Heck yes.  A bunch of dudes came out on Sunday to ride the trails.   The wind was blowing mercilessly, but it didn't slow anyone down too much.  It was very much a family event, with kids running around and veggie burgers and dogs grilled and consumed on the spot.  It couldn't have been more fun.

Here's a role call:

Solan and Fox Foster

Phil Race

Sean Newton

Fro Ardelean

Davey Cooperwasser

Chris Hatfield

Jeff, Jeffrey and Cullen Venekamp

Jason Burton

and my whole crew, of course. 

Click on this photo to see the low-fi video I put together.

  You know, I have a 3-chip digital video camera but I like to keep it simple sometimes.  That was filmed on a five-year old Canon Elph digital camera.  I like the low-res (it's a friggin' web video anyway, right?).   The angles are bad, there is lots of shakey-cam going on and you can hear the wind blowing through most of it, but I like how it came out.  The only tricks are a 360 by Davey Coop on a weird bike, (assembled at one AM the night before in a drunken stupor) with a 30-year old, five pound mag wheel on the front and us blowing up a pair of shoes with gunpowder (a twenty-year anniversary of a similar event brought to life by Jeff V).  The song is Uncle Tupelo, Screen Door.  A favorite of mine.  Sean Newton just sent over a bunch of really good pics that I will post later.

     Today is a big birthday for my friend, "Turbo" Todd Britton.  Todd is a good dude and very much dedicated to bicycles.  He runs a bike shop in Grand Haven, Michigan, called Breakaway Bikes and is almost single-handedly responsible for bikes being allowed into the Grand Haven cement park (more on that soon).   One thing I truly admire about Todd is that he is an "Idea man" who actually follows through, unlike me and most other people with big ideas.  Todd has seen several frame projects grow from scribbles on paper to production runs, along with several parts designs that mysteriously end up in other people's product line, either by pure coincidence or blatant rip-off.  He's a good dude, a good dad and a "Lifer" BMXer.  He was supposed to come to the Birdland gig but got worked the night before in a mountain bike mishap.  Here's to you, Turbo!