That would be the best way of stopping this shit.
A total boycott on the day of the comp. The IOC with a total vacuum of an event with nothing to show except a repeat of the handball and dressage or whatever.
Maximum embarrassment for the IOC who couldn’t even consider putting skating back in the ‘program’ and then the rollerskating sharks would fuck right off.
Yes Lucy. You’re right. Bit late now.
Let’s see how punk skateboarding really is!!!
There is absolutely no way it would happen. You’ve all got way too much faith in anyone really caring anymore. Those top 20 that are selected really, really want it. They’re trying with everything they have to make it to the Olympics
Skaters are different now, it’s more about them getting THEIR exposure, not skateboarding or their sponsors. You can’t take that dream from them now it’s in their sights. I would love it if all skaters would get on the same page for the good of skating not for their fame.
well yeah. I said best, not likely (unfortunately).
We were raging against this well over a year ago when you & Nic were patiently explaining how the governing bodies worked. It seemed like there was nothing we could actually do and it still doesn’t.
World Skate thinks they can just own skateboarding like a dictatorship and because of the IOC it seems like they can (as I understand it).
It’s just fucking lame.
Can we create a rollerskating federation and tell them what to do and say it’s us or the highway? no. How can they do it back to us. Balls to them.
Does Skiing rule Snowboarding?
Look at this, it’s just history repeating itself:
On an international level, snowboarders resisted governance by skiers. The International Olympic Committee recognized the International Ski Federation (FIS) as the sport’s governing body instead of the International Snowboard Federation (ISF), which was favored by riders and the industry.
That led Norwegian Terje Haakonsen, a three-time world champion and the sport’s top rider, to boycott the Nagano Games.
Come the fuck on Nyjah et al. Do a Terje.
I’m guessing this is what the roller federation is hoping for, as it did for skiiing:
Since its introduction at the Nagano Olympics in 1998, the soulful sport has boomed. Participation has skyrocketed. Resorts now cater to snowboarders. And in the Games, the sport’s success paved the way for freeskiing and delivered on the coolness the Olympics lacked with a younger generation.
It was always about making the Olympics more appealing to the next generation. "We are going to take your skateboarding and inject it into the Olympics for our own benefit (money), screw what ever history and culture you’ve (skateboarding) come from , we’re taking our chunk and making it our own .
Cliffs please.
I’m almost certain I’ve done this open goal dad joke before. Play the hits.
On a more positive note, DeCunha is ranked 30th in the current qualifying rankings. There are a lot of US, Japanese and Brazilian skaters ahead of him and each of these countries can only take 3 riders. By my reckoning, he’s about 2 or 3 places away from maybe qualifying for the Olympics.
I can kinda live with that. It’s the roller federation’s control over it, to try to get rollerskate events into the Olympics a la snowboarding paving the way for freeskiing.
Yes 23rd on the Clean List if you also add a Skater in from African Continent (which are the rules). However this current ranking doesn’t include National Championship results from Season 1 and the recent European Continentals from Season 2 so it’s actually not worth the paper it’s written on.
We had confirmation that the full results will be published within the next week then we’ll see the real scores on the doors.
I see!
One other thing, you know how the top 3 at the World Championships in May qualify for the Olympics automatically, regardless of rankings. If those top 3 are all say American and are off the pace in the rankings, would they take up all of America’s Olympic places and squeeze others out? So say Nyjah is no. 1 in the rankings (which he is now), but Louie Lopez, Joslin, and Jake Illardi are the top 3 in the World Championships, does that mean Nyjah doesn’t go to the Olympics?
I really doubt it would be like that but it’s a good question.
Yes. Top 3 at Season 2 2020 World Champs are auto in. So in your stated case yes, Nyjah would be out
