The 7th Annual Windy City Riot | 2008

(Click here if the video to the left isn’t working for you).  Take a look at an edit of the 7th Annual WCR by Helton “Brazilionaire” Siqueria. Helton is a young filmmaker living in the Chicago area. He is most recently noted as having won the “Best Music Video” category at the CineYouth [...]

Those who came to the Windy City Riot this year got exactly what they’d expect. Interesting spots, run-ins with the police, sticky weather, amazing skating, wild after-parties –”all things blade”. Seven years running, the WCR has once again proven to be one of the best street contest to attend every summer in North [...]

WCR 2008 Directions
Day 1
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 [...]

I’ve just gotten news from the good guys over at Be-Mag that the top five competitors will be awarded a subscription to Be-Mag.  And if that wasn’t enough, there will be plenty of free Be-Mag’s for competitors and spectators to grab at the contest.  Be-mag has been a strong supporter of the Riot for many [...]

Yet another update. Fresh from 2007, I’ve recently acquired some really nice images of WCR 2007 from Dylan Mire of Nashville, TN. Here is a link to the gallery. Dylan Mire is an amazing photographer who takes great skating photos. He seems to specialize in band and performance photography. Take a [...]

Helton “Brazillionaire” Sequiera, brings us a premium edit of last year’s WCR. Brazil is an amazing videographer and video producer who has recently been getting his hands dirty filming a documentary about the FootworKINGz.

Hey folks. Here are some images from WCR 2007 shot by John Haynes. John is an amazing photographer from Minneapolis, MN. Much of his work is featured in One Magazine. When he is not shooting skating photos, he is frequently assisting hi-end product photographers. You can checkout more things John [...]

Here we go! WCR is back for a 7th year. We’re going to have the best year ever in 2008 because Chicago says so. This year we’re going back to a two day event. The WCR cannot be contained to only one day. The first day, friday evening, will be [...]