Highlights from the Archive:
My first attempt with Final Cut- I Hate Bikes - The Movie
My Interbike story.
Someone please buy this bike ..Giant AC-1. For you, I make special deal.

2/05/05

Alameda Cityview Skatepark Protest:

Info from bmxriders.org (bro) ...Another protest ride is coming up March 5, 2005. The story behind this unfortunetly, seems a common one, especially here in California.. A group of skateboarders and bmxers get together and raise funds for a public skatepark. City kicks in money and helps make it happen. Park is built, and then city decides to outlaw bikes at said park, although park is designed with bikes in mind, and bike riders donated time and money. Yeah, it's f*cked up. On top of all that, apparently the city raised the dollar amount on citations to $85 from $50 or so. It seems that the city is using the citations to generate revenue.

From Brief History: Cityview Skatepark in Alameda California was built with the support of BMXers as well as skaters. BMXers donated thousands of dollars, worked on the design of the park, and spent countless hours helping with construction . In the end, we were denied access to this "public" park. Current anti-bicycling park rules are being enforced with $55 tickets handed out by local police. Bike riders were fined over $11,000 in the year 2000 alone. - source: bmxriders.org

I've really missed riding park since I've moved to the Bay Area. As riders we are ticketed for riding anywhere fun here. The best part of riding park is that you don't need a riding partner to have fun. There are always other riders there to ride with or be inspired by. Also, unlike Mt. biking, which can be very exclusive and clique-ish, when ridinge park, it's not uncommon for the guy next to you to be pro.

Some days I'll feel like swooping and carving turns and just rolling around, and some days I will just try the same trick for hours. It's like that. A lot of you just don't know what you are missing.