Why Is Surfboarding Not An Olympic 'Program'?

[Dispatch]

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?

[Insan]

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

[kitesurfer]

.... why is Surfboarding

interesting name for it!

KS

[travelzomg]

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

[Dispatch]

.... why is Surfboarding

interesting name for it!

KS

[jaffa1949]

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.

[jaffa1949]

Could troll bouncing become an Olympic sport

[AlohaRider]

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

[jaffa1949]

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

[surf patrol]

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/)

[smkglass]

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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[jaffa1949]

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

[travelzomg]

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...

[Makka]

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

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

[Katsura]

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.

[jaffa1949]

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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

[surf patrol]

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