ESPN’s Action Sports Network
August 7, 2008 – 9:28 pm PT by MikeTags: ESPN —
Just when I mentioned yesterday that skateboarding, rollerblading, extreme segwaying, and other ‘extreme sports’ needed more funding to grow and become part of the mainstream; ESPN answers my prayers by announcing the birth of the ESPN Action Sports Network. You can’t get any more straight to the point. The new hub will be launched in the fall and will encompass a bunch of other online sites with coverage not usually covered in the mainstream media. Like Fox News.
“We felt like we were under-delivering on a year-round basis,” said Dave Finger, director of action sports for ESPN Digital Media. “We felt like we were missing out on covering action sports with the same voice and authenticity that we bring to stick and ball.”
You can go ahead and check out the LATIMES.com to read more details. And unfortunately for myself and ESPN after just reading the article, it looks like they are not including rollerblading or segwaying. Can you believe that!? When will these sports be recognized as real action sports? The only thing now that I can see taking the place of those two sports is the Winglet. So ESPN, if you read this, please consider what I say. It will be huge.
