ptradam Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 So, as a working man, there is no way I'd ever be able to make it to all of the nationals in one year. Being from PA, the west coast rounds are totally out of the question vacation time wise. Does anyone think that rider participation would go up if there were separate East and West coast series? Maybe with an east vs. west shoot out at the end like in Supercross or something? I'm just throwing it out there for the sake of conversation. Lets hear some other opinions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw dave Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 We have the same problem in Canada - Years ago there used to be a Western Canadian Championship, It makes a lot of sense, but seems nobody wants to promote the idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgshannon Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 So, as a working man, there is no way I'd ever be able to make it to all of the nationals in one year. Being from PA, the west coast rounds are totally out of the question vacation time wise. Does anyone think that rider participation would go up if there were separate East and West coast series? Maybe with an east vs. west shoot out at the end like in Supercross or something? I'm just throwing it out there for the sake of conversation. Lets hear some other opinions! Read the NATC news, and you might be pleasantly surprised. Dallas TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 East vs West now that sounds like a winner !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptradam Posted October 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 DGShannon, yeah, I read that. After I posted! Oh well. Glad to see some changes. It definately looks like a move in the right direction. Both events are located centrally and are great locations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biffsgasgas Posted October 31, 2007 Report Share Posted October 31, 2007 I guess the answer will be soon comming but will these two events be on back to back weekends? Much like Adam I also have to dedicate some travel time to getting to these things. My girlfriend wants a real vacation next year but I really want to ride the nationals. hmmmm I really enjoyed the national at the world round but i know that there was tons of complexity associated with that. The east coast had an event spaning florida tenn and kentucky last year. I may be going that way. For those in england/europe Colorado is a 24 hour drive time for me here in michigan. --Biff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bukor Posted November 1, 2007 Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 I understand it takes some sacrifices (money/time) to attend nationals. Perhaps East/West championship could help lessen that sacrifice for a lot of us? I think it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptradam Posted November 1, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2007 The '08 format is definately interesting. Our club has put on Nationals in the past, and we have talked about doing another one. A two day trials with National caliber sections is tough enough, but trying to find enough interesting terrain to do a 3 day without getting repetetive will definately be a challenge for any club! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgshannon Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 The '08 format is definately interesting. Our club has put on Nationals in the past, and we have talked about doing another one. A two day trials with National caliber sections is tough enough, but trying to find enough interesting terrain to do a 3 day without getting repetetive will definately be a challenge for any club! That is the beauty of marking sections with all white tape. Run the sections one direction one day, and then the other direction, the next. Running sections backwards can be REAL interesting, sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptradam Posted November 5, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 (edited) The '08 format is definately interesting. Our club has put on Nationals in the past, and we have talked about doing another one. A two day trials with National caliber sections is tough enough, but trying to find enough interesting terrain to do a 3 day without getting repetetive will definately be a challenge for any club! That is the beauty of marking sections with all white tape. Run the sections one direction one day, and then the other direction, the next. Running sections backwards can be REAL interesting, sometimes. Thats definately the easy way to make 12 sections into 24 sections real fast! Edited November 5, 2007 by ptradam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tryalscody Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 The '08 format is definately interesting. Our club has put on Nationals in the past, and we have talked about doing another one. A two day trials with National caliber sections is tough enough, but trying to find enough interesting terrain to do a 3 day without getting repetetive will definately be a challenge for any club! That is the beauty of marking sections with all white tape. Run the sections one direction one day, and then the other direction, the next. Running sections backwards can be REAL interesting, sometimes. Thats definately the easy way to make 12 sections into 24 sections real fast! Yes that is a EASY way to do things but for me, someone who will be at these nationals, I feel it might be a little boreing to be riding the same spots twice, backwards forwards, whatever I think most riders want more then that, got to go with a different spot if at alllll possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 Simply running sections "backwards" definitely "cheapens" an event unless much forethought is given to changing the same basic area. On the main topic, running east, central and, west series, with a DECIDER somewhere in the middle does make sense! Lots of possibilities there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hensley Posted November 6, 2007 Report Share Posted November 6, 2007 n the main topic, running east, central and, west series, with a DECIDER somewhere in the middle does make sense! great idea 3 trips instead of 5 that was made last year only 1 less event 9 versus 10 last year and the exact same amount of trips as this year to qualify 2 yet 3 more events to ride if wanted. that is I suppose the best 6 of 9 right???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiceman Posted November 7, 2007 Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 East vs West now that sounds like a winner !!! yeah make it so the top three riders from each coast's nationals class' would face off in a final round to prove a champion for each class Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptradam Posted November 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2007 The '08 format is definately interesting. Our club has put on Nationals in the past, and we have talked about doing another one. A two day trials with National caliber sections is tough enough, but trying to find enough interesting terrain to do a 3 day without getting repetetive will definately be a challenge for any club! That is the beauty of marking sections with all white tape. Run the sections one direction one day, and then the other direction, the next. Running sections backwards can be REAL interesting, sometimes. Thats definately the easy way to make 12 sections into 24 sections real fast! Yes that is a EASY way to do things but for me, someone who will be at these nationals, I feel it might be a little boreing to be riding the same spots twice, backwards forwards, whatever I think most riders want more then that, got to go with a different spot if at alllll possible That's what I'm saying tryalscody! I set up an event every other year for our club on my family's land. I make it a point not to repeat sections from year to year. I might reapeat one after 3 events(that would be 6 years). Most riders change classes by then anyway. I kind of pride myself on finding "virgin" sections for the riders every time I set up an event. I get compliments every time I put one on! I was just saying that putting on a 3 day event that has national lever sections will be really tough. I also believe that if we would change the National format to an East/West coast format you might see some very good riders come out of the wood work! Riders that otherwise couldn't afford to take time off to compete at events for from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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