After five great years, Natooke needed to celebrate, and what better way to celebrate than with a party. The night started with M.C. Chizi hyping up the crowd and Founder/Owner Ines Burnn giving a short introduction of the shop and how it has grown and changed over the years.

Bikes and beers stood in for cake and candles for this birthday blowout which was shaping up to be a good time. 

After the introductions, the games began.  The first, and probably the most popular was the JSUPK sprints where two competitors race one another on rollers. The front wheel is removed and the fork is bolted down, the rear wheel is set down on a set of rollers that allow free movement of the wheel. Natooke however wanted to spice things up a bit. It was simple, chug the beer as fast as you can, then pedal as fast as your legs would allow, and maybe more importantly, do your best not to throw up.

With the sprints done there was more entertainment, dancing, rapping, juggling, a raffle, and a pretty convincing beat box demonstration.

After that was another popular game, the trackstand competition. The rider comes to a complete halt and balances upright without putting their foot on the ground. The last one “standing” wins, however once again in an attempt to spice things up the rules for this game were tweaked as well. The person track standing would have a set amount of time, during this time they would attempt to stay on two wheels, as well as reach down to pick up 100 kuai notes that were strewn on the beer soaked floor beneath them.

To wrap things up, Ines showed her skill and bike control during an artistic cycling demonstration. It was the perfect way to end the night and begin a new year with Natooke.