Thursday, July 15, 2004

What will replace extreme sports?

My brother theorizes that extreme sports have almost run their course, and people will soon lose interest. The question is, what will replace them? Extreme intellectual endeavors? Super tag-team sonnet composition?

I nourish the unlikely hope that the next big thing in America will be Sumo Wrestling. It has fast-paced, quick matches (some of which last only seconds!), it's fun to watch, and it seems ideally suited to America, a country with a plentiful supply of people who like to eat a lot. That last part is a joke, since real Sumo wrestlers are strong, quick, skillful athletes and not couch potatoes. I really do enjoy watching Sumo.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Dodgeball is fun to play, but I saw that dodgeball TV show too, and it wasn't very interesting.