Kochie doesnt like it.
A brief thing on sunrise about someone named Mat doin downhill and filming it and putting on the net, ...etc...Kochie described him as a "brickhead"
Will probably show up on 7 through the day...story was definately "look at this dickhead, someone's gotta stop him killing somebody" kind of story.
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Permalink Reply by Nick Stuart on
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really man... we were just starting to get good publicity showing how safe the sport is and now this
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Trav on -
relax, Koshie only has influence to a small percentage of dull witted retards that think skaters are idiots anyway...
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by sean meaney on -
thats true trav...... but where are the local crew telling this dick to pull his head in? Someone has to shut this dumb cunt down before it gets any worse for us
Trav said:
relax, Koshie only has influence to a small percentage of dull witted retards that think skaters are idiots anyway...
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Permalink Reply by Sakamoto on
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The best skaters in Australia frequent this site, and when bad publicity has cropped up they've expressed their views to push the "offenders" in a positive, constructive direction. "Matt" obviously has some skill, but a serious lack of any rational or consequential mental capacity, regardless of advice given by better, and more respected riders, than himself(if he's read any of the previous threads on this site)Obviously, this kind of publicity effects all disciplines, and hinders sponsorship for organisers of any "Type" of event, as well as sponsorship of individual riders.
The media is often seen as a negative, however it can often be turned around and used as a positive tool: As the sanctioning body for skateboarding in Australia, maybe ASRA should go on the offensive, openly and publicly, and decry the actions of rogue skaters like "Matt" to the media, and use them to paint a positive picture, instead of the media dictating how skateboarding is portrayed.
Last week 3 skaters from a Qld area were charged with various types of public nuisance/endangerment charges for being dragged behind a car through public streets with traffic. Luckily the media have kept it on the downlow, at this stage, but the charges are public domain. A "low story" day, someone goes looking, and then this story also becomes another page in the "bad publicity" book.
sean meaney said:
thats true trav...... but where are the local crew telling this dick to pull his head in? Someone has to shut this dumb cunt down before it gets any worse for us
Trav said:relax, Koshie only has influence to a small percentage of dull witted retards that think skaters are idiots anyway...
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by The Dave on -
The skater or Kochie?....
We can't influence every person with a longboard. Most don't even skate with a group. They get a board for a birthday or Christmas or whatever and away they go.
That said, anyone who hits the streets at those speeds without a lid is clearly brain damaged already....
sean meaney said:
thats true trav...... but where are the local crew telling this dick to pull his head in? Someone has to shut this dumb cunt down before it gets any worse for us
Trav said:
relax, Koshie only has influence to a small percentage of dull witted retards that think skaters are idiots anyway...
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Permalink Reply by jamie angel on
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wtf that guy is a dick. i hate how people like this seem to become the representatives of our sport. well according to the news. surely they can compare this to all the other clips and go well shit this guy is wearing no protection at all, those guys are allways wearing it. perhaps they have nothing to do with each other.
frustrating.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by sean meaney on -
i say that because we are starting to have issues with groms going to carparks/ fitzy during the day here and its ruining the relationship we have with security/park rangers and it hasnt been hard to make contact with the guys doing it and remedy the situation, the local crew should try make contact with him and explain things so he gets his shit together
Dave R said:
The skater or Kochie?....
We can't influence every person with a longboard. Most don't even skate with a group. They get a board for a birthday or Christmas or whatever and away they go.
That said, anyone who hits the streets at those speeds without a lid is clearly brain damaged already....
sean meaney said:
thats true trav...... but where are the local crew telling this dick to pull his head in? Someone has to shut this dumb cunt down before it gets any worse for us
Trav said:relax, Koshie only has influence to a small percentage of dull witted retards that think skaters are idiots anyway...
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Trav on -
this story is a 'look at that idiot 5 minute fluff piece' if anyone speaks to the media to go on the defensive you will just bring more light to the situation, rather than letting it pass.
tomorrow everyone will have forgotten about it (unless news is slow and another source jumps on the bandwagon). then you would take that approach (as NZ handled their multiple press coverage a few months ago) - bearing in mind that most people have forgotten about that onslaught of negative press already.
You of all people should remember the anti luge press about 4-5 years ago when media got hold of a video and saying how stupid and dangerous it was, but it passed. Did it have any effect on the sport? no.
Sakamoto said:
The best skaters in Australia frequent this site, and when bad publicity has cropped up they've expressed their views to push the "offenders" in a positive, constructive direction. "Matt" obviously has some skill, but a serious lack of any rational or consequential mental capacity, regardless of advice given by better, and more respected riders, than himself(if he's read any of the previous threads on this site)Obviously, this kind of publicity effects all disciplines, and hinders sponsorship for organisers of any "Type" of event, as well as sponsorship of individual riders.
The media is often seen as a negative, however it can often be turned around and used as a positive tool: As the sanctioning body for skateboarding in Australia, maybe ASRA should go on the offensive, openly and publicly, and decry the actions of rogue skaters like "Matt" to the media, and use them to paint a positive picture, instead of the media dictating how skateboarding is portrayed.
Last week 3 skaters from a Qld area were charged with various types of public nuisance/endangerment charges for being dragged behind a car through public streets with traffic. Luckily the media have kept it on the downlow, at this stage, but the charges are public domain. A "low story" day, someone goes looking, and then this story also becomes another page in the "bad publicity" book.
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by bernie on -
We need to get a strong ASRA message out about safety and respecting road rules.
ASRA could announce that Matt will suffer a 2 year ban from competing in any ASRA event.
New road rules will be talked about in State Parliments and Road Traffic Authorities across the country because of stuff like this.
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