[thaumaturgy]

I have to agree with you, even though it feels wrong to do it. I can provide enough anecdotes to start to blur the line between "data point" and "evidence": I was big into the climbing scene for a few years, as an instructor and manager of a Bay Area rock gym. There are few sports that are as self-promotional as climbing, especially in the pro circuit.

The thing is, every climber wanted to have cool videos of themselves, with great soundtracks and innovative photography and cut scenes and everything else ... but nobody -- really, seriously, almost nobody -- ever did it. Instead, they'd get to the crags and start having a good time and the camera bag wouldn't get unpacked, or the videographer would start climbing too, or, even if they did shoot for day, they never got around to any of the post-processing afterward.

I've also been to skate parks and motocross events and BMX and ... I think I could count on one hand the number of serious video recording I've seen at all of those combined.