Originally Posted by Darius

I had a great time doing that show. There was much more to it than you see in the pics. The entire stage and all the props on it lit up in flames. They had a 1980 firebird on a crane that came onto the stage with fire shooting out the hood. They had some insanely good breakdancers doing like 15 headspins etc. The show ran 58 minutes with my part only last about 1:30 seconds. I would do a stoppie on a 2nd floor balcony on painted concrete with syrup, then ride down a flight of stairs, do a skid burnout to make it around the corner, at this point I would be facing the stage where I would clutch it up and do about 10 or so circles then put it down, chase the ballerina around the stage and ride off the other side. Once I rode off they had a propane tank make a huge fireball and dropped some metal to make it seem like I crashed.

I had one 4ftx4ft section that was still plywood where I could actually clutch it up. The rest of the canvas was a sprung plywood floor with about 2 inches of give and 1/2 thick rubber dance mat called marley. The rubber was very slippery to the point when I was doing circles I had to keep the circles very consistent and drive them around instead of being aggresive. If it got to the point where I would need to dip the bike and gas it to save the circle the bike would slip out. The show ran for 9 days. It sold out everynight to a crowd of 500. I had to do weeks of rehearsals, alot of fabbing the whole set to make it possible for me to do the stunts safely and without ******* it up. The stage was 20ftx40ft with a 4 foot drop, no barrier with hundreds of people right below me. If I moustrapped or fucked up in anyway I could have easily launched a f4i into the crowd so there was alot of pressure, also if I didnt pull off the 1st clutch up there was pretty much no recovering to try it again and I would **** the show up pretty good.

It was alot of waiting around with pressure, getting my Que and then going for it. I never messed up once, not the stoppie, riding down the stairs or the circles. Some of the perks were free catered buffet every day I was there which was alone worth the drive. The changing room where the chicks didn't seem to mind undressing in front of everyone. I would do it again anyday!


shot from where I would take off from


practice


they painted the stage out in a parking lot where I practiced before they had the stage built.


retro paint job




setting up the stage

Originally Posted by scott3824

It's a job. How is it selling out if you are riding wheelies for someone that pays you - no different than doing a show for a local dealership - except it probably pays better. Plus ballet ***** are flexible.

Originally Posted by SCOTT_Chychul

I understand that and it would be hard cuz those conditions are about as bad as it can get and he pulled it off but i think its a wrong direction to be lookin even if the bitches can bend.

Originally Posted by SCOTT_Chychul

Well i just have a different opinion and the leaders in the sport really set the stage for where it goes. I'd expect you to be doing balerina shows long before D ever did. What you are creating is a mainstream image that i want nothing to do with. There is going to be a division of hardcore underground riders and the corprate dress up in tue tue's so they can look pretty and sell bikes to people that dont care about stunting anyways. God help us if i ever see Apex or Edub do this ****.

I cant spell or working on my first cup of coffee here.

Originally Posted by Kaneone

never seen it before people who match the proper demographic of people to buy sportbikes the wrong direction?

Originally Posted by Kaneone

how is high priced tickets with a venue full of never seen it before people who match the proper demographic of people to buy sportbikes the wrong direction?

not to mention after youve done as many shows as D has you get to a point to where you actually look forward to something different and for that alone.. thats cool...



-kane

Originally Posted by mofat01

A BALLET is the proper demographic of people to buy sportbikes??? are you kidding me....you can't be serious.

I'm sure every women and metrosexual male in the crowd was just itching to go trade in their vespa for a sportbike after seeing darius.

Originally Posted by scott3824

Plus ballet ***** are flexible.