Bitter Cold Show Down... 2010?

[Alex Coe]

Has everyone seen this before? Such amazing presentation and I must have been sleeping on it for two years! It's just coincidence that I found it now, so I don't want to fuel more comparisons and shit talking, but that year was a highlight of the BCSD for me.

http://www.wrstv.com/preview.html
http://www.be-mag.com/article/1971-W...nney-Interview



I don't know how we get back to that (was it too much work? too iffy?) but we need to! Another big thanks to Dan Kinney for everything he does. Dude is amazing.

[fast eddie]

That was shown at BCSD XI during the "Industry Meeting". No one clapped, even though it was awesome.

The more I watch it, the less I like Arlo.

[Alex Coe]

The more I watch it, the less I like Arlo.

I was thinking the opposite!

[fast eddie]

Barely Dead ruined him for me.

[codywi608]

That was my first and favorite bittercold i've attended as far as the competition goes.

[ift]

Can't really one-up the level of skating from that contest. No wonder people didn't skate very hard this year, or whatever people said...

[Alex Coe]

But most importantly... the video production! Amazing! A shame it never got put on TV (to my knowledge.)

[fast eddie]

But most importantly... the video production! Amazing! A shame it never got put on TV (to my knowledge.)

From the Daniel Kinney interview link you posted:

What efforts were made to encourage TV stations to feature this in their program? Easy task or hopeless endeavor? Why did it never air on TV in the end?

First of all, any and all efforts directed towards network television were done in the United States. We simply do not have the resources to explore these options in every country. Which is part of the reason this is now being released. It is time to see what other opportunities may come our way.

Although I cannot go into detail about what networks this was presented to, I can say that overall we have learned some interesting information. It is not only rollerblading that is falling out of favor as a sport, but skateboarding and BMX as well. In the US it is the stick and ball sports that retain popularity and interest with networks; basketball, football, baseball, etc.

Any other contest you see on television like Street League Skateboarding, Maloof Money Cup, Dew Tour, etc. that feature skateboarding and BMX are referred to as time buys. Which are basically modified infomercials. The airtime is paid for and is sometimes very expensive. Only through large corporate sponsorships are the events able to be aired on television.

Like I mentioned above there is not a big interest in extreme sports presented as a sport. There is plenty of interest in the personalities of extreme sports, but interest in the competitive side of things is waning.
The awesome thing about this project was that it was professional enough to be presented at some of the largest networks in the United States. With that we received official "passes" from these networks, which is more or less equivalent to a rejection. Which was actually good news. This means that many of these network executives sat down and watched this program to find out what rollerblading currently is really all about. With that, although this will likely not be seen on television, we definitely turned some heads.

[QCSKY]

oh well