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Easily the best thing in sports during the summer.

I always thoguht it was stupid but then I watched it for the first time and it was awesome. The skateboarding is easily the coolest stuff and the big jump is the best among those.

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meh, never watched, no desire to watch it.

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The skateboarding big air is absolutely amazing. It is absurd that these guys aren't recieving the respect/attention that they deserve.

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The skateboarding big air is absolutely amazing. It is absurd that these guys aren't recieving the respect/attention that they deserve.

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My dad and I agreed that it's the most impressive thing we've ever seen someone do in sports (that French-Canadian guy's big air run[PLG I think]). It's way more interesting than baseball (in terms of summer sports). Are there other times during the year when ESPN/other channels show skateboarding/other x-games type stuff?

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The skateboarding big air is absolutely amazing. It is absurd that these guys aren't recieving the respect/attention that they deserve.

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Of all the skateboarding events, this is easily my least favorite. What won the gold medal this year? A 360 grab?

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IIRC, it was something like a 360 w/ a trick and then a giant judo at the other end, but that's not what's impressive about it. What's impressive is that they travel down a high vertical, jump across a large canyon, land, and then go up a quarter-pipe and do another trick at like 20 feet and then land again. All of this on an instrument which I can barely maintain my balance on.

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The skateboarding big air is absolutely amazing. It is absurd that these guys aren't recieving the respect/attention that they deserve.

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Of all the skateboarding events, this is easily my least favorite. What won the gold medal this year? A 360 grab?

Zzzzzz

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Didn't you shatter your elbow and ruin your boogie boarding career riding down a driveway?

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The skateboarding big air is absolutely amazing. It is absurd that these guys aren't recieving the respect/attention that they deserve.

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Of all the skateboarding events, this is easily my least favorite. What won the gold medal this year? A 360 grab?

Zzzzzz

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Didn't you shatter your elbow and ruin your boogie boarding career riding down a driveway?

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Yes, unfortunantly I missed out on gold because I fell on my first run in the "skating into my driveway" event at the 2005 Summer X-Games.

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I enjoy watching this stuff, but I have trouble taking any of seriously since most of is decided by judges.

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I enjoy watching this stuff, but I have trouble taking any of seriously since most of is decided by judges.

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Do you feel the same way about the Olympics?