Seriously, I know this topic is talked about all the time but we must be doing something wrong.
Fuel TV has its action sports awards this week and mountain biking is not even mentioned. We cannot even make the best crash segment.
Are we that much of a fringe sport that only we can enjoy what we do?
Who is holding us back? Us as the riders? Event promoters? Our culture?
Was it Nathan Rennie in Synopsis talking about how the small 4x tracks made the riders look like ****? He is right.
As cool as the Dual Slalom track at Snowmass was, for the average person it would look very small and easy to do.
If you put our Dirt Jumpers and Street Riders against the BMX riders, we look like your average rider. We cannot not even begin to compete with them.
Downhill it is just plain difficult to capture on video.
There is a way to get mountain biking on TV, someone just needs to find out how it is going to generate money for tv, and the companies that advertise on tv.
Fuel TV has its action sports awards this week and mountain biking is not even mentioned. We cannot even make the best crash segment.
Are we that much of a fringe sport that only we can enjoy what we do?
Who is holding us back? Us as the riders? Event promoters? Our culture?
Was it Nathan Rennie in Synopsis talking about how the small 4x tracks made the riders look like ****? He is right.
As cool as the Dual Slalom track at Snowmass was, for the average person it would look very small and easy to do.
If you put our Dirt Jumpers and Street Riders against the BMX riders, we look like your average rider. We cannot not even begin to compete with them.
Downhill it is just plain difficult to capture on video.
There is a way to get mountain biking on TV, someone just needs to find out how it is going to generate money for tv, and the companies that advertise on tv.