posted by Jason Boddy on 26th June 2006
Howzit everyone,652 views
 | Kelly Footit 28th June 2006 16:37 |
| OK - the mags have landed and you can get your copies at www.factory7.co.za which is the only place at the moment where you can get them. They will be down at Ocean Life in Plettenberg Bay by Monday so if you're at the comp then grab a copy there. If you want to see this work then please grab a ten pack. There is a R5 discount per copy so you can score five bucks for every copy you sell to your buddies. | |
| Kelly Footit 26th June 2006 11:50 |
| I'm taking this discussion to the forum. | |
| Kelly Footit 26th June 2006 02:58 |
| Magazine politics aside --- that is another completely different issue - this tends to happen in most sports and is the way business generally works unfortunately. The cliche "it's not what you know it is who you know" is as true in bodyboarding as it is in surfing and as it is in most lines of work. 1. Logic will always be our local mag and shoud get 100% of our support. If you haven't bought a Logic mag then you should not buy a foreign mag. The two mags contain different content - there should effectively be no competition. 2. Not having a foreign mag in the country is detrimental to the sport. Progression slows and the standard of riding drops. 3. By buying a mag in SA you are firstly supporting the SA distributor - in this case Jason, the guy who put R10,000 into the Cave Rock. I did not see any other company putting their hand up to support this event. 4. You ride BZ - why not support South African manufacturers if these are your views??? Yet a bodyboarder will buy both the Logic mag and the Movement mag but you will most likely not buy both a Rossi and a BZ. A magazine is a product - no different to a board or a fleece --- apply the same rules! 5. A foreign mag will push the standard of the local mag. I could go on forever - obviously we hope Movement will start covering SA riders more in future issues - but by not bringing it in you are just shutting doors. Here Jason is bringing a solution for SA bodyboarding. For sure - support Logic!!! I cannot shout that enough!!! But myself and other riders want to know what's going on both in South Africa and outside. Do not deny the South African bodyboarder the choice. Logic is selling mags and obviously they want more sales, however, they need advertisers more than sales. You want to support SA bodyboarding? Go buy an INTABA raffle ticket. And then look at the companies who are supporting bodyboarding in SA and support them - Movement happens to be one of them. | |
| Kelly Footit 26th June 2006 01:02 |
| OK ... gonna start off with me having my few cents. 1. Jason - shot bru! You know my thoughts - for everyone else ... this is an awesome opportunity to bring money in for SA bodyboarding, to get more comps like the Cave Rock ... all it requires is support from at least 2000 of us. 2. Jason has taken a big gamble here in putting up this money, but he has faith in the SA crew, seeing guys on the forums punting their "support the sport" chirps etc ... now it is time to put your money where your mouth is. As Jason has mentioned - if it does not work then we will not be seeing issue 2. This is a great opportunity to get international bodyboarding news into SA and a great opportunity to get SA bodyboarding into an international mag. 3. The shipment is just clearing customs and we will have them available at F7 later this week - providing everything goes smoothly. I'll post a notice when they arrive. 4. Copies will be on sale as singles and in packs of 10 which we're going to try encourage. There will be very few stores stocking the mag unless they are bodyboarding friendly and willing to sell under the same conditions. The packs of 10 are to try encourage you guys to do something for the sport - find 9 other guys, get their money in and then put an order through. The first 30 packs of 10 will get a free DVD. Finally - as Jason has said, it is up to us. This way we get cash in from the sales of a magazine rather than if it went through a distributor. Let's make it happen! I want to see everyone supporting both Logic and Movement these are the two mags which are supporting bodyboarding in SA! | |
