Its not always that easy though. I'm a teacher, my kids know all about my RC's, but there are no tracks near my school, and no model shops either. By near I mean distances a 14 year old can reasonably achieve independently.
The biggest obstacle with getting young people into any hobby/sport/activity is parents. All the kids we have racing now - their dads race now or did as a kid. And when they were kids racing, their dad came along. Our track is based next to a cycle club, and they have the same situation.
Sadly far too many parents don't want to get involved, won't spend their Sunday as taxi driver and pit monkey and hence their child will never keep it up.
Perhaps the moral of this is that we should focus heavily on the family aspect. Show where 2 or even 3 generations race together, promote the 'father/son' bond part, point out the 'educational but fun' aspects of teaching your child basic engineering skills etc.
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Yz4 - Yz2
DEX210 - Cobra 4210- DEX410
RC10 Team - Manta Ray - RC10T
Mini Trophy - Blizzard - Wheely King
Tz4 - GT24B
BMRCC
Emergency back-up race controller
(but only if nobody better is available)
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