Steve Matthes no longer working for RacerX ?

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KMC440 1/1/2010 1:53pm
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Wages are the issue, Taco Bell value menu vs McD's dollar menu and DC just couldn't compete.

Good luck S.M.

I got a speeding ticket in Morgantown once, so my opinion of that place is jaded.
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Matthes 1/1/2010 3:11pm
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Thanks to everyone for caring what I'm doing. Nothing bad went down between me and the RXI guys, I just wanted to keep doing this stuff for a living and TWMX gave me that opportunity. I owe a lot to DC and the guys for giving me the platform to express myself and end up in the position I'm in today.

The Podcasts and Observations columns will continue over there so come on over and check them out.

That said, here's the first ONE at TWMX.
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WORCSRacer 1/1/2010 3:15pm
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Matthes wrote:
Thanks to everyone for caring what I'm doing. Nothing bad went down between me and the RXI guys, I just wanted to keep doing this stuff...
Thanks to everyone for caring what I'm doing. Nothing bad went down between me and the RXI guys, I just wanted to keep doing this stuff for a living and TWMX gave me that opportunity. I owe a lot to DC and the guys for giving me the platform to express myself and end up in the position I'm in today.

The Podcasts and Observations columns will continue over there so come on over and check them out.

That said, here's the first ONE at TWMX.
Sure like we are supposed to believe this story...Wink
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KX452 1/1/2010 3:19pm
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hope you know what your doin matthes.

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yosmithy 1/1/2010 3:29pm
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Matthes wrote:
Thanks to everyone for caring what I'm doing. Nothing bad went down between me and the RXI guys, I just wanted to keep doing this stuff...
Thanks to everyone for caring what I'm doing. Nothing bad went down between me and the RXI guys, I just wanted to keep doing this stuff for a living and TWMX gave me that opportunity. I owe a lot to DC and the guys for giving me the platform to express myself and end up in the position I'm in today.

The Podcasts and Observations columns will continue over there so come on over and check them out.

That said, here's the first ONE at TWMX.
well poop, I was all looking forward to a good ole off-season melt down.

Thanks for shattering my dreams, Mr. Matthes!!

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Highsider 1/1/2010 3:30pm
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Does Swap know how you "can be"?Dizzy
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MCfan4life 1/1/2010 3:42pm
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Doesn't leave you much time for testing before A1.....
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DL 1/1/2010 4:37pm
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Steve, good luck with the new gig!
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Chili 1/1/2010 4:51pm
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Maeda and Lawrence are friendly, when do we get the J-Law podcast?
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wildbill 1/1/2010 6:03pm
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who in the hell is Steve Matthes anyhow? Wink
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MoToJeWeL 1/1/2010 9:31pm
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Congrats Steve on your new endeavor from all of us at motojewel.
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rucka356 1/1/2010 10:31pm
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Maybe he can talk them into changing the website layout. My PC has a hard time loading it so I never frequent it. It's a shame he left RXI, I probably won't be able to read his stuff since their website is so screwy.
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kevin204 1/1/2010 10:38pm
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Please change the layout of that site, it's terrible.
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TerryK 1/1/2010 10:58pm
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Congrats on the move Steve. Looking forward to seeing more of the same good stuff from you.

DC you, as always, are a class act.
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Anyone need any chapstick?
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Rim Lock 1/1/2010 11:44pm
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wildbill wrote:
who in the hell is Steve Matthes anyhow? Wink
He's the hottest thing to come out of Canada since Celine Deion.

Ohhhhh Canada....... LOL
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alphado 1/2/2010 4:48am
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Too bad I won't be able to read your stuff anymore. I liked your style.
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lukaitis9 1/2/2010 4:55am
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Good luck on teh new gig Steve-

I've always enjoyed your work.

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JPT 1/2/2010 5:34am
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DC wrote:
There's a silly season to everything, including journalists. Steve was looking for a bigger opportunity, and Transworld MX made him a great offer and he took...
There's a silly season to everything, including journalists. Steve was looking for a bigger opportunity, and Transworld MX made him a great offer and he took it. Our loss is their gain for sure, just as it was for them we grabbed Garth Milan when the opportunity came up. In the end, it's a small industry and we're all in this together, I like to think anyway!

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burnside 1/2/2010 6:32am
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kevin204 wrote:
Please change the layout of that site, it's terrible.
I doubt they can without spunking a ton of cash because its the same nasty layout throughout all of their sites (bmx/surf etc). Hideous website though!
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Steve47 1/2/2010 7:08am
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It's not just a loss for Racer X but for all of us, now we'll have to go to this retarded web site to read your stuff. I bet it will now take 2 days to download the podcast instead of 5 mins...

Seriously, the TW site is an absolute mess, takes 100% cpu, is full of bugs, is slow as shit and is so filled with ads that you can't even read the real stuff...

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chadwik74 1/2/2010 7:12am
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Hope he can help get rid of some of the weak stuff in TWMX and make it impossible to put down like RX. Dont get me wrong TW is great and I will still buy all of them, but if you have to compare the two......Its like leaving Honda to ride a Husaberg IMO!!! Woohoo
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jbomx363 1/2/2010 7:58am
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alphado wrote:
Too bad I won't be able to read your stuff anymore. I liked your style.
Yep. I'd hope he moves observations over to Pulp. DC shoulda upped the ante and kept the freshest thing in mx/sx reporting.
stiksandstones 1/2/2010 8:59am
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Didn't Garth leave TWMX years ago?
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Spinner 1/2/2010 9:03am
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Steve47 wrote:
It's not just a loss for Racer X but for all of us, now we'll have to go to this retarded web site to read your...
It's not just a loss for Racer X but for all of us, now we'll have to go to this retarded web site to read your stuff. I bet it will now take 2 days to download the podcast instead of 5 mins...

Seriously, the TW site is an absolute mess, takes 100% cpu, is full of bugs, is slow as shit and is so filled with ads that you can't even read the real stuff...

I agree.
And it sucks, because I've always thoroughly enjoyed reading Matthes' stuff.
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panic rev 1/2/2010 9:12am
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Come to the dark side Master Steve
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moto48 1/2/2010 9:27am
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SM i'd like a JL338 podcast because you're the only guy that can handle a 45+ minute interview with him, trading humor and insight.

Congrats also

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