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"What Harder Skateboarding or BMXing?"

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cannabisshane
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I think skateboarding is harder then bmxing, but people have different opinion, so tell me yours. I know this is a waste of time, so write what you want.
Aug 28 2008 1:42PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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i'd have to say bmx'ing is hard based on the fact that you must perform tricks with a 40-60lbs (guess?) bike underneath you, thus making the potential for injury much higher
Aug 28 2008 1:46PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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BMXing is harder to progress at but easy to start, skateing is harder to start but once you get it dialed it gets slightly easier. B,Xing has more gnarly crashes though.
Aug 28 2008 1:46PM
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slaydave
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who gives a fuck... do what u want cause you enjoy it...
Aug 28 2008 1:50PM
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Dylan_
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their both hard. probally skateboarding imo
Aug 28 2008 1:52PM
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cannabisshane
Posts: 178 - Karma: 20
No you have a 20-30 lbs bike underneath you.
Aug 28 2008 2:05PM
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Sufferboy
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if it was the stone age then yes

now about 20-30
Aug 28 2008 2:07PM
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skinnylove
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This guy knows what's up.
Aug 28 2008 2:09PM
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strongmark
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skateboarding is probably the hardest thing ever to get reeeeeally good at.

bmx i wouldnt wanna get really good at.  id just want to get good at riding trails.  that shit looks like so much fun.

i quit bikes way back though.  my pedals and my legs had an abusive relationship for too long.
Aug 28 2008 2:12PM
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GhostfaceKillah
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my mistake. Even so, the potential for a gnarly crash is much higher on a bike than on a skateboard IMO
Aug 28 2008 2:13PM
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ride-rider
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It completely depends on how hard you push yourself.  You could make either harder than the other.
Aug 28 2008 2:20PM
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JonathonChandler
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my friends bmx bike weighs 22, not 40-60
Aug 28 2008 2:28PM
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Sufferboy
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what did the mustard say to the tomatoe?

you better katchup
Aug 28 2008 2:29PM
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ride-rider
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btw, to get a bike that light will cause you to pay some serious dough.  Average bmx weight is heavier than that.
Aug 28 2008 2:31PM
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FUUUCK
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both are just as hard as you make them, I've done both and I have more fun on bikes in general. both sports have equally talented and diverse athletes, it's impossible to judge which is better, or harder, or requires more skill, because they require diferrent skills.
Aug 28 2008 2:39PM
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Sufferboy
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heres how to be good at both of them

Aug 28 2008 2:40PM
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cannabisshane
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 You all have good opinions on here.
Aug 28 2008 3:04PM
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MadSteezin
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I'd have to say BMXing, because its basically bones over metal. And when you need to bail you have to worry about wrecking yourself on some aluminum.
Aug 28 2008 3:06PM
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cannabisshane
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 You can't bail on a bike like a skateboard.
Aug 28 2008 3:11PM
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morocco_mole
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skateboarding harder, skateboarding might be the hardest extreme sport there is
Aug 28 2008 3:30PM
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Scolson
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They are the same difficulty.
Aug 28 2008 3:50PM
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AALT
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20-30 is now what the bikes way nowadays.
Aug 28 2008 4:23PM
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Cool4aCanadian
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word. skateboarding is just so much more technical than any other sport. on a bike, once you are comfortable riding ramps and shit, everything will come pretty easy.
Aug 28 2008 4:30PM
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d-mold
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That's a load of BS.  Go watch some flatland and then tell me those guys arent technical. It takes way more than just being comfortable on your bike...

Anyway, Ontarioskiing... said everything that needed to be said about the subject.  
Aug 28 2008 5:10PM
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sack
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I don't know as I never got really good at either. I just like biking better. there are just easy and hard aspects of both, as said before.. as with all sports.
Aug 28 2008 5:28PM
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M+M
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skateboarding = hardest extreme sport to be that good at, end of discussion
Aug 28 2008 5:31PM
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Cool4aCanadian
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flatland is technical, but that isn't biking. its ballerina on a bike.
Aug 28 2008 6:09PM
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50in07
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bmx.
Aug 28 2008 6:13PM
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Franny
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I would say BMX cuz bigger learning curve.
Aug 28 2008 6:23PM
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Scolson
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I can kickflip, but I can't barspin or tailwhip.  And I rode bmx a lot longer than I skateboarded. 

It just depends on the person, and it's a dumb thing to argue about.

Aug 28 2008 6:33PM
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Malcolm
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bmx has some pretty brutal crashes
Aug 28 2008 6:35PM
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AALT
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yup riding a bmx bike and doing technical stuff isnt bmxing....
Aug 28 2008 6:37PM
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Cool4aCanadian
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they dont even ride the bike. they stand on random parts while spinning the wheel with their hands
Aug 28 2008 6:53PM
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First.Aid
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^ So I guess Rodney Mullen isn't a skateboarder then.
Aug 28 2008 6:56PM
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B-VUR
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Well it takes a lot of coordination for both, but I can't BMX for shit. But I'd say skating is probably harder.
Aug 28 2008 6:56PM
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ben802
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SUCH gnarly craashes dude....that would suck
Aug 28 2008 7:06PM
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d-mold
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Nope, he's a ballerina standing on a piece of wood log...
Aug 28 2008 7:35PM
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Cool4aCanadian
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word
Aug 28 2008 7:49PM
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morocco_mole
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kickflips is pretty basic. if you dont believe me than watch this video. being able to kickflip is still cool though

Aug 28 2008 10:30PM
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alex.k.
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^ Rodney Mullen is pretty much like 10 years ahead of the skateboarding game. Some of the stuff he does seems so hard to ever duplicate.

IMO as a BMXer from back in the day skateboarding seems way harder.  It's just more technical. 
I feel it takes more balls to bunnyhop and throw a barspin then it does doing a kickflip.  If you can even compare the 2. 

so much disagreement aboutthe weigh of bmx bikes.  i reckon most weigh around 27 pounds these days but like 6 years ago it was tough to even get your bike below 30 pounds. 
Aug 28 2008 10:43PM
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BKlein
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bmx by alot, its not that hard to ollie up a 1 foot ledge on a skateboard, but to do it on abmx bike is extremely difficult, let alone doing advanced tricks on a bkie.
plus theres not rly a safe way to learn things like a barspin on a bike but nothing bad will happen if u f uck up  kickflip
Aug 28 2008 11:07PM
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Scolson
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I realize that.  I wasn't trying to brag, I know I suck at skateboarding.  But a barspin is a basic trick too.  I was making a point that they are completely different and different people might pick up on one easier.
Aug 29 2008 2:36AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Dont tell me its not hard to manual backwards on a bike and bunny hope 180 up a set of stars on a bike, its fucking difficult.
Aug 29 2008 2:53AM
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skihood
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Wrong, i have skated all my life and it's still hard to learn hard tricks.

BMX takes a lot of fucking balls though.
Aug 29 2008 3:19AM
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mnick11
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it depends if you have skill at skateboarding or bmxing when you first start
Aug 29 2008 4:07AM
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Static
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anyone who thinks bmx is harder needs to watch the made episode where the girl lands a backflip after a month of riding
Aug 29 2008 4:32AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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And you think that shits real, bahahaha, she probably did that over like 5 months or something.
Aug 29 2008 5:09AM
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faceshotforlunch
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They have Mtv in Dubai?

With all due respect my friend
Aug 29 2008 5:22AM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Yeah, we have all the maerican channels and some british, they even got some shit channel thats called MTV Dubai, because MTV want more money.
Aug 29 2008 5:26AM
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Static
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lol, as if that discredits it at all. watch the girls who try to learn to skate, and apply the same "over 5 months or something"
Aug 29 2008 5:44AM
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strongmark
Posts: 3278 - Karma: 883
mtv did that with skateboarding with a girl on made.

her biggest feat was that she managed to do a rock fakie verrrry frighteningly on a mini.

skateboarding is the hardest thing ever.  if you dont think so then pick it up and see how good you are in two years.  granted once you reach a certain point it also becomes the most fun thing ever.  so youre stoked.
Aug 29 2008 10:16AM
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