Concert updates: DMB, arguably the most commercially successful band of 2009, has announced a world tour supporting their platinum-certified, GRAMMY-nominated Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. The tour hits Northern California for three nights including: The Sleeptrain in Marysville on August 27, August 25 in Concord and Shoreline on August 28. Three time GRAMMY nominee, Raphael Saadiq (Tony! Toni! Tone!), is supporting the tour. Raphael will also be performing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver with India Arie. Raphael’s video for “Staying in Love” has been chosen as the iTunes Music Video of the Week and you can watch it here. |
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You've heard of Autorama, but what do you know about BIKE-O-RAMA? For starters, it's organized in large part by local bike shop, College Cyclery. It's also held inside AUTORAMA. That means you get two shows for the price of one. Some of the hottest hot rods and kustoms on the West Coast will be on deck as well as a judged kustom bike show. If you think your kustom bicycle has what it takes to stand tall amongst the competition, you can find the application online at College Cyclery.
If you want to take a look at what it can do, here's similar styled machine called a ski bike aka Ski MX. visit YouTube: Skibike Motocross, Ski MX If you want to witness one of the best freestylers in the world, look no further, we cound the clip and the proof is in the 'Tube." YouTube of Josh killing it.
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North Lake Tahoe's Snowfest brings Mardi Gras vibe out for the whole family For 29 years, the good people up at North Lake Tahoe have been hosting a week long festival that has become a mountain Mardi-Gras tradition. Snowfest! Bring the kids, pack the dogs and of course, don't forget your skis and boards. This event blows up all over the North Shore from Truckee and Tahoe City to Squaw Valley and Crystal Bay. See you there!
Sacvibe.com's Video Player features cilps of the big shows from San Francisco to Reno and in between.
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The sport of skiing and downhill mountain bicycling has arrived, although finding a resort to let you use one on mountain is probably gonna not happen anytime soon, but then again, that' what they said about snowboarding 20 years ago. Josh Bender, a legendary dirt rider and freestyler, recently stopped by College Cyclery and showed off his newest toy, the bikeski. it's not a retrofited mountain bike, it's a skibike that was made to ski, plain and simple. 
