Who Is The Hippest Athlete Of All Time?

In the spirit of the Olympics, I figured I should try to find out who the world's ALT-est athletes are. Athletes aren't just people who play sports. They have personalities, too. While most are just the typical ass holes who probably just 'listen to hiphop to get pumped up before games', some athletes display that they exist in a different world than the rest of the cliched professional athlete fraternity. I want to support the alt-est athletes in the world. It might be Steve Nash and Thierry Henry. But Steve Nash also has a bro-mance with Baron Davis. <img src="/vault/posts/0000/3593/alt4_large.jpg" border="0" alt="Alt4_large" width="376" height="281" /> Is it alt to play American soccer + live in Los Angeles?      <img src="/vault/posts/0000/3589/alt3_large.jpg" border="0" alt="Alt3_large" width="306" height="306" /> Michael Phelps was pretty alt when he had his post-post-ironic mainstream moustache. <img src="/vault/posts/0000/3585/alt2_large.jpg" border="0" alt="Alt2_large" width="346" height="195" /> Sprinters with no legs are pretty meaningful-core. Pretty authentic.            <img src="/vault/posts/0000/3581/alt1_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="Alt1_medium" /> What's more important: sports or music? Which industry will die first: sports or music? When will people believe that they are entitled to 'watching sports' for free? When will people believe that they are entitled to 'experiencing music' for free? Carles, Hipster Runoff hipster runoff, sports, alt, indie, hipster, athlete, pop culture, design, fashion, dress, olympics How about the Opening Ceremonies? They were designed so well. I minored in performance art, so I genuinely appreciate stuff like that. the-feed

2008-08-13T09:55:43-04:00

Most athletes have no sense of style and are about as far from 'counter-culturally alternative' as possible. But sometimes Steve Nash wears zany neon, or Michael Phelps grows a post-ironic mustache. Hipster Runoff analyzes who the world's most hipster athlete is.