23 Olympic Sports That Skateboarders Would Dominate
Published 12/3/2013 by Sean Bowes
As often as a pair of balls get sacked on a rail, the topic of Olympic skateboarding rears its ugly, gold-medal-brandished head. As if to drive the final nail in the coffin of winning the battle of "is it or isn't it?" an official sport. But really, who cares? It will probably never happen. In fact, professional skateboarders probably have a better chance of hanging up their boards and start taking archery lessons if they want a gold medal that doesn't have a Yoohoo logo on it. Or, dust off the ol' boxing gloves.
Recently, a photo that surfaced online got us at The Boardr talking. The photo, snapped by New York photographer Howard Schatz, compared a few dozen scantily clad Olympians to show their different body types along with the sports they play.We thought it would be fitting to see which event pro skateboarders might compete in. Here's what we came up with:
High Jump
Hurdles
Luis Tolentino
Aldrin Garcia
Larry Perkins (snaps a 'clean' 50'' ollie)
Curling
Dylan Rieder
Mark Appleyard (you know, cuz he's Canadian...)
The Decenzos, Scott and Ryan
Trampoline
Rifle Shooting
White Water Rafting
Cycling
High Dive
Ali Boulala (Really Sorry)
Sammy Baca
Mark Appleyard (gold-medal-worthy laybacks)
Balance Beam
Weight Lifting
Brandon Biebel
Ryan Sheckler
Antwuan Dixon (post prison release)
Terry Kennedy
Ice Luge
Ice Hockey
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