wakeboarding out, rally car racing in ???

wakejumper17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 234

i dont know, maybe i still have a concussion but tell me, do you see wakeboarding on this event list???

http://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=x12sched

or this one

http://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=x12tvsched

Sc0Ot49 · Newbie Joined: 28 Nov 2004 Posts: 42 City: Trophy Club

thats BS...rally car racing? Rolling Eyes

Sinkoumn · Posted: Jul 11, 2006 1:27 pm Post subject:

maybe they'll be towing riders down water filled ditches

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

does anyone know why they dropped wakeboarding?

I'm wondering if it was partly because of location logistics. Finding smooth water close to the rest of the events can't be easy.

wakejumper17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 234

i dont know about that. where ever they went last year was pretty nice.

Chad H · Posted: Jul 11, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject:

Oh well. There goes our biggest publicity

LoudonTN · Posted: Jul 11, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject:

They announced that Wakeboarding wouldn't be in the X-Games this year due to the cost of production so far from the rest of the event. They plan on putting it back in next year, they just need time to calculate a more logistically sound plan/location.

wakejumper17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 234

well if they took out half the skateboard events they've made up and half the motocross events they've made up they could broadcast the whole PWT. thats just bs.

Chad H · Posted: Jul 11, 2006 9:05 pm Post subject:

I think if they would play more wakeboarding, instead of Bubb Rubbing poker they might get a little more viewers.

I mean honestly, normal people are channel surfing, and see wakeboarding, "Wow cool" and i'm sure when they see poker they're like great....

Its like paintball was. ESPN wouldn't show it forever, and then finnially they did, and i know i as well as a lot of other people, will stop and watch it if it's on because it's new, and cool.

Damon · Posted: Jul 11, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject:

I could care less if they have wakeboarding, even if they did, what would we see on the TV? The highlight reel of the prelims, and maybe if we're lucky, all the runs in the finals, maybe 30 minutes tops. And we better be damn sure we know what time it will run, because it won't be repeated.

LFADAM · Posted: Jul 12, 2006 6:46 am Post subject:

Laugh Damon, I agree. Last year I got all pumped to watch it and all I saw was pieces of about 5 finals runs total. (About 10-15 minutes). Im fed up with X Games, all theyre trying to do is make money, they dont actually care about the sports. There is more to action sports than FMX and skateboarding...

wakejumper17 · Outlaw Joined: 25 Aug 2005 Posts: 234

when you turn it on you see about an hour of commercials and them showing their little animated X thing. Then you see highlights from all the other events and then you see an event where they name all the tricks wrong.
this is off subject but last winter in Shaun Whites snowboard run they said he did 4 1080's when he really did 2 1080's and 2 900's. Shaun even said so in his interview.
besides who wants to see another skateboard vert competition.