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there is no point comparing FGF to skateboarding, because they are not the same, they were born out of different things and skateboarding has been around for so long compared to FGF which is relativly new, considering most have come to it not from a circus bike background but from bmx/sk8boarding background i think its silly to say its just circus bikes in the street. although many tricks can be compared to circus bikes, the whole skid thing came from bmx and powersliding on skateboards. also i dont think its right to compare it to stupid fads like snakeboarding and even scooters, although these were at points big, they were born out of mainstream advertising and creation of hype, where as FGF was born out of more subtle hype and grass roots level creation therefore, although they could be compared because of the way they came and went in such a short time, i think that due to the nature and origin of FGF it is better not to.
although it could be argued that FGF will become just like other obscure bike sports which have grown in the last years, "MTB frame and wheel sizes, even 24'' are just completely inferior to a bmx to do tricks on. Just as mountain bikes should stick to cross country, downhill and bullshit industry coined 'freeride' + 'all mountain" i think that there is space for it and i think it will evolve and change, even if the stuff being done at the moment is gash compared to anything a 10 year old can do a skateboard. so basicly, knock it if you want but it is bound to grow and then go mainstream, and then once that slows down we can see what its like, but considering most of us debating this came from a sk8board/bmx background i think that what draws me to it is the idea that as a global community were creating something relativly new and pushing the limits on the way a particular bike can be used ON THE STREETS, and because it hasnt been done on fixed to this extent before i think its really exiting seeing as pretty much everything i do on my sk8board or someone else does on their bmx has at some point been done before, heck most sk8 movies are now resorting to special effects (yeah right) or moving to japan to film new spots (live from Antarctica).