Is Skateboarding a Sport?

[ilovecoheed]

Dude i lived in california for 5 years and skated every single day, constantly learning new tricks, when your skate for 6+ hours you consider it a sport. I'm pretty thin but since i skate i am one of the fittest ppl in my grade at skool. And i think it's pretty messed up that just because someone skates and hangs around a skatepark, you stereotype them as druggies and punks.

[villian]

im not a punk, im actually very popular at school, and i skate and im a normal kid..

[JustinB]

If it's shown on ESPN, it's a sport. :lol:

[ilovecoheed]

well i m a punk rocker but i still don't like to be stereotyped as a druggie

[randyrandy]

Skateboarding is a sport.
Sport - ' Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.'

There are skate competitions and they have rules, and they compete to be the best.

[unit_number_43]

Originally posted by JustinB@3 Hours Ago
If it's shown on ESPN, it's a sport.* :lol:

[snapback]99669[/snapback]

Like the world series of poker, for example.

:secret:
I was waiting for someone to say that just so i could bust out that line

[randyrandy]

I thought Poker was on travel channel?

[rocket2234]

It's on both actually, randyrandy.

[Deadloader]

Originally posted by XRedBlazeX@9 Hours Ago
No, it's not. A sport is, like Taco, said a test of physical endurance. With all the little scrawny punks and druggies that hang around the local skatepark, it doesn't seem to take much of any endurance.

Also, a sport is a direct competition between two sides, whether they be teams or players. Judging who can do the best tricks isn't much of a direct competition.

[snapback]99541[/snapback]

when you do javelin for fun it isn't against anyone so does that mean it isn't a sport?

when you do skateboarding for fun by yourself it isn't considered a sport?

yet javelin is considered a sport because it is mainly done in competition against others in the olympics...

yet skateboarding is not considered a sport although people compete in tournaments and skateboarding has become so large that there are so many competitions and so in your analysis of a sport therefore skateboarding must infact be a sport.. :lol:

EDIT// i never read any posts after redblaze.. this just popped into my head it sounds like i'm just repeating what shurai and what other people have said in different context :lol:

[Blank_Canvas]

if it is competitive and phyically enduring its a sport....therefore skating is a sport...