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Plank is making fun of Adidas, haha, how funny. What about Under Armour's slow speed-skating Olympic suits? The suits were slow-with an air vent in the back that acts more like a drag-racing parachute than a second-saving vapor vent. Under Armour hurried to Russia, scrambling to tweak the suits and sew patches over the air vents, hoping that will fix the problem. Now this is funny.
I had the pleasure of going out for a few drinks with him and his team in Hong Kong, I was invited by his office director who is a good friend, I also did some graphics work for them, admittedly he didn't know me at all, but i was an invited guest. I/we was having a good time until he complained about buying me two drinks in a row... I offered to buy a round and he turned his back on me,... nice! I said goodbye to the guys and left!
