{"id":41687,"date":"2013-05-14T10:18:39","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=41687"},"modified":"2013-05-14T10:36:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T17:36:43","slug":"why-no-one-cares-about-the-x-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=41687","title":{"rendered":"Why No One Cares About The X Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shaun_White_2008-424x412.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-41688\" alt=\"Shaun_White_2008-424x412\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shaun_White_2008-424x412-200x194.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shaun_White_2008-424x412-200x194.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Shaun_White_2008-424x412.jpg 424w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Kilwag<\/strong>, that smarty pants editor of <a href=\"http:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/2013\/05\/energy-drinks-and-helmets-required-umbrella\/\"><strong>Skate And Annoy<\/strong><\/a>, linked up a great story from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/05\/10\/authenticity_and_the_x_games_partner\/\"><strong>Salon.com<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<strong>Matt Reevy<\/strong>\u00a0titled:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/05\/10\/authenticity_and_the_x_games_partner\/\">Authenticity and the X Games: Why ESPN just doesn&#8217;t get it<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0In it Reevy gets right down to the heart of the action sports\/mainstream media conundrum. We&#8217;ve always said that the mainstream doesn&#8217;t care, won&#8217;t care, and never has cared about action sports. But Reevy makes a much more complete, compelling argument:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Essentially, what ESPN seems to miss,, is that that the statement \u201cI am a skateboarder\u201d is a far different one than \u201cI am a basketball player\u201d. There\u2019s no such thing as the best skateboarder, BMX rider, snowmobiler, skier, or snowboarder. Placing in the X Games is a reflection of a high level of skill, certainly, but it doesn\u2019t make you the best.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Reevy finishes his article off with the statement that <strong>Shaun White<\/strong> is neither a snowboarder nor a skateboarder, &#8220;he just happens to ride them. Until that changes, no one is going to care about the X Games, regardless of where they\u2019re held.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;d never take anything away from Mr. White&#8217;s snowboarding and skateboarding, the larger point is made &#8212; X Games? Who really cares? Aside from the people who are getting paid, no one.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/05\/10\/authenticity_and_the_x_games_partner\/\">Salon.com<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/skateandannoy.com\/2013\/05\/energy-drinks-and-helmets-required-umbrella\/\">Skate and Annoy<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kilwag, that smarty pants editor of Skate And Annoy, linked up a great story from Salon.com\u00a0by\u00a0Matt Reevy\u00a0titled:\u00a0Authenticity and the X Games: Why ESPN just doesn&#8217;t get it.\u00a0\u00a0In it Reevy gets right down to the heart of the action sports\/mainstream media conundrum. We&#8217;ve always said that the mainstream doesn&#8217;t care, won&#8217;t care, and never has cared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41687"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41687"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41697,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41687\/revisions\/41697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}