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Brian Tunney had sent this over, and I posted up a photo video the other day from this trip, so here is the video.
Also Jared Chilko sent me over this video of him from a video part that fell through.. The kid is so damn good.
Full length Video Part from Jared on Vimeo.
Last weekend was the contest I had been organizing for the last two months or so. I figured maybe there would be other kids out there who want to have a contest but don’t know where to start. So I figured I would write down all of the steps I did to organize, and finally have the contest.
Idea
All contests start out with an idea, it just comes down to what kind you want to have. A jam at a skatepark, trails, a bunch of street spots. I think the easiest personaly is a skatepark just because it is there; there is no need to worry about constantly fixing it up or getting kicked out of the spot.
So you know you want to do the contest, and where you want it. Now, talk to your friends, get a feel for how into it they would be, see if they would be willing to help or at least throw some ideas in on how to make it good. Another thing you can do is check out bike forums like Bikeguide and The Come Up Board and just ask people what they would want in order to go to the contest. It also spreads the word too once you get it all figured out.
Do Work
After you have that all figured out, set a date with the skatepark owner or your friends, something that works for a lot of people or gives people time to get work off. Skateparks are usually cool about doing contests, it brings a lot of people to their park and gets them a little cash out of it. Street is always there just make sure it isn’t when it is rush hour, unless you guys wanna deal with a ton of people and cars if you are in a big city. Trails obviously, if you don’t want people to mess them up don’t have it there, or try and enforce the build to ride type thing as an entry fee or something.
Once the date and location is set see what you can come up for sponsors for the event, if it sounds like a promising deal a lot of companies won’t hessitate to send you stuff to toss out for prizes. Now don’t go trying to get free stuff from companies just telling them your having a contest and don’t, thats a dick move and will probably lessen the chances people who actually are having a contest can get stuff. The best way to ask is just hit up the websites of companies you are into and find an email, it is usually info@company.com, be polite and explain very clearly when, where, and your expectations of what will happen. I think because this website the companies trusted I was actually having a contest too so I think it might be harder if you are just a random kid, but it never hurts to try. Plus some companies will give you the heads up to grab a prize for yourself, but don’t take more than one or two things. I didn’t take anything until the day of and only from the prizes people said I could grab stuff from.
After you have that all planned, got some sponsors for the event, make a flyer. This may be harder for some of you kids without Photoshop or In-design but ask around if one of your friends is capable, or just take your time on MS-Paint and avoid the spray paint tool.
E-mail your flyer to websites like The Come Up, VitalBMX, Ride BMX, and any scene websites around the area.
Basically get people excited about the contest with when, where, how much, whose sponsoring it, what all is going on. Here is my flyer from the Renegade Contest
The days before
When your in charge of a contest, don’t plan on making money. Actually, plan on spending money. I have no idea how much I spent, but I took a lot of my time, bought food for the grill out, and random other things. Also, making t-shirts for the event is always cool too. Team Dilly who had a street jam about 3 weeks ago made shirts for Team Dilly, they even had some for the Renegade Contest.
The Day Of
So after all the work, the day has come for the contest. Pack up all the product and get to the skatepark early to sweep and mop up the ramps. Usually if your doing something right other people will be there to help out. The trails also will always need some work, or just get to the meeting spot for the jam just so you can get your head straight on where this is all going. Be prepared with sign up sheets and plan out how you want to run the contest, avoid single person runs people hate riding alone in contests and typically it takes a lot longer to do, so throw like 3-5 people together in a run. If you don’t have judges planned, talk to some of the people who are in the upper class and ask them to judge the lower classes, then replace the original judges when they have to ride. Also find a person to run the mic if you haven’t found one yet, if your in Minnesota I would suggest Jay Schill(sp) he was an awesome MC for the event I had and totally unplanned. If you got the cash pay Catfish to fly over and do his thing, he will be all about it plus he gets the crowd amped.
Contest is underway
Being in charge sucks, but it is worth it. The odds are you will have little or a lot less time to ride than the people just coming to compete/ride. I barely touched my bike because I was running around checking on juding scores making sure nobody is getting favored, keeping the contest running, replacing battaries in the mic, all sorts of random stuff. Have your prizes for the top 3-6 places for the different classes depending on how much stuff you have to give away. Also make sure you have a little extra to throw out for the crowd or other random games like footdown. If things were planned well enough they should just run on its own with little need to fix things.
The Contest is Over
You gave out all the prizes, nobody died, people had fun, and it was a good time for you. At least thats all we can hope for right? Help clean up the park, trails, street spots you rode. Thank the owners of the park or trails if you don’t have anything to do with that, and make sure everything is good to go before you take off to pass out from all the excitement.
So that is my views on how to set up a contest. It might not be very clear but that is how it goes for me. I have had 5 different contests since I was 13 (yes 13 and I was organizing contests) I am 19 now. So I have had about one a year, minus one year. So hopefully my insight has helped a bit and you will think about doing a contest if your motivated enough. E-mail me at BMXrochester@hotmail.com if you have any questions on things I forgot I am willing to help you out.
Another Gary Young interview?! Serving you up with some San D! Woozy posted that rad interview with Gary recently and this is just another little something for you all to read up on if you’re interested. I shot this interview at Gary a few months ago and after some solid heckling about it, he finally filled it out a couple days ago… Gary doesn’t care to be on the computer much and isn’t one to have heavy internet rot sessions, so it generally takes him a while to get things like this done. But thats completely understandable when you live in Sunny San Diego, where the great weather never stops kicking ass! Putting down bikes in exchange for Mac laptops is always questionable…
Your full name, age and years you’ve been shredding:
My name is Gary Bernard Chapman Young, I am twenty-four years old and I started riding sixteen years ago.
Well, we all know you’re a San Diegoian but do you ever plan on leaving us for somewhere else? Or have you ever thought about living in a far away land?
One day when my wife and I have kids. We decided that we are going to take our kids to some far away land and have them learn the language while we are there, sort of immersing them in culture, you know?
A lot, if not all people have come to know you as San Diego’s hometown hero… How do you feel about that and does it affect how you represent yourself as a rider?
Wow thanks. I don’t feel like I am any different than any other rider, we are all just having fun on kids bikes. As far as representing goes I just try to do things that I can be proud of later.
You’ve traveled to numerous countries, but is there anywhere you’ve yet to visit that you really want to see?
Everywhere I haven’t been yet.
You ride Clairemont skatepark on a normal basis with the homies, tell me how you feel about the park… Favorite lines, the dudes that ride there and the general vibe, etc…
The YMCA is awesome, they treat the bmxers so well and I am very thankful to Lazlo and the rest of the staff for that. As far as favorite lines, they change regularly because the park is always building new stuff. (Thanks Brad!) There is an eclectic mix of rad riders here, but no matter which locals end up at the park it usually ends up being a really fun session.
What’s your favorite terrain for shredding? Favorite spots and set ups to ride?
It changes with what sort of mood I am in, but the top three are street, bowls, and trails. I really liked the Empire of Dirt set up in England, it had a good mix of everything.
The new Odyssey video recently dropped, how did you feel about your section? Also, are there any lines or stunts in the section that were particularly hard to achieve? Perhaps the curve wall transfer to curve wall?
I am never satisfied with my sections, but deadlines are deadlines and videos have to come out. That curve wall haunts me I really want to go back and get it done OFFICIALLY.
You recently partook in your first actual trip with the Give D Crew, any highlights on the San Francisco trip you would like to inform those about? The parks, the crew, the college kids, etc…
That was one of the most fun trips I’ve ever been on.
Macneil’s been taking care of you for years now, how happy are you with the new line of products and designs from Macneil? Are there any new G.Y. signature products coming out any time soon?
We just revised my second frame a little bit, now the chain stays are lower so you can run any gearing now. We will have new colors and stickers around Interbike.
Describe a day in the life of Gary Young:
I get up when my wife is going to work around 8 AM. I then eat breakfast, and then check my emails and start calling dudes to go ride. Then I fight traffic run errands and ride. Then I come home and figure out dinner plans with my wife. Lastly I usually fall asleep watching Seinfeld.
Also, how do you feel about regrets?
They are over rated.
Would you happen to know the top 3 priorities of a dolphin?
Eating Fish, Playing, and Boofies!
(Editorial Note)
The top 3 priorities of a dolphin are:
1. Nestling
2. Kissies
3. Style
(I’m giving credit to Gary on that though for the use of the word Boofies!)
In the words of Crandall, How stoked are you?
I’m super stoked.
Is there any shout outs or people you would like to thank?!
My thanks goes to god, my wife, family and friends. Big thanks the GDC crew for having so much fun, also Vans, MacNeil, Odyssey, CTI, and ProTec for supporting me to live my dream. Thanks dudes!
(Photos snaked from Gary’s Myspace and top picture of Gary and the fufanu at Alameda are credited to XJosh HayesX)
Brian Tunney had shot me over an e-mail today talking about the recent trip the Eclat guys all took to Spain, there is a video also that is basically just photos from the trip, along with that you can see all their new products like the hubs, seats, and more. Here is the e-mail.
“This past April, the Éclat team, consisting of the UK’s Ashley Charles and the US’s Chester Blacksmith, embarked on their first team trip, from Germany to London, England, ultimately culminating in Spain. The purpose of the trip, aside from simply trying to enjoy what everyone expected would be warm spring weather, was to celebrate the launch of the Éclat brand. Both Chester and Ashley’s newly outfitted bikes featured Éclat’s Webster seats, Tibia cranks, Surge pedals, a new CNC sprocket and Éclat’s prototype hubs; and the trip served as Éclat’s first product trial by fire of sorts. Along with successful product testing, the Éclat team gathered photos and footage for an upcoming vid.
In the meantime, we’ve assembled a few photos from the trip into a slideshow. Feel free to repost on your respective Web site.
“The cool thing about this trip was that everything was new. I was glad to finaly meet everone behind the scenes at Éclat and WeThePeople. Seeing the daily operations was a real eye opener. It wasn’t just a bike company on the other side of the world that was hooking me up anymore. I got to know everyone on a personal level. Plus it got me real excited for all the stuff that’s happening this year and years to come… We spent the bulk of our trip in Spain. The weather was great. The spots were even better. And the night life topped it all. Out of the two months I was gone, there was no place like Spain. It’s cheaper than most of Europe and everyone seems laid back. After four crazy days and nights in Madrid, we headed to Barcolona for a couple days. By this time everyone was tired and ready for there own bed. But it really didn’t matter what we where doing or what the weather was like because I was having fun. Afterwards, we flew back to Cologne, and I spent four days working on new Éclat products. Altogether, the trip was amazing.” -Éclat team rider Chester Blacksmith
For more info on Éclat, check out www.eclatbmx.com“
The contest was held yesterday, yes the contest I have blabbing about for the last two months. It went off without a hitch, tons of people came, and from the general reaction I got from everyone it was a good time. A few things happened, a few things didn’t. The contest was basically winging it just because I had no idea how many people were coming, but in the end at one point there was over 100 people packed into the park.
So I packed up the S.U.V with my buddy Alex and got ready to hit the road about 10 a.m, it is an hour drive to get to the park.
So after that the doors opened up at noon and there was 20 people there within the next 15 minutes so that was cool, I was really stoked on that. As time went on by 2:30 when the contest finally got underway after waiting out a bit for a few car loads of dudes who had called. I didn’t take a whole lot of pictures, and didn’t get any good riding shots. However, I will have a photo update from the Tristan Thiel and the other photographer guy who was there once I get those.
Also my buddy Seth had filmed the contest, and then Mike was also filming so there will be two videos.
Before the contest started I had got to tossing a few prizes, there was a pair of Beloe’s in a size 9 I had got from Brian Osborne, so I figured get all the size 9 people up in for a big game of Rock Paper Scissors, and it was pretty awesome, Little Caleb rocked dominated everyone and won some shoes for his dad Todd who rides and is a size 9 ironically. Father son team work! Will be video footage of this.
After this I didn’t get much for group shots, I know Tristan did so don’t worry.
I don’t have the results for the intermediate class due to me losing the sheet somewhere. The results should turn up on Renegade’s website soon enough. At least top 3 that is.
We had a silent contest I came up with. I had recieved some Slam Bars from S&M and whoever took the biggest crash got the bars. Andy, I don’t have his last name but he came with Grant Castelluzzo ruben rode a wall out of a quarter and went flying into a ledge and took about a 6 foot drop to flat and got beefed, he was all right but I awarded him the Slam of the day award with those bars. He was stoked I think. I believe there will be video footage of that.
1st place expert got $100, $35 gift certificate to Albes, a 1 year Subscription to Ride BMX, and a gift card to To Die For’s Online store.
Dustin Griess got 1st
2nd place got $60, $35 gift certificate to Albes, a 1 year Subscription to Ride BMX, and a gift card to To Die For’s Online store.
Bink got 2nd
3rd place got $40, a 1 year Subscription to Ride BMX, and a gift card to To Die For’s Online store.
Aj Haines got 3rd
After that I still had a WHOLE crap load of stuff to give out, I was so pumped on the sponsors hooking it up big. I got a huge group of kids and dumped shirts, stickers, grips, a sprocket got thrown into the group, and just a whole bunch of stuff, the kids were stoked. I didn’t snap a picture because my hands were full throwing stuff.
Then Deljon got an idea, put some prizes on the box jump and play red light green light.. Ya know, go when I say, stop when I say, first one there wins. Well… it got rough..
I heard somebody got head butted, Tristan man aped and ran in with all his camera gear.. yeah over $1500 of camera gear around his neck and he jumped in, what a nutter.
After that there was footdown, I forgot to snap a photo, but I don’t remember who won, but I do recall it being halarious and people got jacked, I know Tyler (one of the kids in the beginner class) went head first into the padded pole and Wyatt (seein in the 2nd to last photos with the tattoos) rocked Dustin Griess haha. It was awesome. Winner got I don’t even remember.
There was also a “who can go the highest on the vert wall” contest, Tristan did a double hand plant slap on the very top, and tumbled down to his ass, he was okay but the video footage of it is wild. Wyatt actually won it by airing out, this vert wall is about 20 feet tall, and has about 3 feet of transition, think about that.
You will see it in the video I am sure.
So overall the contest was super fun, the turn out was GREAT, and everyone seemed to have a lot of fun, big shout out to Grant Castelluzzo and Andy coming out from Millwaukee, and that one dude from Chicago, dudes from Team Iowa, Mike Porter (I remember your name now haha)and just everyone else who made the trip I know the majority of us had to drive at least an hour to come to it.
Big thanks to all the sponsors!
Give D,The Take,Monster, Standard, Fit, DK, Alienation, Beloe Shoes, BMXinvasion, Interbmx.com, The Come Up, Ride BMX ,Hell On Earth,S&M,UGP,Albes, To Die For
CHECK BACK SOON FOR MORE PHOTOS! AND ANOTHER CONTEST WINTER 08′-09′ SOMETIME.
I have no idea what Nove Igre BMX is, but I heard it the other day and I want to know what it means! I tried language converters but couldn’t figure it out, so if somebody knows leave it in the comments.
That is beside the point, I am leaving in about an hour to drive up to Renegade
(Keep reading there is a video inside!)
for the contest. It will be pretty good, I had heard a lot of people are coming so if you can still go and see this, go!
*Click to make big!
There is the flyer, minus To Die For Clothing and ALBES logo since I was too lazy to get the other flyer instead I just copied and pasted from another post.
So be there kids!
Also here is Ben Polaschek’s part in Jonah Lidbergs old video Climate Control, Jonah’s part and Josh Nendza’s will be uploaded soon and I will for sure post it when I get it. This video is from 2000 just if you couldn’t tell.
Climate Control 2000 from Ben Polaschek on Vimeo.
Nove Igre BMX <<< WHAT IS IT!!! Comments if you know.
Nick Lucas is a super good rider and a way cool guy. I came across this on youtube and had to post it. It has a bunch of clips from Renegade where the contest I am throwing is this Sunday from noon to close. I got boxes ontop of boxes of goods to give out so be there!
Kevin had a really good web video come out about a week ago and he had done pretty good last year in the Dew Tour so the interview was in need. So we got it done, enjoy!
Name:
Kevin Lajos Kiraly
Location:
Livermore California
Sponsors:
Redline Bicycles, Alpinestars, Beloe footwear
Years riding:
like 6 or 7
It seems like lately you have really blown up. Did you ever expect to be riding bikes as a career?
Well not really, i always wanted to but dreams are dreams haha
You recently had a web video for redline come out, do you have any other video parts or web edits in the works?
The Redline web vid turned out pretty cool, i was really siked on it, it was just me messing around at my park and it didnt turn out half bad, so there will probably a lot more in the future. But as of right now im filming for an unnamed video with full parts from some gnarly dudes like Corey Bohan and Kym Grosser.
How are things going with Redline, any news you can share like road trips, videos, signature parts, or anything like that?
Well right now im riding my signature sticker way G5 frame, that wont be available for a couple months, and im Buying a High Definition camera soo hopefully ill be able to makes Some HD Web vids for redline.
Your also on Beloe, what was it like to be asked to be apart of that team and how did it all come about?
I was Soo happy when Brian asked me if i wanted to be apart of Beloe, especially after he told me who was on the team. company’s awsome
Is there any signature stuff from Beloe coming from you or> anything big involving you and Beloe?
No, no signature stuff for me but i think Jim C is getting a signature shoe
How about the rest of the sponsors? Anything big going on> with those?
Nothing really besides my redline frame stickerway thing.
Your obviously able to ride ramps, what are some of your favorite things/places to ride?
I definetly ride the park almost everyday, But i love riding street, i definetly get more satisfaction riding good street then good park.
Did you grow up racing at all or have you just been freestylin since day 1?
I raced when i was really young but quit when i was about 11, then started freestyling when i was like 16.
How do you feel about contests? Do you plan on doing the Dew Tour again this year?
contest are fun and stressful at the same time. Yes i will be at the dew tour this year, i stayed in high enough points last year to be prequalified for this year. Theyre fun though.
You get to travel a fair amount, where are some of your favorite places you have been and where are some places you would like to go at some point?
I have only been inside the united states, probably my favorite place is Greenville North Carolina, i know i know, such a generic answer but that place is amazing, soo fun and soo many amazing riders. I definetly want to go to Barcalona, and australia.
If you could go on a road trip with 5 people to ride, who would you bring and why?
this is an easy one, Colin Mackay, Garrett Reynolds, Ty Morrow, Danny Hickerson, and Gator. All those guys are amazing people and amazing riders and if you dont know Gator, hes the MirraCo TM and one of the funniest people ive ever met.
You seem to have quite a bag of tricks, what are some tricks that give you the most trouble?
Vador jams and downside double peg grinds, both those tricks ive tried numerous times and can never get them.
If you could change anything about BMX what would it be and why?
wish they still called stem’s goose necks.
Have you had any serious injuries on your bike?
Broken pinky, ive been super lucky soo far “knock on wood”
Outside of riding what are some things you are into?
im really into filming and video editing, my dog, and the GF
Do you work at all other than ride? If not what kinds of jobs have you had in the past?
im lucky enough to not have to work, but i did work at the bike shop for a month then quit.
How do you feel about getting loose? Strippers? and public intoxication?
Its fun, getting loose with your good friends is always amazing.
If you could hook up with any actress/model/person who would it be and why?
Probably Scarlett Johanson (probably spelt her name wrong) just because shes super hott!
What is something crazy that has happened to you that nobody believes?
not sure, nothing worthy to tell
What are some bands or music you are into?
definetly into chill electro indie stuff. Fisherspooner, elkland, peter bjorn and John.
Seen any good movies lately?
I am Legend, i like those kinda future Movies.
How do you feel about school?
its kool if you like it, i sucked at school so i wasnt really into it.
Who or what are some of the biggest influences on your life?
My Older Brothers, Mom, DAD, Colin Mackay, Optimus Prime.
If you could be sponsored by any non-bmx related company, who would it be and why?
Probably Audi So i can have dope cars, or subway because i always eat it.
What are some things you would like to accomplish in the next few years?
Travel More, Win a Big comp so i can have a sweet trophey, move out of my mommy’s.
If you could have any super power, what would it be and why?
Teleporting so i can go anywhere i want, best power to have for sure!
What kind of advice do you have for kids who are just getting into BMX?
Learn the little stuff first, learn to tire tap before you learn to tailwhip.
Do you have any shout outs or thanks?
I want to thanks everyone at redline, Fuzzy, Gork,John and Evan, you guys have been amazing, Brian at Beloe, your the man, send me some white stickers, alpinestars and Bmxunion, Chyea!
Anything else you would like to say?
Na im going to sleep
