OUTLAW SERIES WITH CLASSES!!!!
kate or die posted,
imagine a world where your local city has a club racing circut. a circut where instead of 5 heats of one class go down the hill, 5 heats of three different classes go down the hill...
this is me encouraging EVERY city out there to pool together and come up with your own series of events(that i know alot of you already do) but organize them together a little bit more and throw in a points system.
these are races where you are to not expect all the pros to show up to. they can be in shit town manitoba for all i care, but as long as your racing every two weeks with things like JR, WOMENS, ADULT NOVICE/PRO...you too can turn your own home town into a city full of local champions.
this subject is very close to heart with me as i grew up racing in classes. do you think quinn likes coming in last place cause he's 100 pounds lighter than tom edstrand? haha! wouldn't you like to see these little dudes battle it out against eachother on a weekly/bi weekly basis cuase they are on the same level as eachother.
I DONT CARE WHERE YOU ARE FROM. GET YOUR TOWN SOME GOD DAMN CLUB RACING!!!!!
it takes the same amount of time to run the same amount of heats...its just a way to guarantee that those heats are stacked with riders of the same ability.
i cant stress how many more people would come out to race these "small" events if they knew they werent gonna be eliminated first round.
i would personally love to see more ladies show up to events (and lets face it boys...i know you would too ;)) and i think this would be a great way to have that happen for bigger cities like vancouver. as for you small town folk...throw the girls in with the boys who haven't been at it for long, or the kids if they aren't going that fast yet...whichever group fits their abilities the best.
not to mention this is a great way to encourage participation from the little dudes! we are blessed with the presence of a few of them up here in van, but i GURANTEE that more will show up when thier parents realize that they are not gonna be racing dudes 5 times their size.. lets face it, something fucks up...its a safety issue...these little guys are gonna get CRUSHED. my motherly instinct is saying i probably wouldn't want to put my little precious in that situation no matter how gnarly he is!!!
my experience at old tunnel outlaw in berkeley is my best example. i got there and HOLY SHIT there were a massive amount of little dudes running around!!! too bad they all got eliminated first round when they were sent down the hill with the big boys. why not have them race eachother and battle it out for a jrs. win at every little race???
GOD!
anyways....
*CALL YOUR FRIENDS!!!
*COME UP WITH A POINTS SYSTEM (20 people show up...1st place gets 20 points, last place gets 1 point...)
*ENCOURAGE PROPER CLASSES, AND FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL TO GET THE WORD OUT THAT THERE ARE PROPER CLASSES!
*GET OUT THERE!!! RACE!!! GET BETTER!!! AND COME TO THE BIG EVENTS READY FOR SOME COMPETITION!!!!
mcskatie@hotmail.com if you need any help figuring out ways to organize events like this!!!
AS FOR VANCOUVER!!!
ANDREW, LEE, MGOLDRICK, ANYONE!!!! please hit me up and let me know what you think. we already know these events go down...what if we try to set solid dates for all your events early on so we can not only let people know whats up as soon as possible, but brainstorm ideas on how classes could be run at these outlaws and how we can intertwine a points system and come up with COASTS VERY OWN LOCAL CHAMPION FOR ALL ABILITIES...NOT JUST THE PROS!!
i cannot stress enough how having solid competition at your own level is very very important for advancement. imagine seeing the machines that every town could produce because they are being trained and raced properly, instead of just getting thrown down a hill for one run, then sitting and watching the next.
i know many people believe that all the newbs should be put in with the big guys cuase thats the way you had to do it, but lets face it...they already know your gonna put them in their place, so why not let them respect you from a different start line, and race their own way to yours.