However, there are some things that I did not like also and it's got to do with the judging system.After having lived here in Costa Rica for about four years and having seen some BMX events, I noted that the judges don't change a lot.On bigger events there are usually 2 judges invited from the USA/Canada (Scott Powell, Chase Gouin or Bobby Carter) plus there are the event organizers (Mike Meza, Luis Elias Madrigal and Manuel Prado).That is, we have the same setup frequently.
So people who organize the events also judge them and the people who get invited get - as I supposed - their expenses paid by the organizers.Don't get me wrong, I like all of the people mentioned above and they are great advocates of the sport.However, I feel that all of this might lead to an conflict of interests.Please correct me if I'm wrong, I understand that on events on a bigger scale judges are never in a close connection with the organizers and are all independent in their decisions.