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I do think this is an amazing opportunity for exposure and will yield positive results. Dirt bikes seem to be selling strong everywhere so this is as optimistic as I have been in a long time about bringing new people into the sport. The little ebikes I believe will be a Godsend for a long term pathway into mx. Call me crazy but I really believe this.
But there should more new tracks. Local dealers together + fast local riders need to leverage themselves and set this up. It is the only way to sell more dirt bikes.
And there should be entry level opportunities. There are very few sports where you need to invest 3k (2k bike + 1k gear) to know if you like it or not. At each track there should be 1 PW, 1 used 230 CRFs and 1 tammed down and used 125 YZs that could be rented at $10 / 15 minutes (+$10 for the gear). And based on the number of tv viewers and people in stadiums, it should be said several times by the presenters that their local track can welcome them to try.
Something that killed the possibilities to enter the sport is also the fact that for instance since a few years in france it is necessary to have a licence, at least for the day ($50/day or $200 per year). Something the karting industry figured it out. In the past you could just let a buddy try your bike (well, a very good buddy, and when the plastics/graphics were already abused). I am sure lots of people entered the sport that way, quite free of charge.
A lot more people have NBC.
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Down the road, could this(Weekend and Mid-week) schedule happen for Anaheim? Or some of the other venues? Would certainly be a way of getting more rounds in from January to May.
Also, it's one sport I can watch where it's not politicized or filled with the "social justice" message of the day bullshit.
It's a family sport. The athletes are mostly people to be proud of and look to as role models. A sport where you can still hear someone get up and thank God.
I can’t imagine the privateers out there giving this sport everything they’ve got and then some to make little to no money sitting in the back of their van going “thank god we aren’t mainstream bro. Being broke rules”
Okay Karen.
Something funny I have also heard is "MX is easy, you just have to sit and accelerate, it is not tiring".
Most people don't imagine what it is or what a track with big ruts or a lot of elevation means, not even speaking about jumps.
I even remember having difficulties to walk some tracks with lots of elevation, having to slowly climb the hills like a dog, yet on the bike it was ok
1. You better be careful what you wish for, moto ever got as big as other main stream sports it would be absolutely ruined. Regulation everywhere, even more arm chair expert riders than we have now, and more lawsuits than you could count.
2. If I have to hear or read the word “unprecedented” one more time. . .
Pit Row
Truly idiotic a scheduling from Feld.
SX is far better at night. And, they'd have a far better chance of it not showing the empty stands, with a darkened perimeter, at night. Plus, Daytime SXs have always looked like crap, and, with viewers seeing empty stands, in what looks like a pretty bloody basic stadium, it sure as hell won't do much for the ambience of it all.
How's the weather likely to be , during the time frame they have set things to run through ? An open top stadium, leaves things a bit risky. I guess it costs a fraction to rent than what a roofed Stadium does.
We pretty much just took it upon ourselves to commentate and holy hell did we go off. I was pulling for Balls of Fury while he went for the Green Ducks so it was game on! The outdoor ralley races got extremely intense with a lot of block passing and brake checks, and we even saw the world record broken for the endurance challenge. It was a memorable night in sports that won’t soon be forgotten.
Round 11 (East) - Sunday, May 31 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET on NBCSN then 4:00 – 6:00 ET on NBC
Round 12 (East) – Wednesday, June 3 10:00 pm – 1:00 am ET on NBCSN
Round 13 (East) – Sunday, June 7 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm ET on NBCSN
Round 14 (West) – Wednesday, June 10 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET on NBCSN
Round 15 (West) – Sunday, June 14 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET on NBCSN
Round 16 (East) – Wednesday, June 17 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ET on NBCSN
Round 17 (East/West) - Sunday, June 21 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm ET on NBCSN then 4:30 – 6:00 ET on NBC
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