Can gliding become a TV sport?

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 06:41:44 -0800, gb wrote:

Meh. Visually more interesting sports have tried and failed. Besides
you guys are ignoring the big issue, no one wants to watch geriatric
'athletes.' Sailing is doing better on tv, partly because of the
marketing genius of Redbull, mostly because the new cats and wing sails
are fast and crash in a manner that makes NASCAR blush. Happy to see
folks try, be fun to watch fans turn up after seeing glider racing on tv
and get introduced to the 2-33. There are successes I couldn't find
viewer numbers but understand the Redbull Xalps(900 km rag soaring race)
is very popular, at least in Europe. Here is a sample
https://www.redbullcontentpool.com/content/xalps Gliding just needs
young, likeable, tv friendly pilots...

So, consider targetting your recruitment around universities...


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