danielBMXisFUN
Steel Member
well in case you missed it last year there was a big Extreme sports event in Barcelona (extreme Barcelona) and it was presented by Mountain Dew. now this is pretty much a test strategy by the company to see the the outcome and hype generated by scooters, which was pretty great, the scooter event filled up the stadium! heres a link to the highlights
Now, although the turn out was great its not gonna be an easy move into the mainstream simply because the BMX and skate companies fear the take over of the scooter scene, sure skating and bmx are fun to watch, but a dude on a scooter flipping around while the scooter is spinning would a mind blowing experience to someone not familiar with the scooter scene, which would also encourage even more kids to pick up scooters over your standard Bike or board, so as you can imagine the bike/skate companies have it in their best interest to bash on scooters and down talk them simply because they know once kids see the possibilities of scooters they will pick one up.
DC shoes is already on the bashing campaign with the whole Wes Kremer campaign. many other skate companies also post videos to ridicule scooters, because they fear change...
Cant really blame the poor saps they need sales to feed their families...
Anyways, like skating in the early years received hate and ridicule, so must we, HATE is a good thing, it means your doing something right! lets see what this years Extreme Barcelona holds!!!!
Now, although the turn out was great its not gonna be an easy move into the mainstream simply because the BMX and skate companies fear the take over of the scooter scene, sure skating and bmx are fun to watch, but a dude on a scooter flipping around while the scooter is spinning would a mind blowing experience to someone not familiar with the scooter scene, which would also encourage even more kids to pick up scooters over your standard Bike or board, so as you can imagine the bike/skate companies have it in their best interest to bash on scooters and down talk them simply because they know once kids see the possibilities of scooters they will pick one up.
DC shoes is already on the bashing campaign with the whole Wes Kremer campaign. many other skate companies also post videos to ridicule scooters, because they fear change...
Cant really blame the poor saps they need sales to feed their families...
Anyways, like skating in the early years received hate and ridicule, so must we, HATE is a good thing, it means your doing something right! lets see what this years Extreme Barcelona holds!!!!
