Golf and rugby in the olympics but still no skiing half pipe

[Scharff]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091009/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_ioc_new_sports
i love playing golf but it is a olympic sport and skiing isnt this is bull shit

 

[.Emerson.]

skiing is, just not halfpipe

 

[Scharff]

racing is and its boring to watch

 

[MCIRONCOCK]

Try telling that to my dad...

 

[Mr.Panda]

I wrote an article about this and I emailed one of the editors of Freeskier, K2 Steeze, and a couple other magazines asking them if they thought that skiing halfpipe would ever make it and they all said that even though there are amazing athletes in skiing pipe and it deserves to be in it most likely will never make it because the general public still considers skiing to be the "traditional" snow sport that has racing and things like that and not a "cool, hip, and in" thing the way snowboarding is, at least perceived, by the public.

 

[Alexander_Keith]

Its actually only rugby 7's in the olympics. Traditional (union) rugby still only has the world cup

 

[Kornn101]

shut up rugby is fuckin awesome

 

[sk1er]

yes, those are summer sports. Which is what the summer Olympics is about.

 

[corona]

i consider golf a game, not a sport. like horseshoes

 

[Pow.yuHdig*]

you must be some kind of gaper if you dont appreciate racing

 

[ThunderousFilms]

im stoked on the golf but still want the skiing in

 

[Scharff]

I appreciate racing but its boring to watch and skiing half pipe is not boring to watch

 

[GayWolf420]

not JUST superpipe. how about superpipe and slopestyle

 

[Funnel]

Actually, skiing halfpipe gets old really quick.

 

[k-rob]

7's is still mad fun to play and watch, i'm stoked on this.

 

[Peter.]

yeah i can only stand watching a few runs of it

 

[Mr.Panda]

Plus you get to see this sometimes in racing.

 

[AdolfShitler]

ski racers should go on strike until we can have halfpipe skiing too

 

[wambat]

wait, you realize golf and rugby are huge sports through a lot of the world, right? skiing halfpipe is... not.

 

[Ian.Ham]

golf is tough as fuck, it is definitely a sport, if you have ever played it takes so much time to get good

 

[wambat]

there's a ton of things that take a long time to really become good at... that's not exactly a legitimate argument.
i agree that golf's a sport, though. it isn't so much being physically fit as much as knowing how to move your body, having great hand-eye coordination, and being able to separate yourself, mentally, from the pressure of the situation... all of which are required by every other sport. if golf isn't a sport, pitchers aren't athletes- all golfers do is hit a little white ball and all pitchers do is throw a little white ball.

 

[Mr.Panda]

Pitchers hit birds and take balls to the head from time to time too. GO RANDY JOHNSON!!!

 

[ElbridgeGerry]

That's kinda lame..but Rugby Union is a bit more tedious. You gotta be in such good shape for sevens.

 

[jamodeo]

you and me also i think it will be this year im not sure though

 

[BMskier]

slalom skiing is great to watch. if anyone can move their legs that fast i call bullshit