Nah...diffent boards is like different golf courses in golf or different playing surface in tennis, don't take the competition specifications too far. Embrace the uniqueness of type of board. FHaving said that, it might be benefitical to just document the sizes of the various boards used around the hobby, starting with the Tudor and Miggle stuff, then moving on to some of the various board makers out there.
Shabby, here's my spin...I'm curious to your thoughts. All the guys are really trying to do was to help define a few competition classes, really just a snap shot of where we are in the hobby in 2010. For some people that travel to a lot of tournaments, simplification of the classes is really important thing, for others who are happy to play in a local league then it doesn't affect them. All in all, the emphasis should be on just playing -like you said! The hobby is small and every league has their own special home baked rules and we all do our own custom things and that won't change- and nobody's asking it to. In my opinion, the significance of the latest round of questions regarding "weight classes" really centers around what the MFCA tournament/competition weight class will be held at, what other affect could there be? Like I've said before, I have teams for 3.2 and 4.0...but if you're at the MFCA convention and guys have different weighted teams...well lets just say, its a little awkward. Based on this alone I think its a worthy topic to at least discuss openly on this forum. Its a touchy topic and there are always people that rub us the wrong way (especially thru text on the internet), but I don't think its really something to get too upset about because its not that big of a deal. A weighted competition class is a worthy issue for the MFCA to address at a time when we are still many months away from the convention, and many are passionate about it. You just say your peace with the best intentions, don't take things too personally and move on. I don't think anyone's intention is to create division, but if you are planning events for the convention in August you've got to be able to address this and its better to do so openly. So Shabby, I hope you don't take offense to me writing to you thru the chat board but I just thought if you were feeling that way then others probably are too. Have a great night and keep doing what you do. -Joe
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