Should skateboarding be in the Olympics? 2012?

[403]

Opinions are split.
Snowboarding has been in since 1998. BMX will debut in Beijing this year.
The IOC is looking closely at including skateboarding for 2012.

I wonder what disciplines. Trick skating, slalom, downhill?

What do you think?

Link to a story about the issue:
IOC's view on skateboarding jumping-off point for debate : Mountain Activities : The Rocky Mountain News

[[Ian]]

If it does get into the olympics, it should be slalom and downhill.

[Twitch]

we won't be having any olympics in 2012 anyway.


the world ends, didn't you get the mayan memo?

[243racing]

Slalom and Downhill racing I think. Although trick skating could be... I think it should remain in the realms of the x games.

[toxictrix]

It seems trick skating would be at the forefront due to all the publicity who knows though. Downhill would be awesome.

[assumeivan]

Ah, downhill in the olympics....................one day.

[azlax11]

Originally Posted by Twitch

we won't be having any olympics in 2012 anyway.


the world ends, didn't you get the mayan memo?

Actually the world is scheduled to end on December 21st 2012. Which doesnt effect the summer!

[Slim]

Skateboarding does not need the Olympics.

[403]

Originally Posted by Slim

Skateboarding does not need the Olympics.

The Olympics needs skateboarding though. Snowboarding made the olympics more relevant to a younger audience. Snowboarding vs Curling - no contest there about what's 'cooler'.

[243racing]

Originally Posted by 403

The Olympics needs skateboarding though. Snowboarding made the olympics more relevant to a younger audience. Snowboarding vs Curling - no contest there about what's 'cooler'.

Duh... curling is dag yo!

[ryanredbaron]

Curling is the new downhill!!



I would really like to have downhill in the Olympics, but im not sure it is going to happen any time soon. Maybe trick skateboarding but DH isn't big enough yet. Who knows, if DH explodes like it has been doing lately, it could end up in the Olympics..... who knows

[Slim]

Originally Posted by 403

The Olympics needs skateboarding though. Snowboarding made the olympics more relevant to a younger audience.

Sure, but skateboarding has nothing to gain by it. A few businessmen (probably non-skating ones) might like it because there will be more potential skaters from them to make money from. But no existing skater benefits one bit from there being more skaters in the world. They just make places crowded, blow out spots until they are a bust, etc. I say let people come to skateboarding if they want, but don't take skateboarding to them.

[Motlama]

Well they have slalom skiing and snowboarding so it seems only natural to have slalom and giant slalom events.

But what would be smoking hot is Skateboardercross.
A downhill race with banks and jumps and bindings on the skateboards to keep you on the board for big airs.