It's far easier to be skeptical about something than to go after something. Fearing failure is my main pet peeve. In this case someone else is doing ALL of the work and massive upside exists even if he/she is only marginally successful.

You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Just because those who have tried before have failed is no reason not to try again. We need growth. Growth requires marketing. Grass roots marketing (look around you) only gets you so far.

Here, a guy (Mario Hytten) is trying to build soaring marking against the tide of ourselves. He asks for you to pledge (for example) $50 to kickstarter so he can make our sport ANOTHER amazing soaring video and build awareness. Predictably, many cant find much positive to say about it and spend more effort sighting all the reasons it will fail. Heaven forbid cough up $50 to support it.

Explains a lot really. I donated to this kickstarter project. Why not? How about you?

If you really want to see the sport of soaring truly grow in a meaningful, measurable way, send in some money. If not, please get out of your own way and let those with some vision and guys take over (do the talking) and try and move the ball forward where we have so clearly failed.

Thanks,

Sean