Replying to Petition ESPN - NO TEXT TO WIN
Who can we petition to take the text to win out of the X-games. Can Mr. Bishop help us? He is one who helps choose athletes for the X-games. Can John Symms help us? He works for EXPN. Can Mike Douglass help us? How about Luke Van Valin? Whoever can help us, we need it bad. How does a double front flip beat a switch double cork 1260, or a switch double rodeo 1080, or even a Kangaroo flip? This is just getting rediculous. I could write for hours about how sad this is for our sport. I mean, it is great that he is giving 10k to Riley Poor, there is no greater deed than that. However, I am sure he could raise money to get that money for Riley anyway. Do we really want double front flips becoming the new big air. Next we will probably see a double back, which would soon be followed by a tripple back + 1080 (i.e. Triple Triple...you know where this is going).
I hope the best for Riley Poor, I honestly do, but I hope that Simon never wins another big air again with a double front flip and a misty 1080 a la 2002.
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