Here's a wild one. MacNeil is planning a skatepark jam/weekend party thing in Ottawa, Canada, in early June, and if your 18th birthday falls on or between June 7 and June 12, you've got a chance to win an all-expense-paid trip to Ottawa to party and ride with the team. Why are only 18th birthday celebraters eligible? Well, in the glorious province of Quebec, the legal drinking age is 18. Get it? So, the opportunity to session with and hang out with the MacNeil team guys is pretty awesome to begin with, and the chance to get a three-year jump on the legal drinking age in the States ain't bad, either. Now, the MacNeil crew isn't interested in "babysitting some idiot who's so drunk he goes to jail or chokes on his own vomit," so keep in mind that riding is the priority. All the rules can be found on their site here.

In other MacNeil news, team shredder Gary Young just had reconstructive surgery on BOTH knees, so he had some time to fill out a Q&A over on the Dig site. Hope you're back on the bike soon, Gary.