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From 2008 there will be no more Winter X-games
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Today is a dark day for skiing and it's recognition as a 'real sport'.
It has been announced today that ESPN will no longer be covering the winter x-games due to "resource demands and other priorities" said the spokesman for the corporate board of ESPN. As the X-games are a product of EXPN this means that the event will no longer be held.
In addition, recognition by the International Olympic committee for freestyle skiing as a sport worthy of the an Olympic event (such as halfpipe) is now extremely unlikely. This will be the case for at least the 2010 Vancouver games.
Despite the amount of viewers, supporters and participants in skiing today, it appears that competition row, sham, bow is a better sport.
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GOOD, seriously i hope its true. the x games is not where skiing should be going. its the stupidest event of the season.
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look at the bright side maybe someone else will come in and put on a comp. that is better than the X games.
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wtf thats retarted, slopestyle was ooo fun to watch and created heros for the youngers
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can u post a link or sumtin i really find that shit hard too beleive but i guess it could happen...
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why is everyone accepting this?? there is no confirmation whatsoever, and they would be hardpressed to terminate the deal with aspen, thats alot of money lost
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good. the x games ruins skiing.
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I don't beleive this shit it all a lie. but what ever I'll still be skiing for myself and my homies thats what its about up in this joint. so keep riding for who you r not espn bastards,
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i don't think this is true. im sure the X-games are still alive
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Hey guys look on the bright side, no more winter moto-x big air!
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haha you need some math skills man
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Fuck espn they can show fucking dominos and not skiing fuck them,
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This seems like a lie. And You Cannot Win a Gold Medal In the Olympics while testing positive for marijuana.
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ya I really don't think this is true
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This isn't true although i wouldn't really mind it happening. The same thing will probably happen this year too.
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so l;et me get this straight, they still have biatholons in the winter olympics, but not a huge portion of skiing. Oh my fucking god. suck me scott armetagde or whatever your name is.
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I don't believe it, as far as I'm concerned it's just another NS.com rumor.
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these next 2 witer x games better be so fucking legit then
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they said "covering" so espn wont be covering it... im sure another network will pick it up and broadcast it.
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i highly doubt this is true, and even if it is, I thnk another event will take its place. I think the JOI is better than x-games anyway, so i really hope that gets picked up by a network.
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I guess thats bad but also good in some ways to. There is still some big comps so I dont really care.
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i hope thats true, i dont want skiing to become popular, i dont care what you say
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I was at the X last year and espn signed for the next for year in Aspen so it's not fucking true !!
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retard, there are like 20 ppl on the us snowboard team, not all of them get to compete
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You know, from this thread you can tell two things:
1) Nobody reads the rest of the threads. They simply click on the header, hit reply and then post their feelings.
2) There are way too many people who are gullible in this world. There is NOTHING that even seems remotely true about this, yet more than half of the people posting in this thread bought it.
Come on, does this even seem slightly true to you?
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I'm pretty sure that is not true.
And even if it was, it said that ESPN is not broadcasting it anymore-I guarantee you another network will pick it up; theres no way that skiing will be totally gone from the X-Games
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Its pretty damn funny that people actually bought this because theres no way in hell that skiing would not be included in the X-Games or the X-Games would be gotten rid of completely
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Ross Rebagliati won gold in 1998, had his medal stripped after testing positive for pot, but his medal was given back after the IOC decided it wasn't a banned substance.
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actually who cares if espn isn't covering it on tv, ABC does 90% of the televising of the x games, the x games are still going to take place they just won't be on ESPN
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so no if there is no x games after 2010 im sure there will be a way better comp to take its place that may or may not get telivised but who cares.. at least there are 4 more years worth to come
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I think its a good thing. the x-games are cool but the judges SUCK! something will fall into place of the x-games hopefully it will be more innovative and have good judges who know their shit.
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ya man, im actually stoked on this. espn fucks everything over because all they want is to make money. i.e. BCS system for choosing college football bowl games... only stays in place because of ESPN. and now they are canceling the x-games.
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i could care less if the x games get cancelled, i really dont think they represent skiing
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no guys, its true. I talked to Sal myself.
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not to mention its the biggest skiing event of the year pretty much
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trust me, they wont. as much as we want them to, do you really think that espn or anyone is going to fully televise the us open or masters? its off their radar man.
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Thank you. X is one of the busiest times of the year in ski gabber. I know I like watching the x games.
Good thing this thread is BS.
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now i kinda want to believe the rumor, just because i fucking hate winter moto-everything.
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I did the same and researched for a good hour (since X-games is my fav t.v. event) and found nothing to back this up.
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yeah and were is that kid who started all this!! He should tell us how he came up with this!
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For anyone who wants to read some of the best proof that people read nothing, please read back in this thread.
This is the FOURTH time I have posted saying that this is most likely not true. Seriously, there have been no backing statements, there is nothing on ESPN's website about it, just one guy posting a rumour.
PLEASE don't just believe everything you read/hear. Think for yourself and question.
I mean if you don't question something you read on an internet forum, then what does that say for what you see on TV?
Question everything you hear. This is why the public has no idea what is going on in our world... people just believe everything they hear in the media.
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looks like sal is out of a job
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You didn't even read the post right above yours.
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hahaha, so true
but as the knowledgable mr bishop has said. SHOW ME PROOF
untill then i think the thread maker made a crap joke at all the beleivers expences
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Yeah, nothing is true without proof. Thats why in university papers you have to quote sources... elsewise its just something you're making up.
Its like when Bush said there was WMD's in Iraq.
He was lying.
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