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those stitches are out, whats up with the trail jam? 😀
Ok, enough of this nonsense.
This is the reason and I’m gonna be cool here, ’cause I want BMX in NJ to GROW and not be bogged down by petty B.S. anymore.
EHT practice was cancelled because of personality conflicts at that track. The parties involved know who they are. It’s gotten to the point now with this little thing that it’s starting to wobble the very precarious balance we have right now that is keeping us on an upward path for racing in NJ.
Enough is enough.
When a problem occurs on the track, ya gotta go to an official, whether you are happy with it or not, with the person or not, that’s the rules that WE have made up. All of us.
When things get out of control, and they do at times, that’s all we got, are the rules that we ourselves came up with.
Sometimes we have to stop and think, “how does this look to a person who has NEVER been to a race before?, how does this look to the little kid who is having his first run around the track?”.
BMX IS BIGGER THAN ALL OF US…COMBINED
I love this sport and at times a few people with some power here in NJ have gotten under my skin at times, but I TRY to look at things from all viewpoints but the viewpoint I always go back to, is the one that I had from long ago…That of a 12 year old kid just coming out for the first time and wanting to have some fun on the BMX track jumps.
That’s it, keep that in mind everyone, that’s what makes this tick.
Jumping, fun, laughing, friends.
On saturday, I had a half hour discussion with a great guy from the Asbury Park Press, we’re getting a nice (we’re = NJBMX) writeup in there and, and this is a very BIG and, I gave them this websites address so people can check out NJ BMX happenings.
Check it out EVERYONE, A few dedicated individuals are gonna get this going again in NJ.
You are either
WITH US
or
AGAINST US.
Your choice.
Remember what I just said above and re-read it if necessary.
Pretty soon most of New Jersey will be looking at this place to know what is going on with BMX in NJ.
It’s up to us to make it or break it.
ALL OF US.
Now,…
No one ask me why gate practice was closed.
Talk to a track official.
Track official give the person the straight answer.
Dammit, there is 70-80 of us at a local race man!
That’s nothing!
We should be racing on the track, and then hugging each other at the end of the day trying to figure out how to get this back on track.
There is no longer room for egos or personality conflicts at tracks.The tracks have detered a lot of riders from staying with the sport
Was talking to old schooler John Schachel today about this.
and thanks to Craig for coming through with the bus info for the Pres Cup.
These guys are NO JOKE.
They’re coming through.
We had to reschedule the meeting for Sept 9th, (The 10th is a sunday folks, sort blew that one..) around 4- 4:30.
Expect some fun there…dude, this ain’t nothing, wait till 2007….
Farside is more fired up than ever…
and thats with 7 bad ribs…
I’m at notch 12 and it’s gonna get worse….
you guys near the top…ya shouldna oughta messed up this sport my generation came up with…
Don’t say I didn’t warn you.yes.
wait…
first an apology, sorry man, I was just really wanting that footage to be perfect and I was oversweating it a bit..Sorry to you and the little woman!
okay….
So, with that being said.
As much as I know the aba is way more professional and has good people involved in it. Mr. Anderson’s part at the top about the pro riders, has me a bit miffed as I know the inside story on a time when the pro class got together and wanted to effect change in their class to make things better for the pros, a “mini boycott”. Well, the aba said, “whatever” and just stopped having a pro class at the next few nationals, thereby hurting the pros and making them bow to the aba’s rules. (Kevin, back me up on this)
Not cool at all on the aba’s part, but don’t even get me started on the nbl with them not even listening at all to the pros. Maybe Dave K would care to chime in there.No, ya know what I’m sick of this garbage and these ego trips. Not one person who is at the top of BMX right now has a resume that I would look at if I were looking for someone to grow the sport and help the pros.
Ya wanna know why?
LOOK AT THE STATE OF THE SPORT TODAY.
Period.
Has it grown since the halcyon days of the 80’s.
No.
Strangled by sanction wars and petty egotistical B.S.
Put Greg Hill on that board.
Put Jason Richarson on that board.
Put Vinnie Mannino on that board.
People ask me why I don’t race nationals…
I will not pay someones salary unless I think they are doing the proper thing by the sport I and everyone else in my generation helped nurture.
uci…whatever
usac? yea
nbl….hahahahahahahhahaha and ha!
aba…seems like good guys but that whole pro thing has me a bit nervous.
Let me pm Kevin and see if he can enlighten us all on that situation.racerx has been notified of the reason.
Just so Dave has a clue where I am going with the “I have an idea about this thing”.
I’ll come up with a small “flyer-brochure” stating why YOU (read, whoever Dave is trying to get to donate) should be “advertising” (read donating) with the NJBMX state series. On there, I’ll include a link to a 1.5 to 2 minute online promo vid of NJ BMX racing.It will, of course, be up to Dave here to do the actual leg work…
Which is, of course, the hardest part.Why market to BMXers by donating product?…
I’ll have some stats on
age range- 4- 60
income range-
Olympics
X-Games
Dew Tour
yadda yadda…
in the brochure…So..Circuit City, Best Buy, Sports Authority, Footlocker, ~custom auto parts place~ (the older guys love to tweak the autos)…