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good stuff bugs :)

Im here for the advice...

OK so here goes:  

Put your bushings thoughts here, what is best suited for left hand corners, orange or yellow???

Just kidding! ;-))

Glyde!

Hi Bugs,

thanks for the reminder email to rejoin,

couple of things, i wasnt sure what date to put in, the very first date i ever joined

ASRA or the last expiry date.(I just left it as the default date.)

Are their membership numbers still, do we keep our original ones forever til we RIP?

Props to whoever thought it was a good idea to extend the video tab on the main page.

get keen someones winning a board :D

Thanks Ching! you rock

Looks like we now have 3 rounds of CHC2011.

Will there be a round in Sydney this year or is it to be early next year?

Hey folks, come along if you're in town: http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/events/asra-general-meeting

ive got a new tshirt or two where do ya get asra gear

got to put my glasses on when typing old fart

ive got to get a new tshirt or two where do ya get asra gear

This is a good read from Leah Harrison, and if any of you know her, you will know how significant this is.

To the rest of ya....FFS get ya wiggle ON!

more Skating Demons beaten

posted Fawkner Slalom Video, have fun. Loved Leah's post on CDS.

Cool - great post by Leah, thanks for the link Bernie.  Reading it took me back to my first encounters with slalom and what it felt like, having been a street skater in my younger years.

Hey Bugs, I'm pretty sure my membership has expired for the last financial year and I need to renew. How do I check? Also and if so, can I pay renewal fees to Robbo or anyone else at Hopshop tomorrow?

Dave, you're good til June 30 2012.

Stoked! Thanks, Bugs.

Dan, I agree it can be difficult and inconvenient when the location is not openly divulged, but when people keep that info quiet they're doing so for good reasons (legal and safety). Private communication with the organiser is often all it takes to find out the location.

Hey Bugs, do you know when my membership will expire? I'm hoping I will still be ok for Newtons 2013.
Cheers

Charlie, your membership expires on Feb 7, ie, before Newton's. You should get a warning re renewal about now.

ah damn, thanks.

Hey Bugs/Robbo - where does one get their hands on the ASRA stickers...?

HopShop is the place

We don't have a big stock of stickers at the moment. Need to print more.

OK - thanks guys.

hi guys its a bit pathetic that the commentary crew at newton have to act like groms and have sarcastic digs at luge shows how childish some are. and who  decided not show luge this morning. very lame guys

Murrah, the commentators and camera crew have a really hard job to do to entertain the online viewers. Without the massive amount of these viewers sponsors are going to be less likely to continuously get involved in the event.

Unfortunately when the luge were on track and shown views considerably decreased. At this stage a large part is about keeping the viewers happy unfortunately. 

The main commentator (Bricin) has always said shit about luge - in fact he's massively toned it down since the days when he used to encourage everybody attending to boo whenever a luger rode the track.

These days he's tame. He's also a fairly equal-opportunity hater; everybody cops it. Some skaters had stuff said about them that although witty was far worse than anything said about lugers as a group.

Another thing - nobody at the event pays too much attention to the shit he says, partly cos they're having too much fun riding the track, and partly cos it's so obvious that he's not a mean-spirited guy, even when he's talking shit. Ask the Lugers who attended Newtons how they feel about it. They made a point of coming up to me to disown the criticism of Bricin's commentary coming from that particular section of their own community.

From an ASRA perspective we go to a lot of trouble to accommodate luge in the face of commercial forces that wish it gone, and in the face of a luge community whose numbers are dwindling and sometimes seem dominated by people hostile to us.

As for the question of "who decided not to show luge on Saturday?" - the answer is the TV crew. Two reasons - there was no luge racing on Saturday, only practice, and secondly they wanted to maximise ratings and they can see that the ratings drop off when luge is broadcast.

hi guys i do understand the aspects of of promotion and ratings.most of the luge community dont have anything against skaters we all enjoy the same rush when it comes to the crunch. ive tried to keep an open mind on the subject some of the hostility was was warranted some was an over reaction. but i dont want to see it become a saga with gromes who are easily influenced picking up the attitude so this crap goes on for years i hope you can see my point. and on a lighter note great event shame it costs so much to enter.haha . got you some media for newton this week.enjoy  http://www.naroomanewsonline.com.au/story/1503018/southern-street-l...