scott-townes
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Male / 24
Member Since: Jan 30, 2003
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Bike I ride: Trek Scratch 9
Favorite Trails: Anything but road riding... scary
About Me: 4bi9 2bi4 in that order.
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scott-townes commented under mikelevy's blog ( Jan 25, 2012 at 11:47 )
It's a strange phenomena... as a sport grows in size, whether it be biking, skiing or snowboarding, the influx of kids who care about how their gear looks more than the sport itself grows exponentially. It sounds ridiculous but fashion is becoming a first priority to a lot of kids, especially in park skiing right now.
scott-townes commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 23, 2012 at 19:41 )
No they don't. The amount of money they can put up for an athlete is top-tier compared to what other most more bike-core sponsors can provide. And trust me in that the talent pool has grown tremendously over the past decade. It is just a risk athletes take in order to pay the bills better... Corporations are not people... but in some cases, it's better PR that the higher ups pretend they really care.
scott-townes commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 23, 2012 at 17:43 )
rcpro- sponsors are NOT obligated to pay for hospital bills... A sponsorship is a BUSINESS relationship and as cold as it may seem, unless there's some stipulation in the contact, they don't have to pay a dime. This is a pretty well-known fact. Also, it's not weird to find some "top riders" not at this event because it's not worth the risk for them but the rider list still looks insane.
scott-townes commented under JulianCoffey's blog ( Jan 21, 2012 at 19:50 )
^ You're a friggen idiot.... I'm sorry but that was just stupid, on all ends.
scott-townes commented under JulianCoffey's blog ( Jan 21, 2012 at 8:07 )
I wish there was a place to watch all the old UFC vids... The dude who rode across cables and the guy with one arm that sent big drops.... how the hell has this comp. not been picked up again!?
scott-townes commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 20, 2012 at 17:33 )
I agree and I think it's because he has that smooth, on point stompage but it's not robotic perfectness like Semenuk.
scott-townes commented under mattwragg's blog ( Jan 19, 2012 at 14:03 )
Well yeah good riding is always recognized, but they want really good overall edits. It sucks but hey, your good riding is also always recognized by sponsors, which could lead to a good filmer... or just make some friends with people with really ill equipment, haha.
posted in "R.I.P Sarah Burke" ( Jan 19, 2012 at 13:50 )
scott-townes commented under mattwragg's blog ( Jan 19, 2012 at 11:49 )
Yeah well you think you're the only one that has had something rejected? I bet there's a ton of people who've been rejected but that doesn't mean that you can't still upload a video to Pinkbike and have anyone watch it. The only message they're endorsing is that you can make a good edit even when you don't have much in terms of cameras. They're not saying that you can make an amazing edit worthy of the front page. They can only feature so many things at a time so of course it makes sense they want the edits that are best shot/quality. I don't see what the big deal is?
scott-townes commented under mattwragg's blog ( Jan 19, 2012 at 11:30 )
^ Well neither is this video, so what's your point? Just because they don't make your video "video of the day" doesn't mean you have to stop making edits.... Hell mine barely get many views but I don't care because it's something I get to share with people.
scott-townes commented under karl-burkat's blog ( Jan 19, 2012 at 11:25 )
Funny how you guys posted about a video that's private and not watchable yet.... Or is there some secret internet backdoor?
scott-townes commented under IanHylands's blog ( Jan 19, 2012 at 7:47 )
^ Great news! And maybe for this next season, we can just have Highland pick up the US Open ;)
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tom-cuthbert wrote
Jan 2, 2011 at 17:26
Criticism is giving pointers, developing ideas, and saying things that can help people get better at what they're doing, you said 'nothing to brag about'. And just because you say 'not trying to hate' doesn't mean you're not hating. As for the song, I was away when the other VOD's that used the song were picked, and I made this before the Coastal Crew made their EP#10 video with it. Music is music, if you don't like it then meh, too bad for you I suppose.

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brule wrote
Jul 5, 2010 at 21:21
Click the link, it will take you to the Cycling BC site and there you will have to open a PDF, if you do not have Adobe, sorry.

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punkaddic wrote
Mar 21, 2010 at 9:11
Maybe its time for you to get a good camera because your pictures sucks so bad, no doubts about the worst biking pictures on this site lol

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