A New Experience with Yellow Designs and Soapoint Graphics

February 05 2010 - 2:23pm by mike

Working here at Soapoint is an amazing experience. It's definitely hard work, but we do get to have fun and play. This past weekend I got to go to my first BMX competition/show for Soapoint. Our good friend Brian Gavagan, invited us to both sponsor and attend this exciting show. If you don't know who Brian Gavagan is, well check it out, he is not only one of the most talented BMXers' in the nation for several years now, but he also owner/participant of Yellow Designs and Yellow Stunt Team. You may have seen or heard of the Yellow Designs Stunt Team, you can find them often performing at games, shows and they even travel all around the world. I had always wanted to see them and their amazing talent live. I was super excited to be able to go to the show as well as be a sponsor. We love to support our friends and being involved in this event was a great opportunity to show our support and have some fun.

Walking into the huge indoor skate park at the Colorado Mills mall was overwhelming. It definitely reminded me of Rob Dydrek's Fantasy Factory but this had nothing but sick ramps, rails and bowls. There were kids, and adults everywhere; roller blades, bmx bikes and skate boards were zooming past me. We had to walk to the very back where Yellow has their private practice area, and it was scary to go through the rushing traffic of the skaters, BMXers' and rollerbladers. Mike had to direct me when to go and where to walk. I really loved the energy in the air, you could see every person in there pushing themselves to be better, but loving it all at the same time. I couldn't believe there were kids in there as young as 4 or 5 years old! If the 4 year old with the pink princess helmet can skateboards over the ramp, so can I! I wanted to be a part of that energy and push myself to the outer limits, maybe one of these days I actually will.

The first part of the day was the competitions, beginner, intermediate and then pro. Everyone was sooo good. I couldn't believe how talented they all were, I could never do some of those tricks. Back flips on a bike over a ramp, what!?! I didn't like when they fell though, it didn't happen very often, but when it did it was nasty to see. One kid kept attempting this trick where he would spin and turn in the air and he kept landing hard with the bike on top of him. But they always got back up and kept doing the trick until they got it, and I really admired that in all of them. I definitely got a better understanding of the life of a BMXer/skater/rollerblader, but I still do think they are crazy, lol!

After the competitions were all over Yellow Designs Stunt Team hosted a party back in their practice area and gave us a show with all 9 of the guys on the team. Now those guys are good, I mean gooooood! So fast, such sweet tricks, such height they flew! I was blow away by their ability and talent. We had some food and drinks and got to just hang and have fun with a bunch of great people. At the end of the night it was finally time to leave and I promised I would be back to watch and maybe participate. I had such a great time and it was so exciting. I got to see a whole different world of full excitement, passion, perseverance, blood, sweat and tears. I can't wait to see another show and to become more involved in the world of BMX, skateboarding and rollerblading. I also thank Soapoint for allowing me to have these great experiences! Check out this video of the competition Yellow.  -Kimberly McCoy

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