Then again maybe it won't, As more and more people see somebody doing trials, It won't be a freakshow sport, It will be seen as erm normal. The parents who refuse to spend more than £100 on a bike, If the kids show them a bike on the internet, Say the Onza T-bird for £319 then show there parent they can get one off ebay for £200 the parents might push the kids budget abit and then as he/she upgrades his/her parts over months or years depending how long he/she sticks with it he/she will eventually have a bike worth £450+. It is very true that where the sport will be in 5 years is unpredictable, Because like alot of sports the kids start doing them, Get bored and move onto something else. Its not weather you can hack trials (I think you ment it as a joke anyway) Its wether you are willing to push yourself harder and harder each time and have faith that you can sidehop higher than 4ft or can gap further than 6, Its just a matter of if you stick to the sport. Just because of couple of thousand people have registered in the last year does not mean they still do or ever did trials, And some of that couple of thousand are just people re-registering.