Of course, it's inevitable that after you go to press, changes HAVE to be made. Good thing for me this isn't important!
Skateboardbrocprint.pdf
A few minor changes brought about by some constructive reviews. There is nothing "wrong" with the original version I posted last week, this is just an update with some improvements. Both Jani Soderhall and Chicken felt the paragraph where I mentioned specific speeds was a bit lacking. Although we might think we're hauling down a mountainside, to the general public "15 to 25 miles an hour" sound a little lame. So I re-wrote it to read that "it's really exciting to watch skaters whipping through three to four cones PER SECOND."
Also, some suggestions were made concerning the bracket diagram. Since it would appear to be obvious to several, I've decided to go with the flow and NUMBER the brackets so that seed #1 is up against #16, 2-15, etc. Also, LBK suggested a footnote that mentions how bracketing is the result of qualifying runs early in the day. Good catch, Dave.
That's it. I'm done with it. The .PDF is updated with the new changes and once again any and everyone is welcome to get their own copy. One last thing. This brochure is in no way proprietary. Anyone can take the basic layout and run with it however they choose for their own local race scene. The specs on the file are as follows:
Layout in QuarkXpress
Avant Garde PS 1 Typeface throughout
One TIFF image
Two JPEGS.
TOTAL FILE SIZE INCLUDING GRAPHICS: 1.1 MB
If anyone wants the original Quark layout just send an e-mail and I'll pass it along. Also, I believe PageMaker has a filter for opening QXP documents, so that'll also work. Take it, change it, add your own pics, rewrite it to appeal more to your own local event, change the rules for whatever little quirks are peculiar to your event, yadda, yadda, yadda.
There will also be a NEW TOPIC in the MEDIA forum with this link. I hope Jani and Adam might take the time to merge, delete, clean up or whatever they wish to the two running threads in this forum. Personally, I'd like to this thread stay open for further discussion. My idea is this brochure will go out and eventually be "personalized" for local areas and events. Rules will be edited for particular events, local racers can re-write the "who's racing" section to include actual bios of who's racing today, maybe a link to a more local web site. All this would lead people to come to SS.com and discuss their ideas and what would work best to get the point across. This layout that I've produced is NOT PROPRIETARY. Take it, change it, make it work for whatever you're doing locally.