Screw the media

C-Burg

C-Burg

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I have been watching ESPN, FSN, and other sports shows and they all are debating whether the halfpipe is a sport. The majority of the people say that it isn't because normally people don't want to do it. Since most of these people don't understand the difficulty of snowbaording and freestyle skiing in the pipe so they discount it as a sport. They also say it does not take atheltic ability. It just makes me kinda pissed off that they make it sound like it was a bunch of guys figuring something out that nobody cares about. I just felt like ranting about it.
 
i agree that it should be in. but it does not take THAT much athletic ability. sure you have to be balenced and strong to stay in control. but comon.
 
but it kinda seems like they are generalizing about the entire sport of freestyle skiing/snowboarding
 
dude what do you expect from ESPN and co. its run by a bunch of suit wearing main stream sports casting ex pros, that wouldnt get off the bunny hill if their was a sign that said "easier run this way".

sorry bro we're just gonna have to deal with it
 
those jackasses. halfpipe is more of a sport than half the things they have in the olympics. If you put those pricks on a pair of skiis and told them to ride pipe they couldn't cuz it takes skillz.
 
im pretty sure espn had freestyle skiing in the top ten most hard sports about a year ago, they probably meant moguls, but they might have considered halfpipe as well
 
first of all, curling is more of a sport then you will ever be...and second, that shit takes so much skill it is ridiculas...

don't bash curling
 
Curling, Golf, Baseball... these are somewhat borderline sports, in that they take more skill than athleticism. Skiing pipe might go on that list, I guess. But if you're going to discount it, you'd better discount the others too.
 
how about bobsled? you run for like 2 seconds then sit in a rolercoaster, takes skill not athleticism so if thats an olympic sport then halfpipe should be too and i think ski halfpipe takes more skill then snowboarding, try 4 edges to keep in control as opposed to 2
 
mmmm, no man i think that bobsled stuff actually requiers quite a bit of skill to steer...cool runnings tought me that. remember when senka was in the bathtub and they are practicing going down the run?he had to study up.

and 4 edges is much better in the pipe versus 2 edges. it leads to more balance and control on the walls, that's why we can go bigger.

but any sport, whether bobsledor snowboarding is just as challenging and competitive as any other olympic sport because it's just a bunch of humans in them and all they want to do is compete, so as long as there is a platform to compete, the level of competitiveness should be the same
 
are you kidding? To be able to boost 20 feet out of the halfpipe you have to be one hell of an athlete. And what do you define as being athletic? Do you define it as someone can run a mile in such a time? or they can bench press so much weight? Being balanced and strong are basically two of the most fundamental qualities needed to be considered a good athlete. There is alot to be considered about what makes a person athletic.
 
what i was bobsled TAKES SKILL not athleticism and for them to say no halfpipe due to not having to be that athletic i think if bobsled is an olympic sport halfpipe should be too it takes more of an ATHLETE to ski pipe then to drive a bobsled thats all
 
exactly why pipe skiing should never be in the olympics. it would just look dumb.

and everyone who is bashing on other sports is a fuck. you cant argue what is harder or easier; everything is difficult in its own right.
 
what? have you seen a bobsledder? there are all ex football line backers and sprinters, if any sport is athletic its bobsledding, those guys train as hard and harder than anyone else, no one can just learn to bobsled and do good at it, you have to be super strong and super fast. Im sick of all you idiots on here than have NEVER been an athlete and i don't give a shit if you played on some highschool team, educate yourself about what a real athelte is

im up in the air if halfpipe should be in the olympics or not, snowboarding or skiing, you can't tell me Tanner Hall trains as much as a speed skater, figure skater and so on. All these athletes do is train, they don't go to a comp win it go drink a 40 and smoke a bowl they start training right away for the next comp. All of these guys have coaches, physio, mental training, they have a level of proffesionalism that skiing and snowboarding doesn't have yet, could it? yes we could have that professional image but we have to first get ride of our image as rebelios partyers and pot heads. If we can look like a true pro athlete and show that we want to be there than we can bring our sport to the olympics
 
just cause they are in shape doesnt mean their sport is physical....they sit in a bobsled man......quit acting like you know
 
^ mark 311...If pipe snowboarding is in the Fucking Olympics...then pipe skiing should be as well. Why? Because it takes way more skill to do it on skis, Two: Skiers have shown they can go bigger in the pipe than snowboarders, and Three: Skiers can drop TRUE SWITCH into the pipe. IT IS TOTAL BULLSHIT THAT SKIING GETS NO SKIER X comp, OR HALFPIPE in The Winter OLYMPICS! It has to do with the fact that there are more snowboarders in the US than there are skiers now because the learning curve is so much easyer. The the Flailing ratings of the Olympics needed a boost. They needed advertising dollars from sponsors, they looked at what the majority of the people are claiming to do now. It really boils down to $money and not much else. Just think about it...they have no SKIER X, but they have snowboard cross..They have no Skiing Halfpipe but they feature Snowboarding. The only reason you do not see snowboarding ariels is because snowboarders would get schooled on that vert kicker. FUCK THe Olympics and the sponsors, and ratings!
 
I wish they still had the twirly freestyle skiing like in the movie "hotdog" were the guys would do pole plant 3's and 7's...that shit was roots.
 
Baseball takes a TON of athletic ability. If you look these days baseball players are as big as football players. You need to be strong, fast, and very coordinated. Baseball is not a "boarderline" sport.
 
But really....in the essence of it how much athletic ability do you have to have to run?...you have to be fast or have endurance. And how much ability do you have to have to golf?..You only have to hit a small white ball. On reality all sports can be simplified. Strength and balance are key in halfpipe skiing, but it takes soooo much more.
 
beat me too it, i heard from somebody that some group of people did a test to see what the hardest thing to do in sports was and it was to hit a major league fastball. i dont know if its true or not but i believe it
 
btw, to all those that are hating on curling...how many fat people did you see in the olympics in the curling events...I can't remember any...not athletic? brushing the weight hard for 70 feet would take arms and abs of fuckin steal.
 
i think that is a good point that a sport is something with an obivous score is sport and something that is judged is a competion. Also an athlete can do both, not just a "sport"
 
I called it a sport, but I think that those who don't have a vaild point, because there is not always a clear winner, unlike sprints, racing, and things of that nature.
 
buddy your a fucking idiot, i know ex olympic bobsledders and they train as hard as any other olypmic sport. Your telling me to "quit acting like I know"? what do you know? nothing, sure they sit in the bobsled ( the driver doesn't just sit, getting the right line is not easy) but for those 5 seconds they are pushing the sled they are working harder than you will ever do in your life. Heck even formula 1 drivers are in good shape and all they do is "sit" in their car
 
who cares if skiing is in the olympics, i like to go out and ride, thats all i care about, i would rather ski and smoke a bowl and party every night than have skiing in the olympics.
 
it's possible to describe virtually any sport in a way that makes it seem unathletic. All you gotta do in skiing is stand on skis and go down the mountain and maybe do a couple spins in the air. Tennis is just hitting a ball over a net. All you hafta do in baseball is hit a ball with a stick and run around some bases. Football is just throwing and running with a ball from one side of the field to the other. Sounds REAL athletic. But the fact of the matter is EVERY sport is athletic at the top levels. To say that any sport doesn't take athletic ability is a blatant exaggeration.
 
again if you could read you would know i said that theyre sport doesnt require athleticism thats all man if theyre in shape then cool for them but you dont HAVE to be to ride in a race car or bobsled.... oh and congrats for having ex olympic friends
 
what i found sweet was figure sk8ing they do like 1080s and stuff its super sweet i agree skiing halfpipe should become an olympic event
 
man you don't make any sense, you say that you have to be more of an athlete to ride halfpipe than ride a bobsled, im not saying halfpipe skiing isn't athletic. But from what your saying is just stupid, its like saying downhill racing isn't athletic cause you just ride a pair of skis to the finish, my mom could slide her way down a dh course so obviosly its not as athletic. Bobsledding, DH skiing, Halfpipe skiing all require athleticism, you could theoritically do all of those activities without being an athlete. But if you want to do any of those at the olympic level you need to be an athlete
 
ok again you dont read shit i never said pipe skiing required more athleticism....my whole thing was that if they say pipe should not be in the olympics than you should look at the other sports....just like bobsled pipe takes alot of SKIll it does take an athlete to do cause i could not do olympic sports of any kind im not in that caliber as most people are not but if your gonna talk shit then read what people write instad of making shit up
 
waveride: on his behalf, I don't even think you yourself know what you really are trying to say. To say that an activity can be done without being athletic, and to use that as an argument over what is and isn't a sport is just dumb. Now I understand that some of you are in the 4th grade, but common, everything on this planet COULD be done without being athletic...but to be one of the best in the world, almost EVERY activity is gonna require you be in the best shape you can possibly be in...that is the only way to gain an advantage these days with all the sick athletes out there...bottom line
 
Yeah Espn have a bad attidue but their coverage was actually quite good. They have their ups and downs for sure

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