If, as a teenager I had had the chance to skate with Tony Hawk, I would have just been awed and just sat there and watched probably. You didn't need measurable criteria (fifteen years ago, in my case...) for it to be totally obvious that Tony Hawk was FAR FAR better than I was. Fiurthermore, I did see Tony Hawk and others BTW at a few contests - and just watching was a LOT of fun for me... Watching even the best RC going around a track I don't find particularly fun..

Maybe it would be the same with you and Adam Drake.

But the difference here is Adam Drake has a HECK of a lot of financial and technical support behind him - and the technical support side is expensive. This is why for ex it's so difficult for a newcomer without DEEP DEEP pockets to be competitive in Formula One, or practically any motor sport really...

Tony Hawk would have had a skateboard exactly like mine. And just hopped on it and had fun - while at the same time dazing and awing any other skaters there.

I've never done it but I'm sure racing costs a ton..

But anyway, this whole analogy is getting way off base. Yes, bashing can be expensive too. My LST2 is nowhere near bashworthy, and I've already spent €650 + $400(Euros to buy the truck, the dollars for stuff from Killer..)

Here's a link to a German group who does an organized "bashing" tour every year. Lots of cool pics of LST2's BTW...

www.driftfactory.de

And here's a couple clips of me participating at one of their events last year. When I showed up with my year-old, beat up old stock Savage 25 with weeds and dirt clumps falling out and a crapped out front diff, and an underpowered Lightning GT with a dorky body, I was feeling pretty unsure of myself next to all these sponsored guys with tuned LST2's, Kyosho ST-R's, way tuned up Savages, etc..

But in the end it was really really fun. They just handed me a Spektrum and said go for it.. Tons of spectators too - which was weird.. People were CLAPPING... How weird is that??

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u...iftDaySavy.flv

http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u...riftDayLGT.flv

Anyway, as I said before, I WOULD try racing if I had the chance - I never said it was stupid or anything(at least not in this thread - maybe elsewhere as a ripost to somebody getting on my case...) But when the goal of your day is to shave half a second off a lap-time, I anyway wouldn't find that a heck of a lot of fun.. I'd probably be over trying a front-flip over the double or something like that............................. THAT would be fun..