Well you guys never cease to impress me or any of my fellow riders.
I think we ve been through this before but like a child we have to go through it again and state how puerile your comments are towards some people.
You start by admiting that you like criticism about the whole thing and yet you still manage to bag pretty much everyone who hasn t come to your local tracks for whatever reason may be.
Don t get me wrong everyone apreciates the fact that you do a huge chunck for the scene and you might be fighting an uphill battle in terms of communication wether it s with mtb or bmx riders.
BUt you have to admit it, a sport trying to spread its wings is nothing with a good cohesive body to govern and organize it.
It seems like you have a lot on your hands and saddly i see a lot of people with a big influence in the industry throwing the towel and getting rid of their responsabilities for the discipline.
unorganized events plus a discipline trying to find its identity plus a governing body that doesn t really know how to organize or promote the sport properly is a lot to deal with.
Now the track, i haven t seen the track nor ridden it but all i can say is all i saw photos of some dudes hucking mounds of dirt on their dh bikes, and a drawing.. (not much indication of what the track is like is it.)
secondly, seeing a chopper for me isn't really offputting to me but frankly promoting the fact that 12 year old kids can do this or that is great, but like a few others said older people and people who actually promote or push the sport or get involved at a national level have responsabilities bike related or not and can t always afford a broken ankle.
Again i'm saying all this acknowledging the fact that you have had strict guidelines in building the track and time frame etc...
I don t pretend to know all nor do i flame people for it (take note on this!)
But i really think that the problem has be dealt from the core out of the whole organization. You need people that you can delegate tasks too (ie:marketing or promotional) it doesn t have to be someone you pay but someone who can actually put himself into peoples' and riders shoe and actually asks themselves the real questions about how to make this sport more popular.
I mean it doesn t take much of a business mind to actually understand what needs to be done to promote an event.
For example flyers at key bike shops around the state ... etc..
Mtx nsw has an account as far as i m aware and let s be realistic here, money is a drive for any organisers no matter how much of an enthusiast you are or how much of the sport you want it to be accessible.
YOu have to seduce riders into the racing side of 4x at the stage taht we are getting now in Australia.We all know how successfull aussie riders are prefessionaly in 4x riding so it shouldn t be hard to drag more riders in.
See i managed to go this far without insulting anyone (pretty amazing isn't)
Finally 4x is a sport that i truely enjoy, racing, training for, i mean heck i go when unsick or weather allowing it, to gate practising all the way out to castle hill once a week.
I would hate to be a witness of the rise and fall of the 4x discipline.
Dave, i'm sorry to see such change in your commitment to 4x. BUt i understand unless certain things change in the sport i m afraid not many people will be attracted by it.
I could go on and on about it but i d rather have a sit down about it rather than e fight.
NIcho
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, pics are up now have a squiz ..... 
