is skate boarding a sport and if so who in here skateboards?
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yes its a sport\nbeen skating for far far too long, don't get up as fast i once did from falls now.  skating with people better than you is one of the best ways to get good fast, but personaly i think "kids" are jumping into some complicated tricks too quickly without getting all the basics down.  i was by far my worst critic, but probably skated for several years, everyday, before i felt i was any good at it.  i suck now i think, just don't get out enough, but people that don't skate are still impressed.  but yeah if you can find and skate with people better than you, ask for pointers, don't get "the fear" and you should be fine.
1081441
Poker is most definatally NOT a sport. lol\nI'm sorry if you think it is, but I don't think it is.
105714
Tony Hawk is prob. the most famous skater there is.
560214
Yeah...skateboarding is cool.  I think schools should have all different kinds of sports for all different kinds of kids.  There is a huge skateboarding population out there and having it at the school is a great idea.  They could have competitions against other schools just like they do for any other sport.  Go for it and see what you can do!!!
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ollie is=skate boarding =ridding on the back wheels of the skate board,.. not jumping..[mother of boys and broken bones]..
1075010
I love figure skating. The skaters are in great shape and are very athletic. Plus, I admire the way they get up and continue a routine even after they have fallen and messed up their chances of winning. That takes fortitude and guts.\n\nHave to call them as I see them.
376312
shit. Alec is a quadrillion times cooler. nate is a loser. LOSERS skateboard. skateboarding is a little pussy sport
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Figure skating is a sporting event in which individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on ice skates, often to music. There are international competitions for figure skating, such as the World Championships, and figure skating is also an official event in the Winter Olympics. \n\nThe winter Olympic events include:\n\n* singles for both men and women;\n\n* couples skating with a couple consisting of a man and womn; and\n\n* ice dancing with a couple  requiring more choreography.
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the ollie is the trick in skateboarding that brought the skateboard comunity to what it is today. it is when the board hops in the air by the grip tape and the shoes that are made for skatebarding it makes the board level out in the air. there is really nothing of physics in the trick. its just the grip tape on top of the board sticks to the specially designed shoes for skateboardng. like if you skate with tennis shoes it wouldn really stick to the board
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Cheerleading (and figure skating) are not sports.  They are specialized popularity contests.  The results of their activity cannot be measured by instruments nor can the winner be determined by an indisputable score.\n\nCheerleaders perform to please some judges who rank those performances strictly on subjective means.\n\nThe athleticism and conditioning of these groups are impressive indeed and they are fun to observe, but a sport?\n\nSorry, no.
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Pretty good.  I go with my speedskating buddies.  But, if you're asking how you actually do it, you just have to practice.  Make sure you have really strong ankles if you're using any kind of skate other than hard hockey skates.
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Definitely.  The word sport is defined as "Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively."  Cheerleading is just that.
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maybe you look and or act like one. All the skaters I know are high strung and lack discipline, they have a tendancy to not want to grow up and be an adult. How many skaters can make a living from ot, FEW. Get a real job
325019
I am an avid skateboarder and I agree that it is majorly based on inspiration. Skateboarding, as deep as this is, is my form of self expression. Skateboarding is not a sports, its a way of like\nSkate on
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Let me start off by saying that i Like skateboarding, admire Tony Hawk, and riding half-pipe is really hard, so you know I'm not a hater.\nA sport has to have one or more of the following,  a type of ball (or puck), a goal, basket, or object to score, and a field of play or court and/or a time limit or time to beat.  \n\nThings that have to be judged by a person like cheerleading, gymnastics, figureskating, skateboarding, diving are not sports, they are exibitions or contests.  Things that are judged by people giving a score can be corrupted because people ultimately decide who is best. (ex. french judge in olympic skating scandal.)
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I love to dude. My favorite thing to do. I can ollie, casper, grind, boardslide, kickflip, heelflip and burtslide. I ollied off my friends sidewalk today. They clapped applauded and I was like peace out my home veggies, okay happy moment over, anydangway I love it! It feels free and great and maybe lumpy but, smooth. My favorite team is element. My favorite skateboarders  are Bam Margera and Tony Alva.\n-peace out my home veggies
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NO!! Trust me a lot of my friends are punk and I love skate shoes they are really grat shoes because they have a lot of padding. I even ♥ love ♥ crowd surfing and moshing and stuff. It is perfectly normal.