hey just wonderin whos gonna be out theri this weekend and on what day or days so let me know. i dont have a bike to ride so im gonna get some sweet video with my sisters digital video camera and need some people to shoot
For no good reason? Dude, all peeps on this thread have been saying is to stay out of the flow park for ONE DAY and you go down any way? He was trying to put on a race.cove rider said:well i went out to SST today and was at the flow park with a few peeps and then wick came by and kicked us out and we had to leave for no good reason so we went to the softies and got some pretty good footage of some people jumpin today.
man wick can be a dick he was cussin out my friend for no reason then kicked us out and was quite rude about it too.
Yah but he still comes off like a dick, i have no respect for him myself, as i've been condescended to from him.Snacks said:For no good reason? Dude, all peeps on this thread have been saying is to stay out of the flow park for ONE DAY and you go down any way? He was trying to put on a race.
i don't think it's much to ask really since many people i assume abide by the "don't ride uphill on the flowpark" when it's being heavily ridden on. But Wick has a reputation of being incredibly disrespectful, to people who have just as much a right to be there as he does, regardless. i don't mess with the races though because i know a majority of people who race there are out to have a good time and are great people. i won't hate on the racer's but maybe someday i'll ride by Wicks booth and fart in his general direction.thesacrifice said:forgive my ignorance but who is this Wick guy to come kick someone out of a public park and be rude about it? I understand that he has done a lot of things to help SST be accessible for bike riders but that's it.
What if I didn't use this board? What if I did come up to SST from Olympia not knowing he was going to do an XC race. To be approached by a grown adult and talked down to wouldn't make me a happy camper. ESPECIALLY IN A CITY PARK
Geeze give me a break.... i think the whole point is that Wick needs to be polite instead of being such a dick. You get alot better results with sugar instead of vineager.Borregokid said:If people start complaining enough the City of Des Moines is likely to come along and make the place a large pedestrian park or put in ball fields or something else and their wont be any biking. I was racing today and as best I could see most of the "flow" was skirted around with part of the course running straight up a section. The best scenario for the DH crowd is they complain loud enough and there goes another westside race but they get to keep their flow section open. Does anyone know where the WIMs races are being held?
ditto the aboveforgive my ignorance but who is this Wick guy to come kick someone out of a public park and be rude about it? I understand that he has done a lot of things to help SST be accessible for bike riders but that's it.
yes but he also has said that we are still able to ride their but to stay out of the racers way and we did and still get bitched at whats up with thatSnacks said:For no good reason? Dude, all peeps on this thread have been saying is to stay out of the flow park for ONE DAY and you go down any way? He was trying to put on a race.
Borregokid said:The best scenario for the DH crowd is they complain loud enough and there goes another westside race but they get to keep their flow section open. Does anyone know where the WIMs races are being held?
So which one of you guys are the Jets and which one of your guys are the Sharks?thesacrifice said:lyrca force is in full effect. Don't want Freeriders getting in the way? Don't route your race by the freeride park.
i foresee this thread getting stupider and stupider, and we all know the longevity of stupid threads.(Riff) When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette to your last dyin' day!
When you're a Jet, let 'em do what they can
You've got brothers around, you're a family man!
You're never alone, you're never disconnected, you're home with your own
When company's expected, you're well-protected!
Then you are set with a capital J
Which you'll never forget till they cart you away
When you're a Jet you stay a Jet
Hey I dont know nothin about Jets or Sharks, must have been a movie or something way before I was born . Besides I am going to be helping my bros knock in a free ride-down hill trail over here.Skookum said:So which one of you guys are the Jets and which one of your guys are the Sharks?
i foresee this thread getting stupider and stupider, and we all know the longevity of stupid threads.
WordPsychO!1 said:Wasn't there DH race in Spokane this weekend?? Wasn't that race held in a 'public park'? Didn't they close off several decent trails that XC'rs could have ridden??
Get my point?? DH races close public for a day all the time, why can't an XC race do the same??
He had a permit to run the race. That's where he gets the authority. When I was there on Sat he explicitly called out that he doesn't use the flowpark on Wednesday race courses because he does not have to. Accomodating a weekend race crowd is another story. I thought that was being pretty fair to us and the people paying the entry fee to race. SST is not that big.nohbody said:ditto the above
So lemme get this right, this Wick guy get his way because he barks louder than everyone else? Where does he get the authority to do whatever he wants there?
mazzino said:He had a permit to run the race. That's where he gets the authority. When I was there on Sat he explicitly called out that he doesn't use the flowpark on Wednesday race courses because he does not have to. Accomodating a weekend race crowd is another story. I thought that was being pretty fair to us and the people paying the entry fee to race. SST is not that big.
Dude, he was out there running racs since before the flow park was even an idea. He had a permit to run a race at the park, pretty much that means he has the right run his race where ever he wants.cove rider said:hehe i might be writing him a letter later on today. i wont be rude or anything i will just ask him some questions why he was so rude and maybe suggest not being rude too people and he might get along with the DH/FR crowd a little better and i might eventually suggest him never running the race through the flow park because of its popularity
Writing Wick a letter about his personal skills while well entended I would not recommend at this momment. Leave well enough alone as Wick is not trying to cause the flowpark any harm. Maybe in the future he will be willing to help in some way with events we may want to have, you might be suprised. Also, when they do have there next XC event I would encourage a few from the Flow Park to volunteer to course marshal or something that would be pretty positive from our side and would go a long way to show multi use co-operation and respect for all riding types. By the way cove rider, it was nice meeting you on Sunday. :evil:cove rider said:hehe i might be writing him a letter later on today. i wont be rude or anything i will just ask him some questions why he was so rude and maybe suggest not being rude too people and he might get along with the DH/FR crowd a little better and i might eventually suggest him never running the race through the flow park because of its popularity
that's not the point...the dude with no social skills isPsychO!1 said:Wasn't there DH race in Spokane this weekend?? Wasn't that race held in a 'public park'? Didn't they close off several decent trails that XC'rs could have ridden??
Get my point?? DH races close public trails for a day all the time, why can't an XC race do the same??
Yup, appearently i have missed the point....rant on dude!!!thesacrifice said:that's not the point...the dude with no social skills is
What is the point?thesacrifice said:that's not the point...the dude with no social skills is