Summer Tokyo 2021 Day 2 Thread

[Rich the babe Evans]

'next up is Nigel Lovelace from Hackham skate park representing Australia - his favourite drink is beer and he smokes Winnie Blues and partakes in erbal medicines'

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Definitely the diet of Boserio

 

[JackNah_8]

backwards cap is the uniform?

And baggy pants

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

And baggy pants

Can't skate in tight pants, too restrictive

 

[Royces Hart]

Skaters all falling on their arse.

Shows what happens when they join the Olympic family and can’t compete stoned.

 

[gbear]

Skateboarding should not be an Olympic sport period!

 

[GreyCrow]

Shano going for the big score and bad luck Shano

 

[GreekLunatic]

Skateboarding doesn’t feel like skateboarding with out graffiti also it’s a boring tv sport

 

[Forward Press]

This is not a good advertisement for continuing with it is as Olympic sport.

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

This is not a good advertisement for continuing with it is as Olympic sport.

They would be better off awarding points for who stacked it best

 

[Donakebab]

Skateboarding should not be an Olympic sport period!

Why not?

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

Why not?

It's not really a sport

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

This is not a good advertisement for continuing with it is as Olympic sport.

Ain't going to change much, 80% of skating is stacking

 

[Forward Press]

The French skater stuck everything. I guess maybe there is just a huge gulf in class between the top and middle group of skaters.

 

[GreyCrow]

Ain't going to change much, 80% of skating is stacking

It will evolve into 'safe runs' etc

Bradbury moments might happen but they will be less and less

 

[gbear]

Why not?

It is not exactly a sport, rather a hobby.

 

[Donakebab]

It's not really a sport

Please explain what makes it any less of a sport than others?

 

[Donakebab]

It is not exactly a sport, rather a hobby.

I mean there are world championships, professionals who skate for a living, its participated in more countries than many other "sports", it requires skill, fitness, courage, determination.

What marker is it missing to be considered a real sport?

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

It will evolve into 'safe runs' etc

Bradbury moments might happen but they will be less and less

Might get a few competitive skaters, but for the majority they won't compete in any competitions... Doubt too much tactics are going into this, O'Neill will be definitely trying to land the last trick tonight

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

I mean there are world championships, professionals who skate for a living, its participated in more countries than many other "sports", it requires skill, fitness, courage, determination.

What marker is it missing to be considered a real sport?

More most professionals don't enter competitions, it's more gatekeeping... I don't want it to become to professionalism like other sports

We just do it to have fun

 

[BobbyMorri]

Good on 7 trying to tell the stories of our athletes with all the puff pieces.

But I feel like throwing up.

 

[Donakebab]

More most professionals don't enter competitions, it's more gatekeeping... I don't want it to become to professionalism like other sports

We just do it to have fun

Call out gatekeeping when doing it yourself. Good work gonk.

 

[peternorth]

I mean there are world championships, professionals who skate for a living, its participated in more countries than many other "sports", it requires skill, fitness, courage, determination.

What marker is it missing to be considered a real sport?

More most professionals don't enter competitions, it's more gatekeeping... I don't want it to become to professionalism like other sports

We just do it to have fun

You both are skaters?

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

Call out gatekeeping when doing it yourself. Good work gonk.

Thanks man, just don't want to see coles sponsorship on the bottom of boards...

 

[Rich the babe Evans]

You both are skaters?

Yeah I skate, not sure about Donakebab

 

[peternorth]

Yeah I skate, not sure about Donakebab

i had to google gatekeeping.