These are the best of times. Parks are going up in smaller cities as the public grasps 'alternative' sports as acceptable. But ESPN will tire of the X-Games. Freestyle will see another recession and the best tricks today will be forgetten and reinvented in 15 years when freestyle becomes trendy again. For some of us freestyle isn't trendy and never has been. If you started riding in the last five years you haven't been put to the test yet. You haven't ridden crappy bikes when nobody supported the sport. You haven't ridden by yourself for three years straight because your trendy friends gave it up when it went out of style. That will be the true test... because it will fade from being such a commercial sport and things will get tough.

3/31/99- I spoke to a friend that has heard that ESPN plans to fade the X-Games out in about 3 years.  They are already planning for the end...  What will you be doing?

If you care- I'll be out in the parking lot waiting for you to come ride.