- Signatures: 2,322
- Goal: 10,000
- Deadline: Ongoing...
With due respect for Olympic Athletes, we the undersigned skateboarders and advocates strongly request that the IOC NOT RECOGNIZE SKATEBOARDING AS AN OLYMPIC SPORT, or use skateboarding to market the Olympics. Further, we ask that the IOC NOT recognize any individuals or groups claiming to be the IOC recognized governing body of skateboarding or provide funding to them.
Skateboarding is not a "sport" and we do not want skateboarding exploited and transformed to fit into the Olympic program. We feel that Olympic involvement will change the face of skateboarding and its individuality and freedoms forever. We feel it would not in any way support skateboarders or skateparks. We do not wish to be part of it and will not support the Olympics if skateboarding is added as an Olympic sport.
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| Number | Date | Name | Country |
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| 2,337 | 4:50 am PDT, May 6 | Robert-James Barbaro | Australia |
| 2,336 | 4:18 am PDT, May 5 | Vaughan Marks | Australia |
| 2,335 | 5:27 pm PDT, May 4 | Anonymous | United States |
| 2,334 | 4:56 pm PDT, May 3 | kepic miha | Slovenia |
| 2,333 | 11:07 am PDT, May 1 | Anonymous | United States |
| 2,332 | 8:20 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Anonymous | United States |
| 2,331 | 6:44 pm PDT, Apr 27 | Anonymous Man | United States |
| 2,330 | 4:27 pm PDT, Apr 27 | Matt Greenhaus | United States |
| 2,329 | 10:34 am PDT, Apr 26 | Anonymous | Canada |
| 2,328 | 9:41 pm PDT, Apr 25 | Anonymous | United States |
| 2,327 | 3:00 pm PDT, Apr 25 | Anonymous | United States |
| 2,326 | 9:49 pm PDT, Apr 24 | Adam Trilling | United States |
| 2,325 | 9:37 am PDT, Apr 23 | Andre Bob | Belgium |
| 2,324 | 12:31 pm PDT, Apr 17 | Tamara Brumen | Slovenia |
| 2,323 | 4:48 am PDT, Apr 17 | Anonymous | Slovenia |
| 2,322 | 4:26 am PDT, Apr 17 | Sponka / | Slovenia |
| 2,321 | 2:38 am PDT, Apr 17 | Maja Bacnik | Slovenia |
| 2,319 | 12:47 pm PDT, Apr 15 | Anonymous | United States |
| 2,318 | 2:50 am PDT, Apr 15 | Derek Hart | United States |
| 2,317 | 12:52 pm PDT, Apr 14 | danny lipinski | United States |
| 2,316 | 9:41 am PDT, Apr 12 | Bart Strang | United States |
| 2,315 | 5:57 pm PDT, Apr 10 | mathieu deschutter | United States |
| 2,314 | 4:24 pm PDT, Apr 10 | Mathew Morand | Canada |
| 2,313 | 11:49 am PDT, Apr 10 | Josh Whitlock | United States |
| 2,311 | 4:23 am PDT, Apr 8 | Peter Fettich | Slovenia |
| 2,310 | 12:50 am PDT, Apr 8 | Luka Pratneker | Slovenia |
| 2,309 | 2:10 pm PDT, Apr 6 | Jacob Boone | United States |
| 2,308 | 1:40 pm PDT, Apr 5 | Cory N | Canada |
| 2,307 | 3:10 pm PDT, Apr 4 | Kelså S | Denmark |
| 2,306 | 11:28 pm PDT, Apr 2 | Anonymous | United States |
| 2,305 | 5:05 am PDT, Apr 2 | Can Atik | Turkey |
| 2,304 | 4:05 pm PDT, Mar 31 | Elliott McElroy-Parvis | United States |
| 2,303 | 12:34 pm PDT, Mar 30 | Price Matthews | United States |
| 2,302 | 8:24 am PDT, Mar 26 | blake oatrick | United States |
| 2,301 | 4:17 pm PDT, Mar 25 | Anonymous | United States |
No Skateboarding in the Olympics!
We feel Olympic recognition will not due justice to the purity, individuality and uniqueness of skateboarding culture. We feel dedicated viewers of the Olympic games will not be interested in skateboarding. Skateboarding should not be viewed or utilized as a sport or game or used as a marketing tool for the personal gain of organizations. Skateboarding competition as presented to the public eye today is primarily invitational-only television productions for the purpose of attracting high paying corporate sponsors. These programs are very unpopular, poorly attended, and most skateboarders do not watch them because they do not represent what skateboarding is really about.
The typical skateboarder does not have anything in common with an Olympian athlete. Athletes train endlessly, have trainers, coaches, hard schedules to keep, many competitions and a true dedication to their goal of winning a gold metal. Skateboarding does not fit this scenario. The majority of skateboarders do not have a desire to compete against other countries. Skateboarders do not work upward towards a competitive goal of receiving metals. Skateboarding is an individual creative activity and skaters enjoy lesser known, non-televised, informal competitions among their peers with no corporate sponsors for the mere purpose of having fun.
For these reasons and many more, we highly encourage you to please NOT give skateboarding Olympic recognition.
The typical skateboarder does not have anything in common with an Olympian athlete. Athletes train endlessly, have trainers, coaches, hard schedules to keep, many competitions and a true dedication to their goal of winning a gold metal. Skateboarding does not fit this scenario. The majority of skateboarders do not have a desire to compete against other countries. Skateboarders do not work upward towards a competitive goal of receiving metals. Skateboarding is an individual creative activity and skaters enjoy lesser known, non-televised, informal competitions among their peers with no corporate sponsors for the mere purpose of having fun.
For these reasons and many more, we highly encourage you to please NOT give skateboarding Olympic recognition.
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