X- Games 15
Posted by Ervin A. Villanueva on Sunday, August 2, 2009
Under: Sports
I haven't kept up much in the past with the X- Games: BMX, big air, vert, flatland & park, just to name a few, only because to me, the new tricks are not usually perfected there, their discovered in practice, or there's too many categories to keep up with. I can't even name half the tricks these kids come up with these days, yeah and that's another thing too, I'm getting old. But I think it's weird to flip the channel to ESPN and see the X- Games taking their course in LA this year. To see some of the riders from my time, Mirra, McCoy, & Kagy, STILL competing gives me a sense that I should pick up where I left off with BMX sports.
The hell is that call?
The Tricks aren't pushing the envelope anymore are they? I mean it only makes sense that as a expert rider, you save your best tricks for the sport's most prestigious stage; ESPN's X- Games. But more likely than not the riders won't have their A game when they come in contention for the gold. They usually play it safe, execute the tricks they know so that score high and place for gold. To me that's cool, but it doesn't leave much to seeing the impossible become reality. I'm all for going big, but only if your ready to show the world what it's like. Most riders don't have that confidence to exceed past everybody else at least not if they have a chance to win the gold. Of course there is the accepted few, who end up placing for gold every X- Game. Granted BMX is much more different than Skate or the other X- Game sports, but the general aspect applies, if can't execute your tricks with the confidence of performing then you shouldn't be out there risking your neck in the first place.
Only the confident can perform under pressure.
I'm glad the old school riders are still around, even if it makes feel old, it doesn't count out the fact that they still have what it takes to compete. They stick with what they know, and perform with all the confidence in the world, because in all aspects, they have been there before, and know what it takes to win it all. They will always be the main staple of what BMX is all about. It isn't just a retain of my youth but the idea that no matter what anyone tells you, if you love to do it, do it.
Follow the ESPN X- Games 15 here
The hell is that call?
The Tricks aren't pushing the envelope anymore are they? I mean it only makes sense that as a expert rider, you save your best tricks for the sport's most prestigious stage; ESPN's X- Games. But more likely than not the riders won't have their A game when they come in contention for the gold. They usually play it safe, execute the tricks they know so that score high and place for gold. To me that's cool, but it doesn't leave much to seeing the impossible become reality. I'm all for going big, but only if your ready to show the world what it's like. Most riders don't have that confidence to exceed past everybody else at least not if they have a chance to win the gold. Of course there is the accepted few, who end up placing for gold every X- Game. Granted BMX is much more different than Skate or the other X- Game sports, but the general aspect applies, if can't execute your tricks with the confidence of performing then you shouldn't be out there risking your neck in the first place.
Only the confident can perform under pressure.
I'm glad the old school riders are still around, even if it makes feel old, it doesn't count out the fact that they still have what it takes to compete. They stick with what they know, and perform with all the confidence in the world, because in all aspects, they have been there before, and know what it takes to win it all. They will always be the main staple of what BMX is all about. It isn't just a retain of my youth but the idea that no matter what anyone tells you, if you love to do it, do it.
Follow the ESPN X- Games 15 here
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