Another year,another X-games,and no paintball.

[the jackal]

I just want to say that skateboarding isn't what I'd call an extreme sport(skysurfing, now that is a little extreme). In competitions skaters usually only attempt stuff that they feel very confident with and know they can land. If they don't make they trick they know how to fall and not get hurt(usually). Usually the only times pros really put themselves in danger is to land that one trick on video that raises the bar a little. I've been skating for 2 years and have never had an injury worse than a sprained ankle. I know that the announcers at the x games like to make it sound like the skaters are putting it all out there but they have been landing the tricks they do for years (Tony's been throwing down 720's since the late eighties or early nineties). Just thought I'd share my views since I'm sure everyone here can appreciate how a sport can be falsly interpreted.

[Iceman8446]

I've been to the x games for the past 4 days and I have asked myself the same question of why isn't paintball in the x games. I came up with the same answers you guys have been posting. Also I think that paintball isn't exactly spitactular like when the dirt bike guys jump 34 feet into the air or when skateborders do crazy spins and stuff like that. All of us here would love to watch paintball in the x games because we play and we know whats goin on. Well when ya guys are watchin the best trick compition look for me in the crowd. I was the guy with the blue penn ac rowing visor juping up and down waving his hands like a goof ball.

[RetroEclipseMan]

I totally agree with ya jackel. I mean you see a lot of pros that will throw a trick in a competition that they haven't landed many times to try and up their score but for the most part like you said the tricks they throw are ones that they can land time after time otherwise they wouldn't pull them cause they would lose the competition.