Yeah, I know, I know....
But last night I was watching the Winter X-Games on ESPN and I have to say, 18 feet of vertical air with 50 feet of travel in the superpipe combination during a 1080 on skis and heel-clicker back flips on a moto-X bike on snow make figure skating and luge look pretty crusty.
I think it is so much easier for kids to identify with these athletes than it is for them to identify with a 94 pound Rumanian figure skater with an eating disorder or a Chinese swimmer on EPO.
The kids watching X-Games are the PepsiCo CEO's of tomorrow. When will the Olympics pay attention and blow the dust off?
Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com
But last night I was watching the Winter X-Games on ESPN and I have to say, 18 feet of vertical air with 50 feet of travel in the superpipe combination during a 1080 on skis and heel-clicker back flips on a moto-X bike on snow make figure skating and luge look pretty crusty.
I think it is so much easier for kids to identify with these athletes than it is for them to identify with a 94 pound Rumanian figure skater with an eating disorder or a Chinese swimmer on EPO.
The kids watching X-Games are the PepsiCo CEO's of tomorrow. When will the Olympics pay attention and blow the dust off?
Tom Demerly
The Tri Shop.com