News article in Sunday Mail
There's a two-page spread about downhill skateboarding and Skate Australia in today's Sunday Mail.
Seems to be pretty damn positive.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/sunday-mail/downhill-longboarder...
Seems to be pretty damn positive.
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/sunday-mail/downhill-longboarder...
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Permalink Reply by Elliot O on
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Yes i saw that! And so did my parents!
Now they want me to buy a fullface! Hahaha they are so paying!
Well done Daddow, Lesso and Jason!
Nice positive outlook Daddow, congratulations.
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jack on -
yeah i saw it too, it was heaps good
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by sean meaney on -
very very good article, stoked that press about our sport like that is getting out
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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Stephen Daddow on -
what did they say and was it any good....
Camden said:Radio Metro on the Gold Coast had a huge section in their news yesterday about DH on streets
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Permalink Reply by Adrian Alderson on
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see http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/09/11/254495_gold-coast-ne...
Interesting
Merrick Wildash said:Dad heard something about a crack down on night races and sessions
Stephen Daddow said:what did they say and was it any good....
Camden said:Radio Metro on the Gold Coast had a huge section in their news yesterday about DH on streets
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Permalink Reply by Sakamoto on
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Very!!
Adrian Alderson said:see http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2010/09/11/254495_gold-coast-ne...
Interesting
Merrick Wildash said:Dad heard something about a crack down on night races and sessions
Stephen Daddow said:what did they say and was it any good....
Camden said:Radio Metro on the Gold Coast had a huge section in their news yesterday about DH on streets
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Permalink Reply by matty leadfoot on
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The cops should be dealing with the drunk dickheads beating people up in the streets of Bris and Goldy, and preventing those same twits from killing innocent people with their 2 ton 400bhp douche mobiles.
I sure feel safe at night knowing they are chasing skateboarders instead of dealing with the REAL social problems we are currently facing.
The kind of item the GC news is running (not so much the courier mail) is bad for us because it gives some people an excuse to put us in even more danger.
I swear I am going to be really fucked off if a cop harms a hair on anyones head,.... especially if anyone tries to run us off the road.
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I DO love the way our community is a goldmine for lazy journos though. :D hahahahaaaaa
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ASRA AdminPermalink Reply by Bugs on -
matty leadfoot said:[rant]...
I agree. Except I'm not too concerned about this type of publicity. Sure, it gives the entrenched haters more ammunition, but it's mostly just good exposure. And the comments on the story are great, and so is the photo gallery. Good to see Jase again - hey Jase, you're looking fast up there.
And a massive cheer to the Courier Mail and Dadbrow - that's a rad story!
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as far as Im concerned there is no such thing as an illegal skateboard race.
if 20 cyclists decide to run a night of races is that an illegal cycling race?
No,... but an illegal cycling race just sounds lame. hahahahaaaaa
Jase is a legend!
EVERYONE Ive met in qld is a legend :) ........and the whole crew is just so relaxed and positive.
Its skater paradise, ....and they cant take it away from us.
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God, don't even get us all started on cyclists!
Why to they get to ride on our roads in huge packs and we're not? Even if we are wearing a helmet...
I think it's because those cyclists are middle aged men who have a fair amount of money in their Lycra pockets...
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Permalink Reply by Hank's Place Australia on
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after being involved with skating since around '77, globally anything that doesn't mention skateboards with, hooligans, death, dangerous to the public, illegal activity, bag snatching (there was a time in London), is good publicity and the publicity, on the whole, from the Gold Coast from those that have seen the chances and made the breaks has been pretty good.
BUT, for the younger crew, it takes bloody years to make skating acceptable to the point where the police love you and the council like you putting on races, in the meantime Daddow and the crew are just letting people know what we do where we do it and why we have to do it when we do.
We know there is a difference between responsible skating and helmets without helmets but the public doesn't; education is good.
Patience and toleration are hard things to nurture, man, sometimes we have to be like Gandhi on wheels
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