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OUTDOORS
Freakbike Militia
May 1st, 2007
South Florida's New Craze!
We’ve all seen the custom choppers that line the front of every local bar. Attend any bike show and you’ll drool at dozens of custom bikes, chromed out and loaded with fancy parts. Those beauties are great for the guys that can afford them, but what about the guys that just like to tinker with some scrap metal and turn their tinkering into rolling masterpieces? Since most of us don’t have thousands of dollars to drop on these customs, ever wonder what you could build with some scrap metal in your garage?
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OUTDOORS /SPORTS
First Bike Show of the Year Shows Off the Goods
January 7th, 2006
Walking into the International Motorcycle Show at the Rock Financial Center, I instantly felt overwhelmed. Maybe for the simple fact that I get excited when I walk into any motorcycle shop, yet this time, there is every manufacturer in the world has there newest models displayed and they’re all right here for the pickin’. I couldn’t get my camera out fast enough and had to remind myself almost instantly that I had to pace myself and pay attention to what I was taking pictures of.
An hour later, I was working up a sweat and hadn’t made it half way through the layout. I had already spent thousands with my eyes, making notes of everything that I wanted for this upcoming riding season.
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OUTDOORS
Iceman Cometh - Mountain bikers invade Northern Michigan
November 14th, 2006
Pulling up to Kalkaska Middle School at midnight and setting up camp, I felt like some kind of weird psycho stalker. The temperatures were only in the 20’s and there was a light snowfall coming down. Now why would I be setting up camp in a Middle School parking lot at midnight you ask? Well for the past seventeen years, the first weekend in November means one thing in Northern Michigan; the Iceman Cometh Challenge comes to this part of the state and a few thousand mountain bike racers, riders and those that just want to party invade the sleepy towns that normally would be quiet this time of year. One of the toughest races to come to Michigan is a 27 mile long mountain bike race that leaves the small town of Kalkaska and winds its way through some of Michigan’s most grueling single track, two-track and fire roads. Luckily my wife and I had our camper to keep us warm and keep that biting wind we could hear howling outside off of us. It was hard to think that men, women and children were going to race in this weather in the morning. The day we were sitting in the office at General RV kept replaying in my head when the salesman asked if wanted to get the winter camping package installed in the camper and my wife and I both laughed saying, “We’ll never camp in the winter, No Thanks!”
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A woman's perspective on the Rockstar Dirtfest
September 8th, 2006
There are very few moments in a girl’s life when she doesn’t mind waking up after only two hours of sleep to a significant hangover. When it doesn’t really bother her that she didn’t have time to shower, so her hair smells like a combination of the bar, a bonfire, and three different kinds of booze. There are very few situations in which this girl is not bothered in the least by the fact that she didn’t get a chance to eat a good breakfast, or even grab a mocha-latte. This moment arrived in the form of the Rockstar Dirtfest.
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OUTDOORS
Return of the $5 skate day
April 13th, 2006
The Friends of Milford Skate Park (FoMSP) is kicking off their 2006 fundraising efforts on Saturday April 29th! An all-day, all-ages open skate day will be held in Downtown Milford, in Central Park’s upper parking lot from 10am to 4pm. Entrance fee is only $5 for all day access! All participants are required to complete a waiver. Riders under 18 need parent’s signature. Waivers are available for download at www.skatemilford.com – if you are bringing a downloaded waiver, it MUST be notarized. Helmets required for ALL skaters.
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OUTDOORS
Modern Skate Park - Novi
January19th, 2006
The Modern Skate Park in Novi, formerly Vans Skate park is 50,000 square feet of pure skateboard gnarliness.
In 2005, Vans closed the majority of their skateparks throughout the U.S. leaving many area skaters up in arms that this skate mecca was about to become extinct. Enter our savior George, the owner of the legendary Modern Skate and Surf. As the Michigan skateboarding community was learning to accept the pending demise of arguably the best park in Michigan, Modern came along and saved the day.
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SPORTS
Another New Lions Team!
December 22th, 2005
That’s right Detroit Lions fans! It’s that time of year again, and you know the Lions do this for us fickle fans every two or three years. Scrap the whole coaching staff, along with half the team, and start over with a newfound sense of “this time we’ll get it right”. Well, let’s not hold our breath on that hope..
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OUTDOORS?
For the Man with Everything - the V8 Snowblower!
December 11th, 2005
So your neighbor has to always one-up you on every purchase you make. You get a new Harley, he gets a custom built chopper. You put up a new mailbox that looks like a Bass Fish, he builds a solid brick mail box. You just can’t win! We’ll here’s your chance, next time this God forsaken state gets one of those big snow storms, wait till around 2:30 a.m., just after you’ve got home from the bar, and fire up your V8 snow blower and throw a fifty foot high blizzard of snow into his yard!
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OUTDOORS
Tigers Opening Day
April 5 , 2005
The fearless editors and photographers went down to the "D" for the Tigers home opener. Huge win, beautiful weather and lots of drinks! Detroit was filled to capacity. Every bar had a line a mile long and everyone was in good spirts. Our beloved Tigers are off to a good start.
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OUTDOORS
Mount Brighton
April 17 , 2005
Like rating the local trail system when it comes to Mt. Biking , why not try somewhere different to ski or snowboard each issue? Last issue we were at Alpine Valley, this week I was able to head out to Mt. Brighton and try their slopes. I was very surprised with the difference between the two.
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