[spornographer]

nope, nothing like missy's story, but the SolVista Bike Park got some lovin' with some ChuterMcEvan air time too!

check it here - http://cbs4denver.com/video/?id=58679@kcnc.dayport.com

(wish it was embeddable and not the size of a postage stamp, but sweet nonetheless!)

 

[RUFUS]

That was the cheesiest ending that I have even seen. Great to see some media exposure though and a shout out to the national championships.

 

[BRIANBUELL]

Awesome! Good work Sol Vista!!!

 

[dw]

Hell yeah Sol Vista! Nice work guys!

 

[SylentK]

Way to go Chuter!

All you thinking about coming out for the Nats, did you notice the Whistler style bike racks on the lifts? Yes, sol is sweet. Too bad the news didn't show any more decent footy of the jumps, berms and other features there. Guess you'll have to see them for yourselves!

 

[Full Trucker]

ROR

That was rad! Nice quick commentary by Ithnu as well in there, and who knew Shoemake could form complete sentences?

At any rate, sweet to see some media exposure on SolVista, as well as the National Champs. Shaping up to be an awesome weekend coming up - all ya'll better make it out!

I just found out a week or so ago that some really good friends of mine are playing at SolVista for the Nats... a killer rock band called Yerkish check 'em out as well.

(Like any one needs more than super sick trails, sweet lift racks, knowledgeable and friendly staff, and the biggest race of the year to show up...)

 

[dhmike]

very cool.

 

[jasonvelocity]

How can they film all that footage, and not get any air time?

 

[Full Trucker]

How can they film all that footage, and not get any air time?

Whatya mean? I have friends that saw it when it aired on the news!

Unless you are talking about "sweet jumps" and such... and my guess would be this: think about your average news watching person. They're probably not even mountain bikers, much less downhillers. So showing a bunch of sick jumps and drops might do more to scare them away from trying it out, than enticing them to head up to SolVista and givin' this whole "biking" thing a go!

I'm saying they did a nice job with the piece: they used intelligent, literate people to talk about our sport (and not just myself but MT, Shoemake, etc.), showed how much fun everyone was having, plugged the National Champs, and kept it really ACCESSIBLE to non-biking folks – i.e. "plenty of green trails to cut your teeth on, plus people to help you get into it and progress. Bonus: they didn't make the SolVista Bike Park (and downhillers in general) out to be a bunch of stoner adrenaline junkies.

Perfect!

 

[William42]

Whatya mean? I have friends that saw it when it aired on the news!

Unless you are talking about "sweet jumps" and such... and my guess would be this: think about your average news watching person. They're probably not even mountain bikers, much less downhillers. So showing a bunch of sick jumps and drops might do more to scare them away from trying it out, than enticing them to head up to SolVista and givin' this whole "biking" thing a go!

I'm saying they did a nice job with the piece: they used intelligent, literate people to talk about our sport (and not just myself but MT, Shoemake, etc.), showed how much fun everyone was having, plugged the National Champs, and kept it really ACCESSIBLE to non-biking folks – i.e. "plenty of green trails to cut your teeth on, plus people to help you get into it and progress. Bonus: they didn't make the SolVista Bike Park (and downhillers in general) out to be a bunch of stoner adrenaline junkies.

Perfect!

nailed it.

Very cool guys, congrats, I've been hearing about you for years, I'm going to have to make it out there some time!

 

[bpatterson6]

Stoked. Good work Chuter. I'd love to see this story or something like a commercial run on stations in the Denver Metro for sol vista and the National Champs. That would be sweet.

 

[ThePriceSeliger]

I saw them filming it. Couldn't figure out what the heck it was for.

 

[S.K.C.]

Hell Yeah!

NICE! - If only one of the local news affiliates would do that here on the East Coast - great coverage and story that wasn't one of those "mini-stories" that last .5sec.

...woulda been cooler though if they were playing Slayer in the background.