it's coming!

less then a week away folks! and we will be ready! how about you?



sneak peak at what pioneer s&m is coming to sswc with.... kaKAAA!

36er Mtn Bike MythTake

So, there has been talk in world of building better and better bici. (Not necessarily bigger bici, but in this case, yes) The idea has been thrown about to build a 36" wheel mountain bike. Well, it was kind of a good idea, but with one fatal flaw: Its simply not possible... at least not the normal way. The issue is head tube angle. You can see that this bike is only good for wheelies. Apparently, its REALLY good at wheelies, and maybe not much else!













The only way to do this right is to make it a tall bike, as shown here. Aaron, this is a calling for us as stompaz. Shall we make it the SSWC 2010 GrStompaDanceParty Prize...?

Reintroduce Velociraptors

Sweeeriously, the wolves aRE so hard to kill, reintroduce Velociraptors to make it harder on them hunters still...

d9

world champ

lookin young aint eaazy.. but it'll be harder after worlds

The addition of swim fins & a snorkle would make this a perfect Birthday ScoooBaSuit

It's ScooBaSteveZNovyHarding's healthy lifestyle & snappy
dressing that has kept him looking so young & spry all these years ;P

Training for SSWC

Get your game face on...

Turn That Shit UP

This flyer that our local POlice left on our door is purrty self-explanatory...
I guess I could buy a beer with that $4... Hmmm.

Or is it just a hoax?

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WHere YOU goin?

Hard tellin' not knowin' they sayz. . where are U goin?
DUhwango of course, for there be the course, to glorify all
hoooray. Seeing spots already, 9 18 1981-09 - 28, whew
SO thankful for every last one out there seeing it onward.
to SCOOOBASTeveZ for double upping the boomcycle.
Long maY zeee SToMP.
Prepare for Polka DOtZ, and polka dotting
anyone able to secure and old tennis racketz? cut out the strings inlay polka dotz
tag team back painting on the run up
the van is gettin there, All MIghty WIlling! Just removed the aerial aluminum antena
from the house, specifically for mounting on the van, need lights for the mobile sswc pole dancer
antena, hmmmm stretch, must remember to stretch...

Worlds

Any buddy ready for SSWC D9?
Stompaz hereby challenge the Malletheads to a tall bike polo match.
I'm problee headed down THURSDAY midday, the 17th, back on Sunday or Monday.
Tryin' to ressurrect the boomstrasoundbike...
Yaya, let's get that PinkKlein up and running.


Sz

Another Stompa Drops the T-Wheels

Eliot A CarbarillaLopa, "WATCH OUT NiRaD, I'M COMIN' FOR YA!"

Tour de PARTY!!! FAT tire style

So it would seem that this event is made for our people. tons of crazy bike lovers riding circles with loud music and off the wall costumes. SO! who's going? The Gearx crew will be there for shizle. I hear we have rooms at the Armstrong Hotel again, which was rock solid downtown fun. The way i see it there is no reason that every stompa should not be there. If you think full moon cruizer rides are fun imagine cruizzzzing with 6,000+++++ silly bike lovas!

Call us bike lovers at 970.209.0854 if ya want to make a mob squad out of it. ka kaa!

StoMpaChiX ROCK

Team StoMpaRitaZ rallied for the Susan G. Komen Ride for the Cure this past Saturday in Snowmass/Aspen. Total course was 104 miles w/ an elevation gain of 8883 vertical feet. 3 of us completed our 1st centuries & were a little stoked to say the least.

KaKAAAA! BaGaHHA!

kaKAaAAA!

DANG Right!

trophy sweetness, from Scooba Stompa to MAlletheadz and beyond.

BiciPolo Successcz

Yeah, it was sweet. We had 9 teams and played a double elimination seeded tourney. Malletheads, Buff Pleasuredome and 2 FC teams came out and we put together 3 stompa teams: SkulBunneez, StompaFiash, and LoveSafety. As you can imagine, Malletheads won, but the FC Belfry boys gave them a great run for their money in the finals. They were up 4-3 or something at one point. Going Down Swinging had Malletheads at 3-0 as well in one game! They got 3rd.

We had two ladies' teams, Buff PleasureDome and the All-Kitten SpokeStarz, who played each other a couple of times. It was Buff PleasureDome who prevailed!

Thanks to all the stompaz who made the extra effort. Its soopersweet that such good energy can be harnessed for the sake of an art form... the stick and bike and ball game.


Practice in G'wood tonight. NiRad missed the tourney, so he's gonna be itchin' to play!

See you in Durango, if not before.

Shweeb?!?!?!

What is SSWC?

Well our fine friends over at Outside Mag can help explain here.... At least from last years perspective.

But the real question is.... why do the Italians feel the need to host their own race on the very same day as the most amazing race bike fest in the history of no gears? YO NO SE! maybe cause they were sore losers at ms pac man last year. Would you like some cheese with those tears?

Performance

Hewstun, we got rotation.

Shooting started on the SSWC- D9 StompaVideoominous beginning to a movie about ominous beginnings.

ANYBODY FEEL LIKE GOING FOR A RIDE????

I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CBD Polo Pony Tourney - Aug 15

Fellow bike-stick-ball playerz,
Stompaz are pleased to announce that we will host a tourney Saturday, August 15th.
Bring your tiny ponies, donkeys, your favorite walking stick, and your A-game!

Costumes are of course, mandatory.
We're looking at a very similar format to what we saw in Lyons and Ft Collins.
Suggestions are welcome, so let us know what we all need to do to keep the progression of the game on course.
Depending on the turnout, we'll likely run two brackets, one for first-time teams, and one for veteran teams.

Ladies teams are strongly encouraged! Durango Mallethead Rainbow Machete Skate Crew will be in attendance, so we've got to find Rhonda some teammates!

Games start at 10am.

Cost is Zero Dollars per team. To be extorted from SscoobaSteve however you can do it.
There are great camping options available and host housing can be arranged.

We're looking at very nearly the same basic rules as we used in Lyons and FC:

General Rules and Guidelines:

We'll play 4 on 4. If you touch the grass, you must pedal one revolution forward, or get out of the way. As usual, we'll play the gentleman's game, where bike on bike contact is discouraged. We use little red cones for goals, but if the FC BiciHockey Goals are traveling, we would very happily avail ourselves!
Teams have the option of playing a goalie. The ball is a size 1 soccerball. The field will allow for two to three games at once.

The Foot Down or "Footsie" rule
The spirit of this rule is essentially: If a player touches his or her foot down on the field they are out of the play and must make a full pedal rotation before he or she can contact the ball again. In order to keep play moving, if a player touches his or her foot down or falls in the immediate area where the ball is being contested, he or she must make an effort to clear that area and not "stall" the flow of play. In the case of teams who play with goalies: if a goalie touches his or her foot down, he or she also must honor this rule by making a full pedal rotation.

Scoring
A goal is a goal, except when it's kicked or freehanded in. In order to eliminate controversies such as scoring on your own goal, ricochets, heading a ball or any other number of ways of scoring, a goal is counted when the ball crosses the goal line in any manner, except through kicking or catching and throwing or punched/batted in with a free hand.
Goals can be stopped in any way.
Goals will not count if the scoring player runs into the goal or netting. This discourages high speed crashes in front of the goal and encourages shots from (borrowing terms from hockey and basketball) the "key" or "crease" area.

Safety
In the spirit of sportsmanship and safety every effort must be made by all players to play for the ball and not against your opponent. Contact and spills are a given part of our sport but if we play without malice, then everyone benefits and injuries and ill feelings can be avoided.
"T-boning" or allowing yourself to be t-boned, body checking, grabbing, hooking bodies or bikes with mallets, punching, elbows, kicking, headbutting, biting (you get the idea) is discouraged.
Be aware of your stick and other players around you. A mallet in the head sucks.

The Gray areas
It is not to say all physical contact should be discouraged, after all Bike Polo is a sport that showcases dexterity, speed and skill in a team environment.
Stick on stick play and hooking sticks is allowed as long as it's playing for the ball.


Pre-register by calling:

SscoobaSteevZ
970-309-2023

SS what we need?

There's more where this came from...


Sz

a la DFL

La Flame Rouge means so much more when you're DFL. (la lanterne rouge)

Let's draw some shit.


Sz

ScooobA!

ScoobA Steve SNovy Doin' right by the Lantern Rouge

biken four july

Oh STMPR

Jersey of the Futura

Wow, still reeling from the 4th Indy ride & now the Full Moon is 2morrow!!

ANY EXCUSE TO RIDE, RIGHT? SEE U ALL VERY VERY SOON - oh, but come play bicipolo in GWood at 6 before the FMC - K???

LookN good

Friendly lil Safety Stomprz

four OH!

Sure was nice up there on Independence day pass, strong work all you friendly stompaz stompn up the road. More photos in time.. peas m

R.I.P. M.J.

Rest in Peace Michael. Thanks for all the dancin'
Hope it's better where you are now.

GEarX

Boy the GearXchange is Sniiccceee

do you like mud?

Chainsaw seems maybe alright with it.

step up anyone?

alright! so WHO is going to step it up on the tall bike game?

Stompa seen-a-suffering

Nirad cruizzzing the 1x1 class in Crested Butte

Same birthday as the worlds oldest man

Tomoji Tanabe, the world’s oldest man, died in his sleep in his home in Japan on Friday. He was 113. Born on September 18, 1895, Tanabe had eight children, 25 grandchildren, and 53 great-grandchildren. He was certified as the oldest man by the Guinness Book of World Records when he was 111.

Read it at Associated Press

Tomoji, Lance, and Slappy, all sept 18

clay party

Ft. Collins PoloPony Jockeez

Yeah we pretty much StoMpd. And GOT a little StoMpd, but it was all fun either way. U should been there.b

_the_american_empire_is_bankrupt/

ahhhhh

PureKEV

Sad to have missed PureKev at the New Museum but PureKev.com is where it be at. .

I Spy aaa BUNyyyHAWK

A BUnnnyHAWk and his real nice LAdyPal

Screwed

StompaSeenaRacING

Look a here

Could be worse!!

The US has a MAJOR debt problem. Including future social security and Medicare expenses we owe $65 TRILLION. Because we live in a world in which the words, “billion” get thrown around with too much ease, I’d like to put that number into perspective.

Let’s say you have a stack of $1,000 bills. $1 million would be a stack eight inches high. $1 billion would be a stack 800 feet high (think the Washington Monument). And $1 trillion would be a stack 142 miles high. Total US debt, if laid on its side, would be a stack of $1,000 stretching more than 1/3 of the way around the earth.

>Gosh I love Danny Schechter News Dissector.. .

Patience

Patiently waitin' to stomp again. .

mmmmm

FULL MOON CRUIZZR de Junio

see you there - right? bbbbbbbbbbbbb

Family on Bikes

Meant to put these folks up long ago, here they be, hard at it still. A family of four from Idaho riding from Alaska to Argentina, pretty rad. I met them on the road in Wyoming and they're in Nicaragua now. Anyway, something to aspire too. Check their blog.

big and dumb

Routine testing of Hilz fresh BigDumbeeee, sure is smooz, cruised down hill out of telluride, and i can tell you stability sure is nice, especially on a long bike. Laid down and took a nap i did..