how many hits so far grim?
Yesterday it was somewhere around 3,500... it's a little over 2k right now.
The emails are coming in by the hundreds... so far, no hate mail.
Also, I've been on the phone a bit... I've spoken with Jim Gray, who was a pleasure to talk to, Mic-E, who is rad, though he feels like I've come on a bit strong... and he brought up something similar to Sanch's idea about a positive part of the site. Maybe with everyone's help we can do a "solutions" part for the site... SANCH GETS FULL CREDIT, haha.
One really cool thing about my talk with Mic-E is that he understood that what the site represents is a general feeling among a LOT of us (as seen in the traffic of the site and the shiltoad of emails I've been getting). He wasn't pissed or anything... he was glad to see things from the other side. He was also completely understanding about my take on shop and regional decks... which leads me to one other point, the site isn't "pro blanks", it's anti hypocrisy from the big dogs. He respected that, and he was very understanding on that point. For the record, I never really had Deluxe in the scope of this because I thought Jim made good points (in his interview), and was straight up... I think Deluxe is fucking rad, especially Mic-E.
Last, Steve Douglas tried to contact me, but we've been playing email/phone tag. We're probably going to be talking Monday. So far, I don't think I'm getting sued. He wants to explain the suppliment. I'm coming at him from one angle... it ain't me who needs the explanation. I'm not the center of this, I'm just a relay. I think the industry heads have lost touch with skaters, or at least thinking skaters. I'll be sure to update everyone as this all unfolds.
What a day.