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Quite frankly? I thought that problems of folks on Pinkbike were hard to
understand. After reading each answer: my brain went: Jesus Christ: this is
how that load of bullcrap I leave every day on pinkbike must sound to people…
First off Amanda, this is the issue of scarcity of resources on the planet
MTB, gravity MTB in particular: if you, with your race record and mediap
resence, were a roadie, your salary would be higher than what I make as an
architect in one of the world's most expensive countries. And yes, especially
if you were a male (just a remark on irony, no malice involved). Pro Tour team
spends probably more on water bottles than Syndicate on travel expenses. The
second issue: as I argued a bit with Stacy Kohut, athletes are a bit like
contemporary artist: they are not necessarily important for the well being of
a society. Yes I am all aware of all the externalities of the impact of sport
medicine on society, but… you are just… entertainers… and that means it goes
wrong rather quickly, where sport gets so popular that it motivates people to
sit on the couch, drink beer and shout dumbest remarks at the screen. And the
recent shift in social media, is Hannah Barnes or Wyn Masters recognized for
her their results? Nooo, but their instagram is cool to follow. Stop feeding
it and you're out, no matter how hard you work out. Sam Hill, ACC? Complete
opposite of that. Who's to judge? Company picking bad ambassadeurs? It's their
money, a simple as that.
Then Dimitri - bike parks in Europe suck? Really? Where were you 5-7 years
ago, when there's been Leogang, Portes Du Soleil, Livigno Verbier and fricking
Winterberg - in 2005-08 mountain bikers were as welcome in European Ski
resorts as a fart in a Sputnik. What is this? A rant by an average park rat
BRAH from Pinkbike who can barely do an X-Up but shts on Pietermaritzburg not
being a real DH track? Remember where you come from, be happy people let you
on a lift with your bike. The dream of Whistler at Garda lake? I recommend
giving a ring to Ben Walker from Scott and asking him about every single trail
he built, they are fricking awesome.
Sept. 22, 2016, 10:46 a.m. - Wacek Keepshack
#!markdown Quite frankly? I thought that problems of folks on Pinkbike were hard to understand. After reading each answer: my brain went: Jesus Christ: this is how that load of bullcrap I leave every day on pinkbike must sound to people… First off Amanda, this is the issue of scarcity of resources on the planet MTB, gravity MTB in particular: if you, with your race record and mediap resence, were a roadie, your salary would be higher than what I make as an architect in one of the world's most expensive countries. And yes, especially if you were a male (just a remark on irony, no malice involved). Pro Tour team spends probably more on water bottles than Syndicate on travel expenses. The second issue: as I argued a bit with Stacy Kohut, athletes are a bit like contemporary artist: they are not necessarily important for the well being of a society. Yes I am all aware of all the externalities of the impact of sport medicine on society, but… you are just… entertainers… and that means it goes wrong rather quickly, where sport gets so popular that it motivates people to sit on the couch, drink beer and shout dumbest remarks at the screen. And the recent shift in social media, is Hannah Barnes or Wyn Masters recognized for her their results? Nooo, but their instagram is cool to follow. Stop feeding it and you're out, no matter how hard you work out. Sam Hill, ACC? Complete opposite of that. Who's to judge? Company picking bad ambassadeurs? It's their money, a simple as that. Then Dimitri - bike parks in Europe suck? Really? Where were you 5-7 years ago, when there's been Leogang, Portes Du Soleil, Livigno Verbier and fricking Winterberg - in 2005-08 mountain bikers were as welcome in European Ski resorts as a fart in a Sputnik. What is this? A rant by an average park rat BRAH from Pinkbike who can barely do an X-Up but shts on Pietermaritzburg not being a real DH track? Remember where you come from, be happy people let you on a lift with your bike. The dream of Whistler at Garda lake? I recommend giving a ring to Ben Walker from Scott and asking him about every single trail he built, they are fricking awesome.