What’s Your Story? #4 – Steve Quigley
What’s Your Story? – Steve Quigley – BMX Rider
#4
Steve sits down and talks about how he saves money and got into BMX Riding when his friend dragged him to church and then rode the skatepark in the morning before everyone else got there. This is a really funny one. Please listen and Share with your friends.
Filmed/ Edit by Ed Pollio
If you don’t have time to watch the Video listen to it on Soundcloud here.
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BMX – TCU TV – The Sean Ricany Interview
5050 Skatepark In Write up about NYC on UK Tourist Site
Staten Island
There’s only one way to arrive at this borough and that’s on the iconic bright orange Staten Island Ferry, which offers fantastic views of the Statue of Liberty as it sails past.
Staten Island is a peaceful area away from the busy city mainland of New York. Here visitors will find all things from NYC’s history, with museums and historic homes dedicated to preserving the past. That’s not to say that Staten Island is lost in time, in fact the borough is changing rapidly. The entire waterfront is under development and in the coming year there are plans to build a string of hotels, restaurants and outlet malls as well as the globe’s largest observation wheel. These additions are set to modernise traditional Staten Island.
One place already providing 21st century fun is 5050 Skatepark, the only indoor facility where would-be pro skateboarders can practise their moves and check out the competition in the Stapleton neighbourhood. 5050 Skatepark’s Angelica says the area has a lot to offer tourists. “Stapleton is a hub for arts and culture, with many small restaurants, café shops, and bars and an artist gallery,” she explains. If your youngsters are new to alternative sports, the team at 5050 Skatepark offer one-on-one lessons to get them ruling the ramps in no time.
More fun awaits kids at Staten Island Children’s Museum, where creativity and curiosity are nurtured to help children learn about the world around them through a range of interactive activities. The fun and games include a green living room, where your child will discover how Earth-friendly low carbon wind energy works, or dress the part and become a firefighter learning to use all the right gear. The museum is housed in the island’s Snug Harbour Cultural Center & Botanical Garden, a unique venue converted from the first home for retired sailors in the US into a buzzing regional arts centre. Combining creativity with a horticultural mission and a heaving calendar of upcoming events, the attraction has plenty to see and do for those visiting the borough.
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5050 Skate park Staten Island
5050 Skate Park Staten Island
5050 Skate Park Staten Island is the only indoor skate park in NYC, family owned and operated, and much more than just a skatepark. Interview and photos of owner/founder/builder Ed 5050, by Aaron Nardi.
Aaron: What’s going on with Staten Island lately? It’s coming up like a new WBBK?
Ed 5050: Staten Island, aka Shaolin is in a mini boom, especially on the North Shore Area – St George, Tompkinsville, and my neighborhood of Stapleton. Small brands like 5050 Skate park, Cobra Sun Studio, Richmond Hood, Flagship Brewery, Techbox, Makerspace and restaurants like Beso, 120 Bay Cafe(AKA Cargo), Craft House and Pier 76 are just some of the new hip businesses that are drawing some serious crowds. Investment companies are noticing the change people have been waiting for is finally happening. Our businesses bring people from all over NYC to the North Shore of Staten Island. For example, 5050 Skate park has over 4,000 registered attendees from 14 counties and 32 States.
We Staten Islander’s hate being compared to Brooklyn. We don’t want our island to be like Brooklyn, and if we did we would move there. Most Staten Islander’s left Brooklyn because they couldn’t find parking.
BMX- What I Ride with Jeff With Glasses
Jeff With Glasses hails from New Jersey, where’s been steadily killing the streets for years with an unmatched eye for setups and the mastery of crooked and 60/40 grinds. If you haven’t seen theLFS 2 video yet, you’re seriously missing out—on Jeff’s ender section and the whole video in general. However, GT did see the video, and they got him on the team. Hopefully with the boost from GT, we’ll be seeing a lot of JWG. But for now, check out his street certified BMX bicycle.
Name: Jeff W. Glasses
Age: 27.5
Height: 5’11”
Weight: 165 lbs. Location: New Jersey
Sponsors: Animal, GT Bikes
image: http://cdn.bmx.transworld.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/444/files/2016/01/Jeff_Ludwig-Bike-Check_001-600×400.jpg
Frame: GT Team Frame 20.75”
Fork: Odyssey R32
Bars: GT Original 4 Piece 8.6” rise
Stem: Animal 10th Anniversary Topload
Grips: Animal Edwin
Barends: Animal (metal)
Headset: Revenge Industries
Clamp: integrated
Seatpost: Animal
Seat: Kink Sexton
Pedals: Animal Hamilton (sealed)
Cranks: Animal Akimbo 175mm
Sprocket: Profile Blackjack 28-tooth
Chain: Shadow Conspiracy Supreme Interlock
Front Tire: Animal GLH 2.25”
Front Wheel: Odyssey 7KA laced to Shadow Hub w/ GSport hub guards
Rear Tire: Animal GLH 2.25”
Rear Wheel: Odyssey 7KA laced to Primo Pro LHD cassette w/ Primo hub guards
Pegs: 4 Animal Lino OG 4.5”
Would you mind describing/explaining LFS for anyone reading this who isn’t familiar yet?
Looking For Spots (LFS) is a BMX crew consisting of a few shredders from NJ and Staten Island, NY. Everyone on the team works pretty hard searching for new spots and setups to ride while going to college full-time and/or working 40+ hours at a real job. So far as a crew, we have generated three full length DVDs and have just begun to film for the fourth. The age demographic of the crew ranges from 19 to 30 years old, which shows in our riding styles from the young tech masters like Smallfry and Mike K. to older spot slayers like Doroba and Dan Diehl. The dynamics of our personal riding styles and spot preferences keeps us constantly inspired by each other. We, as a crew, all strive to preserve and continue to influence the east coast riding scene as best we can.
Read more at http://bmx.transworld.net/features/what-i-ride-jeff-ludwig/#jU7ffkvqP5CsG2Sm.99