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New Sport: Figure Skateboarding

GiggleSugar — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:00:00 -0700

Hold up. What the hell is this? When I last checked, skateboarding was the sport of hard knocks, not some gliding, spinning, artistic release. This following dude traded in his scrapes and bruises for bad music and a pair of tights. The end result: MAGIC!

Pole Dancers Reach For Olympic Gold

TresSugar — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:00:58 -0700

From the stripper pole to the Olympic podium? Proponents of "pole fitness" want more respect, and perhaps a gold medal would help. In an interview with Marie Claire, dance instructor Collette Kakuk, cofounder of the Pole Fitness Association, makes a case for pole dancing as an Olympic sport.

Poles aren't just for strippers anymore. There are stripping-based fitness classes, sport poles, and even national pole-dancing competitions. The moves require no small amount of strength, flexibility, control, and balance. Kakuk argues:

But if you look at rhythmic gymnastics and figure skating, so many of the movements are similar to what we do on the pole. We have to shatter the taboo. The pole is just another fitness apparatus, like a vertical balance beam.

I don't doubt that you have to be incredibly fit to pole dance. But I can't help but think the pole dancers might be a bit overeager for Olympic glory. As Kakuk points out, "we need to unify the sport. We don't even have common names for our moves." Well, at least they have a readymade soundtrack!

Holy Blades of Glory!

GiggleSugar — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:00:00 -0700

Russian gold medalist Evgeni Plushenko has lost his ever-lovin' mind. We found a priceless video of him warming up the Olympic crowd with his figure-skating routine to Tom Jones's "Sex Bomb," complete with foam muscles and a gold bikini bottom. Gyrating, mugging, and generally making a fool out of himself, Evgeni proves that when retires his skates, Chippendale's will welcome him with open arms. This is truly cheese-tastic.

Giggle Links

GiggleSugar — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:05:15 -0800

The Will Ferrell figure-skating movie Blades of Glory promises to be gooftastic. - BuzzSugar

Rhyme Crime: The 20 Worst Rhymes In Pop Music History - Cracked

This baby chick is so cute it might kill you to look at it. - Cuteoverload

Sacha Baron Cohen gets ballsy at the Golden Globes. - DotComedy

Naomi Campbell not to star in cell phone commercials any time soon. - Radar

Dum Americans, we ain't! - YesButNoButYes

SUVs: They're not just for driving anymore! - Collegehumor

The American Idol Rabbit Rejects - Salon