Quote Originally Posted by VanChilds
I really have no opinion on skateboarding...It takes a good level of skill much like surfing...is it a sport?..hell I dont know...but guys come on...putting a 20 ft birdie and cracking a 300 yard drive in the fairway are probably two of the hardest things to do in sports..I dont play golf but I count it a sport
It takes skill don't get me wrong but i think its still there on the boarder.

Quote Originally Posted by Memphis
Sport/not sport? Whos to say. All Im sure of is that if you get paid for something and operate at a level Joe Bloggs cant reach its far more than a hobby. A hobby is something where performance doesnt really matter that much.

Darts is one that comes to mind, always hovering on the sport/not sport boarder. Anyone can pick up a set of arrows and hit a few 100's the occasional 180, doesnt make you Phil Taylor. Not the most energetic of sports but then again neither are some of the events you see at the olympics, pistol shooting for fucks sake?
So by that logic competitive eating is a sport? That can hold true for most things but with some of the things people are trying to pass off as sports today, there's gotta be a more specific requirement than there simply being a measureable level of success in said event.

When some one says "he's a great athlete" but they don't tell you what he does right away, what sport(s) do you associate him with? Golf? No. Skateboarding? No. They both have measureable levels of skill and success as well as a degree of athleticism (just look at charles barkleys golf swing, how his back is still in one peice amazes me) required to do them but they aren't full blown sports. Shooting a gun takes just about as much skill as golfing or those other things. You have to calm your nerves to the point where you can hold it steady and most of the time you have a very small target to hit. I don't exactly consider hunting a sport either. They are borderline hobby/sport and the argument could be made one way or the other.