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The Cub Report Version VIII-X-MMVIII
First off, I would like to personally congratulate all our French readers (as if.. LOL) on their country’s SILVER medal in the men’s 4×100 swimming relay. Experts seem not to know why ratings are way up for this years summer Olympics. Of course, if you are actually watching them at home, you know the reason, HD baby! Finally, loads and loads [...]
Cubby Report- The Week That Was 08.03.08
“You have GOT to be freak’n kidding me!” I shouted while walking up to Rodney Dangerfield. The date was October of 2000, and I was in Vegas not only for the IFMAR 8th scale off-road worlds, but also for the US Open of Supercross being held on the same weekend. Most any weekend in Vegas will yield legendary stories, but [...]
Cub Report – The Week That Seemed to Be 07.27.08
Good evening, good morning, hello, hello- welcome to yet another edition of the loathed Cub-Report. So you like to go fast eh? Well, everybody does, that’s why we are in this sport. Word went public this week about this years big high speed run event. Nic Case, current pwn’er of all things high speed, worked with Castle Creations and RC Driver [...]
Cub Report: The Week That Was 07.20.08
Something really cool happened this week, which seems to be rare in this era of big-buck corporate rc companies. And, no, the cool thing wasn’t a hot new car, yet another piece of blue anodized bling-bling, nor a new “super dope” high voltage lithium based cell. It was simply a piece of advertising. I’m sure many of you remember the classic [...]
The Week in RC, Edition 07.13.08
Slow news week in the biz, everyone seems to be busy working their butts off keeping food on the table. Seemingly, it gets harder every week in this industry. Previously, I had touched on the issue of a “hobby grade” rc company truly getting their foot in the door of a big boxer like Wally World (and the absolute wealth it [...]
Cub-Meista Report 06.08.08
Do what you are good at, leave the other crap ALONE. Does Ferrari make motorcycles? Does Krispy Kreme sell pizza? This week two speedo companies made announcements showing just how far they will sink to try and make a buck. First off is LRP, with news of their totally non-awaited S8 TX nitro truggy. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist [...]
The Week That Way 06.01.08 – Traxxas
Traxxas has announced re-release of the legendary T-Maxx. The very original was known not only for it’s ground breaking look, suspension travel, and innovations, but also for it’s finicky tuning, and cranky starting system. Rest assured the new version, while a flash back to the past, incorporates a dose of highly refined upgrades (and much better engine!) which will make [...]
Da Cubbsta Report Version 05.25.08
Least not forget, those that have died for our freedom, and our right to take brand new $800 rc cars and jump them off the side of a house. Memorial weekend is not only one of the most important holidays (honoring our military men, woman, and those that gave their lives for us), but also one of the busiest in [...]
The Cub Report, Version 05.18.08
Another week, another Cub Report- here’s all you really need to know about what went down in the rc universe last week. It’s been years since the revolutionary Traxxas T-Maxx came out. Since then, most companies have jumped on the bandwagon and produced their versions of the platform. The HPI Savage was the first, and probably toughest competitor in the category. [...]
The Way Super-Dope Cub Report (extended cub remix)
Great week to do some more ROAR bashing don’t you agree? With that in mind, the rocket scientists at our beloved sanctioning body ROAR, have called it quits to nitro 10th scale stadium truck and “production” monster truck. These two classes will no longer be held at the national level. Well I say why stop there? Geeezus, there are plenty more classes [...]
The Cub Report 05.04.08
In a week that featured the #22 of Chad Reed winning his second AMA Supercross title, and the beautiful filly Eight Belles giving her life for the run to the roses, it’s been awfully dead in the rc world. Some news was made last week when Trinity announced that Ed Bridges of the famed EB Mods had come on board. Ed [...]
el loco Cubo Reporto versiono 4.27.08
Let’s get right on down to the nitty gritty here. For you crawler fans, XTM looks to be the second manufacture with a full on competition chassis right out of the box, the XTM X-Crawler. It seems every week the crawling segment gets more support, and the new XTM “super class” crawler is just more evidence to support the case. How [...]
Cub Report – The Week in Review 420 Edition
Trade shows in general are so 1980’s. Back then they were heavily attended, with huge manufacture, dealer, and consumer support. Manufactures would debut oceans of hot new products and offer large incentives to dealers. Dealers couldn’t wait to get away from their stores in middle-of-nowhere America to reap the deep discounts and to party down on some manufactures expense [...]
The el’ Cubo Report’o Version 04.13.08
Weed. So just why is it that many outdoor (and some indoor) tracks across the country have such a large proportion of racers that insist on smoking weed during races? Certainly rc racing is not set up for youth racers, as it caters more to the 30-something age set. But, rc racing should always be youth friendly, and being [...]
The Week that was 04.06.08
Brian, the head cheese and uber editor of BigSquidRC.com suspended me last week. I never thought he would have been personally offended at what I had last turned in, but I guess he wasn’t impressed with my last Cub Report that contained more curse words than a typical rap song. This week, I’ll try my very best to keep [...]
