Meet Baybe Champ Thursday, September 29, 5:30pm – 9:00pm

On September 1, 2011 – Crested Butte Film Festival and Brick+Mortar Productions teamed up to bring film to Salida and share the passion and dreams of the film makers with our community. A bit of that passion was inspired in the audience and the idea of flying Baybe Champ to Salida quickly became a reality. Now a little less than a month later Champ will be visiting Salida Schools, teaching the community how to “scraper their bikes” and showcases the film Scrapertown with the support of SubCulture Cyclery.

Baybe Champ, the original Scraper Bike King has been inspiring youth in east Oakland since he was 13. Champ’s Scraper Bike Movement has kept a fleet of youth of the streets with 3.0 GPA’s and some wicked bikes to show for it.

Champ will be visiting schools on Wednesday and Thursday this week and will be showcasing his talents at a public event hosted by SubCulture Cyclery and Brick+Mortar Productions on Thursday September 29 at 6:00 pm at the Icehouse (home of the new SubCulture Cyclery Shop located a G & Sackett). There will be a scraper bike demo and cruiser ride through town ending back at the icehouse for a BYOB BBQ. The community is encouraged to bring and bike, colored tape, and something to grill and The Fritz is generously donating a side. We hope the community will come out to show our love and support for bikes and the scraper bike movement!

After Salida, Baybe Champ will be headed to the Crested Butte Film Festival September 29 – October 2, 2011. Champ will be presenting Scrapertown at the festival on Friday and Saturday.  For more information check out www.cbfilmfest.org.

For more information contact Brick+Mortar Productions at 719 221 0515.

Tyrone Stevenson Jr. (a.k.a. Baybe Champ), CEO and Founder of the Scraper Bike Movement have worked passionately with under privileged youth. Tyrone started the Scraper Bike Movement; a tricked-out homemade bicycle style back when he was a troubled 13-year old. Tyrone ran with his passion with hopes to empower and build up a supportive community.

Tyrone modeled his creations after “Scraper Cars”, which are popular in East Oakland and features booming stereos, candy- colored paint jobs, and big wheels with matching rims. Tyrone simply borrowed the idea of big wheels, bright colors, and loud music and applied it to bikes. In 2007, Tyrone and a local hip-hop group “Trunk Boiz”, recorded and filmed a music video based around the concept “Scraper Bikes”. The Scraper Bike music video spawned an all out global sensation soaring over 3 million views and still rising.

Tyrone is not afraid of the media. Tyrone has interviewed with many print and media stations telling about his dream. Scraper Bikes has also featured in countless events such as, The Maker Faire, Do Something.org Boot Camp, the International Bicycle Film Festival, and tones of community involved events. Tyrone’s work was showcased at the Oakland International Airport as well as the Oakland Museum of California, and art galleries around the Bay Area.

The Scraper Bike movement has received an enormous amount of positive feedback from the community and from people around the world. Tyrone’s greatest accomplishment was receiving an Extraordinary Service Award from the Oakland Unified School District and being 1 of 10 “GlobeChangers” honored with a National Jefferson Award for Public Services. Tyrone is destined to continue to live out his dream.