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I know I'm not anyone special so what I say doesnt hold a grain of salt but like bullo said, most riders say, "if you've seen one guy wheelie, then you've seen it all". Although I don't agree with it, I do think there's got to be a little something else to draw spectators so a little drama might be a good thing maybe?
I haven't been able to make it to a show lately so I can't say anything as far as the judging goes.
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Kyle, YOU are the drama. Before you came around I hardly remember any drama in or around XDL at all other than the minor judging gripe (and the Tony L incident, which was 100% deserved).
And now you finally qualified and you're bitching about it? Your runs this event were the best runs I've ever seen from you. You'd never take that into consideration though. You'd rather just chalk it up to drama and politics.
Oh, and I just checked GoDaddy for you. TheReturnOfJBoogie.com is available whenever you're ready to purchase.
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I've had a lot of experience in different pieces of sport bike freestyle, over the past 7yrs I've been playin this game.. I see Kyle and Randy's perspective and agree with some things there... I see what Thomas and Randy are doing business wise to keep this going tough these tough times in the economy over the past 3yrs that has effected our sport drastically.. Coming off the '07 season the sport was really on the rise, but has been going down slowly in different areas of the sport and the motorcycle industry in general. Was there some poor business decisions in venues and logistics during this time, maybe.. I haven't been out to the last handful of comps to see in person how it's going down to give a good opinion but with attendance down from the past years, there is definitely something that has to change..
At the end of the day, for the riders, and the higher ups trying to keep things going, imo it's all about the money.. Whether it's through sponsor support, investment, or grinding out individually.. We need it to make it bigger and better on all levels, and or something like X-Games throwing us a rope, but maybe that won't even be enough to get bigger corporate investment in riders and the competition side to make it a real sport. Time will tell.
