2009 Midway Contest

Over the weekend I made the trek out to Midway Skatepark for our 4th Annual BMX Extravaganza contest. Its always a good time going up there. The park continues to provide a great vibe and fun ramps. It also seems to be producing some talented locals. Thanks again to everyone that came out and to Dan Strean and the rest of the Midway crew.





Dick and Fat Randy on the Mic. I think it was going to be impossible to keep Randy away from the mic



Jeff K on the injured reserve



Dan had stunts as burly as his stache




Jon Wells with a lengthy lawnmower



Jordy Jam





Danimal transfer



Alex Lunderos 1st place pro



Dan Setmeyer 2nd place pro



Mike Dinello 3rd place pro

I didn't get a ton of pics, I hope you can forgive me. Here is the rest of the results.

14 and under Beginner

1st Dylan Schlafer
2nd Tank
3rd Logan Cale
4th Tyler Voskull
5th Russel Guelig
6th Chris Starr
7th Luke Leider

15 and over Beginner

1st Logan Lang
2nd Evan Leiterman
3rd Nick Volm
4th David Ryno

Intermediate

1st Billy Volm
2nd Lawrence Courtney
3rd Dylan McCouley
4th Austin Sanderson
5th Matt Williams
6th Ian Taylor
7th Jamie Straub
8th Matt Immel

Expert

1st Dallas Weimer
2nd Adam Leiterman
3rd Caleb Zapf
4th Dan Kruk
5th Jake Hinke
6th Dustin Koder
7th Tyler Hulvorsen

Pro

1st: Alex Lunderos
2nd: Dan Setmeyer
3rd: Mike Dinello
4th (tie): Danimal Drehmel,Jordy Kilpela
5th: Bowdy Miller
6th: Grant C.
7th: Jason"Tippy" MInor
8th:(tie): Jeff Dowhen,Jon Wells

Huge thanks to Drehmel Family,Dick Walsh,Fat Randy.Jons,judges,skatepark locals,Animal,UGP,KINK,and Odyssey.

Shred in Peace

In Loving Memory Of Ricardo J. Lopez's Riding from Anthony Loconte on Vimeo.

Tony made another edit that is a real tribute to the riding skills of Ricardo.

Ricardo Footy

Ricardo Lopez from nocturnal bmx on Vimeo.

Zabinski made this edit with the footage he had from filming for the Nocturnal video.


Labor Pains But Pays from nocturnal bmx on Vimeo.
He also made this trails edit. The digging is at the Chicago trails the riding is at Willow St trails, but together it definitely shows the the work and fun that trails can be.

In memory of Ricardo

In Loving Memory Of Ricardo J. Lopez from Anthony Loconte on Vimeo.

Tony did a great job on this. R.I.P. Brother

R.I.P. Ricardo Lopez

On Thanksgiving we lost a great friend. Ricardo really was an amazing guy and will be greatly missed. He could make you laugh at the at the goofiest stuff and blow your mind just watching him ride. I'll never understand why this happened, but I am very glad I had the opportunity to know him when he was here.

2nd Midway Comp Video

Midway Skatepark's 3rd BMX Extravaganza from Zak Gruber on Vimeo.

Midway Contest Edit

Midway BMX Extravaganza Contest from Jonemy on Vimeo.

Thanks to Dan Zabinski for filming and Paul Mackey for editing this video.