I've been fighting the urge to comment on this for a while now, so keep in mind that this is just one old mans opinion. Here it goes, in the late 90's i was attending every ESPN comp in the US and @ almost all of them Steve Swope would hold a meeting to try to make the flat comp a success both with the riders and the TV cats. @ these meetings I witnessed time and time again some of the biggest Pros @ the time spend the whole time Bi@#$ing and not offering any usefull input @ all. So, after an entire year of this Sh@t Steve and the rest of the promoters threw up thier hands @ the entire aspect of the sport and the flat comps were removed from the TV comps. just something to think about. L8r, Joe
Quote from: That Joe Miller on June 17, 2009, 05:45:58 PMI've been fighting the urge to comment on this for a while now, so keep in mind that this is just one old mans opinion. Here it goes, in the late 90's i was attending every ESPN comp in the US and @ almost all of them Steve Swope would hold a meeting to try to make the flat comp a success both with the riders and the TV cats. @ these meetings I witnessed time and time again some of the biggest Pros @ the time spend the whole time Bi@#$ing and not offering any usefull input @ all. So, after an entire year of this Sh@t Steve and the rest of the promoters threw up thier hands @ the entire aspect of the sport and the flat comps were removed from the TV comps. just something to think about. L8r, Joe Damn for real .
that's strange, i thought the pros at the x-games were just complaining about the riding surfaces. did they think they were going to sell out? tell us more. it seems like they didn't really understand each other and needed some middle man rep to sort things out proper like.
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Quote from: Bodhisattva on June 18, 2009, 10:50:09 PM<post culled to remove wall-of-text>I cant say I agree here.I ride at a public skatepark and know many flatlanders that also ride at public skateparks.I ride with a group of my best friends there, who ride ramps, skate, and even blade.They are always giving me props on my stuff, and we always have a great laugh sessioning despite us all covering different sports.Not to say people riding in parking lots dont exsist, just merely stating that if a rider wanted to, riding at a skatepark (which you pointed out are cropping up everywhere) is defiantly an option to most riders.