[bmiddaugh]

yepper

[bmiddaugh]

I have fireworks, I can give ya a copy, come to the meeting its at CJBMX sept 9th about 4-4:30. Even if it’s not this year we can start early for next!

[bmiddaugh]

yo…
yoyo, I looked at that and liked it as well. Have you learned how to do any graphic programs yet? I would be stoked to see some young dude do something up! If you need something, tell me.
Also, jersey “committees”. Can you get a ride on the 9th to the state meeting? Show up and we’ll put you in for something.
It’s your sport man, contribute all you want!

[bmiddaugh]

The download link for issue 5 is fixed.

[bmiddaugh]

Not to jump on ya Ant, but yeat this area is just for things that will affect NJ directly and how do we fix them.
Now we have 2 threads..I’m sure someone is looking at this saying…
OH man! I probably shouldn’t have done that!
THINK.
Do you know how many times in the past year, I just wanted to say to someone, WTF are you thinking? But went the diplomatic route…

[bmiddaugh]

If you fall…
what has a better chance of breaking you off?
Concrete.
Wood.
Dirt…. 😀

[bmiddaugh]

How do all these local skateparks operate? They are all insured by the town? If these other states and towns can do it, we can. I’m sure there is a way, just have to find the right person to get an inroad…

[bmiddaugh]

Bill,
Do you have any way that we could get to talk to someone in a parks and rec setting who might have an idea on how to begin to do this.
I see Dave’s not too hip on it. But small sets of jumps with some berms where a complete newb could roll around and have a good time, would recreate the scene.
I’ve been thinking of this in the wrong direction. How to fix it at the organizational level. We have to think about how to fix this at the most basic level there is, the 10-12 year old kid who sees some jumps and wants to get a little air.
When one becomes too hardcore you lose sight of how to continue on what you feel so strongly about.
I remember the “hardcore” phase in freestyle, what a bad thing that was.
I will feel we have accomplished something other than being bitch internetaholics when we have some places for kids to ride in NJ that don’t have the tags, aba or nbl attached to them.

[bmiddaugh]

That’s it.
This could in effect open up a whole industry much like the “skateboard park companies” have come into being.
The key is in how to get towns to accept a practice track in much the same way as a skatepark, i.e: having it fall under the same guidelines for insurance and liability.
This is one more thing that a truly active and functioning group of people who truly loved BMX could be trying to push. Yes it will be difficult in the beginning but the benefits outweigh any problems we may encounter on the way.
Ok, enough talk, Brick and TR are ripe for this, our scene is nuts and could use a place for kids to ride for free. I will talk to everyone at the meeting and the next race and see if we can not move forward on this.

[bmiddaugh]

Yep, this is it.
I finally figured out what I’m supposed to do.
I’ll help with what I can with racing in NJ, but the focus now will be 100% get places for kids to just ride BMX bikes.
To just have fun.
Fun, yea…

[bmiddaugh]

Dave is right in that we should have fun…hell we always have fun..
But it is time for the older riders to step up and become the ones who run BMX racing, it is what happened in BMX freestyle and look where that is.
At some point in your life you have to take responsibility for the things you care about.
It’s about time we did.
Does anyone here believe that a person who is over 60 years of age WHO HAS NEVER RIDDEN has a clue about how we feel about this whole BMX thing?
Do you think they know what it felt like to be beaten for a main position by one spot and feel that?
Do you think they know how it felt to get pimped in that turn, “cause you just turned x-pert and needed your welcome to the big boys initation?”
Do they know how it feels to work your ass off on promoting something and making something then having SOMEONE ELSE tell you what you should be doing with it?
No, no more. Generation X started this as kids and we are going to fix it as adults.
AND…
we are gonna have fun doing it, it’s been fun so far hasn’t it?
Who here has been having a good time because you finally have a place to come and share your thoughts and views without fear of censorship?

[bmiddaugh]

That’s sorta what the score at the shore was, hopefully next time around we can get it more heavily promoted.

[bmiddaugh]

Are we troublemakers or revolutionaries?
…or both…. 😈

[bmiddaugh]

Dude, LOL!
You just drove everyone who looks at this site into MASSIVE speculation into what we are doing, LMAO.
No one can see what we are talking about other than
THE TOPIC NAMES.
Why do you think I give them NONDESCRIPT names.
So now we have an invisible topic about the aba in metuchen.
Holy massive freaking rumors that are about to start batman.
This is good though, it will make people start thinking.

[bmiddaugh]

How does it feel to have given all that cash to the nbl and see it in it’s current state? Rich you had a right to say all the things you did at the beginning of the year, I see that now.

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