• Welcome to the "Inside" News Magazine

    by seriousadmin



    We are very proud to launch our new SeriousOffshore Newsmagazine.

    Three years ago, the forum website SeriousOffshore.com was born. The idea then was to build a place where people could come and enjoy themselves with other offshore powerboating enthusiasts. A place where they could come and relax, sharing their interests and friendships in a relaxed and hassle free environment. This newest step for us is nothing more than an extension of that idea.

    Why? Good question. There are several reasons. Mostly for the same reason the forum side of the site got started- there existed a need.

    Forums are great for sharing information. And while alot of that information is shared by people in the know or directly involved, much of it is not. There’s quite a bit of 3rd and 4th party information, rumor, supposition and conjecture to be found. It’s just the nature of all forums. One thing we learned is that many people truly in-the-know simply weren’t participating. In the early days of forums, these people logged on, told their stories or spoke to issues. Virtually all of them found the same thing- often they were sucked into debates with people much less qualified or connected. So they stopped coming. It’s simply a reality of “the boards”. So the first need we sought to feed was a place where these people could talk about what’s going on in their world and be free from heckling and debating.

    Our second motivation is the way the delivery of information is changing. Magazines were at one time our only real means of keeping in touch with what was going on in the sport and the business of powerboating. But technology has opened other avenues. We all enjoy the tactile feel of a magazine in our hands, but in today’s world, they just aren’t as useful as they once were. We didn’t make this happen. Progress and technology did. People want their information now. They demand it. And they don’t want teasers while waiting on stories to be written, typeset, printed and mailed. The best part is that we aren’t limited to six paragraphs and 3 small pictures to tell a big story. If it’s an 8-page story with 30 important and interesting pictures then that’s what goes out.

    Please don’t misunderstand our intentions. We certainly wish the magazines well and we encourage you to continue to support them by subscribing and patronizing their advertisers. We simply see a need right now and look to fill it while the magazine publishers find their new direction in this New Media world.
    What we’re most excited about is our concept of the “enthusiast reporter” We now have and will continue to expand a network of people throughout the sport who will be documenting their experiences and reporting back. What you will be getting is not only first-hand information from people who are actually at these events and activities, you’ll get them from the perspective of an enthusiast. You’ll see what they’re seeing from the angle of someone who loves and lives the sport. Don’t worry, we have professional editorial support on staff. We will make sure what you get is the high quality you are looking for.

    This is going to be a work in progress. We expect to learn some things along the way and to respond swiftly to what our users want. And we will probably make some mistakes along the way as well. That’s what happens when you try doing something new. We hope you can roll with us while we get this going.
    We hope you enjoy what we’re going to be publishing. If you have comments or suggestions, you can direct them to either our publisher, Paul Rose at publisher@seriousoffshore.com.

    If you’d like to participate, we’d love to have you. If you have a commentary or a story, or if you’re interested in being a regular contributor as a Field Editor, please let us know. If you have writing skills, that’s great. If all you can provide is a handful of pictures and a simple description of what’s going on in them, our staff can help you turn them into a feature story.

    Thanks for stopping by!