Darius does ballet anyone see it?
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Darius does ballet anyone see it?
Has anyone seen the pics of Darious doing ballet in The Firebird ballet. It's in Super Streetbike. He was dressed like a prince and did O's around a dancer in a flaming tutu. :YEAH
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Re: Darious does ballet anyone see it?
http://www.servinitup.com/index.php?...d=35&Itemid=32
Just scroll down and you'll see it. I listen to alot of punk music and this would be considerd selling out, is this selling out.
Just scroll down and you'll see it. I listen to alot of punk music and this would be considerd selling out, is this selling out.
Re: Darious does ballet anyone see it?
thats ******' cool
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Re: Darious does ballet anyone see it?
just proof that he's trying to be like kane, after all these years.
haven't seen him riding or at a comp in like 6 months, so maybe he gave up riding and is doing more artsy stuff!?? good for him!
haven't seen him riding or at a comp in like 6 months, so maybe he gave up riding and is doing more artsy stuff!?? good for him!
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Re: Darious does ballet anyone see it?
i think that's pretty cool stuff, looks extremely hard however and anybody that's ridden on polished concrete has a lot of respect for what he's doing on a wooden stage
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Re: Darious does ballet anyone see it?
I'm no *****, but you talk **** to everyone!!! I think it's selling out if your not riding in comps anymore ( in Teach's words) maybe you're not good enough for the comps anymore. It used to pay your bills, what is your excuse for this. Money?
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Re: Darious does ballet anyone see it?
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
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
Last edited by Darius; Aug 4, 2008 at 11:31 PM.
