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Show « * "Park Record. * Editor: Alisha Self aris@parkrecord.com 435.649.9014ex.113 SILVER QUEEN FINE ART GALLERY RE-OPENING Silver Queen Fine Art will celebrate its grand re-opening on Saturday, Aug. 21, at its new location, 577 Main Street Suite C. The event is open to the public. High West Distillery will provide food and drinks and sculptor Tim Cotterill, also known as the "Frogman," will personalize sculptures from 6 to 9 p.m. > New heights EARTH, WIND & FIRE CONCERT IS SOLD OUT The Big Stars, Bright Nights Concert Series featuring Earth, Wind & Fire on Friday, Aug. 20, at Deer Valley Resort's Snow Park Outdoor Amphitheater is sold out, according t o Park City Performing Arts Foundation Executive Director Teri Orr. Ticket-holders are reminded that gates open at 5:30 p.m. and the performance begins at 7 p.m., rain or shine. There will be no opening act. For more information, visit www.ecciescenter.org. i' CALL FOR ENTRIES: SNOWSPORTSFILMFEST The Egyptian Theatre is accepting entries for the inaugural Park City SnowSports Film Festival. Submissions can be amateur or professional, short or long form as long as they pertain to any sport that involves snow and are in DVD format. The festival will run from Aug. 28 through Sept. 5. Drop off submissions at The Egyptian Theatre or mail them to P.O. Box 3119, Park City, UT 84060. Include name of entry, name of person submitting, contact info, brief description and length. The deadline is Monday, Aug. 23. For more information, call Randy Barton at 901-4119 or visit www.parkcityshows.com. PHOTO BY GABE RYAN Fred Gryzbowski, the current Guinness World Record holder for most backflips in a row on a pogo stick, performs a "Can-Can" trick over Pittsburgh, Penn., during Pogopalooza 6. Gryzbowski and other extreme pogoers will compete at Redstone Center on Friday, Aug. 20. Pogopalooza 7 comes to Redstone Center LANGUAGE CLASSES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN Lango will hold free demo language classes for children on Friday, Aug. 20, at Black Diamond Gymnastics. Spanish for parents and preschoolers will take place from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Spanish for early elementary children is scheduled from 10:15 to 10:45 a.m. and French for mixed ages is scheduled from 11 to 11:30 a.m. Lango teaches language to children 18 months to 11 years using an innovative approach that combines stories, music and movement, playacting and game-playing. To reserve a spot in a demo class, contact Jenny Pushka .at 513-2621 or email jenny.langokids.com. For more information, visit wwwJangokids.com. SUMMER SPECIALS! LOCALS' NIGH GRAPPA^ TACO TUESE>$ By ALISHA SELF Of the Record staff Fifteen-year-old Max Gano is used to turning heads. Whether he's doing a backflip off a set of stairs or teetering on a 10-foot ledge, the fact that he's on a pogo stick always seems to stop people in their tracks. Gano is one of 32 athletes who will bring high-flying, gravity-defying feats to Redstone Center on Friday. Aug. 20, for the qualifying rounds of Pogopalooza 7, the world championships for extreme pogo-sticking. If you're envisioning neighborhood competitions in which you out-jumped your friends, think again. Extreme pogo involves performing twists, flips and tricks while bounding to heights of more than six feet off the ground. According to Nick Ryan, copresident of the Pogopalooza Organization, the sport has been around for about 10 years. It started when Provo native Dave Armstrong set up xpogo.com, a small webbased community where pogoers posted photos and shared tricks. In 2004, a group of athletes decided to get together for a miniexposition and Pogopalooza was born. "It set a precedent for everyone who is involved in the sport to have a chance to meet each other, compete against each other and raise awareness," says Ryan, who was one of the original participants. He got involved on the organizational side of Pogopalooza and recently founded an event production company that handles the logistical aspects. The event has become Events at Redstone Center will include qualifying for the Big Air, Tech and High Jump competitions. Contestants will also participate in auxiliary contests testing who can jump the least and most times per minute. Spectators will have the opportunity to try both classic extreme pogo. t There are two types of extreme^ pogo sticks, Ryan says. Big air sticks*^ utilize compressed air, rubber bands' and other gadgets to enable jumps upwards of six feet in the air. Tech sticks generally have springs and keeps jumpers closer to the ground, making for more challenging tricks. Gano has been pogoing for nearly a year and a half. The Alpharetta, Ga.. teen picked up a stick after see- ing clips on "Modern Marvels" and realized he had a knack for the art of the bounce. "I've always been the one in my neighborhood who's doing crazy stunts," he says. "Pogo sticking was' Please see Pogo, C-2 CJDflhSO S^iTHEWAHSO .1 VALID AFTER 5PM V., <> WEDNESDAY - TUESDAY ;V AUGUST I 8 T H - AUGUST 24TH-, .•PLtASl PK1SENT THIS CQUI'ON * , ,{>, "•' JO YOUR SEIWElO *, WINDY RIDGE <S $5 THURSB^ GHIDOTTI >V\0 EENG.SJ feFRIDAYS^ PROMOTIONS FOR EVERY DAY! lOUNt the largest annual exposition of extreme pogo and is akin to ESPN's X Games for the athletes. "It's grown exponentially to the point where we now invite the top athletes from around the world each year to a different major city in the United States," Ryan explains. Pogopalooza 7 will bring together athletes from 17 states, Canada and England to compete in four events: the Big Air Competition, Tech Competition, Best Trick Competition and High Jump Competition. Qualifying rounds will be held Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Redstone Center in Park City Finals will be held Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Gateway mall in Salt Lake City. Admission is free and open to the public. Tom Richardson, president of the Redstone Merchants Association, first saw extreme pogo-sticking on NBC's "America's Got Talent." "I was wowed." he says. "People are going to be blown away. It's spectacular to watch." INCREDIBLE ASIAN CUISINE FROM $5 TO $10 CHJMAYO GRAPPA!.-» SHRIMP MASALA HAMACHI SASHIMI STEAMED PORK BUNS GHIDOTTI'S' • TRY OUR COCKTAIL AND WINE SPECIALS r _ V " * * v v .;•• WAHSO •*•"* *<£: •;.:.-,.•' WINDY"RIDGE CAFE OVER 10 SELECTIONS TO CHOOSE FROM rRID«Y5ATVftHS0 MONDAYS AT GRAPPA NOM'AIIDON: THURSDAYS AT GlIlDOTH'S TU!inA« AT WlNDV RlDGE CAFf RKQVtACOMPLIMlVTAItV irJTWf WHIN YOU PWCHASL 4.55<ii5.o.$O0 - ,577 M A I N sr. 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