the park events should be a lot more fun to watch

by Jay , San Diego, Thursday, July 29, 2021, 11:18 (995 days ago) @ Publicola

I'm not against skateboarding at all but there's no worse spectator event in the Olympics than the tricks stuff we just saw. Even if the weather had cooperated, the tricks themselves are just so underwhelming when compared to just about any other feat of strength or agility in the games.

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OT: WaPo article about Simone Biles and "the twisties" - HCE, 2021-07-28, 08:48
- how ridiculous is skateboarding compared to all other events - Jay, 2021-07-28, 13:38
  - Agree, it was just brutal - IrishGuard, 2021-07-28, 17:34
  - Skateboard no worse than kayak in a phony wave pool - JD in Portland, 2021-07-28, 14:48
    - No, it really is worse - HullieAndMikes, 2021-07-28, 15:03
      - The Jackass guys LLP guys do better tricks - JD in Portland, 2021-07-29, 14:12
      - In defense - Publicola, 2021-07-29, 09:04
        
        I just like seeing people do amazing things - HullieAndMikes, 2021-07-29, 12:34
        
        the park events should be a lot more fun to watch - Jay, 2021-07-29, 11:18
        
        I think the later skateboarding will be more interesting - Savage, 2021-07-29, 12:08
        
        Agreed. But I don't know if it makes it more or less... - BillyGoat, 2021-07-29, 12:25
        
        agree. - Jay, 2021-07-29, 12:23
      - I didn't get the whole Best Trick portion - okerland, 2021-07-28, 15:21
        
        It's best 4 scores from 2 "real" runs + 5 "best trick" tries - Savage, 2021-07-29, 11:09
  - ok boomer - Joe I, 2021-07-28, 13:46
- Watch the slo-mo of her last vault. Scary. - River, 2021-07-28, 13:01
- I've never not known my orientation to Earth. - domer.mq, 2021-07-28, 12:58
- Yea sounds likes Steve Sax Syndrome or the yips EXCEPT - Grantland, 2021-07-28, 12:40
- I've done about a complete 180 on the issue. - Pete, 2021-07-28, 11:47
  - No offense, Pete but - Domer99, 2021-07-28, 21:02
  - And... - okerland, 2021-07-28, 13:03
    - Biles is so much better at this craft - KGB, 2021-07-28, 13:19
  - Frankly, Belichek and Bobby Knight - terribletr, 2021-07-28, 12:50
    - ....... the Teapot Dome Scandal ............. - BillyGoat, 2021-07-29, 09:45
    - They have one other thing in common - Jack, 2021-07-28, 12:55
  - It's probably time to interrogate those narratives - HCE, 2021-07-28, 12:41
    - what's next - Jay, 2021-07-28, 13:27
      - Bluto saying it was over when the Germans bombed - Jack, 2021-07-28, 13:31
    - "America won with Soviet-bloc tactics..." - domer.mq, 2021-07-28, 12:57
    - and with Strugg - CW (Rakes), 2021-07-28, 12:43
      - It was unnecessary, too - Jack, 2021-07-28, 12:50
        
        Dominique Moceanu agrees... - Domer99, 2021-07-28, 21:22
- Wetzel had a good thread as well - HullieAndMikes, 2021-07-28, 08:56
  - The unselfish thing to is take yourself out - CK08, 2021-07-28, 10:28
    - They happen everywhere. Business, flying as a Top Gun pilot, - Grantland, 2021-07-28, 12:47
  - It's telling, if not surprising, that her loudest critics - HCE, 2021-07-28, 09:37
    - About any sport. I can almost guarantee they have never - Frank, 2021-07-28, 14:49
      - It doesn't even have to be a "high level" - CK08, 2021-07-29, 07:48
        
        Agreed, My best times for a number of swimming events - Frank, 2021-07-29, 15:22
    - If Dave Portnoy, Charlie Kirk, Clay Travis, et al. - Brendan, 2021-07-28, 10:41

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the park events should be a lot more fun to watch