Handbrakes
10-30-2006 | 03:35 PM
#41
The RISK Club
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 3,092
From: London UK, myspace/ghostie83
Re: Handbrakes
Originally Posted by Veggie Dave
Sort of, but each country in the world's different. From a video point of view street will probably always be king, but the number of people buying vids will probably stay about what it is now, or even continue to fall. In the last eight years I've watched DVD/vid sales plummet right through the floor - partly because you can download most things for free off the 'net now (and I must say thank you to all you ******* who pirate stunt vids for helping in the destruction of the stunt film industry) and also because 99.9% of DVDs that are released these days are complete *****.
The scene only really has one chance of real survival and that's to go more commercial (rather than completely selling out). That doesn't, however, mean competitions - for the most part that's a US thing. Unfortunately what the scene needs in most countries is well organised stunt shows, and that needs people with lots of money who are prepared to organise them, which is where the main problems start.
Venues are difficult to find, insurance is outrageous, there are few people who actually want to be organisors and the people who can help the most view the stunt scene as joyriding thieves who are no better than paedophiles. And then there's the lack of professionalism - whether that's riders, venues or organisors. You only have to look at the so-called World Championship. Ask Tony D what he thought of Donington. Or this year's TT where Drew Stone and the boys were royally screwed.
France is probably the only country where there's any real acceptance from the general public and any real professionalism within the scene, yet even there it can be a joke, too. Burns Day this year being another perfect example.
What really needs to happen is a handful of people in different countries to organise proper, professional shows that appeal to a broad number of people. It's not that hard to do, it just requires a little money and a lot of intelligent thought.
There's definitely an audience in the UK for a Burns Day style show (rather than comp, which I believe made Burns Day a shadow of its former self when they changed the format at the last one), and there's definitely an audience in the US and most European countries, too. But until someone in the UK finds the money to do it, nothing will change. And until someone in the US realises watching 30 riders doing circle after circle in tediously long competitions is not what the majority of people (including most stunt fans) want then nothing will change.
Burns Day used to attract something like 20,000 people. The real World Stunt Comp in the Czech Republic used to attract about 20,000 people, too. Something like 10,000 people watch the stunt shows at the TT every night for 4 nights.
The audience is there, the potential is there - what isn't there are slick run, professional shows...
The scene only really has one chance of real survival and that's to go more commercial (rather than completely selling out). That doesn't, however, mean competitions - for the most part that's a US thing. Unfortunately what the scene needs in most countries is well organised stunt shows, and that needs people with lots of money who are prepared to organise them, which is where the main problems start.
Venues are difficult to find, insurance is outrageous, there are few people who actually want to be organisors and the people who can help the most view the stunt scene as joyriding thieves who are no better than paedophiles. And then there's the lack of professionalism - whether that's riders, venues or organisors. You only have to look at the so-called World Championship. Ask Tony D what he thought of Donington. Or this year's TT where Drew Stone and the boys were royally screwed.
France is probably the only country where there's any real acceptance from the general public and any real professionalism within the scene, yet even there it can be a joke, too. Burns Day this year being another perfect example.
What really needs to happen is a handful of people in different countries to organise proper, professional shows that appeal to a broad number of people. It's not that hard to do, it just requires a little money and a lot of intelligent thought.
There's definitely an audience in the UK for a Burns Day style show (rather than comp, which I believe made Burns Day a shadow of its former self when they changed the format at the last one), and there's definitely an audience in the US and most European countries, too. But until someone in the UK finds the money to do it, nothing will change. And until someone in the US realises watching 30 riders doing circle after circle in tediously long competitions is not what the majority of people (including most stunt fans) want then nothing will change.
Burns Day used to attract something like 20,000 people. The real World Stunt Comp in the Czech Republic used to attract about 20,000 people, too. Something like 10,000 people watch the stunt shows at the TT every night for 4 nights.
The audience is there, the potential is there - what isn't there are slick run, professional shows...
10-31-2006 | 04:28 PM
#53
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 2,040
From: romford, uk
Re: Handbrakes
no way keeping it street on the way to car parks is the best way
and yes i said way 3 times in that sentance
i love look on car drivers as you wheelie up by the side of them and look through there sunroof :YEAH
and yes i said way 3 times in that sentance
i love look on car drivers as you wheelie up by the side of them and look through there sunroof :YEAH
11-01-2006 | 01:14 PM
#56
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 1,541
From: England
Re: Handbrakes
Originally Posted by GHOSTIE
ha ha its keep it car park for u mate
But hey carparks is fine by me.... i just love to ride out them circles then you dont have to go anywhere! you can stunt where you stand..
11-02-2006 | 02:20 AM
#60
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Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 3,983
From: England, UK
Re: Handbrakes
Originally Posted by glingglo
well its not smooth and i stall out a lot (hence torn muscles in arms trying to put the bike down without dropping it) so i will post up soon when i get em on lock.... they really do take ages
