So, the city of Villa Park, IL. (wiki) currently has a real shitty park that is no more than just a safety hazard and, for years, a number of parents have been trying to get a new concrete park built by Grindline Skateparks.
This July 15th they are holding a fundraiser for only $10.
10 BUCKS!!!
For $10 you get a skateboard demo/contest/game of S.K.A.T.E., a BMX demo, a free Car & Motorcycle show complete with trophies, and 8 bands.
The Car & Motorcycle show is free, so feel free to bring your vehicles out for a good cause. I know many Car & Motorcycle enthusiasts who used to skateboard from that area and had no parks to skate and, probably, got many tickets for doing so.
Plus!!! You get to see chicago punk legends The Bolweevils.
So, I know a dude named Kevin Porter and he's a rad guy, fun to be around 'cuz the dude is always laughing and hyped on life, or moar importantly BMX.
I know Kevin from the Wilson skatepark in Chicago, IL. and also had the pleasure of him asking me to sit next to him during his interview with Chris Pastras for FuelTV at Dew Tour 2009.
This vid is from the DuFFS BLOG: Mr. Porter goes to the park.... After you czech oat the link you should go czech oat the rest of their blog, always soemthing going on.
Be on the lookout for Kevin's pro shoe on Duffs.
As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Motherload" by The Dirty Birds from the album "Plum Crazy" released in 1999.
I saw these guys at the Tractor Tavern in Seattle, WA. with a band called Shinola (who relocated to Austin, TX.) when mai friend used his sky miles to fly me out there for mai Birthdei back in 2002. The show was on mai actual B-date. One of the best presents ever & shows I've ever seen.
So, yesterday I was at the Dew Tour in Chicago's Grant Park, long story short I will be on Fuel TV for Dew Underground while Chris "Dune" Pastras interviews my new friend Kevin Porter. Kevin owns an all Vegan coffee shop called Delicious Cafe with his wife. Dune put me on the spot and asked me what my take on bikes and pegs at the skatepark was, I stumbled because I wasn't expecting to be in the show. I froze, stammered and said "Just don't get in my way," what a dork, and America will see me. I also will be wearing my Buster Bear "Lonely Boy" shirt so my black friend Alex will get exposure globally. As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Heaven & Hell" by Phoenix from the album "Destination Goa: The Seventh Chapter" 1998
So, yesterday myself and my friends Gordon & Marfa went down to the Dew Tour BMX qualifiers in DWNTWN Chicago just south of the Buckingham Fountain and the Taste of Chicago. We were invited by our friend Kevin Porter who was riding during the qualifiers, unfortunately he did not place, there were like 50+ riders that had to get cut to 13. So many great riders that didn't make the cut, that doesn't mean that the shit they pulled wasn't any less amazing. Speaking of cutting we found a place to sneak in without badges. As we make our way to the Athlete Entrance we see another biker guy we know, known to us only as Ryan, walking down the stairs of the bleachers we wave and he walks toward a hole in the fence where he too apparently had snuck in and motioned that the coast was clear. I guess we could have waited, my friend Jim was coming in like 15 minutes with some free passes he had acquired that morning. Now, when Jim gets there and hands us the passes we notice that the date on the pass is for Friday not Thursday, now Jim get a little mad because he can't come Friday because he's going to see KISS play up in Milwaukee, WI for $15 at some festival, maybe Summerfest. Summer is definitely here, the Sun was out in full effect, blazing with it's shades on proper with a shit eating grin while "the dreaded storm" everyone was talking about never showed up due to The Sun flexing those beefy biceps, even after the the storm gleeked on us for three minutes it was back to dry in ten. Just enough to make the course slippery enough to not ride, but not too much too run for cover. Well, some other babies ran, but we stood there. It felt KNDA good to get a few cold drops on you during a good swelter. I have never been to a BMX contest nor have I ever seen this calibre of riding in person. Sure, there are some riders that come to the park and do some crazy ish, but not like this. You can prolly see in the video above just exactly what I'm talking about. In person things just seem a bit more real than sitting in the AC watching the live stream. Even though I am not a biker I can still acknowledge and respect all that goes into being that kind of athlete in the non traditional sense, KNDA like me going to a baseball game and respecting a 98 MPH sphere being shot at your face. I've always been into the fringe sports, rather than the "trad" sports for jocks, ever since I was a little Lonely iSapien Hudude Boy. Motocross, BMX track, BMX freestyle, Formula One, Truck/Tractor Pulls, Mud Boggin', you name it. If it had to do with flannel & blue jeans I was a fan. As of the end of this post I am currently listening to "Masterplan" by Beck Session Group from the album "The Singles" dunno what year. I can't find much info on this group except that I had found them on some blog that said "I had to hear this band", so I did. Maybe you can to if you find it out there in the webernet fun zone.
So, here is a kewl bit of computor image altering softwarez.
The kid is wearing Duffs shoes.
Speaking of "The Kid" Here's an ad with Jason Adams from ida-no what year. Duffs shoes used to be pretty kewl.
They had this one model called "the mongoose" it was soooo rad that I bought three pair, two Brown one Blue.
Then something happened and it seemed loik they only had loik one style in loik seven dif color ways. WTFrick?
I just czeched and they are still in binniss, you can find them under this word here Duffs , yes that word back there.
BTW, Kevin Porter is supposed to have a pro BMX shoe coming out in early 2011, Later.
and he's a rad guy, fun to be around 'cuz the dude is always laughing and hyped on life, or moar importantly BMX.
(who relocated to Austin, TX.) when mai friend used his sky miles to fly me out there for mai Birthdei back in 2002. The show was on mai actual B-date. One of the best presents ever & shows I've ever seen.
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