I Miss The Old X-Games

I remember a time when the x-games was huge. I remember a time when skateboarding and moto x weren't the only two things that the x-games focused on. I want the old x-games back. I miss guys almost killing themselves racing downhill on skateboards, luges or rollerblades at like 50 miles an hour. Those downhill races were some of the coolest and hotly contested events they had. Everything can't just be about doing tricks right? I mean they added Rally racing to the x-games so why can't we have all those other races again?

I used to do a little aggressive inline skating when I was younger and the x-games is what got me started. How is it possible that almost 10 years later I don't even think that there is aggressive inline at the x-games anymore. If there is they sure as hell don't televise it or even mention it. How can you completely kill off a genre of extreme sports? Just because you are ESPN? That's bullshit. I remember Chris Edwards jumping out of a cherry picker onto the vert ramp. I remember when people first started dropping 1080's. Give me aggressive inline again!!!

I used to look forward to watching the x-games pretty much all day on the weekends as event after event poured onto my TV. Yeah bungee jumping and skydiving were somewhat weird but that was the point. You weren't going to see this stuff at the olympics. It seems as if the producers of the x-games only want to focus on the most dangerous and "BIG" events possible. It used to be that "BIG" things just happened at the x-games. There was no setup necessary for Tony Hawks 900. He just took it to that level. He didn't need a 40 foot ramp in a stadium to be great.

I am afraid to think that since Rally has been so popular that their next inclination will be to add Drifting next year. However I really doubt it because there aren't any ramps involved and you can't make people jump something while going sideways. It lacks that "BIG" quality that's Oh So Important...