dmcfreestylematt

very well put

good intentions dont pay the pills
and with a sport like ours its so easy for for said "wack *** promoter " to convince mr ceo that he is mr.stuntriding and can make everything happen because we are so small and no one outside of the community knows anything about anything and they basically have to take "mr stuntriding / wack promoter" at his word and "mr stuntriding" can have the best of intentions but if he doesnt have experience holding an event of this caliber odds are everything is gonna go to ****.............that being said there is just so much you can learn from working or being a part of big/successful events (XDL) an event of that caliper can take months if not a year to plan set-up work out every little kink and even then there are gonna be bugs that you didnt work out look at stuntwars plenty of money plenty of planning and they have been doing it for how many years now but every comp/event is going to have those bugs it just happens............but if you have people that are experienced in holding big events like this those little bugs will be your only problems

the way i see it if you want to make this event a success and promote the sport in a positive light you have a couple of choices

1. get with thomas and see if he would be interested in making ATL a stop for the 2009 XDL Series ( this being the best idea for the sport in my eyes for everyone including yourself since it would be part of a pointed series ran and promoted by people that know how to run a professional event..and it would be great for the the sport cause said mr ceo sees what a success the event is and that it is part of a cross nation event that is working to have a stop in every major city in they US talk about exposure he is def going to continue to put money into the sport so stuntriding as a sport wins and this is what you said your ultimate goal is right ?
and its aslo a win for you cause you get to be the goto guy in ATL to get everything together as the XDL series sees fit but you play hero while be a part of what could quite possibly be the ultimate future of stuntriding why would you want to be any were else )


2. once again plan to have your event in 2009 and get a hold of thomas and see if you could go and work at some of the XDL events this year you would learn more working at events like this then anything else and if that doesnt work for you then get a hold of someone else that holds a "respected" event and see if you can help with it learn as much as possible talk to people see how much planning goes into it and then take everything you learn and apply it to your comp

one other thing it is more of a joke but it could ultimately help you but try going to some shitty planned shitty promoted bad for the riders bad for the spectators event and see what a bad event looks like kind of a what not to do kinda deal hahaha but seriously you wont have trouble finding one i'm sure everyone on this forum could point you in the right way there are more then enough of them and you dont want to be bunched up in the group of one time only waste of time events

either way good luck and listen to the advice you get on this forum and the hate cause there is truth in most of it

dmcfreestylematt

you really are a nobody

AdrenalineBoyz

bump.....

Don't Ride Dirt

what is it

LiL G

Go small...don't compare to other events...scedule at convient times...learn from your mistakes...then ask for further assistance if needed. Just make it happen, you want people to come...bring in the big names first and the rest will follow...

1brownj

I love atlanta this is my home town i went to duluth middle school & duluth high school i am old school in the 770 folks and i hate traveling to comps. I dont care **** about egos i dont even compete hoping to win prize money,(because i suck) but any competition or xdl whatever that takes place in the state of georgia anyone who attends will have to at least be a better rider than me to win anything....may not be that hard to do but thats how i feel about my homestead.

LRMzx636

Why dont we just all............





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chadnine

PLAYA-P

+10000000000 well said brother

excessa

The more comps you can have the better for the industry overall it needs an infusion of money and interest. it makes sense to follow the same judging safety and ethics protocols as the other comps - since the guys are playing for points as much as money these days, if I understand correctly. (which I don't always, admittedly)

I think it's cool that you're checking to see what people's schedules look like and who'd be interested. you can look in the stunt events forums for more info on which dates are scheduled for what.

If you're working with an established stunt event promoter great, if not, maybe get in touch with someone who throws events like you envision yours and have them consult on your project. you'll probably get more riders involved that way as well, because a lot of them have been burned and showed up in the middle of nowhere for a comp that wasn't what the promoter said, so they are naturally skeptical.

Good luck with your event. I've never done it but it seems a lot more involved than it looks like from the outside. look at how grumpy Thomas is all the time

BTW the universal points system is a must have, or it will be impossible to sort out who takes nationals, it's not a good move to decide one promoter is the sanctioning body. it has to be an association of promoters who agree to abide by the same standard. I do prefer the XDL judging for protocols, not that my opinion matters on that I don't compete.

any other way besides shared points seems like it's not really a sport it's kind of a shill for a monopoly. too easily directed from within and unsustainable to a trained investors eyes, those guys are really smart.