Personally I believe in the long run Sponsorhouse will kill racing. There may be lots of Beg/Sport/Expert riders will trick stuff, but there won't be anyone left to sponsor races. It's shops like Go-ride.com that spends thousands of dollars a year sponsoring the Utah State DH series that are losing out. If every amateur racer gets hooked up there's no benefit for shops to sponsor races. No race sponsors means no races.
I don't blame the individual for trying to get stuff as cheaply as possible, but I do blame the manufactures for essentially selling directly and not doing anything for the actual races. Just look at the demise of the Norba series. They could no longer attract sponsors and are now less than half the series they once were.
I don't blame the individual for trying to get stuff as cheaply as possible, but I do blame the manufactures for essentially selling directly and not doing anything for the actual races. Just look at the demise of the Norba series. They could no longer attract sponsors and are now less than half the series they once were.