Most Popular Extreme Sport
Quoting the Guinness World Records Book :
According to a survey conducted in the USA in 2004 by the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association, Inline Skating is the most popular extreme sport, with 17,3 million participants.
In second place is skateboarding with 11,6 million, and paintballing is third with 9.6 millions participants per year.
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January 7th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
So does this only include Aggressive-inline.. And not slalom, downhill, fitness skating? If it’s only aggressive, then this is absolutely great! :D
January 7th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
17 millions skate cheap fitness skates… :s
January 7th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
I don’t think that fitness skating is an extreme sport o_o
January 7th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
yeah it says “extreme sport”
January 7th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
lol yea 17 million fitness skaters, 300,000 aggressive skaters.
January 7th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
hmm, in line skating ..
`93-`99 , aggresive in line skating on world scene……….
and now………
January 7th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
hahaha thats just funny. i wish it was true, in the words of arlo, “I say, fuck that underground shit”
January 7th, 2007 at 4:52 pm
Sounds Really strange..??
January 7th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Hmmm if these facts are true…
woop
January 7th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
i really doubt it…
January 7th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
I don’t think they’re all agressive skaters, if they were, our industry wouldn’t be the way it is.
People like Vinny, Broskow, Farmer, Haffey, Aragon would be on $3,000,000 a year, hahaha!
Wonder how many of them are kids who roll for 3 months and then convert to skateboarding due to peer pressure, haha!
January 7th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
true, true
January 7th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Hey guys… Interesting stats indeed. I thought you guys might want to check out an article I wrote and published back on December 20, 2002 for Havenskate.com — havenskate.com/features/THE%20FUTURE%20OF%20ROLLING/
Kinda related anyway and refers to some 1996 and 2002 SGMA (Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association) stats… peace.
-Jeff
January 7th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
Everyone here can betcha that it is NOT JUST AGGRESSIVE INLINe.
It’s all shit together.
No way they would go over skateboardings popularity other ways.
It must be ALL inline things together.
January 8th, 2007 at 7:30 am
yeah, that’s definitely all inline skaters put together, which is ridiculous, we’re the only ‘extreme’ discipline in inline-skating. but then again, paint-balling, wtf!?
January 8th, 2007 at 7:56 am
EXTREME!!!
January 8th, 2007 at 8:30 am
hey, even if its not true, at least we are in the guiness book of world records!
January 8th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
hahaah paintballing an extreme sport, whats next aggro fishing
January 8th, 2007 at 8:55 pm
yea its prob false go to the skate park any where 8 out of 10 times your the only roller, i just dont understand why people skateboard or bike, there is so much to do with rolling, everything in boarding has been done holla if you hear me!
January 8th, 2007 at 9:48 pm
holla . . . haha
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:03 am
# jaja Says:
January 8th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
hahaah paintballing an extreme sport, whats next aggro fishing
that shit was funny i almost wet my pants haha