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tasty BYOBW 10 pix
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... thanks!
more documentation to come ...
BYOBW
11TH ANNUAL
EASTER SUNDAY
4PM
IT'S ON!!
when: April 24th @ 4pm (yes .. Easter Sunday!)
where: 20th
& Vermont St., San Francisco, CA
what you need: Release
Form & a Big Wheel
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BYOBW
10th annual
!!!!!!!!!!
when: April 4th @ 4pm (yes .. Easter Sunday!)
where: 20th
& Vermont St., San Francisco, CA
what you need: Release
Form & a Big Wheel
if you are here to download the Release Form (which you must fill out to race!!),
please click HERE.
if you need to see our Rules
of Conduct, please click HERE.
answers to FAQ:
yes it's a free event - but we do ask for donations to cover our 10th annual
red tape costs!!
yes it's a family-friendly event!
yes this is a ridiculous thing to do!!
yes there are rules: 1. no rubber wheels 2. rules
of the road
why no rubber wheels? IT SOUNDS WAY COOLER, and control is over-rated anyway
yes ... it's a leave no trace event !!! (meaning we really do need your
help to clean up afterwards!)
yes there are porta-potties - USE THEM!!
thanks and see you there!!
and ok so .. we're 10 years running and (by choice) we still have no (zero!)
corporate sponsorship, fees, charges or any cost related to the race ... SOOO
... if you can, please make a donation for permits .. and portapotties .. and
garbage bags .. and dump fees .. and ROAD PATCH!!!
anyway please donate as much as you can and we'll keep the race free and rrraaadddd
more shirts and skid-mark-tightey-whiteys will be available soon (HERE) ... and
if i have neglected to send your shtufff ... LET ME KNOW!!
oh yeah!!
barbie cow, circa
94.....
notes from last year's drama below ...
SUCCESS!!!!
INCREDIBLE!!!
more racers ... and more fun ... and more clean up help ... and more R.A.D.ness!!!
THANK YOU EVERYONE _ AMAAAAAZING!!
lost
camera ... http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/laf/1119376460.html
and many more links coming as soon as i can!!!
sorry for the delay in postings and responding to emails but i'm working on
it!!
BYOBW
LIVES!
SUNDAY 4 pm
9th ANNUAL
VERMONT @ 20th, POTRERO HILL
no rubber wheels ...& no trash left behind!!
hahahahahahahaaaaaa
- oh SHH!!!!+++++!!!!!!
much thanks to potrero hill neighbors,
tom, andie, jrad, darcy, jonathan, sfpd, mayor's office and a gazillion supportive
voices!!!
even though it seems and we've been told that that nobody will get tickets for
participating or watching or whatever,
please read all the announcements and advisories just so you know ....
and by all means help clean up afterwards!!
& have some dumb easter fun!
PEOPLE!! BEHAVE!!
THE EVENT IS AT A CRITICAL MOMENT ... and REQUIRES YOUR RESPONSIBILITY and GOOD
WILL!!
PLEASE - NO COWBOYS - NO RAMPS - NO HATE MAIL ... BE NICE!
and NO MATTER WHAT - DO NOT RETURN TO LOMBARD STREET for a BYOBW type thing
- NO!!
ALERTS!!
RIDE or PARTICIPATE AT YOUR OWN RISK!
SF POLICE HAVE PROMISED TO SHOW UP AND TICKET EVERYONE RIDING OR RACING
SFPD TACTICAL vs BYOBW?
yes - this could be the case!
Tickets could be for anything like jaywalking, obstruction of traffic or
other things (?!) and could be for as much as $100 or so
THINGS TO REMEMBER - EVENT or NO EVENT!!
THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT -
please .. NO BOOZE, open containers or the like ... for your own sake do you
need another ticket!?
please use the porta-potties
please be nice to the neighbors and
HELP CLEAN UP DURING AND AFTERWARDS
OTHER NEWS or REQUESTS!!
DON'T DO IT!
stay home and obey the law you heathens!!!
don't make me come
over there - i do not want to miss my gma's bday in kzoo!!
photo: swerbo! ........ and some
ASCII byobw love ....
BYOBW
• 9TH ANNUAL •
EASTER 2009 •
4 PM •
SUNDAY APRIL 12 • VERMONT @ 20th • POTRERO
HILL, SF • FREE EVENT ??
THIS
IS A LEAVE IT LIKE YOU FOUND IT EVENT ... MEANING ... PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT
!! PLEASE HELP CLEAN UP AFTERWARDS!!!!
AND
THIS IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT! SO PLEASE NO BOOZE or the like!
.........
- - ++ +++ +++ + ++ + ++++ + ++ + ++++ + + + + ++++++ + + + ++++ +++ +++ +++++
= =+++ ++ ++ ++ + + = //// ........ ___________
darcy jonathan and jrad ... let the games begin!?
<----- welcome to embedded music hell! . .
. . . turn it off before playing the videos ... or not!
and now ... for lots of documentation / love / pix / etc from the new improved
amazing super excellent VERMONT STREET course ...
complete with park and AMAZING NEIGHBORS!!! (THANK YOU ALL FOR WELCOMING (tolerating!)
US!!))
and we now have multiple synchronized big wheel events - PARTAY
IN ROANOKE - check it!! where else are we going! let's do it!
Captain Obvious (from
denver!) and jrad,
jonathan, and darcy blast off from the planet of awesome and into the shadows
of the megaphone!
8TH ANNUAL 'BYOBW' • EASTER SUNDAY • MARCH 23, 2008 •
5 PM • VERMONT STREET @ 20th, SF
BIG WHEEL RACE • FREE OUTDOOR
EVENT • BIG PEOPLE ON KIDS' TOYS • NO
RUBBER WHEELS • NO REGISTRATION
HAND-MADE PRIZES • FUN • the race is no longer down lombard
street! • no bathrooms • no garbage cans!! • and did
i mention FUN!
pre-race
vid by Darcy, Jonathan, and JRad ... these
guys even encourage safety - how radical and obscene!
...........some
photos by Swerbo - via flickr - more photos and videos soooon! wowsa!
... and what about that terrible toyotaa / saatchi & sacky
big wheel race ad that aired during the last superbowl ... tragic!
mostly tragic they couldn't have ripped us off better!! and who needs an suv
to carry their rides back up the hill? sad sacky - gravity wins ... BYOBW!!!!
<--
sucker for punishment (L photo LX RUDIS) and gabriel castro explaining his technique
----> 
and a HERNIA report from SAWYER .... yowsa!!! .... speedy recovery
my man!! thanks - and sorry! - for writing in with a report!!!
THANK YOU
ALL!!! .....//../ / ///
and write me if you have a course in mind in another city, let's have synchronized
byobw events next easter!! seattle, brooklyn, ?? who else!?
holy sh!t totally blown away!! i always hoped for
a spectable, or some conspirators, or an audience but ...
the latest from the 7th annual BYOBW ... on .... youtube
and flickr
and laughing
squid and jwz.org
and jim
m. goldstein and msnbc (today show!) and sfgate and the guardian and .....canal
plus!
fun!
stills from 6th annual byobw ... bring your own big wheel ..
success! .. and wait til you see some shots of the first one .. one rider (me)
and 12 dedicated spectators!! pathetic, and a blast! anyway here's the scoop,
(pix) lots of folks, a track that started wet and dried by the end, and only
one official sprained ankle! ----(there are numerous links to other sites, to
press, to the people at the bottom of the page!!)--- check it oooout
first official injury report, courtesy of (and apologies to) shane
montgomery, honorable ankle mention to christopher palmer too
merch! .. order
today if you can't wait til the next race! .. t-shirts, grippers, and iron-on
patches available .. hand-made skid-marks!
proceeds go to the prize fund for next year's event .. showing up is support
enough, but buying merch helps too!!
the checkered flag-visor, and a slick course is a lovely
course
self-appointed judges! but is this positive or negative reinforcement?
8TH
ANNUAL
'BYOBW'
BIG WHEEL RACE
FREE OUTDOOR EVENT
EASTER SUNDAY, 2007
4 PM
check back for the NEW & DIFFERENT LOCATION, SF !!!
that's right, no more lombard street course, sorry! and thank you!
BIG PEOPLE ON KID'S TOYS
NO
RUBBER WHEELS
HAND-MADE PRIZES
FUN!
gabriel castro explains his complex flip-flop strategy which
earned his first place prize (BYOBW 3)
one version of the custom iron-on tighty whitey prizes, the other having a denim
lombard street skidmark patch
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MARK YOUR
CALENDARS !!
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7 TH ANNUAL BYOBW
EASTER SUNDAY, 2007
4 PM
TOP OF LOMBARD, SF
BRING YOUR OWN BIG WHEEL
FREE EVENT!
PRIZES!
FUN!
NO RUBBER WHEELS!
PARKING IS AWFUL - COME EARLY TO PARK
NO PUBLIC RESTROOMS!
PLEASE INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES!
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team santa in the house! trying to sweep
the event!
kickboxing helmets, chicken hats, and ballerinas!
the hand of compassion, a very excited southern woman caught on tape in the
middle of saying "i feel the love!"
1/2 of a prize display, paintings, nail plaques, what's next!?
a very serious anna benson contemplating her placement of 2nd, and an embroidered
cap wearing post-race dolan cleverly!
oh no, it's the flesh burner from australia!
luke powell, earning his right to the closing quote, 3 years before his appearance
in the chronicle! how clairvoyant!
the only real serious butt-kicking i ever saw during the race, caught on tape!
the video dolly before it was stolen from my front yard ... ? why would someone
want this stupid thing?? plastic casualty
above photos from events 2, 3, and 4
---
sorry we're missing the photo where i hand the prize to the cop
...
above series- the first and
only time (so far!!) getting the police shutdown, so we moved to fort mason,
even though i gave the cop a prize ... !!
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Bring Your Own Big Wheel
is an annual downhill race event on historic Lombard Street in San Francisco.
Grab a plastic trike or the like (no rubber wheels) and come on out !!
EVERY EASTER
SUNDAY @ 4 pm
---
2007 will be the SEVENTH ANNUAL BYOBW, neighbors and police permitting,
rain or shine ... there are always prizes, one year featured tighty-whities
with custom denim iron-on Lombard Street Skid Marks and other years
have featured paintings, string art, shellac plaques, and embroidered knit caps
and t shirts, all made by me. Lombard Street is of course not the crookedest
street, especially compared to Vermont Street in Potrero Hill, but with a built-in
international audience and scenic landscaping, who could resist? Prizes are
given for all sorts of reasons, occasionally for being first, always for being
last, and as the race is designed for plastic children's toys which are prone
to failure when carrying over 80 pounds, winning isn't the goal here - survival
is. This is a free event!!!!
for your amusement .... and of course much credit to the following and others
for photos, videos, support, for volunteering, and just for showing up to make
it all happen ... chris bassett, nathan kendall, mr schmidt, christopher palmer,
lx rudis, steve rubenstein, jrad, fecal face, laughing squid, boingboing.net,
sf metroblogs, technorati, and tons of other folks, and go read luke powell's
closing quote in the chron article ... genius! more credits soon and longer
documentary is being discussed .... you can donate to the deadly neverending
editing session ... even order a handmade t-shirt or some grippers too !! woo
hoo! non-brand merch made by a human! (photo up near the top of the page)
•Watch a movie, made by Christopher Palmer, about the race HERE
•chris bassett
•mr
schmidt
•youtube.com (byobw search
results )
•Google results for BYOBW
links to recent press - •
sf chronicle article
on the big wheel race • associated press coverage
of the event, usa today blog
blurbage • flikr dealio
with byobw tag (incredible photos!), and also featured on blog.flickr.com,
boingboing,
geek entertainment,
sfist,
and beyond! also
come on out for the
7 TH ANNUAL BYOBW - EASTER SUNDAY, 2007, 4:00 PM !!!
....
also
on the horizon ...
FESTEVIL
June 6, 2006
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