Tokyo Olympics
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GayWolf420
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the Japanese skater with the helmet who is 17 is steezy
ReturnToMonkey
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Yuto has been on fire this year
aflightlessbird
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Watched Nyjah Huston shred. Loving the level of skating out there.
But...
Just thinking out loud...
Skateboarding seems like the most un-olympic thing ever.
And I say that with the most love and respect for skating as a non skater.
But...
Just thinking out loud...
Skateboarding seems like the most un-olympic thing ever.
And I say that with the most love and respect for skating as a non skater.
Im furious that they decided to have it this year instead of waiting another year for when Covid might possibly be a little better and people could watch the events. The IOC is just forcing it this year to fulfill their TV contracts with networks. The Japanese people are being used as pawns in a game that they cant even attend.
As for the vibes around town and what it's actually like being here..You wouldn't even know that the Olympics is happening in town. Nobody is interested because there is basically no reason to be. It's as if the Olympics were taking place in Egypt or something rather than literally just down the street.
I was in Yoyogi park all day today - literally a 15-20 min walk from the stadium and it was just like any random Tuesday. Walked down to Shibuya for dinner and it was as normal as you could ever imagine.
This whole thing is so surreal haha fuck
As for the vibes around town and what it's actually like being here..You wouldn't even know that the Olympics is happening in town. Nobody is interested because there is basically no reason to be. It's as if the Olympics were taking place in Egypt or something rather than literally just down the street.
I was in Yoyogi park all day today - literally a 15-20 min walk from the stadium and it was just like any random Tuesday. Walked down to Shibuya for dinner and it was as normal as you could ever imagine.
This whole thing is so surreal haha fuck
MiIfHunter
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14306785:DingoSean said:
It’s about money Brutha. Nothing more. They couldn’t afford to put it off this year yet another.
14306787:MiIfHunter said:
the IOC is full of a bunch of rich european nerds who absolutely rake in cash on the backs of unpaid athletes and by forcing cities to give them a ton of free shit.. Theyre like the NCAA only global.
14306799:r00kie said:
MiIfHunter
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14306799:r00kie said:
Haters gonna hate regardless. It’s not even worth discussion.
GayWolf420
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3-on-3 Basketball being an olympic event is kinda funny, must be like D-Leaguers and dudes who play in euro leagues cuz our USA players probably wouldn't have stood a chance with our actual basketball team lineup
**This post was edited on Jul 25th 2021 at 12:41:27pm
**This post was edited on Jul 25th 2021 at 12:41:27pm
We fucjed up on when finals were and i went to get food and got sucked into the bar. Watched qualifiers though. Shit was pretty sweet. Will watch finals at my friends as a replay.
Wild to think that skateboarding is in the damn Olympics now.
Wild to think that skateboarding is in the damn Olympics now.
Canis_lupus
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14306799:r00kie said:
Personally I'm hyped skating is finally getting some recognition as a legitimate sport rather than the stereotypical opinions it usually gets. Those saying it's just a way to get money out of the skate industry need to realize that's already been happening.
aflightlessbird
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For me it will always be the godfather of freestyle action sports anything.
We owe terrain parks existing almost entirely to skateboarding!
And that is more legitimate than any Olympic broadcast imo.
But I also agree skateboarding needs to be recognized and honored at a world wide level. It's very conflicting for me.
We owe terrain parks existing almost entirely to skateboarding!
And that is more legitimate than any Olympic broadcast imo.
But I also agree skateboarding needs to be recognized and honored at a world wide level. It's very conflicting for me.
14306869:Canis_lupus said:
r00kie
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14306950:WoFlowz said:
Couple reasons. Basketball is growing on a global scale so other nations are fielding stronger teams than ever before. The US also had a lot of its top talent sit this one out so we have an arguably weaker team than normal. Also, international basketball is typically played very differently than an NBA game.
freestyler540
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14306800:DingoSean said:
I love it, I want one!
Squirtle
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Damn, Nishiya Momiji and Rayssa Leal killed it! Wild that the gold and silver medalists are both thirteen-year-olds. Also, it’s super cool that Japan won gold in both men’s and woman’s Skateboard Street. Hopefully, skateboarding blows up in Japan now, haha.
**This post was edited on Jul 26th 2021 at 12:59:01am
**This post was edited on Jul 26th 2021 at 12:59:01am
14306950:WoFlowz said:
Because theyve never played as a team together. No two players even play on the same team. Its basically like you pick 5 strangers and throw them onto the court.
Also this is a far-cry from Dream Teams of yesteryear. Absolutely some serious pieces missing. No Curry. No Lebron. No Kawhi. They have Durant and Booker and Lillard and that should be enough, but Still, the team is missing the best players in the league...
That, and also some of the absolute best players in the League are not from the USA. Giannis is Greek. Jokic is Serbian. Doncic is Slovene.
MiIfHunter
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14306996:DingoSean said:
Brutha Olympic basketball is like Olympic soccer, nobody gives a fuck about it. It’s not nearly on the same level as the given sports r at the top tier of their respective leagues
ASAPCarter
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Pretty damn stoked to see my boy Jagger get a medal. I still remember when he taught me how to drop in for the first time when we were like 6 years old. So stoked for him.
Just don’t get why they were all dressed like they were gonna go play soccer or something, but happy to see skateboarding get respect regardless.
Just don’t get why they were all dressed like they were gonna go play soccer or something, but happy to see skateboarding get respect regardless.
snowfinder
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USA did bad in basketball because the NBA makes call like soccer does, you get touched go to the line. Doesn't work like that at the Olympics and the NBA players are playing like they are in a NBA game.
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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My interest in the olympics is at an all time low. I have far less of a sense of pride in the country I live in than I have in years past. I don't really know any of our olympians, and my mind is elsewhere with work and school these days.
CatdickBojangles
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Simone Biles drops out because "the pressure to win was too stressful". Not sure how to feel about that....
corona
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14307341:CatdickBojangles said:
Yea this reminds me of a recent story about someone who was running for office in the upcoming election. They dropped out of the race and made a statement saying they they couldn't handle the pressure and didn't want to affect their mental health. A week later they came out and said they were forced to drop out because they had some boudoir photos online (that they had already disclosed) and the party told them to say it was for stress/mental reasons.
No saying Biles has nudes online or anything like that, but it's tough to buy that someone like her would drop out at that stage in the game because of stress. Seems more like something she would be told to say.
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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14307341:CatdickBojangles said:
If she wasn't injured, I would never want her on the team again. I don't care who you are, do you know how many people would have given anything to have the opportunity to perform in her place. You're a goddamn Olympian. Kerri Strug vaulted after tearing ligaments in her ankle, and you're saying you didn't even try because you were under stress? Fuck off, I can't think of something I've been more personally disgusted by in a long long time.
**This post was edited on Jul 27th 2021 at 12:59:08pm
SofaKingSick
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14307353:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Yikes, you and middle america are ragin' today lmao
PsychicMigration
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Winter > summer nothing like watching some Scandinavian kids rape us in biathlon and the dutch winning every single available medal in speed skating sometimes finished with the top 5 spots.
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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14307358:SofaKingSick said:
This is the equivalent of Lebron James dropping out of an NBA finals because he didn't feel like playing, except much worse because there are others who would have given anything to have that spot on the olympic gymnastics team, and the NBA finals are every year. It's disrespectful as fuck to the Olympics, the team, anyone else who would have made the team, and the country that you're representing. I'm all for expressing yourself how you want, but you're there because you're the best of the best and the team needs you to compete. If she thought her mental health would be an issue, no one would have faulted her for not going to the Olympics, but she chose to go, take a spot on the team, and then drop out.
MiIfHunter
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I watched some Judo and Cricket today at a groovy sports bar in Barcelona?
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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14307371:cydwhit said:
If you make a commitment to the team, you make a commitment to your teammates. If she felt her mental health was going to be an issue, don't go, let someone else who's worked their entire life to qualify for the Olympics take the spot. How would you feel if you were the girl who missed making the team by one spot?
Yeah, I agree that the US women's gymnastics organization has been past fucked for a long time now, but can't you see how fucked up it is to go and drop out?
**This post was edited on Jul 27th 2021 at 1:42:14pm
cydwhit
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14307378:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
This is not how mental health works.
And the common "fuck her" reaction to her decision is symptomatic of the wildly fucked up situation we've put her in. Again, she owes us nothing. We have no idea what's going on behind the scenes, what politics are being played.
Anyway, can we go back to laughing about MVP endoing off that drop because he didn't show up to practice, and then our lord and saviour Jolanda stomping the nose case to clean up in the rain?
14307378:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Okay but the olympics could be extremely triggering, couple that with extreme pressure I can see why she’d bale. She was RAPED by her Olympic doctor. That alone carries huge feeling when being in a space you were sexually assaulted and having to carry a massive hype. These situations are why alternates are brought to the games. She didn’t take a spot, instead someone get to step it to hers.
snowfinder
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14307397:safarisam said:
Fox news has this story as their headline on their website and they allow their viewers to comment on stories... its bad.
BigPurpleSkiSuit
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14307397:safarisam said:
Yeah, that's true, I forgot that alternates are brought to the games, so it's not like someone was missing out. I'm definitely overreacting because of the way I treated sports growing up. Especially as guys, we're taught not to show any kind of weakness at all, and compete because your teammates are relying on you at all costs. It's not the be all end all for life, and you're right that it's for sure a traumatic situation. In my opinion, after the whole Nassar debacle came out, the women's gymnasts should have formed their own organization and not participated in any events with US Gymnastics since it was clear they enabled that monster.
r00kie
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14307378:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
For someone who said they really weren't interested a few posts up you seem to care an awful lot. I'm with you that its lame that it takes a spot from someone else but don't make this a hill to die on. Biles has earned the benefit of the doubt.
Film.
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14307402:BigPurpleSkiSuit said:
Homie don't bend your knee, what she did was wrong. She could've won us the gold and she quit from the pressure. That's called choking, actually worse she didn't even attempt it. That's not a champions mindset and that's not the mindset of someone who weaves a goat into their dress.
As far as the Nassar thing, has she said this a reason for why she didn't perform? Not at all, not once, it likely has nothing to do with it. She put down some shitty runs and wasn't able to reconcile. Rather than trying again and maybe accepting defeat because losing and how you take a loss is part of being an athlete she outright quit.
Like I said above, she's going to compete in all her personal events. Hopefully then you guys can see how this was all bullshit and nothing to do with mental health, she wasn't able to perform and rather than accepting that she quit. For some reason that get's praise now? It's the same reason Naomi Osaka pulled out of all Wimbledon, she's a bad tennis player on that surface. Makes up a lie about how it's stress due to the media, then goes on multiple award shows and is doing photoshoots, all excuses for not being able to perform.