Hey, I have some kids at school that are trying to tell me that wakeboarding is a event and not a real sport. Being a wakeboarder myself,and a someone that stands for what they belive, and don't back down,I told him was wrong. Other kids started to back him up. I am asking you to please post a short message supporting are sport telling all these kids they are wrong , and are outnumbered by a lot. <BR> <BR> <BR>

Based on the following from Dictionary.com, I'd have to go with sport. <BR> <BR><b>sport</b> n. <BR> <BR>1. <BR>a. Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. <BR>b. A particular form of this activity. <BR> <BR>2. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively. <BR> <BR>3. An active pastime; recreation. <BR> <BR>4. <BR>a. Mockery; jest: He made sport of his own looks. <BR>b. An object of mockery, jest, or play: treated our interests as sport. <BR>c. A joking mood or attitude: She made the remark in sport. <BR> <BR>5. <BR>a. One known for the manner of one's acceptance of rules, especially of a game, or of a difficult situation: a poor sport. <BR>b. <i>Informal</i>. One who accepts rules or difficult situations well. <BR>c. <i>Informal</i>. A pleasant companion: was a real sport during the trip. <BR> <BR>6. <i>Informal</i>. <BR>a. A person who lives a jolly, extravagant life. <BR>b. A gambler at sporting events. <BR> <BR>7. <i>Biology</i>. An organism that shows a marked change from the normal type or parent stock, typically as a result of mutation. <BR> <BR>8. <i>Maine</i>. See summercater. See Regional Note at summercater. <BR> <BR>9. <i>Obsolete</i>. Amorous dalliance; lovemaking <BR> <BR> <BR><b>e·vent</b> n. <BR> <BR>1. <BR>a. Something that takes place; an occurrence. <BR>b. A significant occurrence or happening. See Synonyms at occurrence. <BR>c. A social gathering or activity. <BR> <BR>2. The final result; the outcome. <BR> <BR>3. <i>Sports</i>. A contest or an item in a sports program. <BR> <BR>4. <i>Physics</i>. A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in space-time, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.