Freestyle in the Olympics?

[BigMac]

Sounds crazy but give me your thoughts on this.

I reckon it could happen some day, and i hope it will. There is alot of sports in the Olympics, like shooting, walking and bmx. Random sports but they are in the olympics.

If it was in the olympics i reckon it would be like gymnastics in the sense that the judges would give you an overall score combined on hard tricks, style, variety, technique etc. What do you guys think?

[oLi]

Right now the sport is too young. Too actually make the competition have quality the judges would need to be known and experienced in it so before this is possible we'd need to wait atleast 10 years. But even in 10 years I dont see freestyle being in the Olympics. Later on I do. Freestyle is growing all the time with more and more competitions which shows freestyle in the Olympics is possible. Every sport has once been small and every sport needs to start of from scratch with only a few people doing the sport.
Time will tell.

[manutd.]

The next summer games is in London no? That would be a perfect place to start it, seeing as there are many freestylers from there.

 :biggrin:

[BigMac]

yeah london is a great place to start it, and i am willing to look into it and try and make it happen. But if i should just sit and wait then i will. Nothing will happen if you just wait.

[M4R10]

ok but how would we play it on olympics, there are different systems that can be made...

[BigMac]

what do you mean?

[nedved]

maybe, but u would have to introduce all the other "extreme" sports too, which idont think they will do. they like the professionalism sports.
and there wud be no point having it cos we all know john farnworth would win :D  :thumbsup: :cheers:

but on a gymnastics note, get rid of fckin womens gymnastics! all that poxy, pansy, hand shit they do really pisses me off, its so gay.
just do it likethe men and get on with it, instead of raising ur hands and bending ur wrists every 3 seconds!  

[M4R10]

what do you mean?

the system of freestyle competition could be different: like you have to win in few things to be winner...for example 5 disciplines: 1. longest cobmo 2. best upper ...... who got 3 points win, or it should be this system we have now, lp freestyle with some unknow judges

[BigMac]

yeah they would have to be a proper judging system, and pete i have no idea what other sports have to do with freestyling.

[Matty-G]

good idea i would like to see this happen,im all in for it 2 :thumbsup:

[Sander]

like others said: it should be done like other 'trick' sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and bmx. the jugdes must be people that know more about freestyle than the judges nowadays. for example people that quit freestyle because of injuries or something. freestylers can get points for style, hard tricks and orginality. or maybe there can be certain disciplines so there are competitions of only sits, uppers or lowers. but the sport is indeed too small now, but at least it's growing because more and more people are starting freestyle. so maybe in the future, but london is too early

[BigMac]

the sport is big enough imo, if it is in the next olympics then by 2016 it will be huge.