Well after thinking about it I thought I would post this story...

Awhile ago both Jason and I were "jawing" back and forth on some thread...
It was pretty harmless stuff, mostly sarcasm on my part...and same with him.
His line was that "he is putting me on blast "...
I thought nothing of it...Sometimes my attempts at humour dont make it thru the old web filter....
Fast Forward to the Xtremmy's award thread where my first post stated to be careful what you say about JB as "he will put you on blast" and the thread continued. Then some replies came back really questioning Jason's style etc etc talking **** about the way he rides looks to much like work.....blah blah blah
I thought that was a pretty cheap shot as to me (average stunt guy) I can appreciate what any of these guys have gone thru to get to the point of where there skillz are at....So I replied simply stating that SIU2, Way of Life and Get on up are constantly in my DVD player....The are my top 3.
So today I get a PM from Jason, basically saying that he doesnt know me and that he usually gets along with most people and offered an apology if he had offended me in any way...Of course I replied its all good, congrats on the front cover of SSB and good luck with the career..I also told him the beers were on me should he find himself in Ottawa Canada....and gave him my contact info....
2 hours later Jason gives me a call at home...and man we shoot the **** for about 1/2 hr.. Discussing everything from family to bikes, the stunt scene in Ottawa, the whole business side of stunting..you name it...Gave me some solid stunt advice and talked a little about his setup on his bikes...It was like I was talking to an old bud...He offered to send me his new DVD and a few decals for the crew..All in all it was a real positive experience.....
So why did I post this ? Well to be honest I surf StuntLife so much and usually there is so much drama going down that you sometimes fall into it yourself...We tend to forget how much is really lost in translation over the wire....At first I thought I would keep this to myself but in this day and age it is often to easy to talk about the bad. So I thought I would share this experience with you guys....
Oh and Jason, like I said man theres a busted azz gixxer1 with your name on it should you ever find yourself in Ottawa..She aint pretty but its def stunt worthy...lol
That was a quality move man.....nuff respect !!

Cheers
Dave

 

 

thats what its all about to you and jason.. its very easy to take things the wrong way typed. i met and spoke with jason for a couple of minutes over at lakeland during bikeweek and he seemed like a standup guy, and now to me i think that shows even more. i have met some truly great people through bikes in general and esp other stunters... the guys i rode with during bike week like darius,emrock, jay soi,merk, crazy martin- all great people as well as great riders.....another for sure is brandon from pbr, he welcomed me to his home and was more then happy to point me in the right direction when i was practicing my stoppies...
to all the brothers and sisters keeping it real

 

def a straight up guy....

 

 

cool story.. never met JB, but he seems like a cool guy

 

I want to look like JB

 

Just look at the Raw footage on the Revolution Twenty04 DvD.. JB is comedy.. i couldn't stop laughing for days.. definitely a cool guy

 

awwww, I may be drunk as hell, anb itz 3 in the mornin, but I LOVE ALL YOU GUYS!!!!!!!!!!! :YEAH :YEAH :YEAH



no more drama!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

A friend of mine Mike (1096) knows him and when ever JB's name comes up he's always got good things to say.

 

all those cali guys are cool as hell, i was fortunate enough to meet them during bike week.

 

story...glad to read a positive thread every now and then..

 

i met Jason a couple of time the last time i seen him i ran in to where he stunts by my house i was like wtf and i just wanted to watch him do some 12 and some other stuff and he said it was cool to watch he is a good guy in by book JB=

 

I have only known Jason for a little over a year now. He has welcomed me with open arms.. Great person, and very profesional. It is great to know there are people out there that love to ride and do just that. If I havnt said it enough Thanks "J". You above all know my situations and you have been a big help.

Peace

Drew
www.drewman.us

 

Finally a positive thread on SL. Ive never met Jay, nor talked to him. I think its very cool that there are pro stuinters out there that dont try and seperate themselves from the average public. That they realise they are jsut as human as the rest of us and not any better, they jsut have more skill than some of us. Ive met alot of the stunters out there and I ahve to say one of the nicest guys i EVER talked to was Matt Gorka. I met him at stuntwars and a mutual friend from minnesota said to tell him hi so I introduced my self and we talked for a few minutes. I PM'd him and by the next day he Pm'd me back giving me pointers on doing stoppies and trying to help me out. I thought that was one of the coolest things ever. Ive pm'd a few other people, not to mention names but they dont wanan gove ya the time a day. So to the positive Role Models we have in out sport.

 

to both of u...its nice to finally see some positive feed back from people :YEAH

 

thats super kewl man.. ive met a whole lot of stunters that are super kewl like that.. go outta their way to be way down to earth.. thats tight i like hearing these kinds of stories!
kane

 

Kane you still riding with Ben alot? I tried to get him to sign up but even he says theres too much drama here.

 

Cool story, thanks for shaing.

 

something else i was thinking about with this story and meeting all the people i have in this sport--- public relations is very important, when all of us ,especially the top pros, are friendly and personable, thats something that will DEFINATELY help the sport get bigger :YEAH