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Rally Car in the x games. wtf

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TerminatorX
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Does anyone else think that this shouldn't be in the x games? The only reason it is an event is because Travis Pastrona does it. Driving cars is not an action sport. I am watching it right now and the spectator bleachers are empty. In my opinion, no form of racing should be in the x games.
Aug 3 2008 3:17PM
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babujib
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i dont think pastrana is in it this year because he won last year, dudes nuts, and that shits pretty nuts i mean the more the merrier what else should be in instead
Aug 3 2008 3:19PM
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eheath
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Xgames is getting ridiculous, they are just going for sports that the general public want to see. Pretty stupid but yet very smart move to make mad profit.
Aug 3 2008 3:21PM
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TerminatorX
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pastrona will be in it. he was pre-qualified. and i would much rather see fruit booting brought back along with the skateboarding doubles competition.
Aug 3 2008 3:23PM
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babujib
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touche, im in agreement with you after that post, nicely done
Aug 3 2008 3:28PM
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TerminatorX
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thank you sir. i completely forgot to make that point in my original post.
Aug 3 2008 3:37PM
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RICK_ROSS
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the only thing i pay attintion to on summer x is the rally. i think its by far the most fun thing to wach and by far the most entertaining. -k for all of you that think its not a sport, i would like to see you go out and jump you car 60ft while trying to win a race against the best drivers in the world
Aug 3 2008 3:45PM
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alaskakid
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Rally is ok, but they should take out any sport regarding a motorcycle. Its fucking gayer than aids and I'm tired off seeing it. UGGGGH stop making dirt bike racing an extreme sport, its soo gay.
Aug 3 2008 3:48PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
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agreed. how bout we keep rallying in the x games and bring back fruitbooting. problem solved
Aug 3 2008 3:48PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Mr Mcrae was in it last year, his race was epic, man i wish he was still around...
Aug 3 2008 4:04PM
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TerminatorX
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- karma to everyone who doesn't agree with you? thats pretty lame. i never said it wasn't a sport. i said it isn't an action sport. it just doesn't fit in with skateboarding and bmx.
Aug 3 2008 4:08PM
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Malcolm
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its not my favorite but i wouldnt say its that bad

Aug 3 2008 4:15PM
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babujib
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so FMX best trick shouldnt be in the x-games? if thats not then i dunno what else should be because that sport takes the most balls out of any plus theres some rediculous shit that goes down i.e.

Aug 3 2008 4:16PM
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KyleA
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Rally is one of the sickest events in the x games now.
Aug 3 2008 4:16PM
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hoodSlayer
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I think rally car in the x-games is odd too.   Also, I can't stand that "darkmane" thing
Aug 3 2008 4:19PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Mcraes run
Aug 3 2008 4:21PM
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babujib
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yeah wtf is darkmane supposed to be? like i just dont understand at all
Aug 3 2008 4:23PM
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TerminatorX
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that was sick how he recovered. i respect rally car. i just dont think that it fits in with the other sports. this is my favorite rally car clip.


Aug 3 2008 4:29PM
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babujib
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that was the single most ridiculous race i have ever seen in my life
Aug 3 2008 5:00PM
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ONT_rider
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Watching it right now, Pastrana just advanced over that other guy...
Aug 3 2008 5:10PM
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RICK_ROSS
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i was standing up yelling at my tv. IT WAS REDICULACE
Aug 3 2008 5:16PM
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TerminatorX
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also, what happened to bmx vert best trick, skate vert best trick, and surfing?
Aug 3 2008 5:16PM
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babujib
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no i mean the dave mirra race, he backed up and went foward like 60 times his total time was like 6 minutes hahahha
Aug 3 2008 5:17PM
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icon1234
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all i know is the chick who is interviewing the drivers after the races is fucking sexy
Aug 3 2008 5:40PM
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GGreene
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travis pastrana just won. he owns summer x
Aug 3 2008 5:51PM
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R-Bertsch
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i think its pretty stupid. entertaining for a little bit. but looking at all the competitors in the rally races, aren't pretty much all of them athletes who made it big in sports other than rally racing? thats what I find stupid, you can only do it if you have a ton of money so even if theres some kid thats a rally prodigy he wouldnt be able to compete, and thats one of the cool things left about the x games is all the new young kids that slay shit.
Aug 3 2008 5:53PM
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MADmidwest
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i wish they still had the skateboard racing, that shit was awesome but they could never make it like a good and standarrd longboard race since they never had the x games where there was a huge hill next door. Maybe they will bring it back tho since everyone and their mother longboards now.
Aug 3 2008 6:01PM
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KyleA
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There was actually a 19 year old racing today, which I would consider a "young kid slaying shit".  Also, the majority of the skaters who medaled  in the x games are in their 30's which I would not consider "young kids slaying shit"  The fact that Pastrana and Mirra are doing it obviously means it is an awesome sport that they think is on an equal level to bmx and moto x. 
Aug 3 2008 6:09PM
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Static
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this years event was really boring, mostly because they didn't  change the course. If anything it speaks volumes for the cars, if Dave Mirra can get in a rally car that he can barley see over the steering wheel of and compete with drivers who acutally race in Rally America. I don't think it should be removed from the Xgames, but just make it more legit. Design a course that only real rally profeshionals can drive through and I think it'll greatly improve.
Aug 3 2008 7:44PM
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Dr.Scholl
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he has been working on the electric death for so long
im glad he took 1st
Aug 3 2008 8:31PM
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Faggghkxd
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Click for larger imagei have been dreaming of having a big air skiing/snowboarding at summer x games.
could they do it with snoflex?



Aug 3 2008 9:10PM
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Shpadoinkle
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That clip = sex. The new Sube commercial has some clips from the DC Mountain Lab. Makes me smile everytime.

Aug 3 2008 9:20PM
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TerminatorX
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ya. i saw that commercial like 2 minutes after i posted that. so sick
Aug 3 2008 9:22PM
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KyleA
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Mirra has been rally racing since last year.  He more recently got his unrestriced Rally America competition license to allow him to run the STI that he used in the x games.  It's not like he never raced before and just decided he wanted to be in the x games.  He also barely made it out of the first round and got lucky in the second round when ACP got destroyed on the jump.  I do think the first year of rally in the x games was more legit when it was actually a real rally race with several stages and the final stage was in the stadium, but the new head to head set up is more viewer friendly.  It would be nice if they changed the course up a bit though because it was exactly the same as last year.  And I dont see how you can call the course easy, not one racer came out of a run without fairly substantial damage.  It was easy in the respect that I'm sure it got a bit repetative for the racers and the co-drivers were not really needed for a race like that but 60 foot jumps and super tight walled roads are not really easy.  I'm sorry, but I just do not feel as though rally gets the respect it deserves.

Aug 3 2008 9:31PM
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babujib
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thats what winter x games is for though
Aug 3 2008 9:32PM
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TerminatorX
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agreed, although it would be sick. but they could easily build a halfpipe in the winter and have skateboarding and bmx in the winter olympics.
Aug 3 2008 9:39PM
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sHrEdAgE
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and that right there is why i wont buy anything but subarus
Aug 3 2008 9:42PM
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Dalonte
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did anyone else notice that alot of the cars had vermont license plates, does anyone know why?
Aug 3 2008 10:00PM
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TerminatorX
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i noticed that. travis's copilot was from vermont also. vermonters like subarus i guess.
Aug 3 2008 10:06PM
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KyleA
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it's for Vermont Sports Car
Aug 3 2008 10:28PM
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carbon.pulse
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I gotta say that would be sick, but..... It kinda ruins the point of "summer" and "winter" x games.
Aug 3 2008 10:39PM
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*GP*
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The Subaru Rally Team USA is based out of Vermont.
Aug 3 2008 11:19PM
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Shadows
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i like that they use navigators lol. you cant get lost on that course.
Aug 3 2008 11:21PM
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Faggghkxd
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oh yeah i know, i never suggested it being an event, but like an exhibition for skiers to get together in the summer. just a thought
Aug 3 2008 11:21PM
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TerminatorX
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ya thats what i was trying to get at. now a days, with indoor ski slopes and the all the new technology, you can play any sport at any time.
Aug 3 2008 11:22PM
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Faggghkxd
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oh yeah i know, i never suggested it being an event, but like an exhibition for skiers to get together in the summer. just a thought
Aug 3 2008 11:22PM
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TerminatorX
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it would be sick if they did that for the global x games.
Aug 3 2008 11:24PM
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*GP*
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All who dont think Rally belongs @ Summer X are crazy. Rally is most definitely an extreme sport. Granted Summer X doesnt do the sport justice, but just imagine driving 85mph on dirt roads in the deep woods of Maine (http://www.maineforestrally.com/nefr08-results.html ).
Check the vid of Pastrana murkin a deer and tell me you wouldnt get a rush from Rally driving. It is indeed an extreme sport.
If you ever get a chance to check out a rally event, do it. You will become an instant fan for real. Shit is so intense.
Aug 3 2008 11:30PM
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*GP*
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Sorry about the link, but here's the vid.

Aug 3 2008 11:32PM
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dat_ski_dude
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wow
Aug 4 2008 12:37AM
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Ski303
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I enjoyed watching Dave Mirra total his subby....I  like x rally, you didn't look at the shaded stand, those were full
Aug 4 2008 1:55AM
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