Burnout: Uprising

The Vans Pro Tour mashes into Chi-Town with Chima, Dan Lu, K Walks, Dill and the boys thrilling the crowds at Grant Park.


20160715 0001Chima warms it up, pre-demo style. Foreshadowing dude.

20160716 0002Across from the shop.


20160716 0003Meet n Greet at Uprise with flow-sensations Glick and Justin Henry fleshing out the crew


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Got that famous Alva posse photo in there. Real nice.


20160715 0005When men were men … and Neuhaus


20160715 0006Legend party #1 - Stevie Dread, Ray Barbee and Jesse Neuhaus. Wow!


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Lovell gets in the mix, bevs deep


20160716 0008Stoop life


20160716 0009DL and our other new flow-loc Tyson Peterson


20160716 0010Barbee's melodic noodlings


20160716 0011Wall of Fame game: strong


20160716 0012Beer me


20160716 0013Rare thing these days, a solid neighborhood shop


20160715 0014Legends party #2 - Dill with the Nate Lyonses. Nice!


20160716 0015Next morning. Gear up in the valet line


20160716 0016Uh oh …


20160716 0017Guess that's official then. Congrats Kyle!


20160716 0018Tyson – not homesick


20160716 0019Justin, possible Pokeyman grab


20160716 0020In the van since '87


20160716 0021Perfect precursor: monster blocks.


20160716 0022OJ with a half cab board to boomerang. His friends know what I'm talking about


20160716 0023Part time shipper, full time ripper. Hart leads by example


20160716 0024Chima with some heavy kangaroo switch pop. You can imagine where it went from here …


20160716 0025Strug


20160716 0026But in the end, major victory, as is typically the case


20160716 0027$100 on offer for tail drop. Cody gives it a polite nah nah



20160716 0028Tyson, icin'


20160716 0029This thing …


20160716 0030Lots of maybes


20160716 0031We're gonna need a tool


20160716 0032Can't keep Lovell from some fake flip art tho


20160716 0033Tallest in the Midwest maybe? Still?


20160716 0034Finally, demo time


20160716 0035Sparking up for getting down


20160716 0036Yep, it's time


20160716 0037Heavy shralpage on the impact section. K Walks puts those new kicks in motion


20160716 0038Justin is from Colombus and is totally comfortable with the whole nosegrind family of tricks


20160716 0039Dill gets some of that #freeair


20160716 0040Oh yeah, the locals got some too


20160716 0041Team Manager in training, Matt B – still hungry for carnage


20160716 0042First try!


20160716 0043Glick!


20160716 0044'Wait … YOU rode for G&S trucks?'


20160716 0045Equipment failure


20160716 0046Someone got a spanner?


20160716 0047The ol' 180 nosegrind and around


20160716 0048B!


20160716 0049J Lay rolls with the road crew but can still bust the ol' switch Tré Lay at the drop of a hat


20160716 0050Switch 5-0. Playin with fire


20160716 0051Fakie 5-0!


20160716 0052Ray, easing into it. Catch him on the banks


20160716 0053The horizontal!


20160716 0054Dazzling!


20160716 0055Glick's back!


20160716 0056Dill works it out on some wonky tranny. Nice to see him in the mix



20160716 0057Classic form nollie flip


20160716 0058Quite a show


20160716 0059Let's see who made it out. These guys!


20160716 0060High Classers


20160716 0061Casual Males


20160716 0062The BMXed


20160716 0063Friendly birdsmen


20160716 0064Metalheads


20160716 0065New dads. Beautiful!


20160716 0066These kids were rad


20160716 0067Posse up!


20160716 0068Hell yeah it's time to celebrate


20160716 0069How to get girls


20160716 0070Whattup


20160716 0071Old friends from last time!


20160716 0072A person, just like you

20160716 0073Hockey and FA fans, everywhere


20160716 0074Action turned towards the down bar


20160716 0075Feeble casualness


20160716 0076Glick with hella pinch


20160716 0077Dan Lu fields KOTR questions all day


20160716 0078Gathering 'round for the best trick


20160716 0079Video projects at every step



20160716 0080Nice crowd


20160716 0081Lil' face time, no big deal


20160716 0082Look at the size of that sticker!


20160716 0083Locals only on the pyramid rail


20160716 0084They were making a rap video


20160716 0085Gotta Google it I guess


20160716 0086One more look at this progressive outfit


20160716 0087KWalks on long!


20160716 0088Tyson had it too


20160716 0089Cody Green, feeble aggression!


20160716 0090'Yeah, Eric Sanderson … he was cool too'


20160716 0091Groundbreaking Christy 50! KOTR 2016???


20160716 0092Off the hip style!


20160716 00935-0 180



20160716 0094A legends' gaze


20160716 0095My dream as a teenager


20160716 0096Yep


20160716 0097And then the closer … heck of a show. You shoulda seen how hard the locals ripped too!


20160716 0098Can you believe how far we've come?


20160716 0099Not even!