Jaffe

Ouch!

My little cousin Cody (who isn't so little anymore) used to skateboard. In fact, I think he spent some time in skating parks, where they have ramps and rails for the skaters to try different tricks.

I never saw Cody skateboarding, but I remember watching the X Games in the late '90s and seeing Tony Hawk's amazing half-pipe runs.

Always trying to push the envelope, the X Games now has 'Mega Ramp', which at some point is almost certainly going to be called 'Death Ramp'.



There's no doubt that the skateboarders in the X Games are athletes. But when the athletic feat is merely performing a task without killing yourself, rather than performing a task better or faster than anyone else, is it still sport?

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posted by Aron @ 2:31 PM