Bear Claw (noun):
A term coined by the Sandpoint Tennis Team circa 2003 in reference to a ball that bounces over the fence or walls which surround a tennis court, after the player has just CRUSHED an over-head.
Derivation:
From the glazed donuts found in the bakery section of any given Safeway. Like the glazed doughnut, the 'Bear Claw" is in fact... delicious.
Example:
Well, just picture this...
Nadal, Spanish colored (not the archaic word used to describe African Americans, but in fact the feelings and wave lengths exuded during a Spanish film) tennis player, verse Murray, ugly English bloak, at the Australian Open 2010. It's the second set in a game that's not in favor of Nadal. Nadal is pissed, exhausted and utterly hot. Murray (struggling for the ball) hits a half ass lob, in an attempt to go over the well positioned Nadal.
ACCESS DENIED.
Murray was not able to surpass the 6 foot something Spaniard and instead hit it at a perfect angle for the notorious Bear Claw. With one graceful hit, Nadal was able to Bear Claw at the Australian Open.
End of Story:
Nadal had some knee injuries in the third match and inevitably lost to Murray. But in the world of tennis, the only thing that really matters is the "Bear Claw." In the eyes of many and the hearts of the strong, Nadal came out victorious.
Also, I would like to say that I thank the Lord everyday because my gym finally is playing the tournament and I can finally stand something on Korean television.
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Ahh tennis, how quaint. Of course now that you have lived in the space conserving Asian countries, you can appreciate how uncouthly hedonistic it is to have a swath of land devoted to an antiquitated dying sport. The old must give way to the new and the death-knell of tennis has two notes: ping and pong. Have you attended any matches in your Oriental Adventure? If you do, keep an eye peeled for ping-pong's interpretation of the "bear-claw", known as the Kong, derived from that aero-plane hating, blonde-loving, eighth wonder of the world and last king of Skull Island before they switched to a democratic republic and he went for a sightseeing tour of New York. Basically the move has two distinct parts, first you rear up like a Cameroon silverback and deliver an unreturnable ball, then you turn to the roaring appreciative crowd and thump your chest with alternating fists. Intimidating, impressive, and infallibly cool, just like the King.
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