Dominik Kowalski wrote:Grenoble 2009
no specs, no danger, no glory, no pain....
no money, no booze, no chicks no fame...
short.....boring!
I'm so bored of forum talkin but I have to react
Dom writing that is just lying and unfair
and what time of day do you take theses pictures, can you say?
This contest is setting an higher standard than most all other races for 4 years
but Grenoble is still attacked by a lot of shit talking compared to some catastrophic races
It's true that the main organizer is not spending his time on forums to defend it - easy?
I think all that discouraged a lot of racers from coming last years
For sure in 2009 there were really less racers than expected and the price money was the minimum announced but some money was given.
The two last years the organizer spent a lot of time to have the possibility to block a road for the giant slalom outside of the city because racers wanted a long and steep spot (but he cannot control the wind and the rain sorry). He did that even it's not really efficient from a marketing point of view.
He could totally forget about slalom and continue the event only with BMX, rollers and more spectacular sports taht are easy to organize..
but one again it happened in the center of the city with a big crew for judging and help, hot foods, good infrastructure, big tents, ramps, concerts, DJs animations, big posters around the city, newspaper and radio annoucements, lot of journalists ...
It's not perfect, some doesn't like flat racing and we still have to pay some quite big fees (but just as in nearly all important races) but it tried to improve and just get shit again and again
do you think really he earn money with slalom?
be serious.. ask how much they loose
Désaxé are the last people who still want to organize a big race in France... for how long?
