Ah shit here we go again
This one was pretty tragic, a real shame.
ive only run one CONVENTION technically. sounds fun. my favorite event i do is this yearly charity auction.
This could be the start of something specialā¦
i prefer to take that outlook on everything.
I personally still find conventions very useful in my line of work. Nothing beats true hands on, personally meeting and talking to people in which you do business,(or might do business with), and networking.
Actually headed to Chicago in September for FABTECH, which is always great.
i kinda wish there were more esk8.news articles. The enertion eulogy was an interesting read even though things are even more different now.
Are you guys having a group discussion of whether or not to support Mike Beard in a profit making adventure?
Before you come in here and spread more negativity, did you actually read all of the posts in this thread?
No one knows what to actually think about this
People will be upset that the event happens or doesnāt happen - why not just take advantage of the opportunity. I doubt mike will make anything from this.
I read it all yes my dude. Consider that with his obscurity and seo rankings Mike has likely ripped off more people than Jason Potter. Let that sink in.
letting a grudge get in the way of progress is little dick energy.
Nowadays taking a quick look at the site it looks like about half of the products are low tier chinese crap
The other half is a mix of mid tier parts and unknown quality batteries, with, ironically, unities.
I wouldnāt necessisarily consider him to be ripping people off anymore, heās upgraded since the fiasco that we are familiar with. Iāve never talked to him or anything like that but it seems like most of the stuff on there is moderate value.
It doesnāt seem like people should care this much. According to the site he has a warranty policy, and Iām not going to buy anything, but at the same time, what is the point in not letting people experience an event that could actually end up being decent
If the event is a failure and it sucks, so be it. Mike loses money and considers if it should even happen again.
I mean he has to have put at least 10 grand into it already with the rentals
Maybe we attend, observe, and figure out if it would be better run by our community in 2023 - I would love to have a large SoCal eskate event
The wife and I are gonna go that weekend no matter what. Good excuse to go to Vegas. 12 hour drive to bring boards and have fun. (For me) Letās group ride there if nothing else.
You should check out MassiveStatorās ESK8-BRO Dog & Pony show, then revisit this question.
Worst case is yāallās just go and do a esk8 cannonball or something thru the city
Iāll bet you both my nipples that this doesnāt go off.
Question is: Can you guys (not financially but by reputation) afford to not be part of this?
Say i plan a convention on piling up shit and iām able to achieve piles of a certain height that iām trying to sell as the genre standard while your guysā shit piles are triple the height and also they are way more chunky.
Not that iām āpart of the sceneā at all, i just happen to own a board, but iāve got the feeling that too many people abandoned the community over the last months (i might be totally wrong here).
You guys really should be present if only for showing new guys how itās done properly and to make sure āprebuilt china clonesā (exagerating) are not sold as genre standard.
Yeah, pretty sure my street cred will be intact if I somehow go to Las Vegas and avoid going to a fuckin prebuilt electric skateboard convention. 