Petty is doing a lot better this season then what i thought he was going to do. Hats off to him.
Slide America was too east coast biased to me, but thats understandable seeing the film makers were east coast biased… i gave it a 7/10 for the reasons those dudes said.
Video option does night drift videos too in much better quality. And its not like v-opt has a supper high budget making those scenes… even jdm insider had better visuals with a smaller budget, and those things came out in like 04 or 05? Not dissing the east coast though, just giving a bit of constructive criticism.
But yea, whats up with those guys. Actually anyone thats involved in front of the camera with drift zone? They seem so unenthused and scripted….they need to really get people who like drifting, who know what drifting is, who know the history, the terminology…the slang!!
Its not like they can get retired drivers since the sport is too young, the next best thing are fans. Kinda like Jarod DeAnda, there’s tons of dudes like him in the scene, passionate about drifting, good on the mic, but dont drive professionally.
Me personally, I would do it for free. Why have the producer stand in the rain and do interviews… and produce at the same time? Geese I know people who will do it a plane ticket, a all access pit pass, and mabey a meal… me being one of them.
Dude, do you really think Jarod would be a good host for the show? Have you ever been to a Formula D event? He doesn’t know anything about drifting. He doesn’t even know what’s going on at the track at a given moment, let alone who’s driving what. You think he’s good on the mic? The dude knows one adjective, “gangsta”. Everything is “gangsta”. And he’s a shameless shill for Meguiar’s. It’s the only two words he knows. Yeah, he’d be great for a show…about down syndrome.
Ive been to many FD events… probably about 5 or 6.
I talked to Jarod personally, he is very knowledgeable. He does know whats going on, he might not be a tanner foust or a chris forsberg who knows every single technical thing about the sport but its not like hes dumber the Toshi….
He messes up sometimes… but everyone isn’t perfect right. I rather him then some chick who has probably never driven stick shift let alone knows anything about the sport.
Hahah they called Opie carrot top thats great
I was standing right there during that interveiw
Comment by Piner — June 17, 2007 #
Petty is doing a lot better this season then what i thought he was going to do. Hats off to him.
Slide America was too east coast biased to me, but thats understandable seeing the film makers were east coast biased… i gave it a 7/10 for the reasons those dudes said.
Video option does night drift videos too in much better quality. And its not like v-opt has a supper high budget making those scenes… even jdm insider had better visuals with a smaller budget, and those things came out in like 04 or 05? Not dissing the east coast though, just giving a bit of constructive criticism.
But yea, whats up with those guys. Actually anyone thats involved in front of the camera with drift zone? They seem so unenthused and scripted….they need to really get people who like drifting, who know what drifting is, who know the history, the terminology…the slang!!
Its not like they can get retired drivers since the sport is too young, the next best thing are fans. Kinda like Jarod DeAnda, there’s tons of dudes like him in the scene, passionate about drifting, good on the mic, but dont drive professionally.
Me personally, I would do it for free. Why have the producer stand in the rain and do interviews… and produce at the same time? Geese I know people who will do it a plane ticket, a all access pit pass, and mabey a meal… me being one of them.
Comment by Cam — June 17, 2007 #
Dude, do you really think Jarod would be a good host for the show? Have you ever been to a Formula D event? He doesn’t know anything about drifting. He doesn’t even know what’s going on at the track at a given moment, let alone who’s driving what. You think he’s good on the mic? The dude knows one adjective, “gangsta”. Everything is “gangsta”. And he’s a shameless shill for Meguiar’s. It’s the only two words he knows. Yeah, he’d be great for a show…about down syndrome.
Comment by Douche McGraw — June 21, 2007 #
McGraw…
Ive been to many FD events… probably about 5 or 6.
I talked to Jarod personally, he is very knowledgeable. He does know whats going on, he might not be a tanner foust or a chris forsberg who knows every single technical thing about the sport but its not like hes dumber the Toshi….
He messes up sometimes… but everyone isn’t perfect right. I rather him then some chick who has probably never driven stick shift let alone knows anything about the sport.
Comment by Cam — June 23, 2007 #
I know Ross from growing up in Okinawa. I’m glad to see that he is doing well, and hasn’t forgotten where he comes from.
Gambate-ne!
Comment by Keith — July 27, 2007 #