Australian Freestyle Riders Association! Your thoughts?

[Insane]

Ok, MA don't seen to care or listen to the FMX community so after talking to a few people, a few of us are thinking of starting like a independent union/association type thing to give pro and amateur level riders whom compete in events and demos a group voice when it comes to safety, dealing with MA and promoters and such. There is power in numbers..

This association is not going to run demos, provide insurance or anything like that. Its simply going to be a combined voice of the riders, run by the riders and looking out for riders.

MA have practically no concept of what freestyle is! Yet they have the licensing and such, but look at zero gravity last year, they didn't know what they were doing and Jono Porter was pretty well running the show telling them what to do. This is not the way FMX should be run and something must be done.

The way it should be is that guys like Jono, Urek and all the rest "pro" riders should be making the important decisions to do with in the sport not some pencil pusher who has never hit a ramp. Riders actually know the risks involved and can make a better assessment of the situation due to there experience in the sport.

Whilst I don't ride demos or comps, I'm willing to set it all up and do the hard yards getting it going however I want the riders to make the decisions and do some of the work themselves. Maybe a rep of the association could be elected to represent everyone at each major event or something... I don't know, I'm just bouncing around a few ideas.

So far (since news of the Felli flip ban) quite a few riders have expressed interest and I'm wondering what everyone else thinks?

So far I thought of calling it:

AFRA - Australian Freestyle Riders Association

Or Sturtos suggestion

AFRO - Australian Freestyle Riders Organisation


Got any more ideas, thoughts or input? Please post and let me know what your all thinkin...

[Mungoman45]

Lol, well i agree totally. With the rate at which Freestyle is growing, it really does need something, or someone to step up and take charge of what needs to be done. And who better to do that, that the athletes of the sport.
And yes, well, as for Sturto's little contribution, only you could come up with something like that Cam. pmsl :D
Although it sounds kinda funny, when it comes to something as serious as this, i think ya need something that demands respect... "I'll just get on the blower to AFRO and see what the go is", just doesn't have the right ring to it, lol. The "AFRA" sounds ok to me.

[Shifty]

That is an Great Idea, a thing much need idea. My Question is. If you started somthing like this, would MA still have control IE, their pending decision to Bann the Flip. Whould that be your call.

[SWFMX_Wesa]

that sounds like a great idea in.sane ........ we certainly need something for the sport...... (iam sick of gettting black flagged for chucking can cans while i race our local ma meeetings. ) JK

[Goesch]

I think your on the right track, but i would love to see MA completely withdrawn from fmx decisions. This is all very complicated but the way i see it we need the get something like afra started. (f course for this there would need to be money involved) I think we need to talk to the ifma, wfa and similar governing bodies in the ua to get some ideas, and get a set of world regulations to keep the sport fair all around the world.

[Insane]

For now I just figured we should form a association so that MA, promoters and others have to listen to what we (the riders) say and think. Later we could explore other options however I dont think MA could be completely removed from the scene as alot of demos take place at MA sanctioned SX/MX races ect.

Although it would be good to get a IMFA type thing happening here in Australia it would be alot harder now MA already has "control". I do belive however if we get this right, the riders themselves could end up having alot more power over MA and promoters ect. which I think would be a win for everyone.

[rajah]

i rekon afro's a top idea dude the ma should stick to the racin as it seems that they have no idea about fmx and probably couldent be stuffed takin the time to lern whats goin on, it seems like a good step towards startin a totaly different idependent group that can take the riders veiw of things into consideration to, insted of tryin to restrict the the tricks and in turn the progression of the sport afro would be able to go nuts and let everyone show us what they got

[Insane]

Ok ok, I know we can't use it but damm I tell DV about this idea and less than 1 minute later he came up with this:

Freestyle Association Towards Achieving Safe Standards - F.A.T. A.S.S. hahahahahaha

[Goesch]

yeap, i c, but i think a massive step farward in the sport would be to get a world aproved set of standards. That way ma can take those and they have to follew them.

[Mungoman45]

Ok, i got 1 for ya Insane:

"Safety Towards unbelievable Riders that often Freeride Around
Rurual Towns Every Day"

:- S.T.U.R.T.O.F.A.R.T.E.D

:D

[sturto]

ok for all you crew who are anti MA they do have a clue and they do care about fmx but they dont fully understand we arent talking about forming another governing body what we are saying is that we would form some what of a union to help guid MA to make the best desision for the sport i know alot of you on here are too young to understand how a union works and thats ok cause at the moment you prolly dont have to worry about that as there is a age limit on FMX of 16 wich i totaly agree with and if you have a problem pleas bring it up with me i would love to descuss it but yeah. like i was saying afra (or what ever it gets named) would not be a governing body would be a union to work for the riders and help MA make decisions to forward the sport not to push it out of the way. and like a workers union would work to the advantage of riders by making push for a minimum wage for doing show and so forth.

[Goesch]

Yes, so somthing like the MAFC , (Motorcyling australia freestyle commitee). They stay the big boss, but the commitee makes the decisions. Would MA still have the final say after the committe voted.

[flyinemu]

Originally posted by Goesch
Yes, so somthing like the MAFC , (Motorcyling australia freestyle commitee). They stay the big boss, but the commitee makes the decisions. Would MA still have the final say after the committe voted.

Would M A still have the final say???, Good question, couse what would be the point of doing all this to only have M A undermind decisions made???

[Mossy]

yes i agree guys we need somthing like that so all the fmx'ers out there have some where to go to chat and ect without people breathing down our necks

[Mossy]

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[Robbo66]

AFRO sounds better, but AFRA is better..
orginisation sounds wrong

[Pinez Mulisha]

i got my MA years ago

[intense fmx 03]

yeah samehere..coz i am a racer/fmxer......its all sweet