TV- I concur. In the USA, you can watch everything imaginable on
our sports networks, from Poker to Golf distance driving. Where is
soaring? What could be more exhilarating than seeing a low pass at
140kts by an open class sailplane dumping water? Current technology
would allow all sorts of monitoring of GPS traces, cameras in planes,
etc. If people can actually remain awake through a broadcast of a golf
match, surely we could get a sailplane race on TV. Wouldn't have to be
live, right?

Most all of our sports are driven by Television and Advertising. It is
time for Soaring to get a piece of that pie. But with it comes the
attention. You ready for grandstands at a sailplane race? Interviews
after a flight. My cynical side says we aren't- we like our private
little sport. And that mindset will keep it where it is at.
Joe in Atlanta