Longboarding in the X-Games! Who's with me?

[Docter M]

I think we should at least suggest to those dudes at the X-games to at least considder longboarding as a valid X-sport. we'll need some suppurt, though. i'm sure profesional shortboarders and slolamboarders would help in the cause. Marcus, this is where you step in for the sake of our sport.

[R]

What exactly will the event(s) be?

[Docter M]

Slolam

pool

alpine (free-course)

and pure downhill

[R]

I thought slalom and downhill are already part of the x-games

[ol'dude]

They are... which is why the racer boys (and girls) are in Syracuse this weekend... last qualifier.

[Docter M]

yes they are, but they use slolam boards which are really shory. how about us deprived 39+ people?

[R]

slalom with a longer board? no one would do that, nobody that wants to win that is.

[Docter M]

yeah, but if the rules stated that the board had to be 39 inches or more, I'd enter.

[mauiskategeezer]

how about how many carves you can do in a given distance. The most wins.

[Docter M]

eh, im thinkin mor of gates instead, because carves depend on the trucks, not the rider.

[ol'dude]

Then you are talking slalom...

[R]

that would defeat the purpose of adding that to the X-TREME Games. It's suppose to be "extreme" or otherwise we might as well add combat golf too.

[Docter M]

hey!!! combat golf sounds fun!!! i'm gonna try that!!

LMFAO

[Docter M]

sorry, i'm kinda lost on the last couple of posts, i'll just let the rest of you brainstorm.

[ol'dude]

Combat golf?
Go to mountainbikemilitia.com

[longboardbuddha]

we did longboard slalom at brands hatch in the uk and i think ed economy and others have discussed it at length on other forums....longboard slalom however aint extreme its an art and thus exponents are artists....

[Mike Hawk]

Isn't the street luge part of longboarding? I mean it started on longboards.

[Longbourder]

Maybe who ever does the crazyest slide or run of slides and tricks.

[JRod]

They are supposed to have a longboard slalom at Kona next year with a minimum board length, not sure what it is off hand.
Downhill is definatley extreme.... they should have a wicked downhill run on that same street in San Francisco that the red bull street luge is on!
Then they could give trophy's for the knarliest wipeout!!!

[RabidSantaClaus]

Do you mean dueling with the golf clubs? I do that whenever I minigolf and half of the times it is my anger because of my poor skill.