how the fuck is this a sport?
>>142937783>you need to be fit>also you have to have good techniques>you get destroyed phisically if you fail>men are better than women at itsounds like a sport to me
>>142937806also, obligated post
>>142937783>how the fuck is this a sport?the average skater could train with a football club and be indistinguishable in a few months, the average footballer could never be a skate pro
>>142937783I watched it out of curiosity and it seemed like dumb luck to determine the winner, or I guess rather than luck whoever did basic moves they could land consistently rather than trying flashy moves that they got 1/10 times would win
Stonerplank is not a sport and the olympics are 20+ years late to adopt it. They should have done it in the late 90s/early 2000s with peak Tony Hawk, if ever.
>>142937864Yeah if you don't land it you don't get points>>142937869It's a sport which shouldn't be at the Olympics, neither should golf and a bunch of other shit but here we are
>>142937869The USA would've bagged another 30 gold medals if that was the case, with Tony competing.
>>142937869That is what I don't understand, either. Skateboard was at peak in 90s and 2000, and they ignored it. And when the sport and the culture around was completely forgotten, now they add it? The whole skateboard in Olympic sound like a 70 years old out of touch boomer trying to sound hip.
>>142937783It used to be cool in the early 2000. I liked it.
>>142937783How is it not?
>>142938216same but it was less about skating more about hanging out with friends who you could drink and smoke with while the pussies were doing real sports or studying at home
Great Britain's Sky Brown has 1.3 million followers on Instagram Here's how she looked 4 years ago in Tokyo https://youtu.be/AkXK9ieCrYE?si=QyhB697SFyy5Rwuo
>>142937864this is why it's bollocks as a sport, it makes everyone too worried of not landing things to try anything cool. they should give each skater an 8 hour period to go and pull the best tricks they can manage, and they submit the best stuff they landed that day. edit together a short highlights reel and a worst slams reel and you have a sport i would watch.
It was pretty funny.
I thoroughly enjoyed female skateboard last olympics. Some girls landed 0 tricks. Most managed to land one or two and just slap their shit vs the concrete most of the time. The few who could pull anything were 12 years old japanese girls who default won by just not falling. It was the lowest level olympic competition I have ever seen.
>>142937783cope
It's a judgment sport but the judges are Tony Hawk Pro Skater enjooyers like yourself
>>1429414001 million followers for a 12 year old, grim
>>142941630Do you think she can get gold this time?
>>142938202Skateboarding seems to skip a generation. That's what I got from Tony Hawk's Till the wheels fall off documentary at least.
>>142937869Skateboarding is dead which is ironic they add it now
>>142937783It's very clearly a sport
Skateboarding has 85 million participants worldwide, making it the sixth most popular sport globally
>>142942113Too old now, probably a 12yr old jap is going to win.
>>142937815XHE WAS A SK8ER BOI
>>142937835no
>>142937783XHE WAS A THEMXHE WAS A THEMCAN THEY MAKE IT ANY MORE OBVIOUS?
If points are doled out by a panel of judges it's not a sport tbqhwyf
>mfw was a skater during teenagerhood>exploded my knee skaeboarding>now i'm a middle manager and baldingLife sucks, i wish i could skate again.
>>142944957>>142945069the fat yank tranny was hilarious
>>142937869It was peak because it wasn’t in the Olympics unironically Skating is based on being against the systemNow it’s just a try at reviving the sport
Was some of the best watching last Olympics
>>142937815Fortunately that thing is not involved this time.
>>142942113No. There are two Japanese girls and an Australian who have something to say about it. Also Sky is competing in both surfing and skateboard this time so who knows. Her skateboarding hasn't really improved in the last three years. It's the same tricks, same amplitude, same consistency. pic related is the gold medal favorite >birth year: 2010
>>142937869stonerplank is snowboarding you fucking newfag
You think Yuto will win another Gold?9jah sucks now and all the other US-Pros too
>there are athletes that were born in 2010 competing in this olympics
>>142937783Unironically more exciting than most matches in the latest Euro.
>>142947415Problem? If this is the age range of peak women's skateboarding then that is how it is. You may look at this group here and think no, certainly that cannot be the world elite of women's skateboarding. Surely no. But they are. These are the best female park skateboarders available. For now this going through but girls skateboarding may eventually have the same interference that girls gymnastics had. In girls gymnastics, some of the most skilled available were/are too young to compete by IOC rules.
>>142937864>I guess rather than luck whoever did basic moves they could land consistently rather than trying flashy moves that they got 1/10 times would winso it's just like gymnastics then? and diving?>>142938117>The USA would've bagged another 30 gold medals if that was the case, with Tony competingat street and park? doubt. Mullen would have cleaned the fuck up though.
>>142941672the women's competition (not just at the olympics but in general) is a joke. It's not long ago I was reading about someone landing the first 720 in competition lol, the first 720 landed by a man was in 1985.
>>142947264>Also Sky is competing in both surfing and skateboard this timeno she isn't, she didn't qualify for the surfing
why is roller skating not in the olympics but ice skating is
>>142937806also>children are better than women at it
>>142950999Isn't the surfing on the other side of the world in Tahiti. It would be a bit hard for her to compete in both.
>>142951156It is and yeah I don't know if she was going to pick one if she qualified for both or what, I just know that she was aiming to qualify for the surfing but didn't hit the required results
why boomers and zoomers cringe at skateboard ?
>>142937783it's absolutely a sport, unlike video games. it is an athletic competition.what you could be asking is, why tf is it an Olympic sport?
>>142937783I remember that 20 years ago it was already being questioned relentlessly among the main skateboarding actors (muh art vs sport)
>>142937783because it's rad as hell.
>>142951074also>children are better than men at it
>>142951074So exactly like football?
>>142951656Lol she did the Jack-O pose
Rayssa will bring it home as always.
>>142952301but she didn't bring it home she lost. can't stop getting clapped by the japanese
>>142937783It's cool to watch fuck off nigger
>>142953250She wins the ones that Japs don't compete THOUGH.
>>1429416684chan still hasnt found out which is the age cohort and gender of the athletes dominating the medals, thats why they are hating on the sport
>>142941672its a sport for kids noone wants to see some 20yo white trash tatted monkeys with piercings, this isnt the early 00s anymore
Will they live in the same Olympic villages like the rest of the athletes? Will they also receive condoms? Aren't most of them very young.
>>142941400So that's why our lad has been quarantined.
>>142945069>be extremely ugly>start calling yourself they/themwish we had this back when i was a student
>>142951305its the horsehoe theory at work leftists and right wingers never went through a skating period since they were nerds, way too uncool and klutzy too be part of a skateboard gang
>>142951656Why isn’t she wearing a helmet?
All I can say is that their outfits are lame
This take a million time more skill than anything sports fags can do. My oly gripe is that there are no teams. It would be better if there were teams of 3 that could tap in and do certain tricks. Would be more exciting that way
>>142937783competitive lineage ending
>>142954235>It would be better if there were teams of 3 that could tap in and do certain tricksThat could be cool.
Why don't they do half-pipe? All the cool shit happens in half-pipe
>>142954291best sport ambassador they could have asked for
>>142954292snowboarding superseded it which is hilarious considering skiing is taking over snowboarding now. ancestors cry, year is 2024 everyone is wearing helmets
>>142954292street is best, bastard
>>142951156>Isn't the surfing on the other side of the world in TahitiWhy is surfing still in if it can't even be held near the host city? No other sport is like that.
how do you do, fellow kids?
>>142954071Helmet not mandatory in street if competitor is over 16 years old.
>In 2024, skateboarding is more diverse than it has ever been. And when it comes to the level of women’s skateboarding, the gap between the men and women has never been smaller
>>142954292IOC chose not to do half-pipe because they thought it excluded too many poors. Their idea was street is ubiquitous and most urban centers at least have park bowls.
>>142951656would
>>142956400Don't be hatin on the Birdman bro
>>142956400when that toddler did back to back 900s, do you think he was excited or did he feel like his entire career was a scam?
>>142937869They wouldn't add it back then because it was entirely white. Now that it's pozzed, they're ok with it
>>142956924If you weren't so pozzed you'd realize most of the Olympic events are all white and you wouldn't be on here screeching and sobbing about black people 24/7 like an unwanted baby
>>142953843what, beach volleyball dude? she's 16 now, no way would he go near such a walled old hag
>>142956723Why would he think he was a fraud? He was the best vert skater straight out of the gates, innovating and pushing the limits. I think some people don't understand how far the sport goes back.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8c_qpX6c0AThat was Crème de la crème of skateboarding in 1987, before the industry crashed.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF3Uf482G7EThis is 5 years later. Notice how much higher the guys are flying. They did it for almost no money because the industry was holding by threads. There was no corporate sponsorship, so no high paying contests, skateboarding wasn't popular anymore (it had been deemed an 80s fad by then) so boards don't sell as much. shoe deals are sparse. https://youtu.be/mLl3HwACK3o?si=BnUB19n6VPuyiain&t=149Another 5 years, 1997. More tech, even higher. The X-Games debuting on ESPN in 1995 gave an enormous boost just as the industry was back on the rails.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJVLEMbO8cs2003. Mega Ramp debuts.
“In the beginning, we were taking our rink skate wheels off and nailing them to a board to go out and ‘surf the streets’” “This was great for us surfers because now we had something to do when the waves were flat.”
>>142953840Age of consent in France is 15; and Sky Brown is 16 now
>>142937783>tfmore important question, why chess is considered a sport and not Skateboarding?
>>142964099chess is not a sport
For me its Skateboard Sarah
unironically skateboarding was like punk all about rebellion and shieeeet. having it in the olypimcs goes against it and 2bh this thing is dead. it peak ed in the 90s
>>142953840our sk8 loli (14) is too young to stay in the village
>>142954291based irl shitposter
>>142960262TSFAC, I must've watched that 1000 times as a grommet
Skateboarding probably got big with the X Games but it looks it really got big with Tokyo 2020
>>142965584A lot of people and a lot of threads here says the contrary
>>142937806if you have to ask ((judges)) who won it's not a sport
>>142965910>With the launch of ESPN's X Games, the popularity of skateboarding reached unprecedented levels and new audiences.>the inclusion of skateboarding in the Olympic Games and its debut in Tokyo 2020 increased worldwide interest in the sport.>As a result, it is expected that the number of worldwide recreational skateboarders will grow in the following years as long as the sport maintains its Olympic status.
>>142965910tokyo 2020 wasn't until 2021. the 2020 jump was from covid, like all outdoor sports with 1 or 2 people.
>>142965968Yeah well they are wrong.
I've seen several market analysis reports from the investing/financial community where it looks like finding a good long term skateboard company is a good one to start buying stock in
>>142965910
>>142937783Is tony howk and bucky laser gonna be there?
>>142950888>it's just like gymnastics then?Yes, because gymnastics isn't a sport, either
>>142937835Not a chance
>>142960262okay so when that toddler outdid his lives work do you think he felt like a failure?
>>142951751Honestly every women's sport needs to have one televised exhibition event per year where the best women in the world play against some high schoolers or low-level amateurs just to keep things in perspective. Like, Imagine if once a year season for the past decade the USWNT got btfo publicly by a bunch of high school juniors and the WNBA champs lost to a JV team and Serena Williams lost in straight sets to like the 356th ranked dude in the world and the women's heavyweight MMA champ got knocked out in the first round by a lightweight man. It would have pre-empted so many stupid conversations>Is Serna the best athlete of all time?>no remember how she got her ass kicked every year by some literally who>oh right>Could Ronda Rousey beat a male MMA fighter>no remember she tried and tapped out two minutes in
>>142966247An infographic with scale references would be funny.Women's high jump world record is 2.10m. That's very impressive! The men's high jump world record is 2.45. Neat! Also, uh, the men, they uh, they actually start their competition above the women's world record. Meaning the worst guys don't even bother to remove their track pants for anything less than 2.15. That's the warm up jump.
>>142951656>>142956485She shaved her head and now she's ugly. I'm very disappointed.
>>142966750
>>142966750brutal
>>142937783troony cuck received a big bag of cash from the olympic jews to promote this garbage
It blows horse faggotry out of the water
>>142966750YO MISTER WHITE WHEN DO WE COOK ?!
>>142937806true>>142965980this is more true though. fuck judges
Crazy how mainstream skateboarding is now. I grew up in a beach town where skate boarding was big, most of the kids at school wore skater shoes, even if they didn't skate or own a board. Looking at the skater shoes, now you have all the mainstream companies making them (Nike, NB, Adidas, etc)There was none of that back then, just indy skate shoe brandsLooking up what the cool indy ones are now one is>Lakai is a Los Angeles, California based footwear manufacturer that enjoys a rich history in the skateboarding lifestyle. Founded by professional skateboarders Mike Carroll and Rick Howard in 1999
>>142971534Skater shoes were comfy as fuck, I had a pair aswell even though I didn't skate
>>142966073I want to lick tummy
>>142965812our loli is so much better than yours lmaoing @ your life aussiefag
I expect to see some more skill from the female side this time now that China has started their loliboard program.
>>142971547>skater shoes were comfy as fuckuntil you get back problems from the lack of cushioning
>>142966750did she remove her bouncy tits too?
>>142972768No, her tits are still pretty big. But she's gay now, her girlfriend is pretty cute I guess.
It's more of a sport than soccer
>>142974890kek what the fuck is that in her bald head? scabies?
>>142975185Drawn on hearts it looks like
>>142974890she looks like a recruit for the US Army
These goblins are the thing that sours me a bit on /loliboard/. They are ever-present at girls skating competitions either working as coaches or they are just there all the time for some reason. It's unsettling.
>>142947219damn i was looking forward to more national embarassment
>>142937815>>142944957>>142945388
>>142951305Because its cringe and stupid?
>>142945069why?why they like this
>>142972474what lack of cushioning? Do you know what skateboarding is mate? You jump off shit and land feet first on a stupid wooden toy, if anything your skate shoes have better impact support than running shoes
>>142977605>if anything your skate shoes have better impact support than running shoesUnless things have changed in recent years that is not my experience with skate shoes. Skate shoes used to have minimum sole thickness for better feel and control. It's the functional reason why skateboarders did not like to use running shoes (durability being the other reason).
>>142978351by the late 90s, tech guys (most notably eric koston)skated in basketball sneakers and guys who only did stairsets and gaps had those giant fucking shoes like the D1 or the Muska or the Ellington. I wish I could find a sliced more modern shoe and not something that was designed in the 90s based on an 80s model.
Shame Raemers topped himself, he would have been good fun at the Olympics
>>142956346>Why is surfing still in if it can't even be held near the host city? No other sport is like that.its a french island dumbass
>>142978926id probably wig myself too if i had to skate with louis barletta
>>142978469Snowboarding is gay as fuck and not a sport aswell
i hope my waifu is competing this time
>>142980344sick
>>142980413No Aori this time. She is old.
Incubuslistening is not a sport
All of them are too old now, it's over...
>>142981898well that sucks
>>142937783When are the competitions? Is loliboard still on the menu?
HE WAS A BOY, SHE WAS A GIRL
>mompickmeup at six attracts pedosLMAO not even surprised
>>142942113she is so cute
what makes younger people better at skateboarding? Wouldn't more experience make you better
>>142987176Child prodigies like Bach
>>142986688tummy...
>>142987176Adult female physique, as in gymnastics, is not optimal for skateboarding. Some of the older girls like Roos sweatyslut and Pamela Rosa are still active and still competing. They have not improved. Why? I don't know. They should have. Skateboarding is different than gymnastics, it doesn't necessarily follow that the unique combination of strength and flexibility required for gymnastics, that tends to peak around age 14-15 for girls, also applies directly to skateboarding. I thought this was more of a generation shift with previous older woman skateboarders having lazy training routines and risk aversion getting blown out by fearless little girls. However, the median competition age has not increased in the last few years. It's still 12-16, 17 tipping over in to geriatric territory.
