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slacklinejoe
Oct 13, 2010, 5:21 PM
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I've been wondering about this a lot lately, and I've been thinking hard about whether or not competitions are really healthy for our sport.
On one hand, you've got an opportunity to get slackers together and have some comradery, on the other, you encourage people to be jacklels, idiots, discouraging newbies and suddenly having the mindset that they should be paid and promoted to slackline in the park with their friends.
From my perspective, it's kind of disheartening. We run a few comps but a few we've quit supporting since they really only brought out a lot of ego maniacs who tried to claim "worlds first... such and such trick" or otherwise being dicks about it rather than the lighthearted fun we wanted to provide.
At 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell's slackline afterparty, I walked the line with someone juggling on my shoulders. I've got videos / photos but I guess I'm odd because I don't feel the urge to claim it. Afterall, tight ropers have been doing that stuff for centuries.
Instead, I try to focus on providing free workshops and get togethers, but there's no doubt that competitions pull in more people.
As someone who wants encourage the sport's adoption, what are we (organizers) doing wrong or at least what can we do better?
(This post was edited by slacklinejoe on Oct 13, 2010, 5:23 PM)
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