"I hope just because youve watched Ken Blocks videos... You really think that's gymkhana, cause it isnt. Not even close, to what it really is.
anyway. I cant wait to see whats in store for the swaps."
I am not normally an antagonistic guy but I can't help myself here. You sound elite. I can remember comments like this as far back as when I started listening to Nirvana in 1992 and some kid at my school was like "I hope you don't think you're into grunge music because you're not". And then later when I got into Nine Inch Nails and some kid at school was running around talking about how it was "pseudo industrial music" and how Pigface and Skinny Puppy were legit.
From what I can tell based on several definitions (http://www.gymkhanausa.com/what_is_gymkhana.html , http://gymkhana.dcshoes.com/#/videos/ , http://www.yourdictionary.com/gymkhana) what Ken Block does not only fits the description, but it is how it is promoted by his sponsors. Notice the "gymkhana.dcshoes.com" site above.
From what I can see in the videos not only is Ken Block doing gymkhana, but he is probably among the top few drivers in the world at it. I'd imagine if you watch a video of most other people attempting, yeah it might look totally different by comparison, though the real difference is that you are watching someone at the cutting edge instead of someone who, well, isn't. There is a reason why people know his name and not the names of what ever guys you've watched, it isn't an accident. That isn't how consumerism works.
So wise one, please enlighten us fools who are so naive. What then, is this secrete gymkhana which we learn nothing about from Ken Block videos?
Man snobs are annoying.
Edit:
"This is Real GYMkhana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJrEJb0HaeY "
here is a parallel.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFGS1uBthO4
doesn't sound like what you'd conventionally expect a drummer to do. When people bring something to a different level it may seem divergent from the mundane origin. Unfortunately what this kid can do isn't particularly entertaining for anyone outside of people that read drumming mags. It isn't marketable. But it is impressive in the same sense that Block is. What block does is fundamentally gymkhana. There are explosions, no crowd, no timer, judge allotted points, or donuts around a single cone, but it easily is definably gymkhana. I'm interested enough in the sport to watch someone like Block but not interested enough to watch some guy in a mini do well placed / controlled donuts around a cone.
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