A top pro wrote this and he is dead on.

[bmiddaugh]

What disturbs me about ****’s email is not that the race promoters

and organizers are still making the same stupid mistakes. What

disturbs me is that none of US (the riders) do anything. Do we want

to get paid like Mat Hoffman, Ryan Nyquist, TJ Lavin, Tony Hawk?

Then take control of the sport as the afore mentioned did. If you go

to a freestyle or dirt comp you don’t see a fat bald guy in the

infield or on the street course looking for ankle high socks. The

dirt jumpers build their own jumps. The street courses are designed

by the riders. The promoters are ex-riders themselves, or at the

very least the promoters work with the riders to help facilitate the

event.

I know everyone is in the gym and doing sprints. I know everyone has

to be focused at the races and concern themselves with their own

performance. I know. BUT, at some point you have to ask yourself –

and maybe when you are appraoching thirty and angry at the fact that

you still have to have roommates and have no real future after BMX .

What have you done to help this thing move forward? Why didn’t you

speak up when they kept building ski slope starting hills with no

pedaling? Why do I let **** and ***** and ***** be the only ones to

speak up even though I am sometimes thinking the same thing? How long

can I just get by?

BMX racing is a sport in which the riders let Moms and Dads of kids

who have not raced in ten or more years have control of everything.

People like **** and Myself can only make noise for so long. If the

riders don’t care – then why should the people who run the races?

Oh Well, I am sure I will get no response from this email as everyone

is doing sooooo well as professional BMX racers and this does not

affect them. Keep in mind, unless you are Randy, Bubba, Kyle, Day,

or made a name for yourself in the late 90’s (its 2006!), I would

guess your pretty much struggling as a BMX pro – and I am not talking

about just paying some bills and getting by. I am talking about

really making a living and putting something aside for your future

after BMX.

Everyone needs to get off their ass! The race organizers need to

start listening and stop being politicians trying get a free trip to

the olympics. The riders need to get over themselves and start

thinking about what is right for the sport and their future, because

your mobile phone bill and selling yourself cheaper than the next guy

just to get entry fees and 4 flights is what P.Diddy would call

“short money”.

See you at the races – good thing I made my money Last Decade!!!

**********

Over thirty, not washed up like ****, passionate about the sport, and

hoping I don’t run into any ex-pros serving me at McDonald’s, and

yes, I like McDonald’s

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