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You know what, I'm pritty tired of this who said what bull. Almost all of the articles ive seen have nothing to do with the true drifting world. The only ones that do, come from writers who have been with us at the track events and have spent the time after to hang out, have a few drinks, and really get the inside grasp of what we do and why we do it. They also get the dirt of what we dont like and have backed us up on those points.
The best explaination I've read of drifting came in a Nopi Street article by Eddie Alterman, How Drifting Is Like Skareboarding.
I dont really want to type out the whole thing so ill give a brief recap.
Watching Pfeiffer sschool the professional racers in attendance reminded me of skateboarding and the way it changed in the 80's. Originally, skate competitions involved a bunch of preppy Moes doing rolling handstands for points in parking lots. But a group of surfers from the wrong side of town invaded these competitions, and began shredding the pavement like it was a wave. In the process they took skating from a novelty act about as extreme as square dancing to the sport it is today. The pivotal moment came when one of the skaters, Tony Alva, breached the lip of a suburban swimming pool and got skateboarding's first "air".
Drifting to me anyway, is like that moment when skating reached past the edge of the pool and into the California sky, when it went from earthbound to airborne, from terrestrial to extraterrestrial. Aside from opening all sorts of new avenues in tunning, drifting is expanding the definition of our scene. Alex Pfeiffer embodies the drifting revolution. While the old-school road racers were trying to figure out where the apex was, Pfeiffer just let it all hang out. In skateboarding terms, he wasn't doing handstands on the pavement; he was flying past the lip.
I did leave out a bit but this pritty much sums it up for that article. I dont think of it as me (when it says Alex Pfeiffer), but all drifters who drive with that style, that kind of pushing the limits of what you and your car can handle. Our sport has moved so quickly and to a level that is being recognised by all but is not understood by many. Most of these articles and people talking about drifting really have no clue to what it is. We are also moved in different directions, by our competitions we try to do what the judges, spectators, and sponcers want to see. But when it comes down to it, we just want to have a good time and push our own limits to evolve our style, get into the california air, and move our sport forward.
The best explaination I've read of drifting came in a Nopi Street article by Eddie Alterman, How Drifting Is Like Skareboarding.
I dont really want to type out the whole thing so ill give a brief recap.
Watching Pfeiffer sschool the professional racers in attendance reminded me of skateboarding and the way it changed in the 80's. Originally, skate competitions involved a bunch of preppy Moes doing rolling handstands for points in parking lots. But a group of surfers from the wrong side of town invaded these competitions, and began shredding the pavement like it was a wave. In the process they took skating from a novelty act about as extreme as square dancing to the sport it is today. The pivotal moment came when one of the skaters, Tony Alva, breached the lip of a suburban swimming pool and got skateboarding's first "air".
Drifting to me anyway, is like that moment when skating reached past the edge of the pool and into the California sky, when it went from earthbound to airborne, from terrestrial to extraterrestrial. Aside from opening all sorts of new avenues in tunning, drifting is expanding the definition of our scene. Alex Pfeiffer embodies the drifting revolution. While the old-school road racers were trying to figure out where the apex was, Pfeiffer just let it all hang out. In skateboarding terms, he wasn't doing handstands on the pavement; he was flying past the lip.
I did leave out a bit but this pritty much sums it up for that article. I dont think of it as me (when it says Alex Pfeiffer), but all drifters who drive with that style, that kind of pushing the limits of what you and your car can handle. Our sport has moved so quickly and to a level that is being recognised by all but is not understood by many. Most of these articles and people talking about drifting really have no clue to what it is. We are also moved in different directions, by our competitions we try to do what the judges, spectators, and sponcers want to see. But when it comes down to it, we just want to have a good time and push our own limits to evolve our style, get into the california air, and move our sport forward.
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