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at a very high 'sport' level, I think american drifting has made great gains catching on with the skate boarding crowd. On the surface, professional skating and professional drifting are interpreted, judged events, with significant value given to the individual performers style. They both spring from renegade type underground sub cultures, that continue to produce a huge amount of amateur video and influence mainstream style, music and sports. There are multiple instances of skate or drift 'amateurs' going pro and making it big based on skill, style and personality. While skating is very technical and requires a significant skill, the largest majority of those who own skate boards probably fall into your last classification, poseurs. This also applies to drifting (and not by accident). The majority of the people you'll find on most s-chassis forums are drifting poseurs, who get a little bit of cash and decide they are going to be the next big thing, or at least look like it. The reason I say this is no accident is because if you look, a majority of the sponsorships come from energy drink sellers, DC Shoes, and those who have figured prominently in X-games. X-Gamers are now doing little indoor rallies, and gymkhana videos. A shredded deck was once a badge of honor, now its a shredded POS drift car. I think it was some sponsorship genius to bring drifting to the x-games crowd and build a very clear road map for keeping their disposable income engaged into their late 20's. Perhaps what I should have said is that posing as a drifter = posing as a sk8r for the 19-26 year old crowd. Its the same kids, the same fashion, the same music, just now its in a beat to crap car instead of a beat to crap board. My apologies for any true skaters I may have offended out there :)
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