deadgrip Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Can someone tell me what happened to Paul Knight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electron Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I stayed at his house last year for Nationals. I wish I knew him better, but from what I remember talking to Eric about (Happy birthday, forgot to text you yesterday!) he's doing some other sports now, including BJJ. He still has an awesome gym with everything a grip guy would dream of, and he even judged at nationals that year. I assume he's still within 10% of his peak strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterSweden Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 He need to get his ass back in grip! We need you for inspiration dewd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasraymond Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I've stayed at his house 3x in the past two years and he is no longer training anything as he is too busy with work in the natural gas/oilfield industry. Neither Jedd or myself have heard from him since Nationals last year. He did close a 160# LT gripper with his RH with no chalk or warm up like it was nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadgrip Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Wow.. Well people go through things and have busy lives. Good to know he's not dead like some rumors floating around lol. Glad to hear his grip is still around. Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Good to know he's not dead like some rumors floating around https://www.google.com/search?q=well+that+escalated+quickly&espv=2&biw=818&bih=526&tbm=isch&imgil=sTqf0fLrXhGDEM%253A%253Bt-JNMiFq7aM3GM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fdragonage.wikia.com%25252Fwiki%25252FFile%25253AAnchorman-well-that-escalated-quickly.jpg&source=iu&pf=m&fir=sTqf0fLrXhGDEM%253A%252Ct-JNMiFq7aM3GM%252C_&dpr=1&usg=__wYRDQ550X6Q4bKZ8A8yLwnb9RaY%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjx6JT6tMrJAhUEOj4KHaOiASwQyjcIJQ&ei=mdRlVrG4JoT0-AGjxYbgAg#imgrc=sTqf0fLrXhGDEM%3A&usg=__wYRDQ550X6Q4bKZ8A8yLwnb9RaY%3D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadgrip Posted December 7, 2015 Author Share Posted December 7, 2015 Haha... There's a video of Paul's on YouTube where someone left a comment saying RIP Paul... So yea that's where that came from. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 Haha... There's a video of Paul's on YouTube where someone left a comment saying RIP Paul... So yea that's where that came from. lol. Crazy. I was just playing around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) I heard he was abducted by aliens and it turned out their probingdevice was an excellent tool for open hand strength due to the rounded end! Just had to drill a hole and attach a carabiner. Alloy doesn't take chalk to well as I understood. - edit - sorry haha but the RIP comment made me chuckle. Who thinks of that kind of stuff. Edited December 7, 2015 by Geralt 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I heard he was abducted by aliens and it turned out their probingdevice was an excellent tool for open hand strength due to the rounded end! Just had to drill a hole and attach a carabiner. Alloy doesn't take chalk to well as I understood. - edit - sorry haha but the RIP comment made me chuckle. Who thinks of that kind of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) I heard he was abducted by aliens and it turned out their probingdevice was an excellent tool for open hand strength due to the rounded end! Just had to drill a hole and attach a carabiner. Alloy doesn't take chalk to well as I understood. - edit - sorry haha but the RIP comment made me chuckle. Who thinks of that kind of stuff. Lol nevermind, I meant that people think of the weirdest kind of stuff.Better: delete my post, mods. Edited December 7, 2015 by Geralt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I heard he was abducted by aliens and it turned out their probingdevice was an excellent tool for open hand strength due to the rounded end! Just had to drill a hole and attach a carabiner. Alloy doesn't take chalk to well as I understood. - edit - sorry haha but the RIP comment made me chuckle. Who thinks of that kind of stuff. Lol nevermind, I meant that people think of the weirdest kind of stuff.Better: delete my post, mods. I'm just playing with you man. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geralt Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 I heard he was abducted by aliens and it turned out their probingdevice was an excellent tool for open hand strength due to the rounded end! Just had to drill a hole and attach a carabiner. Alloy doesn't take chalk to well as I understood. - edit - sorry haha but the RIP comment made me chuckle. Who thinks of that kind of stuff. Lol nevermind, I meant that people think of the weirdest kind of stuff.Better: delete my post, mods. I'm just playing with you man. hahaWell, I typed it, did some surfing, came back and thought: 'nah'. But couldn't change it anymore. Your comment got the best of me, I admit hahaha Remind me to beat you in the #4 cert ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Hench Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I was always hoping that he would at least have a farewell video. I also hope he knows that he is still a huge inspiration to newcomers even. I've learned a lot from watching his clips. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Matney Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Between grip and bending, and the quality of the documentation of his feats plus legit eyewitnesses, I think you can make the argument for Paul Knight being the top all around grip guy ever. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avasatu Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Paul Knight was the reason I started all this. Found him by watching Big J's videos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Matney Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Big J is the man too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Between grip and bending, and the quality of the documentation of his feats plus legit eyewitnesses, I think you can make the argument for Paul Knight being the top all around grip guy ever. Dave Morton peak vs. Paul Knight peak. I would pay for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadgrip Posted December 8, 2015 Author Share Posted December 8, 2015 Dave Morton was a monster years back.. Is he still alive? Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnus Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 I feel that my greatest claim to fame in the grip community is that I made Paul's avatar. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alawadhi Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Dead ?! :S That's a new one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertmiller67 Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 Paul Knight is a gentleman & a scholar... one of the coolest sincere people you'll ever meet! Not to mention strong as an ox! Hope he's doing well & comes back to grip sport one day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I think that Jedd's reply to Paul's MM profile is one of the funniest things I've read at the board. Something like, "What would be appropriate is a pair of lats with that pose." 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norden Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 I think that Jedd's reply to Paul's MM profile is one of the funniest things I've read at the board. Something like, "What would be appropriate is a pair of lats with that pose." Haha! I clearly remember this comment as well, even though it's a long long time since I read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cemery Posted December 11, 2015 Share Posted December 11, 2015 Paul borrowed my sony handycam for 2 or 3 years. When I finally got it back it was choked full of 60gb of footage, from 4 closes to KOAB bends. I saved most of the vids on my computer. A lot of them are already on his youtube channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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