Byerly Toe Jam on TV Tonight...

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=765

nate · Frontside 180 Joined: 31 Aug 2006 Posts: 278 City: ATX

Wake Steady!!!!! good to see more than just Pull on fuel.

wakemitch · Posted: Aug 04, 2009 10:13 pm Post subject:

im so dissapointed. It makes wakeskating look like a side show at its own main event.
step up productions needs to get out of the scene.

EJazzle · Posted: Aug 04, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:

is there anywhere to watch it on the interwebz?

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

wakemitch, yeah that setup looked pretty sketchy... i dont know what they were thinking making everything so huge. there was no way anyone could try anything new. everyone was struggling to get their stock tricks landed Sad

on the bright side, i have fuel tv now and i can actully watch cool stuff on tv Birthday

bmr712 · Posted: Aug 04, 2009 11:06 pm Post subject:

EJazzle, check hulu.com they might have it

One_Wadey · Frontside 180 Joined: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 492 City: Dallas

set up was elementary at best... there were more bails then Smash

's IMO

Lollar · 360 flip Joined: 19 Jun 2007 Posts: 8253

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

Lollar, I can see your point about how gnarly obstacles can showcase better riding, but that's what turns me off to thigns like the x-games.

To me, things like that represent our sports as stunts and not something legitimate that could be as big if not bigger than the sports you see every day on TV.

Making the rails/pool gnarlier does nothing for the sport, it just makes the level of riding decrease and turns it in to a stunt show. Wakeskating is a very technical sport where riding speaks for itself.

Why do you think they support the Mega Ramp at X-Games? It turns heads, gets people who normally wouldn't watch to keep that channel on and buy their ads. What has this done for skateboarding as a sport? Not much. It makes people regress to 360's and huge grabs and while it takes amazing ability to do that sort of thing on that level, it's really not progressing the sport for the everyday rider.

*Disclaimer: I realize that you're just looking at both sides of the issue and that you agree that the setup was too gnarly
(Then again, I have a HUGE problem with even just the terms 'extreme sports' and 'action sports' Very Happy

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RollinTrees · Frontside 180 Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 334 City: NorCal

i thought the show was pretty dope. im sure it will be different at the next stop