wakeskating in gravity games / x-games

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

Which do you think will be the first to have wakeskating in their line up?
personally i think it will be the gravity games.

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Quite honestly, I hope neither.

A-skater41 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 18 Sep 2004 Posts: 123 City: Raleigh

el, why? JW i think it would be good. not enough people know about it.Its so annoyingtelling everyone, "well its kinda like wakeboarding but with a skateboard, but without the wheels"

EAST COAST · Ollie Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 59 City: Orlando/Tampa

Wakeskate contest are a joke so lame but toe jam awesome set up and imagination

nick · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 8:13 pm Post subject:

el, ill drink to that

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

it needs more recognition, but not to much, or it will get gay

catalyst112 · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 9:38 pm Post subject:

i also hope neither

RUSSIAN · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject:

I really hope it doesn't either. those contests are corporate america's attempt to be cool, And thankfully some of us can see through the smoke.

And if you think any wake "sport" needs more recognition then come ride the delta on a sunday afternoon in the summer

Michael Manzer · Posted: Sep 20, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject:

i dont want to see wakeskating in either of them...but thats just personal opinion.

kento911 · Kickflip Joined: 29 Mar 2004 Posts: 3657 City: Phoenix

I think it will be in the gravity games first, but Im iffy on whether that will be good or bad, actually both, b/c it will make people like Thomas and Erich, and who ever owns Kampus very rich, when people see the shizz goin down courtesy of lemons, daniels, hampson, etc... and they deserve every penny they get, but on the flip side AAAARRRGGGGHHHH there would be clueless Effin noobs everywhere, tryin to claim they were down with wakeskating since the beginning, and posin there asses off and who ever we named PI(poser inspector) a while back is gonna have to regulate.

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

foammesh · Posted: Sep 21, 2004 6:38 am Post subject:

I bet they will have it in gravity games next year. It isn't going to be good for the sport but contests are probably the only way for most of the skaters to get any $ at all. The only contest I have thought showed wakeskating in the proper light at all was the toe jam, I wish I could have watched more days than I did.

seven11dmd · Posted: Sep 21, 2004 1:15 pm Post subject:

RUSSIAN · Posted: Sep 21, 2004 1:18 pm Post subject:

seven11dmd, the good thing is that now that summer is "over" Twisted Evil

all the yahoos have gone in for the winter. Funny thing is it's going to be in the 90's all week Very Happy

the real riders around here acually prefer the off season.

BillyOLDS · Posted: Sep 21, 2004 1:25 pm Post subject:

i think contests like the x-games and stuff will make skates cheaper with more being sold and all, but on the flip side it could go in the wrong direction

gregg · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 681 City: Killen

RUSSIAN · Posted: Sep 21, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject:

jerrysk8 · Posted: Sep 21, 2004 5:38 pm Post subject:

i don't think it'll be on either, for a while anyway. it just wouldn't be that exciting to watch from a randoms perspective. maybe if it was a total jibfest but there's not enough airtime happening. just look how much they stepped up skateboarding at the last x-gaymes with the mega ramp. that was jawdropping as opposed to a shuvit lipslide on a jetski wake, not so exciting.