I mentioned the passing of Dave Fawley (sorry for botching his name before) last week. A sad and tragic event indeed. In the worst of times, however, sometimes the best in people comes out. Dave's friends put together a benefit jam at TRP on Friday night that was a huge success. Tons of people: riders and non-riders, young and old, mountain bikers and BMX dudes that had maybe never even seen a skatepark, along with a huge group of area shredders came together in honor of Dave and to help raise money for his family. 100% of the door went to the benefit, which was very cool of the folks from TRP. Sean Rakos designed and printed some awesome shirts that sold out in less than five minutes and some stuff was raffled off that helped raise a little more. Dave had a lot of friends and some of them were giving it their all with his spirit in mind.
"New York" Dave was a good friend of Dave Fawley's and unleashed a display of complete madness. He took it so hard on this giant gap to ledge so many times. Sparks was on hand as well, putting on a show that I'm sure the non-riders in attendence are still trying to figure out.
Joe Gall took those photos with my camera while I got it all on tape. There are tons of photos and great coverage on Veteran BMX and Team Young. It is nice to know that such a sad event can bring people together for such a good time. I'm sure Dave would have liked it that way. I just want to extend my sympathy to Sean, Davey Coop, 40 oz. Dan, JR, Thomas, Otto, NY Dave and all the rest of the people whose lives were made better by knowing Dave....
I didn't make back to TRP on Saturday for the Veteran's Day jam, but that looked like a good time as well. See the sites above for more info on that. Deliverance was a sponsor of that event and was well represented with the likes of Dane Wild's Porter-ish antics:
Flip from Albe's took that shot in between skid variations.
Updated: Tuesday, 14 November 2006 8:15 AM EST
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