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what constitutes an X Game?
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[QUOTE="yz250roost, post: 631033, member: 20224"] Hey guys, well here's the big discussion in our household right now. What indeed constitutes and X Game and is it right that surfing is in the X games this year. Since the X games are coming to So. Cal this year we thought we might try to go watch them. When I heard that surfing was going to be an X game my initial response was, "that's cool". but then the more I watch it the more I realize that this sport isn't on the same playing field as the other games. First of all, Surfing is dependent on the day you compete. The surf can change in a day and leave you without a competition. All the other X games are on some kind of fixed course and every sport is propelled by it's own power (human/mechanical) Second, (this was my strongest isssue with my fiance), all the other X game sports are on a different level of danger than surfing. In bike, skate, fmx, and wake, the rider has to pull off big tricks that get bigger every year. If they don't pull off a trick clean then they have a very very hard surface to fall onto (yes wakeboard crashes hurt alot too). Is that what makes it an X game? And finally how can they go to all different states if surfing is forever an X game. So the games can only go to a costal state. So here's my thoughts on what makes an X game an X game. 1. Fixed or human produced obstacles 2. A high level of danger for crashes 3. not geographically sensitive. And by the way I do surf. Not at the level those guys are, but I do surf and I'm happy for all the pro surfers who have made their sport an X game. but I still think that it's weird to see it as an X game. Now if they took the surfers to Hawaii to surf the really big waves in the winter, than I would consider it. well guys I know that some of you won't see eye to eye with me, so please let me know why you think surfing should be an x game and I might see something that I hadn't considered before. Jeff [/QUOTE]
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