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Originally posted by thanson2001ok Wish I could be there! Perfect excuse to get back to Ivanpah..."Honey, they are shooting a TV show and I really need to be there."

Todd, just use the phrase "Honey they said they NEED me there". Wish you and G00f could make it.

Goof... Your wing gonna be good enough for this?

Great thread- HUGE passion from everyone.

My 2 cents:
Everyone has an opinion- This thread proves that. Whether the producer spins this in a positive or negative light doesn't matter.
Fact is there will be a portion of the un informed population who will naively dismiss what we do as ridiculous, evil and down right dangerous.
These people will feel the need to "protect" society from this sport and go to lengths to do so. There will be bans and regulations (there always are on unregulated sports) set in place because of those people "with more cash than brains" out there getting them selves hurt if not killed.

I'm new to the sport- perhaps i have no right to state my opinion amongst you guys with such experience and seniority, but Drew's earlier post
struck a strong cord with me-
This sport was presented to me during a time in my life that "FIT" for many different reasons. It has become a passion that i will defend and i truly believe that there will be a valuable portion of the population that will find this sport as important as we do.

Good Luck with the shoot Bobby!
Sounds like it'll be an awesome outing. wish i could be there to support and possibly ride a couple true speed buggies.

Time to find an excuse to come to Vegas to "work" again......

I can sneeze without pain!!!

Getting ready to test the shoulder very soon now......

Glad to hear goof! Been thinking bout ya! You are always welcome, even if you just want to hang out with us.

Just a reminder about the shoot this Saturday. I plan to get there mid to late morning. Most good winds are in the afternoon. I hope a bunch of us can make it.

@Kent....thanks....whenever I am in Vegas you and BB can count on me stopping by to say hi....

I asked my wonderful wife if I could use the last of my FQF miles and come down for this...... her answer......"are you crazy"

I didn't take it any farther.....I just dropped it.....I still got my gear....I figured I better not push it.....live to fly another day....

I'm excited for this. I will be there.

Maybe I can offer some incite since I work in the industry. This guy is running a production company. He does not work for FOX. His show airs on FOX and that's as far as it goes. Here is how a show gets picked up. You film a pilot with a budget you either get from an investor or from your own savings account. Then after filming and editing the pilot, which is usually 1 or 2 episodes, you submit it to a bunch of networks that you think may want to buy it. Once someone has purchased your show, like Fox purchased this show, they give you a budget to shoot 1 season. One season is usually 6 to 12 episodes, but varies. Then you take your budget back to your production company, organize a crew or use the same crew from your pilot, and go shoot the season. If they like the show, then they will continue this process until ratings drop so much that it costs more to produce than they make from airing it.

So although some of you may have been burned by show that aired on Fox or any other organization, you cant put them all in the same boat. At the end of the day, they are coming out to document what is happening and to tell a story. So don't come out and do something daring where you may get hurt unless you are prepared to share it with the world. Cause at the end of the day you don't get to choose what airs or what makes good tv. As I said, they come out to tell the story. And if the story is you came out had some good sessions and then got hurt. Well they are going to tell that story. Now on the other side of the coin if you go out, give it your all, and no one ever gets hurt. Than the focus will be on the fun that was had. Its up to you. Now even if this was for FOX news and they did twist the story where they didn't show any of the fun and only showed the injury, who's fault is it really, theirs? I don't think so. You control your own destiny. That's the facts and I hope you all agree.

We should be applauding Bob's efforts to grow the community. Not ranting and raving about how we disagree. And if that brings more people into the sport great. We will have more people to ride with. And the kite stores will be happy as business will be better than ever. Just make sure the first thing you teach a newbee is "Just Let Go!!!". The price of replacing a kite is far cheaper than replacing you neck or back if you break it. And that's something I know we can all agree on. So get out there and have fun, be safe, and relax. That's what I do!

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Originally posted by g00fba11 I asked my wonderful wife if I could use the last of my FQF miles and come down for this...... her answer......"are you crazy" I didn't take it any farther.....I just dropped it.....I still got my gear....I figured I better not push it.....live to fly another day....

GOOD FOR HER, your a smart man. you make me laugh.

I always use "live to kite another day" in a different way but this makes complete sense too.

Brian thanks for the clarification. Your info sounds exactly like what my friend says. He has 12 episodes on Fox Sports. Plan on freestyle with the winds we are forcast. Calling for 5-10 but hot so hoping the heat kicks it up a notch.

The closer this gets, the more excited I am for this opportunity for kiting! Glad to hear Brian will be there. Thanks for jumping on this BB

There should be a couple of good friends of mine there at the time RedSky aka Tom and Cliff...they missed nabx, but could not bear to wait a whole year so arrived yesterday, have fun

Fox sports shoot is canceled due to time overruns on a previous job the film crew is working on in Arizona. The idea is still alive but we don't know when we will try again. Thanks to those that were going to come out. I'll post up if we see an opportunity in the future.

aw suck!

Too bad