what happened to the colbert thread?
03-07-2006, 03:58 AM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by aw0n0
i dont get all this talk of promoting the sport the 'right' way in order for it to 'make the xgames'
if its gonna happen, its gonna happen.
its a big world out there, things that go down on stuntlife and with one event dont matter as much as some people on here seem to think.
if its gonna happen, its gonna happen.
its a big world out there, things that go down on stuntlife and with one event dont matter as much as some people on here seem to think.
03-07-2006, 12:34 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by SAMBO
All this is gonna be is an expensive hobbie. People need to get real jobs and stop hoping.
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03-07-2006, 12:36 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by SAMBO
All this is gonna be is an expensive hobbie. People need to get real jobs and stop hoping.
mostly everyone that has ever made it a life long goal are the ones that have already tried it as a "hobbie" or "dream" if people never tried at all there wouldnt be an stunt or any type of job to begin with. alot of things are expensive when its a goal cause you really dont look at how much your spending untill you look back at all that you've done. atleast someone is doing something they love and getting paid for it some how even if they have to work another job, hell some love the sport so much they could care less if they got paid.
03-07-2006, 01:02 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by KENNETH929RR
alot of people on here have jobs but why not hope or dream? you should just die then if you dont have a hobbie or a dream, thats what makes life happy to be living...
mostly everyone that has ever made it a life long goal are the ones that have already tried it as a "hobbie" or "dream" if people never tried at all there wouldnt be an stunt or any type of job to begin with. alot of things are expensive when its a goal cause you really dont look at how much your spending untill you look back at all that you've done. atleast someone is doing something they love and getting paid for it some how even if they have to work another job, hell some love the sport so much they could care less if they got paid.
mostly everyone that has ever made it a life long goal are the ones that have already tried it as a "hobbie" or "dream" if people never tried at all there wouldnt be an stunt or any type of job to begin with. alot of things are expensive when its a goal cause you really dont look at how much your spending untill you look back at all that you've done. atleast someone is doing something they love and getting paid for it some how even if they have to work another job, hell some love the sport so much they could care less if they got paid.
03-07-2006, 01:07 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Well put but this is just a hobbie to me. Other than that, i do shows and get paid. But i ain't trying to stress about a comp that in my eyes is worthless to attend to because of it's conditions. Also the drive for me is over the top.
I'm not sure about in any other states but the riders in Texas are close. The get togethers we throw are mad fun. As long as im having fun, then that is all that matters to me.
I'm not sure about in any other states but the riders in Texas are close. The get togethers we throw are mad fun. As long as im having fun, then that is all that matters to me.
03-07-2006, 01:14 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
I can't say that I'm ever expecting to get paid in any way. There are people out there who are all about getting sponsorship, these people won't even stunt the streets for fear of their "sponsors" hearing of it and pullin out. It's fun, that's about what it amounts to. The 4th in a line of hobbies that I have given my all to, but this one is more fitting than the rest, so I will keep it until I can't ride any more.
We don't have a real tight group here, there's a few seperate crews around, mostly squids, but they seperately talk smack about the others for whatever reason. Bunch of drama queens.
We don't have a real tight group here, there's a few seperate crews around, mostly squids, but they seperately talk smack about the others for whatever reason. Bunch of drama queens.
03-07-2006, 04:50 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
the colbert thread definatley got out of hand but it was still funny as hell. now i dont know whats funnier the oatmeal box or the pic with the grey hair bottle of metamucil and the viagra, depends patches on his jacket.
03-07-2006, 04:53 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by GeRi_GSXR
hahaha I love your style D but you're not so far from Colbert's age
kevin from the starboyz is around there too
03-07-2006, 05:55 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Sport - Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
why does everyone want stunt riding to be that ^^
i personally dont like rules or competition(specificly contests) to be involved in the things that i love. i always considered riding to be about freedom. all this bullshit with trying to get it to the x games is just taking away from the fun of it.
why does everyone want stunt riding to be that ^^
i personally dont like rules or competition(specificly contests) to be involved in the things that i love. i always considered riding to be about freedom. all this bullshit with trying to get it to the x games is just taking away from the fun of it.
03-07-2006, 06:16 PM
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Sport - Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.
why does everyone want stunt riding to be that ^^
why does everyone want stunt riding to be that ^^
who wouldnt want what they love to do become socially acceptable and receive national exposure. most people on the streets think were ****** because of the way we ride. it was the same thing with skateboarding in the 90's we were so called "outcasts" gettin kicked out of every spot we went now look at it tony hawk is a house hold name and skateboarding is a multibillion dollar industry. would that have happened without the x-games broadcasting it to millions of peoples homes? i doubt it. stuntin will get there some day but its gonna take time and a professional aproach from the people at the top of this "sport". dont mind my poor spelling.
03-07-2006, 06:35 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by hermans
who wouldnt want what they love to do become socially acceptable and receive national exposure. most people on the streets think were ****** because of the way we ride. it was the same thing with skateboarding in the 90's we were so called "outcasts" gettin kicked out of every spot we went now look at it tony hawk is a house hold name and skateboarding is a multibillion dollar industry. would that have happened without the x-games broadcasting it to millions of peoples homes? i doubt it. stuntin will get there some day but its gonna take time and a professional aproach from the people at the top of this "sport". dont mind my poor spelling.
03-07-2006, 07:07 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by hermans
who wouldnt want what they love to do become socially acceptable and receive national exposure.Lots of us already get national exposure...
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03-07-2006, 07:12 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Originally Posted by sdfkillz
tony hawk is a sellout, sorry let me explain what i mean so i dont sound like a complete *******. tony hawks is an extremely talented and dedicated skater. but hes a brand name, he has no respect among real street skaters, none of us bought his hawk brand shoes(thats why the company went under) and no one but little kids buys birdhouse skateboards. if money and fame is what is important and what you want to accomplish through riding then i guess we just ride for diff reasons.
Tony Hawk is a sell out? he's done so damn much for his sport its not even funny, he is a household name bringing his sport to an otherwise never seen market. i call him an innovator! he didnt sell out he bought it. little kids by his clothes and u call that dumb! haha **** the day little kids are given little 905 cages for their toy bikes... whew.. thats a grand day in my world... that means weve made it.
i assume that you are a skater.. well the core skater kids can ***** moan and cry all they want and debate forever how he sold out, (might as well include bam margera in there as well) but reality is... they did whatever they had to or wanted to, in order to continue living their dream the way that made them happy while supplying finacial success to their program.
you think any person out there wouldnt do the same damn thing in a heartbeat? 'specially us broke *** stunters.. haha
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03-07-2006, 07:16 PM
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Re: what happened to the colbert thread?
Lots of us already get national exposure...
