[bmiddaugh]

The Dew Tour finals are in Orlando this weekend, you gonna hit that up as well?

[bmiddaugh]

We’ve tried demos this year, no one shows up as there is no reason to go.
Call it a contest, invite the little guys to compete and do whatever they feel is cool in a flat comp and they become part of the scene.

[bmiddaugh]

demos don’t work.
it needs to be a contest with prizes, but it should be for kids who want to come out and just do curb endos if that works for em.

[bmiddaugh]

I think what sorta happened with flatland is that it became very hardcore-underground and since it did not get as much recognition as the aerial stuff the guys doing it said, f-it, I don’t want people to know about it.

I was heavily into flatland when I was freestyling hardcore and did it just as much as jumping, ramping and streeting, and it really bums me out that it has died out like it has. I’d love to see a bunch of little dudes trying endos, lawnmowers, backyards, hang-fives etc so they could advance on to the crazy pro stuff. But in order to do that it will take some motivated flatlanders to put the sport out there for everyone to see and approach people like nike, redbull ( who already do alot for flatland right now just not in the USA) to organize comps and make new little dudes and dudettes feel welcome.
Flatland is huge in other countries, it would take some work to do it here but as I have learned doing this BMX thing…

anything is possible.

Maybe, you, me, Rod, suthnjflat and whoever else we could get on board should consider doing a couple flat comps next year.

[bmiddaugh]

I woulda been there but I don’t know Garrett, and I am only doing one day of BMX a weekend now.

Good for Garrett man he gets to be a Pro BMXer.

Unlike 90% of pro BMX racers.

[bmiddaugh]

Bump, read Buddha’s quote again.

[bmiddaugh]

I will help in any way to get flatland comps going. I think Rodney would also be very down with that.
Maybe hit up the college thing through the winter, start coming up with some ideas there and write em down, then come spring we can all try to get something off the ground.
It can be done, we did it when the sport was in the dumpster, it can be done again.

[bmiddaugh]

yes, as soon as me and George get a couple things going. So don’t stop riding flatland, in fact, practice harder.

[bmiddaugh]

This weekend.

[bmiddaugh]

but WE are going to change NJBMX

..welcome back Dave. —

[bmiddaugh]

um….
this is fun discussion but bmxmom1001 has the most valid point, there are way bigger issues at stake here.
Way.
Like unreal way.
Like OMG, BMX racing, nbl side is not getting better without some serious help, kinda stakes.

[bmiddaugh]

hey easy on Duckie man….
LOL

[bmiddaugh]

If I had a track today it would have dirt turns, just so’s I could do an occasaional roost.
and yes, dirt is a PIA to take care of.

[bmiddaugh]

I’m just waiting for Greg’s series…

Roosts defined BMX in a lot of ways years ago. I can’t argue with Jim though, it’s just that without having seen 8 guys blast into a turn, get all gnarly, it’s sorta hard to say how cool it is. We start to sound very….stayed in our ways.
aba runs a lot of nats on dirt turns…

[bmiddaugh]

Thanks for helping these guys out Loren, —

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