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Originally Posted by will76
I doubt there will be much more people attending than there was before. If any. The registration being free I am sure was helpfull for some especially people who only live a couple hours away or less. But, the cost of registration really was just a small part of the entire cost to attend. It still needs to be productive and offer a good ROI or most people still wont go, even if sponsors offered to give them free hotel rooms. Well with the exception of the people who value partying more than doing business.
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My thoughts entirely.
The show should be opened to surfers to get attendance and exhibitors back to the old days. A bunch of sponsors sitting and "networking" with a handful of affiliates who can afford it in 2010 isn't going to save the show. We need customers more than anything today.
We used to do the show and tie it into our Xmas vacation to see my Mum in Orange County. Doubt we did any business we couldn't of done online.