Slamball. Rather than stupidly attempt to ...

Rate One Tree Hill - Recap & Review - Choosing My Own Way of Life

Original at keithp23 (Blogspot) external link    Fri, Oct 17

By KP Let’s start with Nathan. Am I the only one who thinks Nathan playing Slamball is a bad idea? I mean, he’s been trying so hard to try to just play regular basketball, without trampolines and midair body slams. I hope this season doesn’t ...

Rate Exclusive Interview: James Lafferty of 'One Tree Hill'

Original at One Tree Hill Community external link    Tue, Oct 14    2 related articles

By Berry Slamball is sort of a hybrid sport. It's a mix between football, basketball and hockey with trampolines thrown in. It's a full-contact sport, so it's pretty rough. It's a really exciting, high-octane sport. The character of Nathan is ...

Rate One Tree Hill: Episode 6.6 "Choosing My Own Way of Life" Recap ...

Original at BuddyTV external link    Mon, Oct 13

Nathan gets a call from a guy who wants to offer him an opportunity to play Slamball. Slamball is like basketball, only with more body checking and a few trampolines. It certainly looks more entertaining than boring old basketball, ...

Rate Exclusive Interview: James Lafferty of 'One Tree Hill'/One Tree ...

Original at jl23 (Livejournal) external link    Mon, Oct 13    2 related articles

By +Ruby Slamball is sort of a hybrid sport. It's a mix between football, basketball and hockey with trampolines thrown in. It's a full-contact sport, so it's pretty rough. It's a really exciting, high-octane sport. The character of Nathan is ...

Rate Exclusive Interview: James Lafferty of ‘One Tree Hill’ » One Tree ...

Original at One Tree Hill external link    Mon, Oct 13    2 related articles

By blueaeryn Slamball is sort of a hybrid sport. It’s a mix between football, basketball and hockey with trampolines thrown in. It’s a full-contact sport, so it’s pretty rough. It’s a really exciting, high-octane sport. The character of Nathan is ...

Rate slam ball « Conisong

Original at Conisong external link    Wed, Sep 24

By candress I have had my first introduction to Slamball this week. Think of basket ball being played on Olympic trampolines. Actually, they are Australian trampolines and designed to give some major altitude as you can see in the photo. ...

Rate Slamball: Basketball with Trampolines, What The Hell ...

Original at Inappropriate Bunny external link    Tue, Sep 23

By Bunny Only in America! Slamball 2008. This sport is just crazy, it is essentially a game of basketball with trampolines. Everyone tends to just run forward and attack.

Rate Baseball’s Only Redeeming Quality

Original at Friesen Point external link    Mon, Sep 22

By friesenpoint To be fair, I do really enjoy Slamball, but that’s less about basketball than it is about trampolines. And, I haven’t drifted towards baseball, ‘cause that game sucks. Baseball is unbearable to watch. It’s so slow, the rules don’t make ...

Rate Insomniamg posted a blog entry

Original at MyBlogLog external link    Sun, Sep 21

Slamball: Basketball with Trampolines, What The Hell! Only in America! Slamball 2008. This sport is just crazy, it is essentially a game of basketball with trampolines. Everyone... Inappropriate Bunny submitted by Insomniamg.

Rate Slamball slam dunk contest

Original at Videos Sifted at VideoSift.com external link    Sat, Sep 13

By mas8705 (http://www.videosift.com/member/mas8705) 12 votes - 1 comment - 177 views) Imagine basketball with trampolines...

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Original at cossy6 external link    Mon, Sep 8

Friday came around and Tige and I headed down to grab some Ted Plats and watched Slamball at his house (Slamball is Basketball with 4 trampolines at each end and 140kg black dudes smashing each other. It is awesome. ...

Rate CEOs Gone Wild: Chris Albrecht

Original at Minyanville.com external link    Sun, Sep 7

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 New York - Albrecht invested $5 million of it in Slamball, essentially a 30-minute basketball game played on a court made of trampolines. IMG and Albrecht parted ways ...

Rate Raiders, 49ers are lookalikes

Original at Stockton Record external link    Tue, Sep 2    2 related articles

 CA - The players in Slamball use trampolines to vault into the air for dunks or mid-air collisions with opponents. The Los Angeles-based league, ...

Rate Slamball goes to extremes

Original at Boston Herald external link    Thu, Aug 21

 United States - According to Allsports.com, slamball is meant to be like a real-life video game. The trampolines give athletes the ability to jump extraordinary heights and ...

Rate CBS to Air Slamball Championship

Original at terryrlz (WordPress) external link    Thu, Aug 21    2 related articles

By all items are from various news sources Slamball, a co-production of IMG Sports Media and Tollin Productions, is a variation on basketball that includes "full-contact" and trampolines to ad more slam to the dunks. According to IMG, cable network Versus will begin airing its ...

Rate CBS to Air Slamball Championship

Original at Broadcast Newsroom external link    Wed, Aug 20    2 related articles

 CA - Slamball, a co-production of IMG Sports Media and Tollin Productions, is a variation on basketball that includes "full-contact" and trampolines to ad more ...

Rate IMG Loses Albrecht, Keeps Slamball

Original at Conde Nast Portfolio external link    Wed, Aug 13

By Megan Barnett We recently wrote about Albrecht's decision to invest $5 million of IMG's money in slamball, which is essentially basketball on a court of trampolines with football body checks thrown in. Brian Weiss, an IMG spokesperson, ...

Rate Slamball Rules - Portfolio.com

Original at Conde Nast Portfolio external link    Wed, Jul 16

With a new television deal, sports and entertainment firm IMG bets $5 million on slamball. Read More. The Basics Two four-person teams score by landing shots in their respective baskets. Body checks, trampolines, and on-the-fly ...

Rate Slamball - This Is Not A Movie Starring Trey Parker & Matt Stone

Original at Can't Stop The Bleeding external link    Thu, Jul 10

By GC in more than a few links related to domestic violence. On the other hand, if things continue to go poorly for Brett Myers, he can always consider trying out for America’s fastest-growing sport that involves basketball and trampolines.

Rate A Beaten-Down Doll

Original at Rock The Truth external link    Wed, Jul 9    6 related articles

By Rocker Donaldson told the court that Lattimore plays professional Slamball, a variation of basketball using trampolines. So what, he on steroids or something? Questioned yesterday by Assistant Suffolk District Attorney Patrick Devlin, ...

Rate News Reporter says boyfriend attacked her

Original at OS9USER News Room external link    Wed, Jul 9    6 related articles

By OS9USER Donaldson told the court that Lattimore plays professional Slamball, a variation of basketball using trampolines. Questioned yesterday by Assistant Suffolk District Attorney Patrick Devlin, Donaldson at first identified herself as Julie ...

Rate let me clear.

Original at jeremybgg (WordPress) external link    Wed, Jul 9

By jeremybgg “”Lattimore plays professional Slamball, a variation of basketball using trampolines.” hilarious. ask yourself — what’s the perfect pseudo-profession for a douchebag that beats up his sports-reporter girlfriend? i’m not entirely sure ...

Rate Reporter says boyfriend attacked her

Original at Boston Globe external link    Tue, Jul 8    6 related articles

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 United States - Donaldson told the court that Lattimore plays professional Slamball, a variation of basketball using trampolines. Questioned yesterday by Assistant Suffolk ...

Rate SLAMBALL, BABY! IT’S CALL CALLED SLAMBALL!

Original at Beers And Ideas external link    Fri, Jun 6

By Jake Shaw Basketball, played like rugby, on trampolines. What more do i need to day. This film educates you on all aspects of crazy ass Slamball!

Rate Keyword News: [hollywood]

Original at blog.livedoor.jp external link    Mon, May 12

By hollywoodsnews Slamball is ready to jump back into the game http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-slamball13-2008may13,0,2596051.story?track=rss A reconfigured version, which resembles a street-style basketball game on trampolines, has the backing of ...

Rate Sports are just better with trampolines

Original at adfreak external link    Mon, Apr 21

By Tim Nudd Slamball Former HBO exec Chris Albrecht, who left the cable net in disgrace, is staking his comeback on SlamBall, a violent, ???futuristic??? basketball/ rugby/gymnastics hybrid sport that apparently failed to capture the public???s ...

Rate Idle Chatter: Chris Albrecht's New Contact Sport

Original at Conde Nast Portfolio external link    Thu, Apr 17

By jbercovici Former HBO chief Chris Albrecht, now at IMG, is making a big bet on Slamball, a "full-contact" version of basketball, with trampolines. Good luck with that. [WSJ]. -So noisy was the backlash to ABC News's handling of Wednesday's ...

Rate About One Who Rambles

Original at ES624 Media & The Environment external link    Wed, Mar 5

By dshawla In January of 2002 I got a job as a production assistant (PA) on a ridiculous TV show called Slamball (it was supposed to be legitimate sport - basketball with trampolines under the baskets and a walled in court, like hockey). ...

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Original at ESPVisuals external link    Tue, Mar 4

By Selph Dkoda originally told me about this sport a couple months ago and I have finally found a good 10min. highlights/explainer video of this mad sport. It's a mix of basketball, american football and ice hockey played on trampolines. ...

Rate Slamball, a combination of basketball, rugby, football plans to ...

Original at Bleacher Report external link    Fri, Feb 29

By Jeremy Kaufman By far the most original aspect of Slamball is the trampolines that are installed into the floor of the court. In order to dunk, players can jump on any one of the four trampolines that surround their respective hoop, sending them ...

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Original at silentflute external link    Thu, Feb 28

By Editor The guardian recently posted an article on “slamball”, a combination of basketball, hockey, gymnastics and American football where the participants use modified trampolines to score baskets, or “slams”, adding that the new sport is ...

Rate Finally!

Original at Ripe TV external link    Wed, Feb 27

By Ripe News Desk For those of you too young or too un-hip to remember, Slamball is the greatest sport ever invented since the dawn of time. It’s like basketball, but full contact and with trampolines. We’ll give you a minute to reread that sentence and ...

Year 2006

 

Rate Slamball Video

Original at Guzer external link    Fri, Apr 21    4 related articles

There is a new extreme sport called SlamBall. It is an extreme version of basketball with trampolines all around that make for high flying slam dunk action.

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