Why Is Surfboarding Not An Olympic 'Program'?

by **Dispatch** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 5:50 pm

With ridiculous activities like Curling, Ping Pong, Darts, Boules and so many other asinine events.... why is Surfboarding not considered a serious sport in the Olympic program?
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by **Insan** » Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:45 pm

If anything probably because all waves are different, therefore some are easier to ride than others I would think.

by **kitesurfer** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:45 am

Dispatch wrote:.... why is Surfboarding

interesting name for it!

KS

by **travelzomg** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 11:12 am

try order a swell with perfect waves on a particular date in mid of the town of london for the summer olympics 2012..

by **Dispatch** » Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:56 pm

kitesurfer wrote:
Dispatch wrote:.... why is Surfboarding

interesting name for it!

KS

by **jaffa1949** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 4:41 am

This part of New South Wales is sponsoring a new sport called Surfboardem it's been flat for almost the entire month of August and now extending into September.

by **jaffa1949** » Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:10 am

Could troll bouncing become an Olympic sport :?:

by **AlohaRider** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 5:44 am

But who wants surfing to become too mainstream anyways?
If surfing was put in the olympics it'd be over

by **jaffa1949** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:18 pm

One thing that also stops surfing entering the Olympics is surfing has no drug testing regime.

by **surf patrol** » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:40 pm

jaffa1949 wrote:One thing that also stops surfing entering the Olympics is surfing has no drug testing regime.

The ISA does. http://isasurf.org/events_docs.php

(got a bit of spare time - take the anti doping quiz @ http://quiz.wada-ama.org/)

by **smkglass** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:21 pm

I found this article about drug testing for surfers. It would seem the the ASP are making some changes!

http://www.surfnewsnetwork.com/featured/surfers-to-be-tested-for-drugs

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by **jaffa1949** » Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:49 pm

A fair criticism would be that the ASP find it hard to apply a consistent formula for judging and the other reason that might be the most pertinent is, not all countries have surf.
Personally I'd rather not see surfing as an Olympic event, purely self interest. Imagine if surfing got popular in China or India :shock:

by **travelzomg** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 11:43 am

jaffa1949 wrote:Imagine if surfing got popular in China or India

imho, thats just a question of time...
india maybe not so much, but china is gonna sky rocket within the next five years...

by **Makka** » Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:28 pm

Interesting read on proposed drug testing in the sport ....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ja ... NTCMP=SRCH

by **Katsura** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 4:29 am

travelzomg wrote:
jaffa1949 wrote:Imagine if surfing got popular in China or India

imho, thats just a question of time...
india maybe not so much, but china is gonna sky rocket within the next five years...

Note likely, Chinese culture promotes conformity and surf is the last thing the parents will want kids to do.
If anything, skate is more accessible to Chinese kids, yet it hasen't taken off for the same reason.

by **jaffa1949** » Fri Jan 13, 2012 4:10 am

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Katsura wrote:
travelzomg wrote:
jaffa1949 wrote:Imagine if surfing got popular in China or India

imho, thats just a question of time...
india maybe not so much, but china is gonna sky rocket within the next five years...

Note likely, Chinese culture promotes conformity and surf is the last thing the parents will want kids to do.
If anything, skate is more accessible to Chinese kids, yet it hasen't taken off for the same reason.

That makes me double happy, but if it is seen as a status toy like many other things western it still may be a problem.
I'll see how I go in Taiwan, knowing full well there is some ideological difference between there and the mainland1

by **surf patrol** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:45 pm

Makka wrote:Interesting read on proposed drug testing in the sport ....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/ja ... NTCMP=SRCH

Here's the new ASP anti doping policy

http://www.aspworldtour.com/pdf/aspantidopingpolicy.pdf

Why Is Surfboarding Not An Olympic 'Program'?

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