it doesn’t matter what you do or how you do it, you will never make everyone happy. fact of life both in and out of bmx.
just for the record, i and everyone that i know are pleased that the riders are again taking an interest. as i have said before, there are many great ideas out there, but it takes time and effort to implement them,and it takes people step up and start doing instead of just making a to do list.
16 & over open started at EHT as the Royal Rumble when Doug Luden got Andy and Mike Cannon to donate a bunch of bike parts to give to the winners. It was run once a month after our local race. We would pull semis. We had 8 rider gates then. We then started the money open at the
state qualifiers and the hole shot was added. (you had to race both class and open no option).
many of your ideas are not new, and many have been done in the past, but as the powers that be change, things have been dropped, changed and forgotten. to succeed you need to step up, NOT step on and you will
see the sport grow. and i look forward to seeing you guys working the races(get to the track at least 2 hours before registration starts, sweep and water the track, help in registration, corners, staging handing out trophies, helping the new riders, doing the paper work, make sure you get the finishes and standings up before you get home.
of course you also have to answer and return phone calls that always come in at all hours, answer emails . work 40 hours a week take care of family. that is what keeps this sport going. volunteers, to make it growi we need more volunteers . that is YOU . if you have an idea go for it, you are the future of bmx. it used to be rare to have 3 generations at bmx tracks, but now it is common but if you guys in your 20’s and 30’s don’t step up the sport is going to die or we will have to get ATWs( all terrain wheelchairs) for the volunteers. contrary to what many of you think, we are there because we love this sport, and have put everything we had into it to keep it going
ok i have had my rant for the day too