RICK PAWELA

Knock Knolls Mountain Bike Trails

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There aren’t too many mountain bike trails in the Chicago suburbs. Palos, Saw Wee Kee, and Deer Grove are probably the most well known. A few years back, Knock Knolls in Naperville was pretty well maintained and offered a bit of challenging terrain and obstacles. For the past few years, Knock Knolls has seen it’s [...]

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Beautiful Losers The Film

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I’ve been anticipating this movie for some time, both as an artist and as someone involved in the skateboard culuture of the mid to late 80s. This film showcases street art inspired through the skateboard scene culture. Many of the artists featured were both skaters and deck-artists during that time. The particular style embraced everything [...]

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Kettle Moraine South Mountain Biking

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This weekend I took a trip up north to La Grange Wisconsin. The southern unit of Kettle Morine consists of two groups of trails: the John Muir Trails and the Emma Carlin Trails. Along with these two sets of trails, there’s a 5 mile connector trail which joins the two sets. One great feature of [...]

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