Adam Morris covered the WCR 2009 for ONE. Take a peek.

Windy City Riot 2009 from Marty McFly on Vimeo.

This year, the Razors team came to the Riot. While they were here Brazil filmed and cut this guy together.

The Windy City Riot 2009 by Vince Zywczak from Vince Zywczak on Vimeo.

The Windy City Riot is one of the longest running street contests in rollerblading, and one of the few street contests even happening these days. The Riot is a staple in the Chicago scene, and has a strong core group of skaters that have helped keep this competition at the level its at. It seems every year the Riot brings a random batch of rollerblading A-Listers, and usually whichever one of them is wearing a pair of TRS takes the trophy. But finally this year the curse was broken when Steve Lerner destroyed every spot with his smooth, effortless skating, and switch/natural repertoire of tricks.

Thanks to Collin Martin and Juan Herrera for putting the event on again this year, and to everyone who came out and continues to do so year after year.

PRO/AM RESULTS

01. Steve Lerner (Palos Hills, IL) 102 points
02. Keegan Coussee (Grayslake, IL) 93 points
03. Blake O’Brien (Minneapolis, MN) 34 points
04. Travis Rhodes (Chicago, IL) 22 points
05. Logan Clark (Des Moines, IA) 18 points
06. Mark Wojda (Louisville, KY) 15 points
07. Brian Bruno (Chicago, IL) 7 points
08. Sean Darst (Chicago, IL) 5 points
10. Marc Clune (Minneapolis, MN) 2 points
10. Jon Snyder (Hoffman Estates, IL) 2 points
11. Dan Barnes (Buffalo, NY) 1 point

Precontest

Flatland: Rory Melehan
High Jump: Travis Rhodes and Dwight H at 56″ (4′8″)
Long Jump: Travis Rhodes at 257″ (21′5″)

17 & UNDER

01. Nick Labarre (15)
02. Malcolm Heard (15)
03. Thinh Le (15)
04. Jimi Paszkiewicz (16)
05. Steve Matiasek (13)
06. Max Orant (16)
07. Patrick Siciliano (14)

OTHER AWARDS

Best Trick : Blake O’Brien
Best Style: Travis Rhodes
Worst Fall: Keegan Smith
Way Cool: Phil Leroux
Biggest Chest: Paul John
Most Flamboyant: Brian Bruno
Should Have Skated: Rory Melehan
Old Man: Blake O’Brien
Biggest Baby: bran^don:

WCR 2009 Schedule, Spots and Directions

Schedule
Friday, July 31, 2009
6:30pm registration begins at the meeting spot
7:00pm precontest begins at the meeting spot
9:00pm departure to 1 of 1 spots
12:00am (ish) after party

Saturday, August 1, 2009
1:30pm presession at Whiting skatepark
3:00pm departure to begin contest
8:30pm ish award ceremony for 17 and under
11:00pm ish afterparty and award ceremony

Spots and Directions
Friday, July 31, 2009
Meeting Spot
To the meeting spot - From the Northwest, take I-90/94 into the city, go past 290/congress and exit on 18th. Turn right onto 18th Street to head West. Make your first left onto Halsted. Make your first right onto 19th Street to head West. The meeting spot is at the basket ball court one block down on your left. From the West, take 290 into the city, just before you get downtown take I-90/94 East towards Indiana. Exit on 18th Street. Turn right onto 18th Street to head West. Make your first left onto Halsted. Make your first right onto 19th Street to head West. The meeting spot is at the basket ball court one block down on your left. From the South/East, take either I-90/94 into the city. Exit on Canalport/Cermak. Turn left onto Canalport to head Southwest. Go under the highway then take a right onto Halsted to head North. Go two blocks then take a left onto 19th Street to head West. The meeting spot is at the basket ball court one block down on your left.



Meeting spot to UIC Launch to Rail
Head west on 19th St (5 block). Turn on Racine to head north (1.1mi). Turn right on Polk St. (0.3mi). Take Polk St. until it dead ends. Park as close as you can to the dead end. The spot is to the left of the dead end.



Saturday, August 1, 2009
Click here for the google maps generated directions to view and print.
Click here for the .doc version of these directions to print.
Click here for the .txt version of these directions to print.
The first 5 people who come with at least 15 printed copies of this document, will get $5 off their registration fee.

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Downtown to Whiting Skatepark
I-90/94 east (aprx. 5mi) | I-90 east (aprx. 9mi) | Exit on Indianapolis Blvd and turn left (2.3mi) | Left on 119th St (0.5mi) | The skatepark is on your right just after Schrage. You can partially see the park from 119th. There is a sign for the park that you can see from 119th though.

Whiting Skatepark to Chicago State University
Turn left out of the parking lot to head west on 119th St. (0.5 mi) | Right on Indianapolis Blvd (US-12/US-20) to head northwest ( 3.3mi) | Right on Ewing Ave. to continue on US-12/US-20 heading north (0.4mi) | Left on 95th St. to head west (4.0mi) | Left on Martin Luther King Dr. to head south (1 block) | Park on MLK Dr. between 96th and 98th on the west/right side. Look for white rails in the center of the campus.

Chicago State to Beverly Rails
From where you are parked, turn around to head north on MLK Dr. (1 block) | Left on 95th St. to head west (2.5mi) | Right on Ashland Ave. to head north (0.5mi) | Left on 91st St. to head west (0.2mi) | Keep driving until you end up in a parking lot. Park in the parking lot. The rails are in the woods around the corner on 91st St.

Beverly Rails to Old Kennedy King
Head back east towards Ashland Ave. on 91st St. (0.2mi) | Left on Ashland Ave. to head north (2.4mi) | Right on 71st St. to head east (1.8mi) | Left on Wentworth Ave. (0.4mi) | Turn right into the abandoned parking lot just after you go through the second tunnel. Park in this lot. The spot is on the opposite side of the street between the tunnels.

NOTE: The afterparty location will be distributed in hard copy on Friday

WCR 2009 Directions to the Meeting Spot

Day 1

Note: The meeting spot is the same spot as the last few years.

To the meeting spot - From the Northwest, take I-90/94 into the city, go past 290/congress and exit on 18th. Turn right onto 18th Street to head West. Make your first left onto Halsted. Make your first right onto 19th Street to head West. The meeting spot is at the basket ball court one block down on your left. From the West, take 290 into the city, just before you get downtown take I-90/94 East towards Indiana. Exit on 18th Street. Turn right onto 18th Street to head West. Make your first left onto Halsted. Make your first right onto 19th Street to head West. The meeting spot is at the basket ball court one block down on your left. From the South/East, take either I-90/94 into the city. Exit on Canalport/Cermak. Turn left onto Canalport to head Southwest. Go under the highway then take a right onto Halsted to head North. Go two blocks then take a left onto 19th Street to head West. The meeting spot is at the basket ball court one block down on your left.

Here is the official WCR 2009 Flyer.  Feel free to post this around!  Thanks.