At 09:00 02 February 2005, John Shelton wrote:
The numbers will continue to shrink in the current
environment.

The elephant in the corner of the room no one seems
to want to acknowledge...I agree that you are unfortunately
correct.

As one of many, many examples,
take snowboards. Skills derived from skateboarding
went to the ski slopes
over the dead bodies of the skiers. Now, the growth
is in shredding, not
skiing. It is not because the establishment of skiers
decided to switch. It
is because the young wanted them out of the way and
when they did not move,
they were ignored.

A beautiful analogy...skiers still don't get it. 70k
spectators at Aspen for WinterX, 1k at Vail being bored
watching World Cup.

Ever notice how their eyes glaze over
when you try to tell them about the beauty of flying
with an eagle?


John, please never stop posting here...it gives some
of us hope. You definitely let the left brain work
on soaring...something it does not do enough. Personally
I think you are missing out on some other wonderful
competition scenarios..starting with the Ipaq Olympics...prettiest
colors, best able to reconfigure, most efficient use
of battery, cleanest cables, most cluttered and unusable
screen, to be most accurate this all happens on the
ground at the airport...where Ipaq pecking order seems
to be an attraction for many.

So,
Ahhh. That felt good.