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I remember the late Kat Spann of TexMX News promoted womens racing here in Texas thoughout the 90's and brought together some amazing talent from around the world to compete here in the US. Kristy Shealy and Dee Woods were usually out from kicking ass but there was some pretty good racing going on. Those two girls were F A S T.
She doesn't get talk shows and news articles for her achievements in MX, she gets them for her achievements in MX despite being deaf.
Twitter is hardly a benchmark of her notoriety due to her sport, it's a popularity contest. It's easy to twist numbers in your favor - ie: leaving out the fact that Fiolek's main competition (JP$) has about 8k followers, not to mention the non-existent fan base for any of the other WMX riders...
Having non-MX followers is a good thing. In order for the sport to grow, it needs non followers to turn into followers does it not? The interest in Ashley cannot be denied.
The fact that she is a professional athelte with a disability who has risen to the top of her sport is an outstanding acheivement, a benefit not a detrement. Our sport can gain exposure through avenues we would never get to without the fact she is deaf. This is called exposure, something to leverage not shy away from. We could not ask for a better ambasador for the sport than Ashley.
We have some momentum here, arguing about how we acheived it is irrelevant, what matters is that it continues in whatever format that makes sense.
As for twisting numbers you may want to reread my post................"Yes we can argue that the depth of following is much less for WMX " I am under no illusion of the interest in WMX vs the guys, only trying to highlight the fact that there is significant interest and that the definition of the "average mxer" is changing.
Ashley was a skilled rider who had a public interest hook that captured some attention in a general public that's always interested in inspirational stories. The women's motocross element of that exposure was a curiosity, not an attraction. The general public was interested in Ashley, not motocross.
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Without the the nationals there is NO women's series. Id like to see the women's series be successful but that's just the fact of the matter. They haven't been able to stand alone on their own.
They have choices, and more then two but if no one is really willing to step up and make the changes then they will have to live with the results. Davey gave them what he could with out compromising the everything else, they chose otherwise for their own reasons.
Davey and MX Sports stepped up and took hold of the MX series and is bettering it on a yearly basis. Who is willing to do that on the women's side?
WTF are you doing in here?
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