Right then, for me this is a more grey area than most who have posted seem to view it, yes i agree that there should be safety at meets, for everyones health we should point out any clear dangers.
but having rules and regulations at meets is only going to slow a lot of progress, im thinkin about our last meet which was in a gym.
Shadon took a p**ser off the double crash matt (two matts up two mats long)landing and still hurt himself, i failed a flip on the gym floor, but these thing will and must be expected to happen, Majority of the sky high guys are the other side of sane, not that we are unsafe to those around us or ourselfs but we bock with the motto "if you aint falling, you aint pushing yourself".
now a lot of the regulations, as with the association and coaching threads will work for some groups, or some from some groups.
its also i great way to f**k a sport up, give it a governing body and someone at the top who "wants the best for the sport" read that as "want to line his own pockets"
Now this isnt directed at toddy or charlie, when talking about governing bodys its my experience in the thai boxing ring that i draw upon, a young sport, new to the country, that now has no less than 3 governing uk bodys.
the head of each association has his own idea of the direction the sport should be taking, in fact there was one of these people on a show called "kiddie fight club" who had his 7yr old fighting world rules in thai land, thats the head of an association right there, betting on his own child in thai land.
now i have said before in my opinion a governing body is less important than say getting some big comps or displays together, i feel this will draw more people in.
I feel opals pain when you have people who were not even attending the meet questioning the safety of the meet, THATS not good for the group or the meet.
Tundrah said you could wrap yourself in bubblewrap, but for me bocking is one of them sports, you would expect a black eye from being a pro fighter, twisted knees from ski'ing
and i expect to get injurys bocking, as i would imagine twisted ankles are the bane of the freerunners.
on sunday i tried a flip in town, the flips was sound other than the fact i took a huge chunk out of and thought i may have broken my finger, a mid air clash of bocks caused it as i tucked, i taped it up to stop the bleeding and continued bocking.
so although i must do whatevery body else has and say i argee with the initial idea of the thread, i dont like the way its evolving.
brendan seemed to say what im getting at in a much quicker way, but i read this topic last night, but knew if i had typed while under the influence then this would have read at ape spreed.
the one last thought i have on this matter, its not a good one though, but extreme meets, or at least an extreme landing at gym meets, have the newer and learners use big padded hard as nails to actually land on crash mats, while those of us who have no relationship with personnal safety can be the madmen we have been and will continue to be.
(wow i dont think i typed that much in a post here EVER
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