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Saturday, 6 January 2007
Memorial Mini-Ramp Jam
It is difficult to comprehend that the Kzoo Mini-Ramp jam coming up on 1/13 (see flyer in post below) has turned into a memorial and tribute to Glenn Seals. The jam was his idea and he was super excited about it. I'm sure he would be happy to know it was going on with him in mind. I talked to Bill from Kzoo yesterday and he is donating all of the proceeds from the Jam to Glenn's family to help with funeral expenses. I also spoke to Brice from LPK, who was Glenn's dear friend and business partner (Brice owns LPK) and he told me they were doing some shirts in Glenn's honor. Deliverance is having these stickers done, and 100% of the proceeds will go to Glenn's family as well.


So don't be surprised if I try to strong arm you into paying $5 for a sticker (kinda ironic after that post from last week, huh?). If you can make it to Kalamazoo, please do so. The jam is going to be fun, the rest of the park will be open to ride and now it is for a really good cause...

Posted by Deliverance Dude at 12:19 AM EST
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Thursday, 4 January 2007
Glenn
I just found out a couple minutes ago that Glenn Seals, Kalamazoo BMX kingpin, passed away two days ago from a heart attack. This is absolutely devastating news. Glenn was an infectous personality. He came on strong with genuine excitement and was ready to be your friend. This dude was all about BMX. The upcoming Kzoo jam was mostly Glenn's idea. I spoke to him Thanksgiving weekend about it, after he had called me. I told him we were in Kalamazoo but I had gone street riding instead of coming to the park because I knew it would be crowded. He told me he had his little cousin or nephew with him that he was getting into BMX. He was always telling me he was getting someone into BMX. Glenn has two little girls that he loved with all of his heart. Before our son was born, we were at Subdivision in New York, and Livin' Proof Kustom's booth was right next to ours. I talked to Glenn the most I ever have those two days. Glenn told me this about having a kid, and I think of his word's often: "You don't even know what love is until you have that baby in your arms. You can't believe you even have that much love inside of you".
Glenn was so pumped about the Kzoo jam. I told him we were looking at houses in Kalamazoo and he was excited about having another person in the scene to ride with. He always told me about riding his bike from the east side of Kalamazoo to my dad's shop in Plainwell, no joke it's at least fifteen miles, to put this Redline on layaway, and how it took him forever to pay for it, but my Dad kept it for him and how cool my Dad is and...
Glenn was the best. Rest in Peace, my brother. I took this from the Livin' Proof Myspace page. Ted Van Orman wrote it and I know for a fact that Ted thought the world of Glenn...

Glenn Seals

The sound of this name has always sent me positive energy for the simple reason that every time I encountered Glenn he always had a smile for me. Happy to be alive, pedaling around Kalamazoo, boasting about how much he loved his two little girls and how becoming a father really had straightened out his life. He carried a lot of pride with him because of his family. He loved them more than anything!
Life introduced me to Glenn Seals through a similar hobby of BMX bikes. I spent a lot of time with Glenn going on trips, riding campus and more importantly having good conversations. He always loved to talk, he gave me a lot of advice on life and growing up and for that I thank him. He was a true friend. A friend I could count on if I were in trouble; regardless of the circumstance he would be there. He had so much love to give and his time here on earth was cut way to short. His passing breaks my heart, along with everyone else’s that knew him. Kalamazoo has lost one of its finest!
I will never forget you Glenn, thank you for all the good times!

“Livin Proof”

Theodore Barrett Van Orman

Posted by Deliverance Dude at 9:28 AM EST
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Wednesday, 3 January 2007
coons and goons


This New Year's day marks the beginning of the 17th year of my being a vegetarian. No meat, no fish, no chicken stock in my soup--I'm sure by mis-information in a restaurant or whatever, but my motto is "If you don't know, don't go". I don't think I'm self-rightous about it or preachy or in-your-face. Live and let live is why I do it and also how I feel about other people's lifestyle choices. I guess talking about it on a website is kind of self-rightous....
Anyway, there are FODs who are on the veg. plan and these noodles are my latest recommendation. $1.99 at Trader Joes, the ultimate grocery store for vegetarians, pretty much.
So I'm going to throw this question out there to anyone who thinks they could possible answer it: If I care so much about animals, don't eat them, try not to wear to much leather (guilty by default due to my job on this one, but again, not preaching about it), definitely aware of the cruelties and abuse of animals (my wife and I choose the Humane Society as the only charity that we donate to), then why does it seem like I always have a wild animal drama to deal with? The deer incident on Xmas was crazy, but that was not even the beginning. Our two "cute" little dogs


have caught and/or killed no less than six baby rabbits in the last couple of years (including two on Easter!), several of which I was able to rescue. Now this:


This giant racoon has been camped out in the flower garden since early this morning. I called the Humane Society and they were no help (the thanks we get!), telling me to call Animal Control. I think of "dog catcher" when I think Animal Control but I called them anyway. They said to wait for awhile and see if it leaves, because sometimes they get flushed out of their homes when it rains a lot. It did rain a lot, three days ago, but this guy seems sick. You can see the carrot in the pic, which he didn't eat. My wife tried to give it some chicken as well. It's fairly responsive when we talk to it, but I don't know what to do.
On an un-related note, FOD Dane Wild and I were involved in a scary-ass crash last night in Modern. 205 pounds + bike - brakes divided by 120 pounds + bike - brakes = trainwreck. We actually collided at the top of a big wedge, so it seemed like an eternity as the crash unfolded. I honestly had time to think "thank God neither of us is running pegs" as we waltzed down the ramp in a tangled mess. We were both laid out on the floor afterward and definitely shaken up, but both more or less okay (I have a weird tire burn on my wrist, of all places). I decided that my new $14.99 jeans from Old Navy are my "crash pants". I ate shit street riding the day before wearing them and had them on again last night.
Yeah. Rambling. Bye.

Posted by Deliverance Dude at 11:09 PM EST
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Monday, 1 January 2007
press release



Posted by Deliverance Dude at 12:58 AM EST
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Saturday, 30 December 2006
if it don't make dollas, it don't make sense
Now Playing: AGainst Me! Tonight We're Gonna Give it 35%
One thing that sucks about doing Deliverance is paying for stickers that I just give away. I might as well just give everyone fifty cents when I see them, it would be easier. There is one exception. Cory Martin, the red-wigged ripper from Owosso, always insists on giving me a couple dollars when he asks for stickers. Thanks Cory. I don't expect it and usually don't accept it, but I have and will. I love stickers but making them does bum me out, especially when the non-existent "team" complains that the stickers are too big or they don't like the colors or whatever. Here are the "new" stickers. I made quotes around new because these are old graphics (seems like we would have made these sooner, doesn't it?)



The D logo is one of the very first Deliverance logos and the bird logo was created by FOD Sean Rakos. They are a bike friendly size, fitting nicely on a head and/or seat tube.


Note the Moon stickers. I actually paid over twenty dollars for a set of those on Ebay. Keeping in mind what I just stated about paying literally hundreds of dollars for stickers that I just give away, the notion of paying money for stickers, just because they are cool, is just ridiculous. To be honest, I don't even really know what Moon makes. I know they make hot rod car parts. Wheels, I believe. All I know is that I liked that logo when I was a real young kid (in the 70s!) and always have. I was so stoked when I got them in the mail yesterday. Ask Davey, he was here. I wonder if Dave Moon knows about Moon hotrod parts? Oddly enough, he was at Modern last night, but I hadn't fabricated my bootleg Moon stickers yet. Dave is rad and usually wins the Kzoo contests. Nice series of segways tonight, eh? Please note the flyer below regarding the upcoming Kzoo Mini Ramp champs event. Apparently Animal accidentally sent two boxes of prizes, so at least we'll have some sweet Animal stuff and free Deliverance stickers to give out for prizes.
Going back to my Moon stickers. Since I paid so much for them, I didn't want to actually use them on my bike, knowing that I'll probably paint it or decide I don't like it or something ridiculous, so I scanned the stickers and made fake ones, taking elaborate measures using various materials I had around here to ensure an authentic look. I need to start getting more sleep. Or something. If you're wondering what Biltwell is, wonder no more. They are friends of mine and they make some sweet motorcycle parts. Here's another ridiculous one. I ordered one of those El Diablo tee shirts on that site last Wednesday night (late) and on early Thursday, UPS brought me a Merry Xmas box with a couple El Diablo shirts for me and my wife, along with stickers. I don't even think they had received my order yet. They must have crystal balls. They even sent the exact size and color that I had ordered. Fuckin' weird, dude. I really do need sleep.

Posted by Deliverance Dude at 12:05 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, 30 December 2006 12:10 AM EST
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Wednesday, 27 December 2006
Mini Ramp Champs, Pt. Deuce



Posted by Deliverance Dude at 11:14 PM EST
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Tuesday, 26 December 2006
weirdest christmas ever and the return of Randy
Now Playing: Motorhead We Are The Road Crew
Christmas has been a pretty big downer for me for a long time. I would go so far as to say that I used to get really depressed around the holidays. Nothing that heavy drinking couldn't numb, but not my favorite season. Having a son and a family changes everything. Christmas was awesome this year and we had so much fun with Noah and his Grandparents and cousins and it was just great. Then it got weird. My wife and I left Noah at Grandma's and went off to look at some houses. We were driving slowly, looking for a street, when this big deer bounds across the road, right in front of us. "Holy shit!" was my initial reaction. It was cool too see and of course I was glad I didn't hit it, but in the same instant, I thought "uh oh, there might be another one...BAM!" before I could even finish the thought. I was looking right in the direction it came from and I never even saw it. It kind of wrapped around the corner of my van. This big, beautiful animal was lying on the side of the road, flopping around. My wife and I were freaking out, of course, not knowing what to do. We managed to calm down a little, observing for a minute (not wanting to get kicked in the head as well). Just then, the deer got up..."Yes!", then ran in a circle and fell down "shit". It lay there for a another minute and just as we were about to walk back to it, it stood up and ran off into the woods. It looked pretty stable and there was no blood, so we're hoping the best. Now, my van is another story. I will start by saying that it could have been so much worse and I realize and appreciate that, but it is fucked up. The grill is broken, the big molding piece under the grill is broken and this little side panel is dented really badly. Keep in mind that this is a VW van that they don't even sell in the US anymore. Oh well, I was just happy that the deer seemed to be okay. The van can be fixed.
Then it got weirder. Not more than five minutes after we left the scene of the deer incident, we found the house we were looking for. It was a dead end street and we were stopped a few houses away, getting a long view of the house. We were parked in front of another house and I glanced over and saw this.


I looked at my wife real quick to see if she saw it. Ugh. Yes. A semi-nude, saggy, older lady was just standing there, staring at us, wondering why we were in front of her house, I'm sure, but WTF? It wasn't like we just happened to look in the window and saw her changing her clothes. She was straight up standing at the window in full, disgusting view. It did help us to forget about the poor deer for a minute but it was weird as hell. I don't even remember what the house looked like, we scratched that one off our list due to omen-like circumstances.
With Christmas and weirdness behind us, I was excited to ride tonight but knew the park would be crazy busy. It was. Local hotshoes, home for the holidays, guys that have been MIA for awhile, little kids on Xmas break and then there was this dude.


There's always some old kook at the park who dusted off his ten year old bike and just gets in the way....

Posted by Deliverance Dude at 11:27 PM EST
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Saturday, 23 December 2006
Christmas 1976
Now Playing: Johnny Cash God's Gonna Cut You Down
It dawned on me Thursday morning that I was coming up on an anniversary. On Christmas morning, 1976, I received my very first BMX bike. It looked like this:


This photo isn't of my actual bike, but it was nearly identical, except for the grips, I believe. It was called the "Silver Fox". I believe this same bike had more than one name that it was sold with, depending upon where you bought it. It's hard to see, but the handlebar clamps are actually U-bolts. They didn't hold very well and they dug big grooves into the bars. I found out a few years ago that these bikes (mine was purchased at Montgomery Ward) were made by a company that made mini-bikes and go-carts. I entered my first race in May of 1977 on this bike and got my ass kicked by all the kids on "rigid" bikes, which were already the norm by then. Bikes with shocks had been popular on the downhill tracks of Southern California in the mid-70s and my only point of reference for BMX were some motorcycle magazines that had occasional articles on BMX and a book I had from 1974 called "How to Win Bicycle Motocross" which had all kinds of crazy, experimental bikes with shocks and various gizmos. Everything was new then. This bike weighed almost 60 pounds (I weighed about a hundred, maybe). Bikes were all different then and if nothing else, they were interesting. Bikes are so much better now but they are pretty boring to look at. A crazy thing about that book is that I now know the guy that was on the cover! Obviously, if I got my first BMX bike in 1976, then I'm an old man in the world of BMX. I've never really freaked out about it too much, but thirty years is a long time to do anything. I'm proud that I still can and plan to continue for a long as humanly possible...
If you haven't see this, you need to. Happy Holidays to all of you, the FOD.

Posted by Deliverance Dude at 11:18 PM EST
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im up too damn late.
Ha, its like 6am and i havent slept yet. its been an on going thing as of late. Never sleeping. Ohh well, im only 19. While i was laying in my bed, i was making a couple of predictions on 2007, so here we go with a few.

Scott will make and break a "team" for Deliverance about as many times as his kid shits in a day.

I'll actually settle down and get a job.

Chris Hatfield's beard will grow long enough to where it becomes an amusment park.

Dan Closser will be still be on Lavar.

Mat Sparks will whip to double whip back.

Those are a few small predictions i have for the year to come. I've been lacking on my duty to post stuff on here, but i just forget to. So i guess to end this year off with me, ill show some pictures of me from various happenings.



This is probably the last time i rode street, or in the street actually. They were fixing a pothole right in front of my house, so i took advantage.



I went to baco this year, and bravely got over my fear of flying. This picture right here i actually put my foot down, and broke my big toe.(Which is still messed up to this day.)



In July i got to go on a trip to Boston and Pittsburgh with Tony Hamlin, Aaron Ross and Stew Johnson. This is the result of riding Primo pedals for about 5 and a half years....



And last but not least, myself and the Captain have been making it happen for a while.

I hope everyone has a save and wonderful Holiday. Thanks to everyone who has made this year awesome, and im hoping for another good year ahead. Thanks!

danewild.

Posted by Deliverance Dude at 6:22 AM EST
Updated: Saturday, 23 December 2006 6:24 AM EST
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Wednesday, 20 December 2006
Slide Show Mel
Now Playing: Wolfmother Lovetrain
Here's a LinK to a bunch of photos from the TRP mini-ramp champs event. Thanks to Joe Gall, Matt Newman and Hanan Saab for sending them over....



Posted by Deliverance Dude at 10:35 PM EST
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