中国滑板网进行了报道：http://www.chinaskateboards.cn/news/News_Show.asp?ID=1020

原文链接：http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/china-and-its-neighbors/090630/skateboarding-x-games-asia?page=0,0

Li Zhixin skateboards in Shenzhen. (Courtesy Li Zhixin) 

SHANGHAI — Old Chinese men in business suits cool themselves with fans emblazoned with a Mountain Dew logo. Middle schoolers wearing matching track suits play wild games of tag between munching on Doritos. Hipsters rush to grab 50 percent off coupons from the Pony Shoes tent. And Li Zhixin takes a deep breath before jumping onto his skateboard for the most important ride of his young life.

Li, a short, yet confidently cool 15-year-old, is making his first appearance at the X Games Asia, the largest extreme sports competition in Asia, and is looking to become the first Chinese street skateboard competition winner. He won’t make history today — or even the finals— but for Li just being there is a huge accomplishment, both for himself and for the future of the sport in China.

“I was really nervous competing in front of the big crowds here at the X Games. I think I competed okay — well, not terrible at least,” Li said. “Skateboarding is getting a lot more popular lately. I think one day Chinese athletes will be very competitive.”

The sport has surged in popularity in China over the past few years due to the support of foreign companies, which recognize the huge marketing potential. ESPN brought over the X Games Asia to Shanghai from Phuket, Thailand, three years ago.

The publicity generated by the X Games and the potential market for sponsor companies are leading to a huge push to attract young Chinese to skateboarding. In addition to the big event in Shanghai, the X Games also goes on an eight-stop road show throughout China.

Surprisingly, the sport, seeped in a rebel history, has found little resistance from the authoritarian Chinese government. In 2005, officials even allowed American skateboarder Danny Way to make history by becoming the first person to jump over the Great Wall on his board. Perhaps the government sees the potential market value of the sport, or maybe it’s just getting to be too strong a sub-culture to fight.

This year, the attendance at the X Games reached 54,500 people, up about 60 percent from its first year in Shanghai. In 2005, Australian-owned skateboarding company SMP International constructed the world’s largest skatepark in Shanghai’s Yangpu District. The 12,000 square meter park has both the tallest vert ramp and the biggest concrete skate bowl in the world.

“I think skateboarding will eventually be as popular here as in the U.S. The potential is just tremendous,” said Harvey Davis, vice president of ESPN Star Sports Event Management Group. “When you see the kids skating in Shanghai they’re the same as the ones skating in San Diego. They’re wearing the same clothes and they’re listening to the same music. It’s really a culture and a lifestyle that goes across borders and languages.”

Davis said the X Games are the biggest and most recognized extreme sports competition in the region. “We moved from Phuket to Shanghai, because it’s a huge market,” he said, listing off some sponsors — Doritos, Mountain Dew, Kia — and noting that local companies are also interested.

“The demographic and the audience that these athletes draw is key for these companies,” he said.

Liu Qing, the under-secretary general of the Chinese Extreme Sports Association, a government group founded in 2004 under the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said that there are now 500 professional athletes registered in the association.

Liu said the organization has been lobbying for funding for youth training programs and extreme sports education at universities. “If we continue to be successful, we can attract and train many young people in extreme sports,” he said.

While Chinese skateboarders have yet to find international success, the number of new skaters picking up boards every day in China makes it simply a matter of time. Li, for example, saw some kids skateboarding at a plaza in his hometown of Liaoning in northeast China and they asked if he wanted to give it a try. He was hooked.

“I got on and I really liked it. So when I went home, my parents bought me my own skateboard. That’s how I started,” he said. “My classmates ask me how old will I be when I stop playing around with the skateboard. I tell them I’ll skate until my legs won’t let me anymore.”

Che Lin, another professional skateboarder, said that he first started after watching the 1980s Christian Slater movie “Gleaming the Cube” dubbed into Chinese (the tagline: Skate or Die). Ever since, it’s been his goal to promote the sport in China.

“I have a skateboarding company in my hometown of Zhengzhou. It’s our 10th anniversary this year,” said Che, who is from central China. “Everything I do is to try to promote the sport in China. I will work as hard as I can to develop skateboarding in China.”

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北京时间5月1日，2009亚洲极限运动锦标赛(ASIAXGAMES)在上海新江湾体育场继续进行，在下午四点举行的滑板街道赛决赛中，美国选手奥斯汀凭借自己出色的发挥以88分的高分夺得这块含金量非常高的金牌。在人们为冠军欢庆的时候，今年滑板街道赛中那个最矮小的背影显得异常孤单，来现场观看比赛的人一定知道，他就是此次极限运动会滑板街道赛，唯一代表中国出战的滑板运动员李祉兴，今年刚16岁，在接受新浪体育专访的时候，他告诉记者自己还有腰伤。

李祉兴，出生于1993年，辽宁鞍山人，13岁开始滑板训练，目前是中国国家滑板队队员。以下是新浪体育带来的特别专访。

新浪体育：你是怎么开始学滑板的？

李祉兴：就那时候走大街上，看见有玩滑板的，然后走过去试了试，结果一下就能滑，然后他们就说，你可以买个滑板滑，和他们一起玩。然后我就买了个滑板和他们一起玩。

新浪体育：结果当初比你先玩的都没你厉害了。

李祉兴：算是吧。

新浪体育：在你看来，滑板有什么特殊魅力么？像你这么大的孩子，一般都比较喜欢打电子游戏。你玩电子游戏么？

李祉兴：我不玩，从来不玩。其实就是感兴趣。就是摔了，也要玩的那种。

新浪体育：这是你第几次参加极限运动会？

李祉兴：这是我第一次参加。前一两年，参加比赛，都是第五第六的，水平太差，因为我当时小么，现在参加比赛都能进前二了，所以有积分，被选上国家队了，现在滑板也有国家队。

新浪体育：那你是国家队最厉害的人？

李祉兴：不是。

新浪体育：那怎么国家队没派最厉害的人过来？

李祉兴：因为他（第一的人）衣服有赞助，不能穿国家队的衣服，我衣服也有赞助，但是赞助商和国家队谈好了，所以我就过来了，我来也不是为了钱，主要是图一好玩。

新浪体育：那你就是代表中国出战了。

李祉兴：对，主要是双方（国家队和赞助商）谈好了。

新浪体育：你作为场上最小的参赛者有没有觉得自己很特别？

李祉兴：有。满场就我这么矮。

新浪体育：那么你看到比你高很多，比你壮很多的竞争对手，会害怕么？

李祉兴：没有怕，害怕不玩极限运动。和厉害的人一起玩，对自己也有进步。

新浪体育：那你这次在这里学到什么东西没有？

李祉兴：还真没学到什么，因为我不会说英语。

新浪体育：你这次来这里有什么目标么？

李祉兴：没有什么目标，就是想看看高手们怎么比赛，然后学一下，以后自己加油比。

新浪体育：那你现在在亚洲来说，大概是个怎么样的水平？

李祉兴：大概前20左右吧。

新浪体育：这次排名最后，是实力的真实体现吧（参赛24人，排第24）？

李祉兴：对，主要是实力的差距，他们都是世界级的。我比赛前有腰伤，本来不想来了，后来咱会长说，世界级比赛，在中国举办，连个主场的运动员都没有不太好，我想那就上呗。但还是实力相差太悬殊。

新浪体育：今天这里面，你的偶像是谁？

李祉兴：我喜欢卡洛斯（预选赛排名第一的巴西选手），他最动作特别轻松。

新浪体育：那你自己的理想是什么？有过冠军的想法么？

李祉兴：冠军？我的要求从来没有这么贪。我感觉，我不是看不起中国滑板，我觉得，我们过五年十年，也赶不上人家的水平，怎么比都比不上人家。那个长辫子的巴西运动员，人家已经滑了二十年了，我们没那个环境。就像如果你学走路，周围是一群练竞走的和一群腿脚不便的，那结果肯定不一样。外国小孩十一二岁练台阶，练好了直接就上十五六层的楼往下来，你能和这样的比？美国一个城市一般都有五六个滑板场地，你在中国见过多少？我们就只能在马路牙子上练，还经常被保安赶。

新浪体育：照找你这观点，练五年十年都得不到冠军，会不会觉得耽误自己？

李祉兴：我不会觉得耽误自己。

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