MXA, I just can’t take it anymore…….

JM21 wrote:

Good for you Paul!

motokid40 wrote:

MXA is still core and I don't care what you think, oh, and Jody is okay with me too

OW38B wrote:

X2



Not sure why most in here many "get their panties in a bunch" every time MXA prints something they don't like.

flarider wrote:

No comment

WORCSRacer wrote:

What do you MXA bashers really want? Jody has his take on MX and the magazine reflects that. TWMX reflects Don Maeda, DirtRider is all about...

What do you MXA bashers really want? Jody has his take on MX and the magazine reflects that. TWMX reflects Don Maeda, DirtRider is all about Jimmy...

Each magazine has a feel and a style but are you really searching for objective journalism? Hell no you want someone you trust to give you their opinion and observation. Face the facts, roughly 16 people in USA determine what you are told through the magazines about bikes, products ect... You either trust their opinions or you don't. Kinda like Jimmy Lewis believes that any helmet with the Snell and or DOT approval is safe and Don Maeda will only ride with a Shoei or Arai.

Its all based on opinions and observations.

PS Paul is right about the overstating of what is going on in the Millsaps photo and the reason for all the typos is there is no budget (except the free pointers from Cox) for proof reading anymore.

alphado wrote:

I have no comment on Dave's non comment.

PintoMx wrote:

This guy is not scared that is for sure.

ClassCClairVoyant wrote:

There's a certain irony in that we are all piling on MXA for doing in a mag what goes on on these messages boards every day...

There's a certain irony in that we are all piling on MXA for doing in a mag what goes on on these messages boards every day. So, being that VitalMX is something of an online mag, why not create a forum where people can post their own detailed, accurate, and non biased reviews of bikes, products, and race reports?

paul937 wrote:

I have watched for the past few years as most of you have thrown MXA COMPLETELY under the bus, while I sat quietly not saying a...

I have watched for the past few years as most of you have thrown MXA COMPLETELY under the bus, while I sat quietly not saying a word because of my position in the industry (plus I like Basher - and Jimmy Mac for that matter but he’s no longer there).

Well no more. Like most of you, I absolutely worshiped MXA as a kid, but they have just gone down hill at such an alarming rate, it’s pathetic.

I just got my December issue (that little kid in me was still somewhat excited to see it in my mail box) and I am now 32 pages in (12 actually if you don’t count the ads) and I am DONE.

Here’s what I’ve gotten so far (and I seriously wish I could get back the last 15 minutes of my life I just lost!):

Jody’s Vanity Box – Uhhhhh, Jody, I’m sorry that you had to eat raviolis from a hub cap and live in hotel Dodge. The sport has evolved for the better, deal with it. Your bitter cynicism is getting old (actually it’s beyond old). Here’s an idea: try being happy that our riders are actually being paid well for risking their necks every week. I’m quite certain that if you were still racing pro and someone offered you a multi-million dollar contract you would take it in a heart beat and fly to the races with your buddies on your private jet (you do like to fly, right?). Sorry you were born in 1922.

Whoever gave the over analyzed riding critique of Davi Millsaps (page 16) is a just a tad out of touch. First of all, I’m not positive but I’m fairly certain that picture is from Budds Creek (it might be Millville actually), and if so it’s a good bet that’s the moto that Davi went on to win. You might want to consider actually RIDING at some of these tracks and knowing the texture of the soil before critiquing one of the top pros in the world. I’d say Davi had it under control, but I'm sure he appreciates the riding tip. For that matter, perhaps the most important question I think all of us have is this: Don’t you actually have to GO to a few races (you know, the other 25 races outside of So-Cal) to know something about the sport, and subsequently report on in a magazine called “Motocross Action”? Please do us all a favor and re-name your rag “So-Cal Motocross Action” (that way the REM reports that nobody but you care about will have more relevance).

The picture of Thorpe flat out at Namur (page 18, bitchin shot by the way, I’ll give you that): Did you actually talk to David that day (I know that you USED to go to every single race, at least that’s what you tell us. But let’s be honest, how would we know?) and ask him if he thought that straight away of pavement was fun? How do you know that he (and the other riders) didn’t absolutely HATE it?!?!? Here’s a tip Genius: Dave is “just twisting the throttle and tucking it in” because he’s in the middle of a friggin’ race!! I’m pretty sure if you put a similar section of pavement at Glen Helen (which would be almost as brilliant as putting a Monster scaffolding on the LANDING of a huge down hill triple jump......you really out did yourself on that one) the riders would indeed probably bitch and moan (like I’m sure many did every time they had to race that insane track at Namur once a year), but I’m also pretty sure that the leaders, like it or not, would “twist the throttle and tuck it”. Your CONSTANT correlation to the riders today being pussies because they make more money is SO worn out (see ravioli reference).

Lastly (and this one really takes the cake), if you or someone on your staff is going to do your own national numbers list (and take yet another pot shot at the AMA in the process) AT LEAST DO IT RIGHT! Any friggin’ 10-year old with a calculator and the Internet can figure it out better than you did. For Christ’s sake! Here are the web sites with the points:

http://www.allisports.com/Motocross-Archive-Results

http://www.amasupercross.com/results/index.aspx

Now.......stay with me here: 1+2=3 (E.G. Chad Reed earned 373 in SX and 481 points in MX, equaling 854 total, NOT 832).

Let’s try another one (I know it’s getting complicated, sorry): Tommy Hahn earned 67 points in SX and 302 in MX equaling 369 total, NOT 323 (it also put him 11th overall, NOT 15th by the way).

The list is littered with mistake after mistake! Some guys you actually gave EXTRA points to (and no they didn’t earn them in 250 SX)!! I truly feel sorry for those people out there who are so disconnected from the sport that they will still take your word as the gospel.

Especially coming from an Elitist who loves to boost his own ego by using otherwise meaningless words in regular dialog just to make other people feel ignorant. I understand that your vast intellect dwarfs the rest of us commoners, but let’s try to remember who you’re talking to here: we’re dumb Motocrossers who were all spoiled home schooled little brats, remember?

Paul

wildbill wrote:

Seething with salesmanship while being viewed as myopic angst is a brilliant if not post-pubescent byproduct of having a hulking ego lost in the mindless obscurity...

Seething with salesmanship while being viewed as myopic angst is a brilliant if not post-pubescent byproduct of having a hulking ego lost in the mindless obscurity of this sport.

ClassCClairVoyant wrote:

There's a certain irony in that we are all piling on MXA for doing in a mag what goes on on these messages boards every day...

There's a certain irony in that we are all piling on MXA for doing in a mag what goes on on these messages boards every day. So, being that VitalMX is something of an online mag, why not create a forum where people can post their own detailed, accurate, and non biased reviews of bikes, products, and race reports?

YellowZonker wrote:

This makes me laugh. Every couple of months a thread exactly like this shows up and every body piles on the "let's hate on MXA" bandwagon...

This makes me laugh. Every couple of months a thread exactly like this shows up and every
body piles on the "let's hate on MXA" bandwagon. Shortly therafter, a thread starts about how MXA tells it like it is and and everyone chimes in about how they love MXA. No the mag is not for everyone and that's why other ones exist. If you don't like it, go get some black socks and a flat bill and pick up a copy of Transworld.

paul937 wrote:

I have watched for the past few years as most of you have thrown MXA COMPLETELY under the bus, while I sat quietly not saying a...

I have watched for the past few years as most of you have thrown MXA COMPLETELY under the bus, while I sat quietly not saying a word because of my position in the industry (plus I like Basher - and Jimmy Mac for that matter but he’s no longer there).

Well no more. Like most of you, I absolutely worshiped MXA as a kid, but they have just gone down hill at such an alarming rate, it’s pathetic.

I just got my December issue (that little kid in me was still somewhat excited to see it in my mail box) and I am now 32 pages in (12 actually if you don’t count the ads) and I am DONE.

Here’s what I’ve gotten so far (and I seriously wish I could get back the last 15 minutes of my life I just lost!):

Jody’s Vanity Box – Uhhhhh, Jody, I’m sorry that you had to eat raviolis from a hub cap and live in hotel Dodge. The sport has evolved for the better, deal with it. Your bitter cynicism is getting old (actually it’s beyond old). Here’s an idea: try being happy that our riders are actually being paid well for risking their necks every week. I’m quite certain that if you were still racing pro and someone offered you a multi-million dollar contract you would take it in a heart beat and fly to the races with your buddies on your private jet (you do like to fly, right?). Sorry you were born in 1922.

Whoever gave the over analyzed riding critique of Davi Millsaps (page 16) is a just a tad out of touch. First of all, I’m not positive but I’m fairly certain that picture is from Budds Creek (it might be Millville actually), and if so it’s a good bet that’s the moto that Davi went on to win. You might want to consider actually RIDING at some of these tracks and knowing the texture of the soil before critiquing one of the top pros in the world. I’d say Davi had it under control, but I'm sure he appreciates the riding tip. For that matter, perhaps the most important question I think all of us have is this: Don’t you actually have to GO to a few races (you know, the other 25 races outside of So-Cal) to know something about the sport, and subsequently report on in a magazine called “Motocross Action”? Please do us all a favor and re-name your rag “So-Cal Motocross Action” (that way the REM reports that nobody but you care about will have more relevance).

The picture of Thorpe flat out at Namur (page 18, bitchin shot by the way, I’ll give you that): Did you actually talk to David that day (I know that you USED to go to every single race, at least that’s what you tell us. But let’s be honest, how would we know?) and ask him if he thought that straight away of pavement was fun? How do you know that he (and the other riders) didn’t absolutely HATE it?!?!? Here’s a tip Genius: Dave is “just twisting the throttle and tucking it in” because he’s in the middle of a friggin’ race!! I’m pretty sure if you put a similar section of pavement at Glen Helen (which would be almost as brilliant as putting a Monster scaffolding on the LANDING of a huge down hill triple jump......you really out did yourself on that one) the riders would indeed probably bitch and moan (like I’m sure many did every time they had to race that insane track at Namur once a year), but I’m also pretty sure that the leaders, like it or not, would “twist the throttle and tuck it”. Your CONSTANT correlation to the riders today being pussies because they make more money is SO worn out (see ravioli reference).

Lastly (and this one really takes the cake), if you or someone on your staff is going to do your own national numbers list (and take yet another pot shot at the AMA in the process) AT LEAST DO IT RIGHT! Any friggin’ 10-year old with a calculator and the Internet can figure it out better than you did. For Christ’s sake! Here are the web sites with the points:

http://www.allisports.com/Motocross-Archive-Results

http://www.amasupercross.com/results/index.aspx

Now.......stay with me here: 1+2=3 (E.G. Chad Reed earned 373 in SX and 481 points in MX, equaling 854 total, NOT 832).

Let’s try another one (I know it’s getting complicated, sorry): Tommy Hahn earned 67 points in SX and 302 in MX equaling 369 total, NOT 323 (it also put him 11th overall, NOT 15th by the way).

The list is littered with mistake after mistake! Some guys you actually gave EXTRA points to (and no they didn’t earn them in 250 SX)!! I truly feel sorry for those people out there who are so disconnected from the sport that they will still take your word as the gospel.

Especially coming from an Elitist who loves to boost his own ego by using otherwise meaningless words in regular dialog just to make other people feel ignorant. I understand that your vast intellect dwarfs the rest of us commoners, but let’s try to remember who you’re talking to here: we’re dumb Motocrossers who were all spoiled home schooled little brats, remember?

Paul