During a recent interview on the Today show, sportscaster Bob Costas was asked to discuss the new Olympic sport of slopestyle. Costas laughed

“I think the president of the IOC should be Johnny Knoxville, because basically, this stuff is just ‘Jackass’ stuff that they invented and called Olympic sports,” Costas said with a laugh.

Lauer added that Costas probably meant the remark in the best possible way, to which the longtime NBC Sports host replied that he meant it “in the kindest possible sense, yes.”

NBC has pulled video of the interview citing “usage restrictions” though you can watch the 30-second ad and get a blue screen in its place on the Today show website.

Many athletes shared their reactions to Costas’ comments on Twitter, including fellow NBC analyst and Olympian Todd Richards.

"because basically this stuff ( slope style) is just jackass stuff they invented and called olympic sport"….I am speechless. — toddrichards (@btoddrichards) January 6, 2014

The sacrifices myself and others have made to progress the sport of snowboarding has just become the product of an MTV show? awesome — toddrichards (@btoddrichards) January 7, 2014

I'm Todd Richards and this is the snowboard slopestyle ( cue jackass twang ) — toddrichards (@btoddrichards) January 7, 2014

Sage Kotsenburg will likely be a member of the U.S. slopestyle snowboard team and added his thoughts in an interview with ESPN: