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"Sk8boardinjg in the Olympic"

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Sasquatch=]
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I heard skateboarding going to be in the Olympic in 2012 in London,England on Fuel T.V. I wonder what their going to have street and vert maybe. Do you think sk8boarding should be in the Olympic?
Aug 20 2007 2:50PM
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Mezmerize19
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I love fuel, I really do. But i dont think they have enough money to bid for coverage of the olympics...
Aug 20 2007 2:55PM
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Mezmerize19
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oh...oh well that diffrent
Aug 20 2007 3:48PM
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SWA666ER
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no, i dont like olympics. skateboarding and snowboarding are all about not being main stream and having fun and thats what the olympics isnt. and noone pulls anything amazing. spinning a 1080 like a pencil and slap grabbing ur board at the last second isnt good snowboarding to me
Aug 20 2007 4:21PM
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Pipe_Munky
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snowboarding and skateboarding are about not being mainstream? are you fucking serious?

those two sports are basically a marketing team's dream today! put a skateboarder in your ad or sponsor shaun white and your sales increase exponentially! every kid owns at least one skate brand t-shirt regardless if they skateboard or not and everyone that doesn't ski thinks snowboarding's the coolest shit on earth.


Aug 20 2007 4:43PM
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FUUUCK
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theyre about being super counter culture!
Aug 20 2007 5:15PM
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MattMcGinnis
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i hate to be a douche, but im almost positive that i dont own any skating tees and i do skate....
Aug 20 2007 5:18PM
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anti_bunk
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i hate to be a douche but one person isnt a good representative of the status quo. think of all the kids who wear adios just cuz bam is on mtv.
Aug 20 2007 5:24PM
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tequila
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I hope it'll be in the Olympics. Looking forward to having the competitions here, but it'll be better if there's something I'm interested in!
Aug 20 2007 5:43PM
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2+2=5
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true, and think of all the people that own dakine backpacks. practically my whole highschool wears them, and i dont think they all skate.
Aug 20 2007 6:10PM
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Tolz
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i hate that.
Aug 20 2007 6:30PM
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Me_Gusta_Esquiar
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but is bam a good rep of skateboarding? i dont think he is. compared to other pros he is an absolutely shitty skateboarder. and just like in skiing, some of the best athletes aren't going to compete. i can't see pj ladd or derek fukuhara or anyone not concerned wholly about money competing in the olympics. you'll see some great skating from people like chris cole and p rod, but you aren't going to see everything there is to see about skateboarding.
i guess what im saying is the best skateboarders and the ones most concerned about the purity of skateboarding ignore the whole bam popularity thing. except for dyrdek
Aug 20 2007 6:46PM
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skierman_number1
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I hope not. It honestly doesn't belong in there because well... the games in the Olympics (aside from snowboarding) have had historic value... as in they've been around forever. This is why the X-Games are here, to pick up on more "fad" sports. By "fad" sports I mean they haven't been around for long. This was the major issue with snowboarding being in there. Not to hate on skateboarding, it's sick as all Hell.
Aug 20 2007 6:49PM
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UNREAL
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dakine isnt just skating
Aug 20 2007 6:59PM
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Sasquatch=]
Posts: 116 - Karma: 11
I me@n I he@rd sk@tebo@rding going to be in the Olympic on Fuel T.V. My b@d.
Aug 20 2007 7:03PM
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unchyll
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haha wow, ns is so fucking negative. No one ever really has anything good to say
Aug 20 2007 8:07PM
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skijunkiedtm
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cat eat the a key?
Aug 20 2007 8:12PM
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MattMcGinnis
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he just specifically said everyone. i know he didnt mean it literally. chill bro
Aug 20 2007 10:01PM
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dave_uninc
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true!
Aug 20 2007 10:04PM
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toominator
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I like spotting helipros that have the ski loop hanging out and are roughed up across the back from ski edges, its like yea there goes a skier!
Aug 20 2007 10:28PM
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2+2=5
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then why do most of their backpacks have things to put your skateboard in?
Aug 20 2007 10:31PM
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SlickRick.
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go pinto go
Aug 20 2007 10:32PM
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Krush
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they wont have street cause all street cources are diff. thats why they dont hav snowboarding park, only pipe
Aug 20 2007 10:37PM
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rudager
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Dakine is searching for the majority buyer
if they make a pack that is good for skateboarding and is fashionable enough for school, their product will get sold faster.

and almost every kid has at least one skateboard company wear slapped on to there body, look at the majority of shoes that are worn, or if you dont then, what shop do you buy from? what do most of the shops sell in the off season of skiing?

I personally would like to see different sports make it to the olympics, when people think of skateboarding, they think of a halfpipe or rail being skated by tony hawk or bam

there are also skateboarders that skate in different diseplines just like skiing. and probally only one disepline is going to make it in, and im going towards half pipe or big air
Aug 20 2007 10:44PM
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Sufferboy
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they r gunna do only super pipe
Aug 20 2007 10:44PM
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steevner
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all (most) good skaters and snowboarders didn't get good because it's the cool thing to do. they stuck with their sport untill they got to the top. so who gives a fuck if it's "mainstream" that means all the money from the little shit disturbers who buy the gear cause it's cool goes into the industry.
Aug 20 2007 10:45PM
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toominator
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There are alot of sports at the olympics that have different courses each time. Mountain biking and marathon spring to mind, but I'm sure there are others as well.
Aug 20 2007 10:47PM
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ax_murderer
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this guy is right.
they are trying to get more people that are young to watch
Aug 20 2007 10:48PM
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anxju
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id love to see sk8boardinjg in the olympic
Aug 21 2007 3:17AM
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FREESTYLER_BAILZ
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totally agree. all the kids at my skwl who dont do snowboarding or skiing think ooo u suk cz u ski do snowboarding
(even tho i used 2 snowboard skiing is way better in my eyes)
Aug 21 2007 9:17AM
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rudager
Posts: 11335 - Karma: 4,624
hate to say it, but that made no sense at all, unless your verbs are conjuctated differently and you dont have vowels in your words
Aug 21 2007 3:24PM
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FREESTYLER_BAILZ
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i was in a rush
Aug 21 2007 4:40PM
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tequila
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On the whole Dakine thing - I didn't realise it was even considered cool (by the mindless masses)
I have one of their heli packs for skiing, which is ace. The only other person I know that has one is my best friend, who also has a heli pack for skiing.....
We don't have many skaters or people following skate trends here....they're mostly chavs :(
Aug 22 2007 4:53PM
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itsmuhammed
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bmx is going to be in the olympic to

Aug 22 2007 5:17PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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be psyched that snowboarding and streetshredding and bmx etc are in the olympics, seriously. I know itll maybe be diluted, but maybe, just maybe, youll have a group of people who will force change on the establishment.
small chance, but you enevr know.
Aug 22 2007 5:38PM
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