A British builder who became an Internet sensation by streaking before bouncing into a glass wall on a tennis court has a Huntington Beach connection.
Tom Annandale, a 28-year-old from Manchester, U.K., spent a year playing rugby for a Surf City-based team.
He presumably kept his uniform on back then.
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He was on holiday in Spain with friends when he decided to go all Old School Will Ferrell on everyone.
Annandale explained to the Mail on Sunday what went wrong:
“I didn't realize they were playing in an enclosed court. I am 6 feet tall and weigh 16 stone and set off full pelt for my streak. It
was fine until I hit the glass wall. I split my forehead, bruised my shoulder, knocked my knee and was in agony, but the worst part was the embarrassment. I had these stunned tennis players looking at me, all the lads laughing, so I just got up and ran off.”
The worst em-bare-ass-ment came when video of his stunt-gone-wrong hit the Web. Various versions, which each have “Streaker Fail” in the title, have received a collective 1.5 million views since first being posted on YouTube three weeks ago. It also turned up on last night's Tosh 2.0 Tosh.0 on Comedy Central.
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