Update
Update | Windy City Riot 2010 Results
Above are the results to a text message poll administered at the Award Ceremonies. These numbers reflect the placing for the Pro/Am Division at the Windy City Riot 2010.
Above are the results to a text message poll administered at the Award Ceremonies. These numbers reflect the placing for the 17 and Under Division at the Windy City Riot 2010.
Precontest Results:
Dunk – Dwight Harding
High Jump – Dwight Harding at 57″ (Windy City Riot Record)
Flat Land – Keith Colon
Special Awards:
Biggest Baby – Collin Martin
Old Man – Jon Murakami
Should Have Skated – Steve Lerner
Most Flamboyant – Ryan O’Niel
Way Cool – Daniel Henderson
Biggest Chest – Kara Boehm
Worst Fall – Matt Strobot
Best Style – Sean Darst
Best Trick – Michael Froemling
Update | Windy City Riot 2010 Checklist, Meeting Spot and Campground
Windy City Riot Checklist, Spots and Schedule
Your checklist:
- You must have a car to drive from spot to spot. Arrive at the meeting spot with a full tank of gas. We have some driving to do. Total it will be about 2 hours.
- If possible, please try not to complain. Just get your blade on.
Bring cash and your ID. WCR merchandise, registration and the camping fee are cash only. You’ll need your ID if you pre-registered and there are bars near the campground. - Bring your cell phone and be sure you are on the WCR Text Message Update list so that you can be informed of spots and directions. Submit a spectator registration form to be added to this list.
- Bring extra food and liquid because you may not have time to stop.
- Bring camping gear such as a tent, flashlight, sleeping bag, air mattress, pillow, hammer, towel, tooth brush etc… If the contest is delayed, you may need to set up camp after dark so a flashlight would be very helpful in doing so.
- Park in legal parking spaces. Be wary of lots with only one exit.
- Don’t talk trash to the cops when they come. Just shut your mouth and move on to the next spot. No body knows anything about anything.
- Recommend that your girlfriend brings an umbrella and a sweatshirt. This event is going down whether it is rain or shine, 15 or 110 degrees.
- Don’t leave your iPod or anything of any value laying around, especially the meeting spot and camp ground. Too many rollerbladers have proven themselves to be thieves.
- Bring extra skate parts because you’ll be the one guy to break an axle that nobody else has.
July 30, 2010
Friday Night Skate
6:00pm
657 W. Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60661
Details: We will skate around the loop from Collin’s place. There should be parking if you arrive right at 6:00pm on the north side of Lake Street.
Preparty
9:00pm+
Matt Hoodhood’s Crib
1720 S. Racine, Chicago, IL
Details: All ages. BYOB. $5 donation to the WCR and will be considered your spectator fee. You will be given a wristband.
July 31, 2010
Key: R = Right hand turn, L = Left hand turn, {SL} = Stop light at this intersection, {SS} = Stop sign at this intersection, {NR} = Neither stop light nor stop sign at this intersection, S = South, N = North, W = West, E = East, T = T-intersection
Meeting Spot and Registration
11:00am-1:00pm
East Pilsen Basketball Courts
890 W. 19th St., Chicago, IL 60616
Details: This is the same meeting spot as the last few years. You can register for the Pre-contest and the Main Event until noon. Registration is $20 on the day of the event and $15 to pre-register. Pre-registration closes at 12:00am July 29th. Registration on the day of the contest closes at noon. You cannot register late or during the event for this year’s Riot.
Precontest
11:30am – 1:00pm
East Pilsen Basketball Courts
(address same as above)
Flatland, Long-jump, High-jump
Details: We will see if anybody can break the high-jump and long-jump records set by Travis Rhodes and Dwight Harding. Bring your toe rolls, cess-slides and your secret bag of trix to the flatland contest. There is a $20 prize for each event in the Pre-contest.
Note: All times below are approximate and in PM
Spot 1
1:30pm-2:15pm
Loomis Bank to Ledge
2864 S. Loomis St., Chicago, IL 60608
Details: This is bank under a highway bridge that you will drop into and then ride up another side to a down ledge.
Directions: From the meeting spot, head S on Halsted (1.4 mi) | Go under a bridge then R onto Archer {SL} to head southwest (1.7 mi) | Go under the highway then hard R onto Loomis {SL} | The spot is under the bridge on your right | Continue past the spot and find parking on the nearby side streets.
Spot 2
2:45pm-3:30pm
Blue Island Banks
13000 Irving Ave., Blue Island, IL 60406
Details: The banks in Blue Island are at a bank in the middle of the city. There are highway guard rails at the top of the banks. If all goes well, we will have PVC mounted on the top of the guard rails. The ground here is very rough. Try to find legal street parking. Otherwise, consider parking in the Metra Lots nearby however you can be easily blocked into these lots.
Directions: Head S on Loomis (0.3mi) | Come to T and go L onto 31st Street {SS} to head E (1.2mi) | R onto Wentworth {SL} to immediately merge onto I-90/I-94 E (8.3mi) | While on the highway, follow signs for I-94 E (express and local lanes are both ok to use) | Then stay right and take I-57 south | Take exit 353 towards 127th St./Burr Oak | Go straight at the {SL} to continue S on Paulina (0.4mi) | Come to T and go R onto Vermont {SS} to head W (0.8mi) | Go over the train tracks and immediately go R onto Irving {NR} to head N (0.1mi) | The spot is two blocks down on your left. Park in the lots at the base of the hill. Don’t park in the bank lot.
Break
3:30pm-5:00pm
Details: Use this time to eat, rest, travel towards the next spot and anything else you can think of. The exact meeting time at Spot 3 will be determined on the fly. Under no circumstances should anyone skate Spot 3 before this time. If you skate this spot during the break, you will likely make it so that the contest cannot take place at Spot 3. Put it this way, you are found skating Spot 3 before you’re supposed to, you’ll be Blue Wallaced.
Spot 3
5:00pm-5:45p
Bloom
982 Chicago Rd., Chicago Heights, IL
Details: This is a 16 stair rail with three rails down one set (one on each side and one in the middle). The rail is a little bit fatter than your typical rail. You land and will likely roll into the street so be careful of cars.
Directions: Head N on Irving (0.4) | Go R on Burr Oak {SS} to head E (0.7) | R at Paulina {SL} and immediately merge onto I-57 S (12.5mi) | Take exit 340A for US-30 E / 211th St / E Lincoln Hwy to head E (4.8mi) | L at Chicago {SL} to head N (0.5mi) | The school will be on your left. Park in the lot across the street from the rails or on the side street just past the rails.
Spot 4
6:15pm-7:00pm
Crete Monee High School
1470 S Sangamon, Crete, IL 60417
Details: This is a mellow rail (between the steepness of a handicap and a stair rail) about 25 feet long on the right side. There are other rails at this spot as well as a wall ride and bank to fence for those who’d like to get a little tech. Park in the lot at the bottom of the rails but don’t park anywhere near the rails so that people can land and not have to worry about hitting cars.
Directions: Head S on Chicago (3.8mi) | R onto Exchange {SL} to head W (0.6mi) | L onto Sangamon {NR} to head S (0.2mi) | The rails will be on your right. Park in the lot by the rails but do not park at the base of any the rails.
Set Up Camp
7:30pm-9:00pm
Enchanted Shores
11018 W. Willmington Rd., Peotone, IL 60468
http://www.enchantedshorescampground.com
708.258.6040
Details: The cost of camping at Enchanted Shores is $20 per tent (includes two adults and 4 children under 18) and $5 for each additional person. Cash only. You do not need to reserve a spot at this camp ground. You get your space when you arrive. Say “I’m with everybody”. They’ll know. This campground is more of a trailer park than a camp ground. The reason we’re camping at this location is because it is the cheapest, closest campground to Chicago that seemed to be remotely understanding to our purposes. Alcohol is allowed but you may think that trees were not. There is very little greenery on this camp ground. You will basically be camping in an open field. There are private showers and firepits (bring your own wood or buy a bundle on-site for $5). There is a gas station back at the exit on the highway where you can buy water, alcohol, snacks, etc… Feel free to call the number above for more information. The manager of the grounds name is Don. He’s a great guy. He will be great to us as long as we’re respectful to him. He says quiet time is after 10pm but made it sound like he’s flexible about this. There is a pavilion on the edge of the campground you can hang out in where you won’t be as much of a disturbance.
Directions: Head S on Sangamon (1.4mi) | Come to T and go R onto Crete-Monee / HWY 21 {SS} to head W (4.5mi) | Go through beautiful downtown Monee | Bare R at the fork and merge onto Egyptian Trail {SS} to head N (0.4mi) | L at Monee Manhatten {SS} to head W (0.7mi) | L to merge onto I-57 S (7.8mi) | Take exit 327 for Wilmington/Peotone Rd. | Turn R onto Wilmington/Peotone Rd to head W (3.0mi) | The campground will be on your right (N side of the street) and will be easy to miss. There is a small sign. Pull down the drive way and check in first thing at the trailer that says Office.
Award Ceremony/Voting
Enchanted Shores
(address same as above)
9:00pm-10:00pm
Details: The voting/poll will take place during this time and the winners of the Windy City Riot will be announced.
Camp
Enchanted Shores
(address same as above)
10:00pm+
Details: Try to be as respectful as possible to the people outside our group at the camp ground. This is the key to the success of the night.
Update | New Voting Method for Judging
This year, we’ll likely be using a text message voting method for determining the winner of the WCR. It’s live so people all across the world can see who the winner is on the spot! Here is a test run for everyone to test out. Give it a try:
Announcement | Windy City Riot 2010
WINDY CITY RIOT
PRO/AM TRUE STREET CONTEST
JULY 31, 2010
CHICAGO, IL, US
Click here for more details.
Results: Windy City Riot 2009
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:
Update: WCR 2009 Schedule, Spots and Directions
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.
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
Update: Directions to the Meeting Spot on Day 1
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.
Update: WCR 2008 Results
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 America. The purse totaled just under a whopping $500.
This year the WCR returned to a two-day format. On the first day, everyone joined in a celebration of all things strange. The flatland contest was won by Justin “Jefferson” Augustus from Iowa. You may remember Jefferson as being one of the “most innovative” winners from years past. Then comes Antone. Anthony “Antone” Anderson (Chicago, IL) stole the high-jump title from the previously undefeated Paul John (cleared 53″ clean and 55.5″ with a brush on the pole), dunk contest (cannot explain in words) and tied the long jump contest with Matt Strobot (Cary, IL) at 223″. After all was said and done, the pre-contest proved to be one of the most exciting collection rollerblading moments of my life. We finished off the first day by skating a launch to metal planter. Too many kids to name skated amazingly however, it seems that Kruise Sapstein tore this spot harder than anyone else–especially after landing a fakie 540 topsoul to gap out. Many props to Kruise.
The beginning of day two was a “chest”. It was pouring rain and a huge event took place right near the meeting spot with forced the contest to be moved to, that’s right, lower wacker–Chicago’s depths of hell. We fashioned a launch ramp made of plywood to skate a high handicap rail. This was a great time until the biker cops rolled up and started giving everybody (myself included) $60 parking tickets. We, of course, moved on to the next spot. Walt Disney Magnet Elementary was a good solid spot with many skaters lacing tricks and many spectators yelling “Aaaaahhhh!”‘s…as you should find in any good street contest. The nicest police officer in Chicago politely asked us to move on so we did. The final spot allowed for some interesting tricks to be done. This kink rail next to a ledge wrecked some and made a hero of others. Casey Bohrnell broke his ankle and John Adams may have broken his wrist. The contest proved to be a battle between Jeph Howard and Derek Larson. Derek landed the best trick of the contest by stalling the fence, dropping to a fakie roll on the ledge then dropping blind to top soul on the rail. For a better idea of what happened at the final spot, you’d have to see the footage. Here are the results:
1st – Jeph Howard (MN)
2nd – Derek Larson (MN)
3rd – Kruise Sapstein (IL)
4th – Logan Clark (IA)
5th – Brian Bruno (IL)
Best Trick- Derek Larson
Best Style- Kruise Sapstein
Worst Fall/Scariest to Watch- Dave Depew
Most Innovative – John Adams
Way Cool- Aaron Peterson
Biggest Chest- Tony Wolak
Should Have Skated- Kruise Sapstein
Biggest Baby- Mike Froemling
Most Flamboyant- Brian Bruno
This just in: Be-Mag to Give Top 5 Subscriptions!
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 years and we want to thank Be-mag, yet again for pulling through. On a side note and in case you didn’t know, Be-Mag has, what seems to be, the largest and most popular messageboard in our sport. I highly recommend that you Join and post on the messageboard and subscribe to Be-mag!
The Windy City Riot is back for its 7th Year
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 the pre-contests and the first spot. The second day, Saturday afternoon, will be the 2nd third and fourth spots. And as always, we’ll have rollerblading’s wildest party that night. New things to look out for this year are a dunk contest, at least one very strange spot, Don Bambrick, and free beer at the afterpartys. If you haven’t been to the Riot, you haven’t been to a rollerblading street contest.
