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3 minutes ago, dcro said:

Caused by free medals, falling out of sky. :finger:

Yeah I ain't happier than you with those things, but I do see how it has value to the Olympics :p 

 

Although I don't have a problem with all of these events, it's just the splatterfests like especially women's slopestyle or women's big air where the biggest tricks that didn't end up in a fall last time were basically things like one turn or something :p 

 

If that would be improved and we'd see some spectacular stuff, sure.

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What? Maybe in America. Europeans don't pay attention to any of this.

Yeah! Europe has no clue about Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing that’s why they have 21 gold medals in Snowboard and 17 gold medals in Freestyle Skiing!

 

France shunned these sports so hard they hosted 3 Winter X Games Europe events in Tignes from 2010-2012. :p

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18 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

I find it incredibly hard nowadays to judge whether or not posts like these are sarcastic or have some nonsense in them on purpose, or if it's actually reality :lol: 

 

Someone could say "They're trying to add the 280 meters crawling-under-the-hurdles" and it wouldn't even sound off in between all the stuff that's actually real.

According the reporting I’ve read (from ITG) that is a very real proposal.

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15 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah! Europe has no clue about Snowboard and Freestyle Skiing that’s why they have 21 gold medals in Snowboard and 17 gold medals in Freestyle Skiing!

 

France shunned these sports so hard they hosted 3 Winter X Games Europe events in Tignes from 2010-2012. :p

Europe sweeps modern pentathlon. Doesn't mean the Olympics need them more than they need the Olympics. ;)

 

In terms of audience, Europe is just negligable for all these sports. Classic events like alpine skiing and cross-country skiing pull incomparably more interest, from fans and sponsors alike.

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What? Maybe in America. Europeans don't pay attention to any of this.

Skateboarding is very popular in US, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. We’ve also seen NOCs like Indonesia, Philippines, and Puerto Rico earn medals in the sport at major multi-sports games. Sky Brown is one of the most prominent female skaters at the moment and she’s British. Candy Jacobs out of the Netherlands has been a mainstay on the scene for a while now.

 

Surfing is also enjoys a wide global audience. French surfers have competed in top tier events in the sports. France has also played host to some of those top tier events. Portugal is known for it’s epic surf spots. 
 

Surfing and Skateboarding could easily exist outside the Olympics, and have for a long time. In terms of global popularity and audience, there aren’t many sports who could be justified inclusion over them.

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Candy Jacobs out of the Netherlands has been a mainstay on the scene for a while now.

And I can pretty much guarantee not even 2% of Dutch sports fans (so not Dutch people, but actual sports fans) have even heard of her at all, just to give a sense of the interest in sports like these even when there's a decent competitor.

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Skateboarding is very popular in US, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. We’ve also seen NOCs like Indonesia, Philippines, and Puerto Rico earn medals in the sport at major multi-sports games. Sky Brown is one of the most prominent female skaters at the moment and she’s British. Candy Jacobs out of the Netherlands has been a mainstay on the scene for a while now.

 

Surfing is also enjoys a wide global audience. French surfers have competed in top tier events in the sports. France has also played host to some of those top tier events. Portugal is known for it’s epic surf spots. 
 

Surfing and Skateboarding could easily exist outside the Olympics, and have for a long time. In terms of global popularity and audience, there aren’t many sports who could be justified inclusion over them.

Korfball is exteremely popular in the Netherlands, Belgium, Taiwan, Czech Republic, Germany and even China! Portugal and GB have impressive teams as well. Not to forget Luxembourg and the ever present - Suriname.

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