Lack of US made trials videos

biketrials forum is full of punk ass kids who want nothing but free hand outs. i try to make good vids for people to enjoy and i have been quite frustrated in the past about 900 views-3 relpies.

they want someone to make a vid. then it needs to be longer. then it needs to have "better" music (or in the case of one fool- no music). then they want way longer vids. then when i make full length videos for sale that takes a ton of time and effort to make... no one buys it. they want it for free. if i didnt get so much joy and fun times out of making vids for myself and friends to watch i wouldnt even think for two seconds about ever making more. its the wrong thing to do for money or respect- thats for sure. most people dont make replies because they have literally nothing constructive to say about a video and are far too lazy to come up with something worthwhile.

as for why there are not more vids coming from the us- i cant say really? i think a lazy monster makes a comeback here- no one wants to put the time into filming or taking pictures and then editing stuff. little do they know how fun it can be...

I DL all of the vids that I can, and I post replies most of the time but only for the ones that I really like, I think that on this board I posted several replies/questions regarding the Paradise Found directors cut...
I also buy vids, I've purchased the Revolution, Contact, Evolve trilogy, 2 different biketrials.com CDs, the VTCZ double CD, the first trialskings CD, a Norco VHS....
OK, so let me clarify, I think that I download EVERY vid that is posted. I have 3.71 GB of vids oh my hard drive now and I have another 15+ CDs, full of downloaded vids, and those are only the decent ones, I trash the crap vids...

Yeah, there are a lot of kids who act a fool on the UK forums but if you read the replies carefully there are also many constructive replies. Plus I've found that most of those kids only give a shit about seeing dudes do 15 foot drops to rails, they only like big urban and to them everything else is crap. Some of those retards even bitched about the recent Coustellier vids because there were no street tricks in them...need I say more...

And also the these kids desire everything for free because that is the mentality that is becoming more and more prevalent with each year...to get shit for free on line whether it be music, video, whatever...they want everything for free and it is becoming less and less important to have the actual CD or DVD for the sake of collecting.

As to why the US riders don't film as much, well, I've had this talk before and it might have something t do with the fact that most US cities have like 3 trials riders so when they get together they want to actually ride...in London or whatever there are tons of riders and there is always somebody available to film so it might simply be easier with larger groups of riders.

I'll be posting some vids soon on Engodidadidideiiidideedidee by the way.

Hey,

I dont know why it is, but especially with free videos it seems as though everyone is a critic. I understand that music choice is personal and while I like Swollen Members (the rappers, not the disfigurement) others dont and then they go on a bitch fest, OK sorry to waste your time downloading something you didnt pay for....

Anyway, something I've learned from being a film major is that criticisms dont mean anything if you dont back them or make suggestions or alternatives to the said critiques. IE saying the third matrix sucked it had a bad ending is an unacceptable critique whereas saying the third matrix sucked if x y z happened the ending would have been better allows us to learn from our mistakes and motivates us to try again. Saying my suicide no hander disasters are gay on a trials bike is one thing (NOT VERY HELPFUL) however if you said try it on a jersey barrier or a rail and throw a barspin in then we could have progress...

wat kind of movies are we talking about? full on production movies or little homegrown movies?
i dunno if your talking about just in the U.S. but ryan leech is relesing his new vid in a couple of weeks. it should be very sick.
as for the little ones, its hard to get alot of things right. you have to find a place to host if its on the net, or if you want to produce it, its not easy to find a way to mass produce stuff.
also, alot of good riders may not have the money for a camera, or the time to make or edit it.
another factor is in some places, there isnt enough riders or intrest.
in my province, there is easily less than 20 riders. in my city there are 3 riders, including myself.
as for intrest, people look at movies on the net, and we apreciate it on the inside. but because there is no fixed establishment to send thanks to, it usually goes unoticed.
so, that my peice,
btw, you have exelent smilies! :ugh2: :joshers: :weak: