by madmattd » Sat Apr 26, 2014 9:14 am
The virtual flag of HurlingForums.com shall now fly at half staff in memory of the loss of Ripcord.
Walker said it well: the hurling community has lost a Legend.
Many of us here knew Raymond, if not personally then at least through the Catmess, TheHurl.org, and (briefly) here. He was a huge help to many, and always ready to chat about hurling, no matter what the mechanism involved.
His contributions to the hurling community are numerous and far too many to list, but perhaps his biggest contribution was the development of the "Whipper" Trebuchet, to this day still one of the most efficient designs out there. For many years he also ran the website he created (down for several years now), ripcord.ws, which was a massive repository of information for newbie hurlers. Many of us, myself included, owe our start into hurling to Raymond.
Raymond, aka Ripcord, aka Rip_Rap, you will be sorely missed.
- Matt