As Far As Im Concerned, X-Treme Is A Title Given To Sports Such As Snow Boarding

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Term Paper Title	As Far As Im Concerned, X-Treme Is A Title Given To Sports Such As Snow Boarding
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     As far as I'm concerned, "X-Treme" is a title given to sports such as Snow boarding, Skateboarding, B.M.X. free style bikers, and "Aggressive" In-line skaters by a bunch of forty-somthings, who could care less about the kids who make them money. I mean, they do pay the kids who skate for them a lot of money, but that's nothing, compared to the amount of money that ESPN receives from their sponsors, like Taco Bell, Mountain Dew, and Snickers. The point I'm making, is that people like ESPN are just out for money, and while they're at give the skaters stupid names like "X-Treme". I'll be the first to tell you that there is nothing "X-Treme" about rolling up and down on ramps.
     My main focus is on rollerblading.  If you want to be politically correct, you are supposed to call it In-Line Skating. Now, if you couldn't tell from the first paragraph, I'm not talking about the kind of In-Line Skating where you put on  pair of spandex and roll around on bike paths or roller arenas, I'm talking about jumping off ten-foot gaps and grinding down handrails. While there are people who are in the sport just for the money, there are companies out there that are out to help the progression of these sports.
     Most of these companies are skater owned and operated. Kids buy more from a company they can trust, rather than a big-megabucks company, like Fila. Arlo Eisenberg, was probably the most important thing to  ever happen to "Aggressive" rollerblading. He started the company Senate, which caters to skaters needs, such as wheels, designed with the "Aggressive" skater in mind. Eisenberg also started the very first magazine dedicated to rollerbladers, "Daily Bread" which has become somewhat of a Bible to rollerblading. The debut issue came out in the summer of 1993. Since then, it has done nothing but progress.
     Since then there have been other magazines that have catered to rollerblading such as "Global Skate," (which has since went out of business, I think) "In-Line", (which covers recreational skating, roller hockey, race/fitness as well as "Aggressive") "In-Line Skater'',(same as "In-Line) and the ones which I'll be writing about, "Fourinarow", "Box",and of course, "Daily Bread" (all of which, are exclusively for "Aggressive" skating.) There are also many web-sites on the Internet for this type of sport. I think the best one is called "Sequence" which is more like a magazine, only on the Internet.
     I think it's a good idea that people are enlightened on a skaters perspect...

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