Skater Almost Killed at X-Games Today

[amat]

Why is anything involving a halfpipe a hobby? It can be a hobby, much like golf, but if you compete in that hobby then it's a sport.

[Trainer Monkey]

Just one more reason why people should participate in real sports. Don't get me wrong that stuff takes courage and skill but sometimes you just have to wonder. Thats more of a hobby than a sport and i really don't see the point in glorifying it as if its a new sports genre.

You cant get hurt skiing?

tell that to sonny bono.

And is that an established sport?
Of course it is
Skateboardings been around as a competitive sport for 30 years now

Being hurt in something doesn't legitimize or delegitimize a sport. You can get hurt doing anything but honestly is it or is it not better described as a hobby than a sport?. You can skateboard around town and pretty much anywhere. You can't just ski anywhere. You have to organize sports. If you can just go out and do something, than it's a hobby but if you have to travel to some specified area or call up some friends and then go to a specified area to play its a sport.

I can toss a footbal or a baseball to my kid too
Doesnt make me ready for the CHargers starting QB slot
Skating has been competitive and organized since the 70's,the sponsorship deals these guys sign are HUGE

Yes but the pros don't do that. Any skateboarding around town and grinding things is the exact same thing the pros do in skate boarding competitions.

No actually it isnt
You need a large vert ramp,or a bowl to do what the pros are doing
Pro level skating is actually harder to practice then most major sports,because its harder to find facilities
And for Lyle,the next time you break 5 bones laying down a pair of 10's,let me know

[amat]

I didn't see that live, if I did I think I would have thrown up. That was horrifying.

[Punisher136]

Why is anything involving a halfpipe a hobby? It can be a hobby, much like golf, but if you compete in that hobby then it's a sport.

Golf is a hobby as is poker just because they have pro leagues doesn't mean its more sport than hobby.

[katfight]

never bloody mind that!!!!

he came second?bit of sympathy scoring there that werent even a realtrick!!!!!!!

[Memphis]

I dunno Kat, landing from that height and not dying is a pretty decent trick as far as Im concerned.

[katfight]

ahhhhh but it's gotta be in the rules !! no skateboard no trick
in effect u could say he cheated 2 get2nd place

[Memphis]

He could see it slipping away so threw himself to the ground for the sympathy points

[katfight]

yea and he did the running man in the air for added effect


u see he turned and landed on the secret padding on his side b4 he hit the ground


should have an inquiry into this sort of cheating hehehehe

[Trainer Monkey]

ahhhhh but it's gotta be in the rules !! no skateboard no trick
in effect u could say he cheated 2 get2nd place

His other two runs were probably top notch
They take your high mark

[VictorCharlie]

I dunno Kat, landing from that height and not dying is a pretty decent trick as far as Im concerned.

Your full of great one liners today Memphis....and somehow w/o reading the thread I knew Punisher wouldn't think its a "real" sport....by the way whats up with "notguilty"

[Punisher136]

I dunno Kat, landing from that height and not dying is a pretty decent trick as far as Im concerned.

Your full of great one liners today Memphis....and somehow w/o reading the thread I knew Punisher wouldn't think its a "real" sport....by the way whats up with "notguilty"

As is, its (punisher, the punisher, etc.) already an overused nickname in boxing as well as other things (and i can't stand the people who gave the nickname to me in the first place) and since paul williams has established himself as a legitimate fighter, its value has been decreased (only in the sense that its like stealing a well known fighters alias at this point). Not guilty (no matter how odd sounding a boxing nickname you may think it to be) actually has a nice ring to it if thrown in the middle of my full name. Therefor, when i do begin boxing, i will be going with that.

I don't like skate boarding and i have a perspective on it that a lot of you don't. I have a relative (4th cousin or some shit like that) that i used to hang out with and he was all about becoming a pro skateboarder. I don't know if he actually made it or not but some of the things he would brag about doing were trivial in my estimation (not that i could even stand on a skateboard for more than 10 seconds without breaking something). He was sponsored for quite awhile and kept messing around with making his own skating company or something like that. Basically, i'm not as uneducated about the subject as you'd like to believe.

Its a sportorized hobby as far as i'm concerned. You can skateboard by yourself. Even if you go to a place that has vert ramps and all that, you could be skate boarding on your own and it'd be the exact same thing you'd be doing at the pro level. Skiing is different simply because there's a race aspect and you aren't asisted by motorized machines (like you would be in motocross, nascar, etc. Don't get me wrong they take skill to drive but calling them sport is stretching it abit).

Golf is not a sport because 70 yr old men (and numerous otherwise unfit athletes) can excel at it. There is a degree of athleticism required to pull off the jumps and tricks in these "extreme" sports but the same could be said about yoyoing or competitive eating (if you'll atleast agree that the latter is a total farce, we may find some common ground here). There's just been such an influx of new "sports" in the past several decades that i believe people have lost perspective of what a sport really is. MMA is a combat sport (low quality IMO, but to each his own) and you can't exactly just MMA by yourself. Just like boxing, there is no practice run you can go on to simulate a boxing match aside from actually getting in the ring with someone. Anything aided by a motorized machine can't possibly be a sport IMO. There can be aspects of a sport to it but calling it a full blown sport is a bit much.

[VictorCharlie]

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

[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?

[CutMeMick]

I saw that live... That was insane man the way he landed on the ramp was just mind boggling....

There was another guy who tried the double back flip he missed it also... Heres the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnVXUoxbLmw