The great rolling circus that is the Kinetic Grand Championship took off from the Arcata Plaza today for the first leg of a three-day marathon of creativity, humor, stamina and daredevilry on wheels. Now in its 47th year, the Hobartian hullabaloo shows no signs of slowing down (maybe we need another brake check) or running […]
Mark McKenna
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Her Rutabaga Highness
On Saturday, May 21, the Kinetic cognoscenti gathered for the annual Rutabaga Ball at the Arcata Community Center. There, royal hopefuls competed in lavish costumes, singing, dancing, skating and bribing judges for a chance to join the ranks of the Rutabaga Queens and preside over the impending Kinetic Grand Championship this weekend. The queens — […]
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Swing, Baby
By now the musicians who played the Redwood Coast Music Festival this past weekend have packed up their instruments and are back on the road, and the dancers who spent the weekend swinging and spinning have soaked their feet and swapped their festival finery for their regular duds. Seems like a good time to peruse […]
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Golden Ticket
Primus was back at the Eureka Municipal Auditorium on Thursday night, Sept. 17, with a Willy Wonka-themed show that took the packed-in audience on a sugar-fueled trip into trippiness. The Primus and the Chocolate Factory tour with the Fungi Ensemble brought movie clips, swirling lights, top hats and enormous Oompa Loompas to the stage as […]
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Keep Upright!
It was a bright clear sunny morning — "a beautiful day to ride," recalled Seth Griggs. The night before, Griggs, the manager of Adrenalin Motorsports in Eureka, received his first shipment of Lance scooters from China. He had been counting the days until their arrival. He put together a red Vintage 150, did an inspection, […]
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An Incomplete Motorcycle Safety Checklist
Riders should be constantly scanning the road ahead for hazards and potential hazards. Debris in the road, like loose gravel or bark from a logging truck, is no problem for a car, but can be disaster for a motorcycle. Pedestrians and other drivers pose their own set of potential problems. • Unlike the driver of […]