Skateboarding in the Olympics in 2020

[ChuckRamone]

does skateboarding really want to take part in a politicized event that promotes Western imperialism and a new cold war with Russia (and China)?

http://www.unz.com/proberts/washington-is-politicizing-the-olympics-again/

[givecigstosurfgroms]

  If Obama got to be prez back in the 80s that would have been groundbreaking.  Once we finally got a black prez, it happened to late to really be signifigant.  That is like skateboarding in the 2020 olympics.  It matters not.

[pabloalvarado]

This is cool: http://www.rippedlaces.com/2016/07/is-skateboarding-a-sport-30-reasons-why-it-isnt/

[Iceman]

skateboarding is not a sport by definition.

it's 2016, we're all jocks now.

[CRAILFISH TO REVERT]

skateboarding only matters to you.

[Willie]

You know what would make me more accepting of skateboarding in the Olympics? Judging it like figure skating.


Separate scores for technical and artistic merit. Then it might not turn into total shit "spin to win" like snowboarding did.

One of the reasons skate contests before the advent of X games and street league were worth watching was because the judging sort of worked this way, even if it wasn't expressly stated. I.e. Hosoi might beat Hawk because he was blasting higher, better looking airs even if Hawk's run was more technical or Mike V could win Tampa because he had a hype ass run and everyone else was doing 6 inch 360 flip to deck check and fakie kickflip's on mellow banks.


If the "Skateboard Association" or whatever it's called wants to reflect what is great about skateboarding they could go this route but I suspect they will go the easy/dumb way and just have some arbitrary point system where doing the most "hardest" tricks will net you the win even if it looks like barf or is as dull as watching street league.

[Zimmer]

You know what would make me more accepting of skateboarding in the Olympics? Judging it like figure skating.


Separate scores for technical and artistic merit. Then it might not turn into total shit "spin to win" like snowboarding did.

One of the reasons skate contests before the advent of X games and street league were worth watching was because the judging sort of worked this way, even if it wasn't expressly stated. I.e. Hosoi might beat Hawk because he was blasting higher, better looking airs even if Hawk's run was more technical or Mike V could win Tampa because he had a hype ass run and everyone else was doing 6 inch 360 flip to deck check and fakie kickflip's on mellow banks.


If the "Skateboard Association" or whatever it's called wants to reflect what is great about skateboarding they could go this route but I suspect they will go the easy/dumb way and just have some arbitrary point system where doing the most "hardest" tricks will net you the win even if it looks like barf or is as dull as watching street league.

100%

[muntcuscle]

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I want to punch so badly the pro skaters who pushed skateboarding in Olympics. Don't they realize this is not just another contest? Skateboarding being included in the Olympics with all of it's consequences might potentially kill skateboarding in it's essence completely and then the core street rats won't matter, not even as important media as Thrasher is could save it.

I think skaters already voted on that Skateboarding Olympics clip that was released by the Olympics with something like ten thousands and more dislikes that later the video became private or even taken down.

[close]

FFS, nothing can kill skating unless we let it die. Who are these important core street rats who aren't going to matter all of a sudden? Read up on 'shifting baseline syndrome', take a deep breath, go for a skate. If it can survive in Afghanistan then I'm sure you'll be ok. 

[close]

it will change skateboarding a lot but we don't know yet how much. you can draw parallels to team sports where there are amateur or "street" versions of the sport. people still play street basketball or pick-up games of softball. but these sports are essentially under the control of big companies and leagues that have funneled all the money and attention toward profit making. skateboarding is not a team sport but money and becoming an olympic sport will change it. can you say snowboarding is the same after it went to the olympics? how would surfers feel about their sport becoming olympic?

fucking awful

[Madam, I'm Adam]

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skateboarding is not a sport by definition.

[close]

it's 2016, we're all jocks now.

Don't come back here, the definition is definitely closed. It's over.

[Esquivel]

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Skateboarding at it's core has no rules or boundaries, it's limitless.  Again, rules and boundaries which is why it's a sport. This is not the case with skateboarding.

[close]

So when you just do fliptricks, its art. But if you play a game of SKATE, it's a sport. I'll agree with that. Most skaters play SKATE. But yall have to agree with me that a basketball game is sport, but shooting hoops is art.

dude, just the fact that you use the berrics gos rules to justify your opinion is enough for someone to know that you are a jock. the problem is that there are too many jocks like you in skating.
please shuv that piece of paper, embroidered with nike logos and all up your ass and go play basketball and scoot in your free time.

[smellsdead]

for every action...

[pinch a loaf]

dude, just the fact that you use the berrics gos rules to justify your opinion is enough for someone to know that you are a jock. the problem is that there are too many jocks like you in skating.
please shuv that piece of paper, embroidered with nike logos and all up your ass and go play basketball and scoot in your free time.

because guys like you are the skaters now. It used to be "skater fag," now it's skaters yelling "jock fag" on message boards. You are the new jock. You became what you hated. But Nikes skate well, basketball is dope, and I don't scoot. Sorry bro.

[KoRnholio8]

So, I come from a small country and our best skateboarders are not up to par with the big companies' PROs - they get to flow level and that's it. But the Olympics provide an opportunity for them to achieve something impressive - being an Olympian.

So, our best skateboarder openly stated that going to the Olympics is his goal (he has been competing a lot his whole skate career). To be able to train, travel and compete, he needs sponsorship money, but big skateboarding companies won't give him a place on their team. His only option is to collect local sponsors, unrelated to skateboarding, which is also nothing new in skateboarding world.

But, what probably is new, is his DC hoodie (sponsored via distributor) with other sponsors' logos patches on it (think NASCAR). I'm not going to name him, since this is irrelevant - this could happen anywhere in the world, since big money is made by only a few top riders. I admire his ambition, but how will the skateboard community remember this shift and the skateboarders who did it first? Probably in bad taste.

[20matar]

So, I come from a small country and our best skateboarders are not up to par with the big companies' PROs - they get to flow level and that's it. But the Olympics provide an opportunity for them to achieve something impressive - being an Olympian.

So, our best skateboarder openly stated that going to the Olympics is his goal (he has been competing a lot his whole skate career). To be able to train, travel and compete, he needs sponsorship money, but big skateboarding companies won't give him a place on their team. His only option is to collect local sponsors, unrelated to skateboarding, which is also nothing new in skateboarding world.

But, what probably is new, is his DC hoodie (sponsored via distributor) with other sponsors' logos patches on it (think NASCAR). I'm not going to name him, since this is irrelevant - this could happen anywhere in the world, since big money is made by only a few top riders. I admire his ambition, but how will the skateboard community remember this shift and the skateboarders who did it first? Probably in bad taste.

who dat. Also, I wonder why less scrupulous countries aren't giving away citizenships to top skaters for them to compete in the Olympics. You could always forge some papers like they do in Equatorial Guinea if you want to be subtle. Make up a last name and a dead great-grandmother for, say, Cody McIntire, give him a passport, and bam: you have an Olympian.

[Maggie]

When did skateboarding become so sacred? Have fun on your board.

Eat pussy and/or dick whenever possible

B

[Tracer]

So, I come from a small country and our best skateboarders are not up to par with the big companies' PROs - they get to flow level and that's it. But the Olympics provide an opportunity for them to achieve something impressive - being an Olympian.

So, our best skateboarder openly stated that going to the Olympics is his goal (he has been competing a lot his whole skate career). To be able to train, travel and compete, he needs sponsorship money, but big skateboarding companies won't give him a place on their team. His only option is to collect local sponsors, unrelated to skateboarding, which is also nothing new in skateboarding world.

But, what probably is new, is his DC hoodie (sponsored via distributor) with other sponsors' logos patches on it (think NASCAR). I'm not going to name him, since this is irrelevant - this could happen anywhere in the world, since big money is made by only a few top riders. I admire his ambition, but how will the skateboard community remember this shift and the skateboarders who did it first? Probably in bad taste.

Yes Korny gets it. Liken it to Olympic basketball, every country goes in knowing USA wins gold, but just being there playing with the best in the world is an experience of a lifetime. Growing skateboarding is important, and if nations take this seriously we won't be stuck smoking regs at the modular skatepark.

[too much]

The Olympics just got a whole lot more interesting with Trump's banning that just got reversed! As long as the skater is not a corporate brainwashed kook, then let him be enslaved wearing all the logos. He is still a human life not a corporation. Rock on.

[KoRnholio8]

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So, I come from a small country and our best skateboarders are not up to par with the big companies' PROs - they get to flow level and that's it. But the Olympics provide an opportunity for them to achieve something impressive - being an Olympian.

So, our best skateboarder openly stated that going to the Olympics is his goal (he has been competing a lot his whole skate career). To be able to train, travel and compete, he needs sponsorship money, but big skateboarding companies won't give him a place on their team. His only option is to collect local sponsors, unrelated to skateboarding, which is also nothing new in skateboarding world.

But, what probably is new, is his DC hoodie (sponsored via distributor) with other sponsors' logos patches on it (think NASCAR). I'm not going to name him, since this is irrelevant - this could happen anywhere in the world, since big money is made by only a few top riders. I admire his ambition, but how will the skateboard community remember this shift and the skateboarders who did it first? Probably in bad taste.

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Yes Korny gets it. Liken it to Olympic basketball, every country goes in knowing USA wins gold, but just being there playing with the best in the world is an experience of a lifetime. Growing skateboarding is important, and if nations take this seriously we won't be stuck smoking regs at the modular skatepark.

Man, way to get me wrong there bruh. I agree that every skateboarder no matter successful will always fan-out meeting legends etc., but I believe skateboarders will go for the Olympics just to get some outside validation for their career of choice. And skateboarders of smaller nations have a great chance of somehow getting in and then placing in the bottom, but being labelled as Olympians for the rest of their lives.

Don't forget that Street League is not USA-dominated (think shane and luan).

[shit4breakfast]

So everyone “competing” in the Olympics has to ride for Nike since they do the uniforms, right?

[GK Satoshi]

So everyone “competing” in the Olympics has to ride for Nike since they do the uniforms, right?

Technically IOC must recognize the sports first to be in their list for the competition. Which is presented by another organization called World Skate. Which recognize USA Skateboard Team. USA government doesn't recognize our sports for the Olympics like other countries do. So instead we have to get sponsored by organizations to make this happen. And it doesn't mean the team is sponsored as if they all have to wear it at all times. It would only be the time they are contacted for, and strictly for the USA Skateboard Team.

[Abyss1]

I was thinking last year about doing this Olympics and go to japan to see this...and totally changed my mind after realizing how it’s just Street League international

[GK Satoshi]

I was thinking last year about doing this Olympics and go to japan to see this...and totally changed my mind after realizing how it’s just Street League international

Well... Not quite... All the judges are changing as we speak and they are being over reviewed for their efficiency of judging and the knowledge and as well as matching up with how the industry expectations based on fan based information. This have been worked on through many years...