freestyle wheelbarrow

The Wheelbarrow Boys Go To College

2007-01-01T23:47:00.001-08:00

Greeting citizens of cyberspace, its high time that this site was updated. Most of the links in the post below have gone bad, so i figured it was time. We are also mourning the departure of one of our own. Marcus, the co-founder of our American Freestyle Wheelbarrowing Association is leaving the heartland for college in Idaho. But we will endure! keep those wheelbarrows bouncing and keep that revolution revolving.

EFY Video 1

2007-01-01T23:41:00.001-08:00

EFY Video 2

2007-01-01T23:39:00.001-08:00

2006-01-22T17:23:00.000-08:00

the wheelbarrow has landed! we did the tonight show and managed not to screw anything up. will wheelbarrowing sweep the nation? probably not, but one way or another i had a wicked sweet weekend. il put some pictures up later. but untill i do, i have something else for you all.
drumroll please ....... its the videos from last summer!!! yes here they are, the infamous efy tapes in all there uncut glory. enjoy, and thanks to bryan for hosting them.

EFY part one

EFY part two

and here are some articles written about us ...

bonner springs news

kansas city star

the tonight show

ATTENTION!

2006-01-14T10:34:00.000-08:00

Attention all wheelbarrowers, our day has come! after months of waiting the Tonght Show With Jay Leno has called us back! and they want us on the show!!! we are confirmed to be on the show on friday january 20th. So tell your friends, set your tivo's, mark your calendars, and pray that we dont screw up!

UPDATE!!

2006-01-07T09:23:00.000-08:00

Here I am finally updating! if your wondering about the lack of activity here its because there really hasnt been much, wheelbarrowing has gone into hibernation for the winter. when summer ended and school started back up all our free time mysteriously dissapeared--funny how that happens-- and so for now wheelbarrowing is on hold for the school year. But dont worry, the sport lives on and will return with a vengeance come summer time. so im signing off for now; email me (from my personal blog) or leave comments if you have any questions.

~David~

p.s. old barrow buckets make excellent snow sleds

History Lesson

2005-08-17T15:12:00.000-07:00

here, due to popular request, is how freestyle wheelbarrowing began ...

it all began many many moons ago, sometime around the week before finals. one afternoon me and bryan (whiting) and marcus were all making dirt ramps in his back yard. when we got bored bryan climbed into the wheelbarrow and marcus pushed him off the ramp, freestyle wheelbarrowing! i said. little did i know that it would soon spawn the nationwide craze that it is today. i did a google search the next day and came upon the british wheelbarrow freestyle website. this intriuged me and caused me to look further into it. i dowloaded a short video off their website ( its was the only one that worked ) and thought it was pretty sweet. about a week later me and marcus were at the mission comunity planting day for a boy scout service project and began dancing with the wheelbarrows we were using to move mulch. this dancing soon evolved to spinning and many other things. the old guy shoveling the mulch didnt like it much and let us know very sternly several times, but we thought it was pretty sweet.

our first wheelbarrow was names jolene, we spent close to 20 hours painting and restoring her from the sad condition we found her in. there are pictures of her in the archives. as pretty as she was she was too heavy to do tricks with so we went and purchased the smallest wheelbarrows we could find (true temper 4 cu.ft.) the models we still widely use today. to make a long story short we wheelbarrowed alot throughout the summmer. we performed twice at EFY and a Youth Conference. we have continued to invent new tricks and improve our skills up until now. there are great things yet in store for freestyle wheelbarrowing.

comments

2005-07-31T00:09:00.000-07:00

all the comments we have been getting are great keep em coming! just from now on leave your first name and where your from so we can see how far the word has gotten. please leave more comments i know there are more people visiting the site so if you visit please feel free dare i say even obligated to leave a comment

2005-07-25T14:52:00.000-07:00

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!

good things are in store for freestyle wheelbarrowing
nothing is confirmed yet but stay tuned. all I will say is that its gonna be big and its gonna be amazing, if you want details ask me personally.

how the (mid)west was won

2005-07-23T22:34:00.000-07:00

the wheelbarrows have struck again!!! we have managed another decent appearance at EFY in lawrence kansas, we pulled off a succsessful performance at the variety show. i gave out the website during our introduction and hopefully everyone heard it alright, if you saw us at the talent show feel free to leave us feedback and give us suggestions. hopefully i will have pictures up by tomorrow and video sometime in the near future.

the next step

2005-07-06T22:52:00.000-07:00

weve had such a big response to our humble sport of freestyle wheelbarrowing, due partly to our big break when we were so generously featured on 96.5 the buzz ( thank you so much lazlo and slimfast) , that ive decided to post about how to properly modify a wheelbarrow

How To Properly Modify A True Temper 4cu wheelbarrow

1. prep the bucket for painting

decide on a design and tape off the patern, its very important that you use vinyl tape or blue painters tape, NOT masking tape. masking tape leaks a bit. after you have your pattern outlined cover the rest of the wheelbarrow with newspaper.

2. painting

when painting its important to do more smaller coats to avoid dripping. dont go crazy and spray the crap outta it when your 3 inches away cause you WILL get drips, do 2 or 3 good coats. after you paint its important to use clear coat, but as we learned you cant go crazy with this either, you cant see it when it goes on so its hard to tell how much is going on. do LIGHT coats because like any spray paint if you to too heavy a coat it will dissolve the paint under it and give you something like a ghetto crackle finish, ruining your paint job. the rule about clear coat applys to all paint, if you put too much on or try to spray another coat when the first coat is wet it WILL dissolve the paint. trust us we know.

3. assembly

this is where the fun comes in. it helps if you raise up the wheelbarrow and get a friend to help, follow the instructions provided and reassemble the wheelbarrow. now you have to make an important decision, do you want ground supports or not? without the supports you have a little more space to move and a little lighter load to toss around. i personally like the unsupported wheelbarrow.

4. try out your sweet new barrow!!

another article on basic tricks is coming!

NEW PICTURES!!

2005-06-28T15:23:00.000-07:00

here they are! the pictures from our exploits at youth conference. some are of our appearance at the talent show and in the parking lot afterwards. the article on how to properly modify a wheelbarrow is still coming, be patient!

2005-06-28T15:19:00.000-07:00

wheelbarrow wounds!!!! this sport is not without risk!!

2005-06-28T15:18:00.002-07:00

this is getting heavy!!

2005-06-28T15:18:00.001-07:00

ahh my head!

2005-06-28T15:18:00.000-07:00

showing off at the talent show

2005-06-28T15:17:00.002-07:00

more sweet new moves

2005-06-28T15:17:00.001-07:00

explaining our sport at the YC talent show

2005-06-28T15:17:00.000-07:00

sweet new moves

2005-06-28T15:16:00.002-07:00

the regina mk 2 lovingly decorated by bryan and marcus

2005-06-28T15:16:00.001-07:00

wooohooo!!!

2005-06-28T15:16:00.000-07:00

my nose looks long

join the wheelbarrow army

2005-06-05T11:52:00.000-07:00

if you would like to join the ranks of the freestyle wheelbarrowers all you have to do is obtain and modify a wheelbarrow of your own. the models we are currently using are true temper 4cu steel wheelbarrows. these can be bought unassembled at lowes for about 30 bucks. dont buy them assembled because it costs 10 bucks extra and its easier to modify and paint an unassembled wheelbarrow. if you get a wheelbarrow of your own send your name and a picture of it to art_nerd@sbcglobal.net and we will add you to the wheelbarrow army. soon we will have exclusive merchandise for members of the wheelbarrow army so go get a wheelbarrow today!

comments

2005-06-01T12:17:00.000-07:00

for all of you visitors that dont have a blogger account you can still post comments so dont hesitate to give us feedback

~The Management~

2005-06-01T11:45:00.000-07:00

these will be available for sale later
meah

2005-06-01T11:44:00.000-07:00

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
meah

2005-06-01T11:43:00.002-07:00

waaahhhh
meah

2005-06-01T11:43:00.001-07:00

like my hat?
meah

2005-06-01T11:43:00.000-07:00

good girl good girl
meah

2005-06-01T11:42:00.002-07:00

ahhh there goes my back!!
meah

2005-06-01T11:42:00.001-07:00

im just gettin started
meah

2005-06-01T11:42:00.000-07:00

sweet wheel stall
meah

2005-06-01T11:41:00.002-07:00

i got skills
meah

2005-06-01T11:41:00.001-07:00

eeaaarrrrrggghh!!!
meah

2005-06-01T11:41:00.000-07:00

MEAH!!
meah

2005-06-01T11:40:00.002-07:00

four ...
meah

2005-06-01T11:40:00.001-07:00

three ...
meah

2005-06-01T11:40:00.000-07:00

two ...
meah

2005-06-01T11:39:00.003-07:00

one ...
meah

2005-06-01T11:39:00.002-07:00

yeah thats right
meah

2005-06-01T11:39:00.001-07:00

sweet skills
meah

2005-06-01T11:39:00.000-07:00

flippity flip
meah

2005-06-01T11:37:00.001-07:00

going to battle
meah

2005-06-01T11:37:00.000-07:00

giturdun!
meah

2005-06-01T11:36:00.003-07:00

oh jolene, your the girl for me
meah

2005-06-01T11:36:00.002-07:00

sweet!
meah

2005-06-01T11:36:00.001-07:00

trick !
meah

2005-06-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

UHG!
meah

2005-06-01T11:35:00.002-07:00

ole!
meah

2005-06-01T11:35:00.001-07:00

jolene jolene JOLENE JOLENE !!!!!!!!!!!!
meah

2005-06-01T11:35:00.000-07:00

theres the sweet paint job
meah

2005-06-01T11:34:00.000-07:00

yearg
meah

2005-06-01T11:33:00.000-07:00

there she be
meah

the saga begins

2005-06-01T11:14:00.000-07:00

this is the website of the kansas city freestyle wheelbarrowers. there are currently two members, Marcus and myself David. stay tuned for updates on the local wheelbarrowing scene.