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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-12-06 07:44 PM
Response to Reply #16
17. Haha, I know...
I got into it just before the X-Games got big, so I basically lived through it's commercialization. Still bothers me, but what can you do?
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  -So is regular Skateboarding a part of the Summer Olympics yet? LynneSin  Feb-12-06 07:14 PM   #0 
  - I don't think so, but it won't be long, I don't think seeing as how  flvegan   Feb-12-06 07:16 PM   #1 
  - They should also have inline speed-skating  LynneSin   Feb-12-06 07:21 PM   #3 
     - You've given me an idea...cowbelling as an Olympic sport.  flvegan   Feb-12-06 07:23 PM   #4 
        - Hell I'd be the hands on gold medal favorite for that  LynneSin   Feb-12-06 07:23 PM   #5 
  - I can't believe you said that. I was just saying that to my family watchin  MrsGrumpy   Feb-12-06 07:17 PM   #2 
  - ...  primate1   Feb-12-06 07:35 PM   #12 
     - Thanks primate!  MrsGrumpy   Feb-12-06 07:38 PM   #14 
        - Haha, my parents knew better than to do that to me...  primate1   Feb-12-06 07:40 PM   #15 
           - She hasn't gotten to that yet...Although she is all over the Turin  MrsGrumpy   Feb-12-06 07:45 PM   #18 
              - A free-thinker, is she?  primate1   Feb-12-06 07:46 PM   #21 
                 - Very much so! She goes to a private,Catholic High School and her counselor  MrsGrumpy   Feb-12-06 07:47 PM   #23 
                    - Excellent.  primate1   Feb-12-06 07:52 PM   #27 
  - Should be.  xmas74   Feb-12-06 07:24 PM   #6 
  - I do too  LynneSin   Feb-12-06 07:26 PM   #7 
  - I take it you were watching the Flying Tomato tonight?  xmas74   Feb-12-06 07:26 PM   #8 
  - Dontcha meen Sk8er Bois?  Omphaloskepsis   Feb-12-06 07:29 PM   #10 
     - Yes and no.  xmas74   Feb-12-06 07:30 PM   #11 
        - Even young skaters with sense hate that, trust me, haha.  primate1   Feb-12-06 07:36 PM   #13 
           - I would hope so but don't want to offend  xmas74   Feb-12-06 07:43 PM   #16 
              - Haha, I know...  primate1   Feb-12-06 07:44 PM   #17 
                 - Not much.  xmas74   Feb-12-06 07:47 PM   #22 
                    - I'm not watching at all...  primate1   Feb-12-06 07:51 PM   #26 
                       - I'd love to get out and watch it more in person,  xmas74   Feb-12-06 07:57 PM   #29 
                          - The hill I'm going to is 7 hours away. There's another one much closer...  primate1   Feb-12-06 08:14 PM   #31 
                             - The 2 1/ hour one from me is sucky too.  xmas74   Feb-12-06 08:24 PM   #32 
                                - Luckily I don't drink, so I should be fine.  primate1   Feb-12-06 08:25 PM   #33 
                                   - You can drink after, just not right before.  xmas74   Feb-12-06 08:28 PM   #34 
  - and seriously, if short-track skating is an olympic sport why not  LynneSin   Feb-12-06 07:27 PM   #9 
  - That would be another sport for which I can't understand the terminology  Lavender Brown   Feb-12-06 07:45 PM   #19 
  - It was funny watching my dad figure out that a 1080 was 3 360 degree  MrsGrumpy   Feb-12-06 07:46 PM   #20 
     - Hiya!  Lavender Brown   Feb-12-06 07:49 PM   #25 
  - If snowboarding is, skateboarding should be.  Benfea   Feb-12-06 07:48 PM   #24 
  - I heard Hippie Hackey Sac was gonna be a sport....  WCGreen   Feb-12-06 07:56 PM   #28 
  - That would be cool.  Revolutionary_Acts04   Feb-12-06 07:59 PM   #30 
  - Snowboarding?? WTF?? Why not Olympic Tiddly-Winks??  edbermac   Feb-12-06 08:28 PM   #35 
     - Yeah, what the fuck kind of skill does snowboarding require?!  primate1   Feb-12-06 08:31 PM   #36 
 

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