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From 'delinquents' to Olympic stars: skateboarders look to change minds in Japan

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By Andrew McKIRDY

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Somewhere the great skateboarder Tony Hawk is smiling.

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Skateboard is in Olympic Sport while Squash is not? Then someday jumping on trampoline and shuffle dance will also be Olympic Sports.

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@Backpacking

Trampolining’s been included since 2000.

It’s pretty impressive, too!

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Skateboarders are not  delinquents. tons of truculence, attention seeking posturing, characteristic with an adolescent wonton need to strike a pose groping a skateboard.

Neither been there. fell off a motorcycle, my own fault.

Star-in-the-making Brown will compete in the women's park competition after recovering from a horrific crash that left her with a broken skull.

Clearly there are downsides.

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I'm 41 and I still skate (traded in the street skating for concrete pools and other skatepark features).

I've seen the image of skateboarding improve a lot here in the US, but there's still quite a way to go.

I don't think they have such a hurdle of negativity to overcome in Japan.

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How can skateboarding possibly be called a sport? The boarders are skilled without a doubt and can be extremely entertaining but it's not, and never will be, a sport. How do you win at skateboarding, surfing and similar faux sports? There is certainly no "first past the post" about it, somebody judges the performances and that is not a sport. Whoever wins a race, jumps the highest farthest etc. etc., now that is a sport.

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