Team Modern, featuring Dustin Blauvelt, Joe Dirt, Jonny Cleary, Mark Davenport and Timmy Knuth finished 2nd overall in the 2010 Bangers for Bucks competition at the Surf Expo, taking the top three spots in the individual results. The top three in bucks earned: Dustin Blauevelt (1st), Mark Davenport (2nd), and Timmy Knuth (3rd). Way to go gang!
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Skateboard - In-Line - BMX Demos
Modern Skate and Surf's "Extreme Team" has been performing their aerial acrobatics since 1985. A combination of in-line skaters and skateboarders (occasionally accompanied by freestyle bike riders) use a portable course or half pipe to travel the midwest and promote the fun and excitement of their individual sports.
TEAM MODERN HAS PERFORMED AT:
Skateboard fund raiser for Michigan School for the Blind (attended by 5,000 spectators)
World Skateboard Association Pro skateboard contest, Lansing, MI (televised on ESPN)
Michigan State University Homecoming Parade (40,000 students)
Ford Motor Company Promotion, International Auto Show, Detroit, MI (attended by 400 international Press) - 1999
Demonstration at Great State Skate 10K charity race for Children's Miracle Network (1991-1996).
Seven national hockey league pros and 2 Olympic medal speed skaters participated.
Demonstrations at National Cherry Festival, Traverse City, MI (attended by over 500,000 spectators per day) (1996-2003)
America's Thanksgiving Parade, Detroit, MI (attended by over 1.2 million spectators) - November 1999
Intel International Science Fair, Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI - May 2000
Cleveland Skate Demo, Cleveland Convention Center - November 2000, November 2001
America's Thanksgiving Parade, Detroit, MI (attended by over 1 million spectators) - November 2000
Honda Press Event - International Auto Show, Detroit, MI (attended by 400 international press) 2001
Vert Entertainment Concert, War Memorial Coliseum, Ft. Wayne, IN
ICP Event, Seagate Convention Center, Toledo, Ohio - July 13, 14, 15, 2001
Three Rivers Festival, Ft. Wayne, IN - July 2001
Common Ground, Lansing, MI (6 day concert series) July 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
Jefferson Pointe Mall Grand Opening, Ft. Wayne, IN - August 2001
Chicago Grand Prix, Chicago Motor Speedway (60,000 spectators) - July 2002
Taste Fest, Detroit, Michigan (350,000 people over 5 days) July, 2002, July 2003
Pro Wakeboard Tour (ESPN-Detroit stop) June 2001, 2003
Featured in many newspaper articles, television and radio talk shows, the Modern Skate & Surf Extreme Team has astounded and entertained spectators, as well as promoted the sports that they love throughout the past 18 years.
SEVERAL OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE SPONSORED BY NEMESIS SKATEBOARDS