Musician, writer, and former Seattle dweller Arlie John Carstens went to the 2007 X Games and then wrote about it for the LA Weekly. In his essay he included some good lines regarding X:
Aside from the thousands of hoochies running around in Frankenflops and the aforementioned OC elite with their hats and asshole glasses, the games were surprisingly boring in person. This is an entirely made-for-television event.
And an X Games truth if ever there was one:
Basically, any activity where there’s a good chance someone might wipe out badly, suffer paralysis or die spectacularly has always been fair game for X Games coverage, subtleties of soul and style be damned.
Of course, Arlie finalized his essay by locking into the philosophical out that almost everyone takes: the money. Oh yeah, it’s all okay because everyone is getting paid. And after all, that’s what action sports are about. Just click the link and read it. It’s better than we’re making it sound.
[Link: LA Weekly]
