Holden has been so much fun so far. We pretty much just hang out and he eats and poops and sleeps, all the best things in life. Being a dad is AWESOME!
The demo derby is done. It was absoloutely nuts, cars everywhere and so much smoke you could barely see. I came out in the middle of the pack so I was pretty stoked. I was out there for about ten minutes and my car got pretty jacked. My radiater blew and smoked me out and I was done. I bought some spinner hubcaps for the ride, three made it and one got pretty smashed but we found it. All in all it was a pretty amazing experience and fun was had by all.
I'm here in New York getting ready for the kink demo derby. We watched one this afternoon and I must say, it is going to be pretty crazy. Here is me on one of the cars that we will be smashing up. Lets just hope I don't have to be taken out on a stretcher like one unlucky driver today. Go Nuts!!!!!!
D A L Dude, where's my car???????? Uhh, it got stolen. Out of my own damn parking lot. Jimmy!!!!!!!! Where Are You????????????????? If you see him call the police. Casey
After a long haul the Jimmy will finally be able to rest.... I am now the proud owner of 2005 Suzuki Forenza Wagon. After looking for a car for a couple months I finally found the right one. Four doors, tons of cargo space, a roof rack, lots of interior do dads, and a damn good price. Expect to see me driving around with a big smile for awhile.
D A L Crazy times at the Otto residence...... Such as, in case you haven't heard, my girlfriend Ashley and I are having a child. We go in next week for our first ultrasound so I'll have more details then. And... I am now the owner of Plan Nine Skateshop in Edwardsville, IL. For more info on that go to www.plan-nine.net. Love
I I I Its official, Hardcore is a Marine. I'm not too sure what was going on in his head when he made the decision to join but lets just hope it was a good one. He shipped out on Wenesday for 16 weeks of boot camp in San Diego. After that he will be home for 10 days and then..... Lets keep our bloody fingers crossed that he doesn't get shipped over seas. This will definetly help Hardcore on his way to a stable future (something we we all concerned he may never achieve) but lets hope the cost is not more than its worth. Good Luck Hardcore!
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Two things,
First, guess who this is in the picture and recieve a free session at ICH (send guesses to bmxpmp@hotmail.com), second, go to the ICH website, www.ichskatepark.com, and submit your email so you can become part of the in crowd. Go Nuts!
Hey everyone, come to the grand reopening of the the now Ding-A-Ling owned Big Top Skatepark. It will be all new years weekend long packed with tons of fun stuff! See the flyer for more info!!!!!!
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So as of now it's official. I haven't actually spoken to the landlord due to him being out of town but lawyer has made it clear that it will be fine. So yes, I am now the owner of Big Top Skatepark in Belleville, IL. Its about 40 miles from my current home and job but I will be moving out there soon. The park is about 18k square ft with 20 ft ceiling at the center. It has a warehouse space where Tree will be running it's operation in early '05 and a 2 bedroom apartment upstairs. It is pretty unbelievable that I was able to walk into it the way I did but I am not going to complain. Expect big thing to come out of that place very soon.
As for it right now:
I just built a new spine and made the box 10000000000 times better (wider with a tranny landing). Sessions are 5-10 Tues, Wens, Thurs, 4-8, 8-12 on Fri, 12-4, 4-8, 8-12 on Sat and 2-6, 6-10 on Sun. It costs $8 per session and $2 if you need a helmet. The pro shop is currently empty but I will be stocking it very soon. If you need something in the time being I can order anything so come to me. I'll match Dan's prices and you won't have to pay shipping. The Park number is (618) 355-0081
Also....
Jeff now has a screenprinter. We have made a few shirts and things are going to be good. If you need some thing done, get in touch with him. biker6j@hotmail.com. And Jeff will be moving into Big Top very soon.
Thanks to everyone who came out this weekend and helped with the scene report. Fudger got tons of pics and had a really good time. As did I and pretty much every other bmxer in the Lou. And we got to see Johns ex at her new job..... PT's in Centerville! The strip clup!!!!!!!!
I will let everyone know what issue to look out for.
I gots more to say but I'll stop here so you don't get bored.
Go Nuts!
Sam, Ashley, Will, and I are all in Vegas right now. We came down for interbike and will be continuing on to the west coast at the end of the week. Expect to see quite a collection of photos when we get back. If you get a chance to thumb through the newest issue of BMXPlus! make sure you check Jeff and I out in the news section. Theres a pretty good pic of us hugging with our hot new DIng-A-Ling shirts on. Too bad they misprinted Jeffs name.
Vegas baby, Vegas.
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I am selling a brand new odyssey cassette hub. Its 36 hole, black, left hand drive with a 4 different cogs.
It sells new for 85 so i'm selling it for 70. I'll ship it if you're not in the area and i except credit card if need be. Just email me if you're interested. BMXPMP@hotmail.com.
Sorry its been so long since I've posted anything. Lets see.... 4th of July wasn't that spectacular, just watched some fireworks and got rained on like crazy. My birthday was fun, sung kareoke at the Saloon and got pretty loose. My girlfriend came in town to visit for a few days after my birthday and we went to Philly to see Matt Lippott. He had unfortunately just broke his arm but it didn't stop us from having a good time. I came down with something pretty bad this week and I'm doing my best to fight it. Not sure what it is but my throat is swollen all to hell and I'm running a pretty good fever. Blaaaahhh, it sucks. As for the Ding-A-Ling shirts, yes John, our girlfriends have them and you don't, however, they did drive up here to get them so don't get all bent out of shape. I will be sending a package home to Ashley Green on Wenesday with Ding-A-Lings shirts and new STL BMX shirts. So if you or anyone else wants one you're gonna have to swing on by the skatepark and pick on up. I'll post a pic of the new STL BMX shirts as soon as I get them in. They're gonna be hot so don't procrastinate. Other than that not too much going on, trying to ride my bike everyday but some many things make that near impossible. I'm in the process of rebuilding the website but at the rate I'm going don't expect anything soon. Love always, Casey
I finally gave in. The guestbook is here. Sign it, veiw it, live it, love it. Now everyone will know who's visiting the best smut-free sight on the web!!!! (it's in the upper right hand corner if you haven't noticed yet)
Went to Philly last weekend. Met Lippott and John "Dave" at Van Homan's house on Friday and played a little poker. Slept in on Saturday and rode the warehouse all day. The Little Devil warehouse is absoloutely amazing, so many lines and such good trannys. I would seriously be happy riding that place for the rest of my life. Went to some random party that night and met little Zack from the stl there. Partied all night and rode the warehouse on Sunday again. I shot a bunch of photos there for ride so hopefully you'll see some in the mag soon. Took Zack to camp super late, he was a rock star for sure. Livin' the lifestyle.
Burks came up to camp for the weekend. We hung out on Firday before I had to drive all night to get Ashley on a 7am flight to the Lou. I then slept a few hours at a friend of ours house in Philly before returning to the airport with her so she could catch a flight to Providence. I then caught a train dowtown and did some sight-seeing while waiting for Burks to pick me up. Burks and I then went to Casey Avazions graduation party and proceeded to get plastered (see picture). The next morning a whole caravan of us went to Atlantic City and I Iost my ass. It wasn't too bad though 'cause I was spending the money I won off Lippott playing c-lo the night before. And Jordan came up from Texas and we had a pretty crazy night last night. And that's the way the cookie crumbles
The 'ol Jimmy made it! Two hundred thousand miles. A hundred thousand I did myself. That car has been all over the place and been my home. Hell yeah Jimmy, I love you.
Well I am back from portland and let me tell you, it was a good time. Err, uhh, I think. I drank so much you could tap me. So yeah, It was fun. Got to hang out with Erica on Thursday night, then with Sarah and Casey all weekend. Party time. So Ash and I are on our way to the Lou soon and will be there for about a week or so. John, here is the update you wanted. I have all 10 fingers and toes and my hair would qualify me to be the lead singer of any 60's rock band. Rock out with your cock out!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, I finally got money. After a long streak of being broke things are finally looking on the up and up. Ash and I just finished redoing the Tussey Skatepark in State College, PA. We're now finishing Jamie Bestwicks basement. Its gonna have a bar layered in skatelite and some poker tables, it should be cool. We're going to Pittsburgh next week to work on another park and then I'm heading up to Portland for a bit before we head back to the Lou for Andys 21st. It should be a fun few weeks. John, cars suck.
Ash and I are still out here at Woodward. As much fun as it is I wish was building ramps somewhere else so I could actually make some money. We have been remodeling Lot 8 and it has been a lot of fun, very laid back and there is a fun crew. It just sucks having to work 50 hours a week to make what we would normally make in two days. I got a new bike. A brand new T1, profile cassettes and cranks, and all the other good stuff. It is almost identical to my old set-up. It was all courtesy of Jamie Bestwick and I couldn't be more grateful. Jamie has done so much for the Ding-A-Lings, he is an awesome guy and I just want to say thanks. Other than that not much else going on. Ash and I may go to Kansas City at the beginning of April for the closing of Woodys park but we're not sure if it will fit our budget yet. Oh yeah, we got a boot leg version of Starsky and Hutch, Do it, Do it.
Well everybody, my long time companion is gone. My sparkley T1 that I have ridden and loved for four years was stolen. It is a sad day. I am a very loyal person and I spared none when it came to my frame. I'd like now to give you a brief history of what we have been through together.
Just out of high school high school a few of the ding-a-lings and I took a little road trip to Chenga. While there I met a man named Wes and, more importantly, I saw his bike. A brand new Barcode with the most amazing bass boat paint job I had ever seen. Silver in front, fading to purple and then back to silver at the rear. It was nothing short of amazing. We soon left Chenga and I figured that it would be another love lost. But no, only a few months later I went up to chenga again and to my surprize it was there in the shop, for sale. Well of course, I bought it and rushed home to put her together. Our union was one for the books, we were unstoppable together, tearing up park after park and shining our way to the top.... Together. As the years passed our bond grew stronger, we had been from ocean to ocean, corner to corner, we spent nights together in the back of my car, and days down due to mishaps, we did it all.
That frame marks the greatest chapter in my life, all the things I have done over the last four years. All the ups and downs, all the party nights and long hangovers, and most importantly all the friends we've made together. I'm going to miss you buddy, you were the best I ever had. Good Bye
So as you can see there is a new link on the home page for a little video ash and I made. Unfortunately, our internet connection out here in the boonies makes it difficult to get the video uploaded to the website. So be patient and you should be able to check it out soon.
Casey....
Well, Ash and I moved to woodward. After being out of work for a few months and Ash's lease running out we decided to make the move. The journey was tough being that we stayed in STL for a bit too long to hang out with Erica, who unfortunately moved from woodward only two days before we arrived. But we braved the ice and snow and are now living the lavish life in buds barn. Pool, basketball, fussball, pingpong big screen tv, full surround sound, hot tub, yeah its pretty humble around here. We should be out here for a month or two before moving to minneapolis to build a skatepark. Well I'll say hey soon, gotta go catch the simpsons.
Sorry about the advertising but this will allow all the Ding-A-Lings access to the site and we can all write news. So this thing should be getting updated a bit more frequently. Stay tuned....
Casey
So you are probably here because you clicked on the link from
the Tree website. Thank you Sam for finally putting the link
up!!!!!! If you like Tree than you will love the Ding-A-Lings.
Sam is a product of us. So as far as news goes..... Ash and I
are almost done building the X-Gayms park. It will be bangin'
son. John is getting evicted from his apartment. Derek
Zoolander and Hansel will be hanging out on Holloween. I bought
a Canon EOS1!!!!!! Ashley wrecked his momocycle. A woman ran
out in front of him by his house and hit him going about 35mph.
The bike got a little beat up but Ashley kept it from going
down. As for the woman, she is fine except for being really
really ridiculously stupid. Ashley's mom came in town and we
all partied. Good Times, Happy Holloween.
Trick or Treat. -Casey
I finally stopped working 60 hours a week!!!!!!!!!! Ashley and
I are now building the x gayms park that will be opening here on
nov. 13th. Along with the crew that came down to build was
woodward buddy, Mike Falcone. He went with the gang on saturday
to 6 flags and screamed alot with us. My throat still hurts from
screaming. It's cold outside and Ashley still rides his
momocycle everywhere, he's a trooper. Sam went to interbike in
Vegas and no ding-a-lings went along, we're all poor. I am done.
I will be back.
Caseeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....
So I finally did some updating. There are a few more videos
(the one of me wrecking my momocycle and one in the team pics
portion of the team page) and I moved the the southwest road
trip pics to the team portion of the team page. Go check them
out when your done reading this. Ashley now has a momocycle and
I wrecked mine. A few of the guys should be going to inter-bike
soon so hopefully we will have some stickers to hand out to
start promoting the web site. The video should be out early
next year so we need to start the hype. I have a new program in
which to build the web site on so look for some very dramatic
changes hopefully in the next few months. Yada yada yada, I got
a free haircut.
Forizzle my nizzle nate wizzle,
Casey
Hmmm. Well I'm at Woodward again. Jeff is up here but will be
leaving at the end of the week. I will be coming home in two
weeks. Sam is now home and rocking Tree in full effect. I
really don't have any news except the fact that I don't have any
news but rather than run you in circles I will just shut up.
Love Casey
Still here at Woodward. Jeff got broke off yesterday. Aired
the vert wall in Lot 8 to nose case. 19 stitches on his chin
and a sore arm. Get well soon. Sam has returned home and will
be getting things back in order with Tree. Sam has the Woodward
market on lock-down and everyone knows it, lets just hope he has
a job next year. I will be going home in a week for a week and
will be back up here by Aug. 10th. Brian Kachinsky has
volounteered to wear a save Burks T during the next road fools,
hell yeah.
Rock out with your cock out....
Casey
Yeah, I know, I've been slacking on the news....
I'm at woodward and I don't have all that much access to a
computer. I turned 22 last sunday and got to spend the night
with a cabin full of kids, no fun. I did however get to go out
the night before and get pretty damn loose. Sam, Jeff, some
random girls, and I all partied down in State College, PA. Sam
has been making a killing off Tree products up here at Woodward
and Jeff is very salty and hates his life. Hardcore is at home
in the Lou and doesn't ride his bike, or ship Tree packages on
time. I haven't heard from anyone else to much lately but I
guess all is well. The Ding-A-Lings rule Woodward!!!!!!!!!
Casey
Hardcore spent Thursday night in jail. Apperently it was a
false arrest but it seems like Hardcore's luck that he would get
thrown in jail for nothing. We'll have to see what happens with
this one. Sam will be back form Woodward tomorrow so I won't
have to run Tree anymore, Whoo Hoo! Lee Todorovich almost got
himself, his brother Cole, John and I thrown in jail tonight.
Some jackass cop on a power trip and Lee not being in the mood
to deal with it. I guess we're never allowed back at Wash U
again but we'll see if that lasts. Speaking of cops, Jeff, Sam,
Hardcore, and I were all pulled over within three days of each
other. That sucks! Tim made an attempt to come up for the
weekend but as luck would have it, the hood of his car flew
through his windshield about fifteen minutes from his house.
Full time jobs suck, no time to play. Kris turned 23 on
Saturday so of course we headed to the east-side and saw some
boobies. I got a new tooth today!!!!!!! Yada, Yada, Yada, I
got a free haircut.
And thats news to me, Casey
I haven't written for awhile, I think it's because it has been
boring as hell around here. Sam is at Woodward and living it
up. I am stuck running errands for tree and not living it up.
Ashley is probably not living it up in Branson but he is making
bank so it's a trade off. Hardcore is hardcore and home from
Woodward. Jeff just left for Woodward West and is extremely
lazy. Jeff is the laziest person I know. So are the ding-a
lings that haven't sent me a bio yet. I'm pretty lazy too. I
think its lazy days in the Lou. I stayed up all night on
saturday.... Whoo Hoo!
Blllaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Bet that's news too you.
Fo sho
Casey
Sam and Hardcore have gone to Woodward. Sam will be gone for 3
weeks and Hard should be back in 1 or 2. Ashley is leaving for
Branson, MO this morning to do shows at Silver Dollar City for
awhile. I don't really know when we'll see him again. Jeff
walked the walk tonight and got his diploma. Congrats, and good
riddance to high school. I have done a bunch of stuff to the
site this past week (for instance the history) so look around.
I go to the doc about my nose tomorrow so wish me luck. Tim and
Scott, where are you!!!!!!!!? You guys need to come to the Lou.
Casey
My face is healing up pretty well. I got my stitches out the
other day and my nose and mouth isn't quite as sore anymore. I
have to go to the doc in a few days and see if my nose needs to
be set, I'm not looking forward to that. Ash and Sam went down
to San Antonio to check out the Global X-Games and hang out in
Austin. Sam is supposed to be meeting up with Shoe-G to give
him some product. They should be back on Monday and then
heading up to Woodward not long after. Jeff had a party last
night with a shit load of underage girls, yee haw. There was a
bit of havok and Hardcore took a shower in beer.
Biiiiiiaaaaaaaaaatch. Casey
Hardcore has a full page in the July Transworld BMX. It's
pretty badass plus it's on the Ding-A-Ling section at the park.
I ate shit yesterday filming for the Tree commercial. I
attempted to fuf the 6 ft out of the mini and landed on my
face. I broke my nose, got 4 stiches and lost one of my teeth.
We have it on film and I will try to post it up soon so come
back in a day or two and it should be here. I missed my trip to
Hawaii due to the wreck but I think things will work for the
better because of it.
Peace in the Middle-East, Casey
Last time I wrote anything I had planned on being on the
road for quite awhile but unfortunately something came up and I
am back in the Lou. No job, no school, and no money, basically
I'm just a bum right now. If you need any photography work done
I am more than willing to be hired. Sam went to roots in
florida with Hardcore and the Joshes from CO and made a killing
off Tree stuff. Things are going well for Tree and growing
fast. Hardcore just went on a trip up to PA to get with some
chick, it must be nice being a balla. Anyway, I am working on
new Ding-A-Ling t-shirt designs and should have a few in the
next week or so. They'll be on the web to check out
Peace, Love and Hair Grease, Casey
I am on the road now. I tried to get the whole news thing worked
out before I left but unfortunately it didn't work. I will fix
it when I get back.
Burks and I left the Lou on monday at noon. It took us over 24
hours to make it to Winter Park, CO. This was Burks' first time
on the road since the accident so I think we did pretty well.
When spent tuesday night bouncing from bar to bar meeting up with
everybody in Winter Park. On wensday we went to Breckenridge, CO
and met up with our friends from the AASI Renagade Rider Rally.
Everyone there was awesome and it was nice to see them all
again. We had beers and got some sumo wrestling suits. Those
things were a riot. I wrestled my supervisor from Winter Park
and all was going well until he got me with a late rolling
attack. I slammed headfirst into the ground, you will have to
see the footage (I'll have it on the site when I get back).
Things wrapped up in Breck around mid-night and we drove back to
Winter Park.
Burks left to go to Sacremento, CA to see Anna on thursday and
took our friend Jay with him. He will be back in a couple days.
I got up at 5:30 in the morning and headed back to Breck for some
snowboarding. It was a beautiful day out there and I sessioned
the pipe most of the time. The last two days (friday and
saturday) I have spent snowboarding at Winter Park. We have been
getting dumped on out here so its been freshies all day long. I
think we got another 8 inches today and we are gonna get more
tonight. Last day of the season is tomorrow.
Happy Easter
-Casey
Alright, I think I may have done it! The news can now be
written by all the Ding-A-Lings from their own computers. So
this should be a bit more interesting from here on out. Oh and
don't believe what you hear, I am not going to be a daddy.
-Casey
OK, it took me awhile to get it updated again but it finally
worked. I will tell you now that this thing is a big pain in the
ass. Plus I'm a perfectionist when it comes to this stuff so it
just sucks all around. Enough bitching. There are a few new
things, Hardcore's and my home pages are up and somewhat
functional and the Tree Tour link on the home page actually does
something now. You can also go to the stuff page and check out a
cool pic I made. So enjoy and I will have more soon. Oh yeah,
you should be able to email me by clicking on my email addy on
the contact page.
Love Casey
So this thing has been up for nearly a week now and I am slowly
getting the hang of it. I think it might actually work, only
problem is I get drunk too much and don't make it home to work on
it. Well this is supposed to be the news section so I guess I
will put some news in.... The Ding-A-Ling section at Ramp Riders
is worth riding again. We built a 7 foot quarter on the back of
the mini and you can boost the shit out of it. It's right at
home in our little utopian street course. So as far as the site
goes just let me know if it isn't working out for you and your
particular pc or mac. I want this thing to be as user friendly
as possible so until I find the problem I will not be able to fix
it. You can email but you will have to do it through your own
email because I have yet to figure out how to do it through the
website. BMXPMP@hotmail.com.
Well this is it. The official Ding-A-Lings website. I don't
know if the word official and Ding-A-Lings goes together very
well but I guess thats not the point. So as you can tell things
are very much under construction but I should have a bit more
going everyday for the next week or so. Just check in every once
and a while and there should be new toys to play with. Now go
watch the trailer!
