Again, it’s about choosing the competitors and stages to film and about good production and editing.
Yep, that’s what I said. Good production, good editing.
@lash you nailed it. Doesn’t hurt that those boys and girls can SHOOT! But if everyone has noticed, it’s great in Europe where winter sports opportunities exist in almost every country. In the US, Biathlon, not so much. I’ve always enjoyed it because I like to shoot, like winter sports and wished we had a month of good snow here every year in North Louisiana. (Then 70’s or better for the rest of the year)
Speaking of production. Seen hunting shows that are so obviously faked. Shooter hits deer at 900 yards, deer hits the ground so hard it bounces. Next show, advertising a product that was not part of the show where the deer was “harvested.” Same deer, same bounce, different show. Bet they never intended for those two to run back to back. Point, not much faith in the typical hunting show.
So, with all the discussion about spectators, I think the general opinion is that it’s Not Ever going to be a spectator sport. What sports except for maybe little league baseball and high school football ever are a live at the venue spectator sport. Seen the crowds at NASCAR lately? Lots of empty seats. Some big time colleges can still draw a crowd for football, but go to a less than top twenty team and you’ll see lots of empty seats and lots of big numbers in the “Loss” column.
Getting back to
@Lowlight ’s original idea. What can be done to make this endeavor we call precision rifle fun, interesting, worthy of time invested?
My thoughts, Make it hard, make it easy and make it kind of middle of the road. (I believe I have already said that). Do all this at the same time. Movement is fun, and I do my best to put it in every practice. But let’s not forget the aged infirm. And let’s not forget the young teens. But the focus should be on the 20 something’s. Got to do something for them that they can afford. Yes it’s a darned expensive sport. It takes at least $6000 to replace my Vudoo as it is equipped and I was pictured with in an earlier post. When I was twenty something, newly married, six thousand of today’s dollars was $954.00. A new Remington was $154 and the best rifles available were the Weatherby’s that sold for the princely sum of $300.00
Oh, my first real job after getting one of those valuable college degrees was $746.00 per month. Before taxes.
So, a five to six thousand dollar rifle won’t work for these young kids just starting out. They need their own class with their own rifles that they can afford. Today’s production rifles, which I once thought were the bees knees have become so expensive as to be a total joke. They need their own class and their own rifles. Loaners only go so far.
Give those 20 something’s something reasonable to shoot and they will make us look really bad. Then we will learn what this is all worth.
My thoughts. Movement, youth and matches with varied stages. (And lots of real clinics for folks starting and moving up). (And don’t forget us grouchy old fellows)
