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what happened?
stuntmaster:
for me i rode through the dark days which were cool as you knew everyone as lack of riders left and got the chance to ride without loads of peeps so learnt more and you wore what you wanted as no trend statement ,what killed bmx around me was skateboard as everyone got a board in 87 and i was the only bmxer and then mountain bikes appeared and most kids that were my ages got it to music ,drugs and beer and rave arrived and so on
Philbert:
2 things
--- Quote from: YGT on November 24, 2007, 09:58 PM ---skateboarding crossed over
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personally i think that skateboarding was quiet for even longer, it was never as quiet, but again didn't get big again until the espn/channel 5 coverage and then, and i can pin point this for the midlands, fred fookin durst with his 'skateboard, spray can for my tagging' line saw a massive influx in skateboard and red stussy hat sales and from that council/bendcrete skateparks were popping up all over the country. (about 98/99)
i think i see where your coming from joe, that fact that things are going full circle with super light frames and parts that are strong, and the bright colours, is the industry heading down the same path as it did nearly 20 years ago?
in some ways i hope it will, just to get rid of the fashion riders, but the do keep the skateparks earning money! the biggest help that we have now is a better worldwide t.v. network that keeps the coverage on screen, computer games, the olympics are on their way, and in my own opinion i think, if anything we're heading for another boom. my mates bike shop is currently selling about six bmx's a day on the build up to christmas, and they're not just cheap things either
TwoBobRob:
I don't like the way its going. Not one bit.
I was mad for it 94-00, I subscribed to Ride and Ride US, bought every Props as soon as it was out. I was completely engrossed in the whole thing. I worked as a rampbuilder through those years and in 99 opened my own shop. I went a bit sour in 00 and decided to have another break. But since I've been back riding (late 04), I've not bought a magazine, or a Props. Nor do I want to.
I can't really explain it, but I just don't like what i'm seeing. I'm concerned that we're about to see a death in freestyle riding, i'm concerned that kids are starting to ride just because they can make money from it. I'm concerned that all these concrete council parks that are popping up will be shut down just as quick.
Don't know what I'm trying to say really. Ride for yourselves, no one else. Maybe its as simple as that ;)
Philbert:
totally agree with you rob.
i stopped buying ride because it just got to repetitive and i remember buying an issue around the 40-50 mark that i think had 60 pages of adverts before i got to the contents page!
i don't like where the sports heading, it's not fun when to get noticed you've got to nearly kill yourself (stepen murray case in point blank range) can't beat the days of meeting up with your mates on a sunday afternoon, pulling a few manuals on some walls and doing a few feeble grinds. sharing some laughs then going home for tea
all this thats happening in the industry now is exactly why i ride on my own so i don't get salted with the sport that governs my life and makes me who i am
darkersomeday:
all these great posts and spot on for sure,
i like the idea of bmx standing on its own two feet regardless of current fashions, like a self supporting industry,
i'm almost 100% positive that skateboarding would,they have there own shoes,clothes,boards, media, etc
so which companies are in it for the long run? be totally honest too, its all theoretical anyway eh?
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