> I'm watching the Van Shoes, professional skateboarding competition
> going on in Portland. Some 17 year old apparently is the "best"
> skateboarder in the world, but he isn't doing any better than the
> other guys in the competition. They aren't really doing anything more
> than the highschool kids at the skate park in town do either. I don't
> think you can even call it a sport. You just get on a little wooden
> board and roll around. They aren't even landing the tricks they are
> supposed to be doing. They just jump up and off things, and bounce
> around a little. I would rather be watching baseball.