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Comment by Adam 'yatedawg' Yates on April 21, 2009 at 17:35

its about the love of the sport shared between riders the world over and the future of the sport for groms everywhere to charge with the freedom we all deserve.

jez, again mate not only have you found a medium between for both sides, but you have made yourself the coolest dad out there in jaxo's eyes. real good that they did a follow up story showin another side of our passion, just the two of u's rollin safe and havin funn. if this dosent urge kids out there to put they're xbox's aside for a few hours, grab the ol mans hand and drag him to the closest hill for some quality "cool" time with the ol boy then i dunno wat else will.

also, great to see the aussi flag on the new concrete wave, the story in there on the qld's and wot the go with boardshop using y pic bra? big early grab, jez styles the new image?

Comment by Kevdog on April 20, 2009 at 3:01

jacko, leeso and bugs... You said it boys! Its all about the party... the crew... and the family... :) Living the dream boys... Living the dream.

Comment by Kevdog on April 20, 2009 at 2:57

At the endof the day, i think the outcome we got from the latest article was awsome. White lines are legal??? Ye ha. Im writing a story on the contraversy this week and trying to milk the publicity train prior to europe for all. The article will go to anyone who wants it so any comments are welcome. Basically, its will be a page or 2 on both sides of the story from all articles and the gaps between states. also a few statistics comparing push bikes and downhill skaters. Any ideas are welcome :)

Comment by Jeremy Rodgers on April 19, 2009 at 11:18

Thanks aych look forward to meeting you on tuesday mate talk soon cheers hey we have to try and get good media and in the end the bulletin have been good to us through Rach Syers but with the newspaper she does have final say so anything can happen like how Katrina Jones reported but Ben was cool and a fmx rider so he understood where we were coming from.

Comment by Aych on April 19, 2009 at 7:02

As I said last week Jeremy if the press thing had gone the other way you would have been a hero; and now to this week with our superintendent giving us permission to ride marked roads in the latest weekend bulletin offering; not only have you balanced last weeks poor reporting but finished the episode with the DH boys looking bloody good; nice one mate.

Comment by Aych on April 13, 2009 at 14:49

This really is bloody minded slow news day rubbish journalism. Though I know it wouldn't be the case, Jeremy has been made to come across as very cavalier and the headline "deadly skate craze" only goes to show the angle the editor was happy to cover. As for Cr Robbins remarks, on page 3 of the paper there lies a surfer in a hospital bed, how much tax money and donations are used each weekend for these guys who risk others lives for their sports; how many beach goers risk the lives of others with their stupidity in our waters each year. Cyclists heaving in packs on the Gold Coast roads reaching the same speeds as cars in places with just a helmet and no leathers. Skateboarding was always about downhill it's where it started; the ollie didn't exist on the streets when I started skating. Yes we know skateboarding will never have an acceptable face according to Cr Roberts, who I'm sure can show she has never backed skate park funding in order to help the local community, can't she?
I guess as I wasn't there nor have I, as yet, taken part in any of the "organised" Goldy runs I can't really say too much. Though this article coming from the same press that gave Daddow and the boys so much positive coverage on their build up last year and also recently, leaves a bad taste in my mouth and should be replied to in full by those that were there. Perhaps invite the journo out for a propa skate so they can see what we are really about, how old the majority of us really are and just what safety protocols we have, even if there are unwritten.
Don't let this chance slip by lads! show them there are two sides to this...and as a qualified Sports Medicine Australia sports trainer and sports therapist I'm happy for it to be known I have always held my first aid services and clinic door open to any DH skaters living or visiting the Goldy....

Comment by Jeremy Rodgers on April 13, 2009 at 13:04

http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2009/04/13/68655_gold-coast-lead-story.html sorry crew we will have to see what happens hey finger crossed i may do some time for this one.

Comment by Aych on April 8, 2009 at 14:30

didn't make the party but learnt an awful lot; got an awful lot to do in a short space of time and had a truck load of fun, no a convoy of fun. More importantly everyone made sure the family enjoyed the day too.....which means I get to have more days and weekends out.....my next CHC is Melbourne so this week building a ramp to practice off and then spending many hours practicing anyone on the Goldy up for LOADS of cones give me a shout.

Premium Member Comment by Jacko on April 3, 2009 at 20:45

its not about who wins the race its who wins the party!

ASRA Admin Comment by Bugs on April 3, 2009 at 19:04

Aych, it's only as competitive as you want it to be.
The person who has the most fun is the winner.

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