FROM THE STREETS: US AIR GUITAR

Air Guitar. Who knew it could ever be taken seriously enough to have a championship held in its honor? Well someone was smart enough to realize that people cared enough about the “sport” and here we are today with the US Air Guitar Chicago Regional that was held at Metro last night. Hosted by Bjorn Turoque (aka Dan Crane, one of the stars of the documentary “Air Guitar Nation”), the night was full of thrusting, streamers, booze, high scoring, and most importantly “Air-tastic Rock N’ Roll.”

With past Chicago reigning champions in the house and a mix of new comers/seasoned veterans, it was a tough choice for the judges and the Metro crowd to crown a new Chicago representative for the upcoming National Championships (held in New York on July 22nd). When all was said and done, 2-time Chicago Champion Nordic Thunder was crowned the 2010 representative after an “Air-Off” with Sanjar The Destroyer (aka “STD”). Nordic shredded his way back to the top after being on the injured list in 2009. We hope he does Chicago proud at Nationals.

Air Guitar, whether you deem it a real “sport” or not, is most certainly a sight to be seen live at least once in your life…

- by Street Teamer, Matthew McNutt