ASRA - Australian Skateboard Racing Association

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yeah, one of them works at the "top feed" joint at the top of the hill. seen him watching us preparing to bomb it. not sure about the other guy

Dani said:
Do you know who those blokes watching on the laptop were??
Theyre soft!!!
Does anyone have a link for me please? Wanna watch it!
watch the 5:00 news tonight!! they are interviewing me benny and dougie to get the other side of the story
nice one dude... make sure you do not let them turn it around, because it is very easy they can do that... be VERY carefully what you say coz they most likely will edit it to make it turn against you... make strong points of the safety precautions you take when riding the hill (i.e full leathers, full face helmets, gloves, staying within our lanes, the works...) and make them aware of how cautious downhill skaters are of traffic, we wave at every car we come across, we give them full right of way and we never put ourselves in dangerous situations on purpose and always ride within our skill limits... make the point that some of us who do this do it for pretty much a job and do it to represent our country against the entire world and no matter how many rules and stupid laws they will lay down we will still skate
hey hey, i taped it also, mite be able to upload it if i can figure out how to... also i know some channel 7 peeps who mite be able to hook us up with a report or sumfin but ill have to ask.. could be good for us, neva know ey.
Thanks guys, you rock. Keep rolling hard. Underground sessions are just about to start here.
in my opinion... fuck the tv interviews... it can only lead to bad news. if you think about it there is not much story in a bunch of dudes ripping down hills on their skateboards... thats boring to the public.
However if you turn it around and really portray that these people on their skaties are 'dangerous' and 'reckless' and putting people in danger and all that hoo-ha then they have a story...
to get on and try to battle it will just increase the negative outlook from the public because in the end its the media who is putting the story out, so it is the media who decides how it is going to look....

take A-drains story for example, even though they showed him riding in completely legal conditions and wearing the appropriate safety gear, they STILL make his crew look like they were in the wrong and being dangerous...
With our sport still trying to grow its still stuck in the 'renegade' category, and most of the public still look at skateboarders as hooligans, even if their name is Tony Hawk...

So be very careful when trying to get media exposure, because if you dont have 100% control over it there is a pretty good chance it is going to get turned around and shown as something you dont want it to be shown as...
Agreed, be careful in that interview. The media always has a way with twisting words. Best of luck, we will see how it turns out.
ehyyy, they got sum of our footage from eagle... wiked looks like leigh is the main offender so he can take all the blame hahahah jkjk. will have to record tonights stuff also. btw which guys are being interviewed?? and they are saying that they are getting our side of the story so maybe they wont be turning it around on us... (unlikely but possible)..
OK fellow longboarders channel 10 contacted me this morning to see if I wanted to give them my side of the story. After talking to the journo, Brett, for a while and sussing things out I said yes please! Before the interviews happened we made sure that they weren't going to bend us over and turn it around on us. Brett was a top bloke and is really impressed with what we do and assured us that they wouldn't turn it around to make us look like loose hooligans. We just spoke the truth, told him how safe it is and how we are no threat to the public. It all went real good, we were with them for around an hour. So fingers crossed its gonna be all good! I think it'll promote it if anything, but who knows....lets wait and see. Yeeeeeeeeewwwww! Soooooooo sick!!!
Don't speak too soon Wait till you see the footage! You guys did well i'm sure just have to see if they try turn it around or not. Is someone recording it so we can all see?

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