October 16th, 2010 
Guest Writer Skateboarding is not an Olympic sport yet, but there is a powerful group of people trying to get it into the 2012 or 2016 Games. That will go a long way to giving it its rightful place as a real sport but, truth is, many skateboarders want to keep it out of the Olympics. The skateboard culture is about freedom and the Olympics come with rules and regulation. In an interview for “Time Magazine,” Tony Hawk said, “At this point, the Olympics needs skateboarding more than skateboarding needs the Olympics. They desperately need a cool factor and younger viewers. Skateboarding has all the makings of an Olympic sport and has more participants than many of them.” Yes, skateboarding is a sport. ... Continue
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