X-games would be great for the sport; MAYBE!,The good, for money/attention to the industry getting more people on stand ups more people buying parts/ski's, equals manufactures of ski's and aftermarket parts to make better/new goods, and come up with improvements on current designs. The more people riding more idea's on tricks and the crazier things get, Example you look at skateboarding videos from the 80's and one from today and its completely different and alot more advanced. Jet Skiing has progressed, but not like other sports (My opinion). You watch stand up video's and its usually alot of Back Flips and Barrel Rolls with a little variation here and there, not much else except re-entry's into the surf and stabs. Flatwater has alot of more technical tricks, but less of the ooooww, ahhhhh, factor.
In the earlier years of the games, people watched flat land BMX, Which I guess you could kind of compare to flatwater Tricks on a ski, its a little slow to watch but takes years to master so its still very impressive to watch, but hard to compete with Rally cars,freestyle MX, and guys on skateboards getting 30 ft of air out of a 15 ft vert ramp. I like the idea of combining it with surfing, you could even combine it with wakeboarding, for more of the controlled enviroment factor, ski's jumping wake, then doing some flat water,
The bad, if it did take off, then you get all the posers, you guys already bitch about Dumb a**'s taking FOR EVER on the boat ramps, and then all these posers ride where the should'nt, break all the rules, and put even more strict regulations on the PWC sport, and possibly getting us banned from even more lakes and riding area's.
Thats my 2 cents from a PWC newb, But experienced with other exterme sports, like skating,motorcycles,downhill skiing and did alot of offroading with jeep clubs, and dealing with having Offroading area's closed because any idiot can get a jeep and tear up some private property, or driving through and endangered habitat. I've been envolved in other GOOD things that have taken off, and some what been ruined with popularity. I've owned a superjet for a a few months and was instantly hooked, mainly because its some what easy to learn but very hard to master. I think the sport would/could be huge if more people knew about it, or had the chance to try it.But it not only needs to be advertised as the sport, but advertised doing it right to keep EVERY ONE happy, like tread lightly for the offroad guys, there should be a ski lightly for us PWC groups. I think the current people on these forums do a great job on promoting the sport in a positive manner, it would just be hard to inform, a mass new group of people the X-games could bring in.
So when do we start sending our letters to ESPN asking for Freestlye PWCMX??? Or are we happy where we are headed? I personally kinda like that its a small tight group.
In the earlier years of the games, people watched flat land BMX, Which I guess you could kind of compare to flatwater Tricks on a ski, its a little slow to watch but takes years to master so its still very impressive to watch, but hard to compete with Rally cars,freestyle MX, and guys on skateboards getting 30 ft of air out of a 15 ft vert ramp. I like the idea of combining it with surfing, you could even combine it with wakeboarding, for more of the controlled enviroment factor, ski's jumping wake, then doing some flat water,
The bad, if it did take off, then you get all the posers, you guys already bitch about Dumb a**'s taking FOR EVER on the boat ramps, and then all these posers ride where the should'nt, break all the rules, and put even more strict regulations on the PWC sport, and possibly getting us banned from even more lakes and riding area's.
Thats my 2 cents from a PWC newb, But experienced with other exterme sports, like skating,motorcycles,downhill skiing and did alot of offroading with jeep clubs, and dealing with having Offroading area's closed because any idiot can get a jeep and tear up some private property, or driving through and endangered habitat. I've been envolved in other GOOD things that have taken off, and some what been ruined with popularity. I've owned a superjet for a a few months and was instantly hooked, mainly because its some what easy to learn but very hard to master. I think the sport would/could be huge if more people knew about it, or had the chance to try it.But it not only needs to be advertised as the sport, but advertised doing it right to keep EVERY ONE happy, like tread lightly for the offroad guys, there should be a ski lightly for us PWC groups. I think the current people on these forums do a great job on promoting the sport in a positive manner, it would just be hard to inform, a mass new group of people the X-games could bring in.
So when do we start sending our letters to ESPN asking for Freestlye PWCMX??? Or are we happy where we are headed? I personally kinda like that its a small tight group.
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I may have not given it the credit deserves, but it was in the sense of comparing it to the other sports, not surf vs flatwater. Im sure you get lots of attention on the lake, because you are doing some bad ass tricks, And your definatley the most exciting thing on the lake. The question is can it hang with the other X-game events, I think with the right publicity, to get people to give either Jet Skiing in the surf or flatwater a chance it could stand a chance. But hey, who wants to watch the X-Games on TV on a summer weekend when we can be out riding?
