I here what your saying Johnny and I've seen this on other sites as well. IMO if you are hosting an event you need names that can draw a crowd. Although myself and many members of this site and others are aware of you and stunters inc, il advized, stunt.ca and other Canadian talent(particularily on the west coast), most people have never heard of any Canadian riders. Jason Britton was in the stunt scene before it was a scene, yet has only received fame as of the last year curtousy of the SPEED channel. You'd be surprised how many people will go just to see him for whatever reason they desire. My wife knows who Jason Britton is and knows what he looks like thanks to TV. Although I have a stack of DVDs she's seen most of over n' over she still wouldn't be able to see a certain name on a poster or website and be like Oh Wow, Darius is going to be in Parry Sound with Sitdown Steve, Guru, Marino, Kane and so on and so on.
I sold several DVDs to a women on this site. When I told her which ones were best including C n I 5, her and her husband watched Urban assault 1st because they knew of Jason Britton from the tv show as well as seeing him at the bike show!!!
I'm all for supporting Canadian anything when possible. But if it means making more $$ cuz' of someones name you kinda' gotta' do what you gotta' do.
Agreed we have some talented riders here in CDA but guys like Britton, SBZ, Darius and others, have been doing 30-50 shows a year for 10 years!!!
I get that your a bit salty and I think if I were in your shoes I'd be too, but If I'm headed south for a trip I'd rather have a 20 year career pilot with a clean record opposed to a 1st year pilot with bad eye sight!!!
Not taking away from any candian stunters(us riders as well, alot are bitter at the success of the ogs?) but I'd think you'd be happy for guys who have been doing this for so long and have finally made it big regardless of where on the map they live. If it makes you feel any better I promise if I win the lotto, I'll hire stunters inc. to perform at my birthday party
NOTE: SPORTBIKERALLY ON SPEED CHANNEL COULD HAPPEN CUZ' OF BRITTON, thats the big picture IMO. There are plenty of top US and CDN riders as skilled as these known names, sometimes even better, but you gotta' put the time in. You don't go from the mailroom to the boardroom overnight!
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