Olympic Breakdancing (!)

OK, now I have officially been left behind by the relentless march forward of ridiculousness.

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(12-08-2020, 01:08 PM)jackgoldman123 Wrote: Get in line

Yes indeed; what's next, Olympic Line Dancing?!

(12-08-2020, 01:23 PM)Agravic Wrote:

(12-08-2020, 01:08 PM)jackgoldman123 Wrote: Get in line

Yes indeed; what's next, Olympic Line Dancing?!

Olympic shaving!
With double edge, single edge, cartridge, and straight edge classes, plus separate with-the-grain, against-the-grain, and across-the-grain events. Maybe even team syncopated competition...

With all the issues related to the olympics it has become a joke and lost all its relevance, reverence and value. Break dancing is an olympic sport, but the world's second most popular sport followed by 2-3 billion people -- cricket -- is not. 

X Games made quite a statement about things, the Olympics never recovered. Also with the plethora of pro athletes, I personally can miss the Olympics without fear of missing out (FOMO).

(12-08-2020, 03:50 PM)meshave Wrote: With all the issues related to the olympics it has become a joke and lost all its relevance, reverence and value. Break dancing is an olympic sport, but the world's second most popular sport followed by 2-3 billion people -- cricket -- is not. 

For cricket one need to build quite big field/stadium, for breakdance nothing is really needed. Let's prepare that will be more such disciplines. Olympics is business and business do not like costs... life is brurtal.

(12-08-2020, 01:36 PM)churchilllafemme Wrote:

(12-08-2020, 01:23 PM)Agravic Wrote:

(12-08-2020, 01:08 PM)jackgoldman123 Wrote: Get in line

Yes indeed; what's next, Olympic Line Dancing?!

Olympic shaving!
With double edge, single edge, cartridge, and straight edge classes, plus separate with-the-grain, against-the-grain, and across-the-grain events. Maybe even team syncopated competition...

Shaving is cool for adults! My kids want hide&seek

the Olympics was ridiculous when restarted in modern times. how does throwing a cannonball (shot put) equate with sport. not even rambo would throw a javelin. how about throwing the hammer (thor's?)  jumping over a stick with or without a pole is just too exciting to see. and then in winter, we have curling, two men chasing a ceramic disk sliding on the ice with little brooms. 

break dancing is is at least interesting to watch and in a small area rivals open floor gymnastic events and ice skating/dancing.

John, you know I’m not a young buck. I remember living in NYC in the late ‘70s when break dancing was “fresh.” And I saw it, in its rudimentary form, on many busy sidewalks. I suggest all y’all (I also lived in Texas) watch some video of today’s world-class break dancers. The skill and athleticism far surpasses, say, curling. In fact, it’s mind-boggling.