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Snigggty snap boom crack….ahh yEAAA….  THE MESSAGE is BACK!!!

Summer, Summer, Summmer tiiiiiiiiiime is finally winding down, there have been some kickass concerts going down in Tahoe all summer I saw Pato Banton, Andre Nickatina, Rebelution, The Pyrx Band, and many others,  4th of July was off the hook! For those of you who caught the fireworks, than you know that Tahoe and Big Bear offer some amazing fireworks shows, if you didn't make it to the lakes this year, you better plan on it next year!!!! And then we had Labor Day, Thanks to everyone who came out and partied last weekend! Both Hotels were SOLD OUT and it was an amazing time!!!  IF you can't wait to get away, check out these upcoming events that you don't want to miss!!!

In LAKE TAHOE,

Tuesday September 16th – Living Legends – (Eli, Sunspot Jones, Luckyiam, Scarub, Aesop, Bicasso +more TBA) along with The Bayliens and Rise of the Revolution.


Tues September 23rd - Eek-a-Mouse

Wed Sept. 24th - Sweatshop Union

Nov 28th - "Blizzard" Pray for Snow Party at Vex Night Club


And X-mas with THE GROUCH!!!


All of the above shows are at Whiskey Dick's Saloon a few miles from THE BLOCK. Cept the "Blizzard" Party at VEX.

Coming up in BIG BEAR,

Weekends, September 13 - October 25th - 38th Annual Big Bear Lake Oktoberfest, located at The Convention Center at Big Bear Lake.

AND THEN, the 1st SNOWBOARD CONTEST OF THE SEASON is BACK!!!! September 20th – Hot Dawgs and Hand Rails returns to Big Bear! Pro Jib Contest with over $15,000 prize purse!  Vendor Village, weenie roast, raffles, FREE ADMISSION! 6,000+ people showed up last year, so Book your rooms at THE BLOCK early to insure you got a spot to crash!!



Big Bear is also getting ready to open a new skate park at the community center,  be amped on that!!

SO with the 1st contest coming our way that means winter is just around the corner, and THE BLOCK has been busy preparing for THE BLOCK BOOTCAMP 2008!!  This year's BLOCK Bootcamp will be held once again in Big Bear from Nov 10-22.  We have been receiving numerous applications from all over the world and will be selecting 100 recruits to participate in THE BLOCK Bootcamp of which only 20 will be hired! The Bootcamp is a HIGH STRESS Environment and will be intense, so start training now! If you have any injuries that prevent you from completing physical tasks (ie. push-ups, pull-ups, running and general calisthenics), please refrain from enrolling as we will not be making any exceptions for any physical and mental handicaps this year!  If you were not hired last year and can physically complete the course you are welcome to re-apply for Season 3.

However, This year we are going stern on snowboarders, you MUST BE ABLE TO SNOWBOARD! We don't want non-snowboarding actors trying to get the job, just because it's a TV Show. SO if you don't own your own snowboard and gear and cant ride down the mountain, don't even bother applying!!!!!!  Snowboarding will be part of The Bootcamp, so your skills will be put to the test!

If you have already applied, don't worry your application has been received and we are in the process of reviewing them, All accepted recruits will be notified atleast 30 days prior to Boot Camp Departure Via 1st Class Mail from Marc Frank Montoya and Liko Smith.

IF you think you have what it takes to work for the Dopest Hotel on the planet, Please send a resume (include work history, address and phone #), 2 pictures, your myspace link (if you got one) and a paragraph on why you would be good for THE BLOCK to bootcamp@theblockhotels.com

 This year is going to be the best year to date at THE BLOCK, Liko and G4TV have been throwing around all types of rumors for Season 3, will we be going to Japan, Whistler, LAAX or somewhere else equally as cool, we will just have to wait for this next upcoming season to find out!!! THE BLOCK Season 2, is downloadable on iTunes and X-Box Live so if you ain't seen it, go check out all the debauchery that goes down at our Hotel!! Everything from bootcamp to Aspen X-Games, Vivid Porn Stars and Spring BLOCK!!!

Also if you missed THE BLOCK, when it premiered on 4-20 you can catch it again when it re-plays again this winter or download it on i-Tunes, V.O.D., or X-Box Live.

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Sundays at 8pm PT 11pm ET ONLY on G4



AIGHT thats all I got for ya this time, WE will be having more updates closer to bootcamp, so keep yo eyes and ears peeled!!



Dirty D Signing OFF



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PORTLAND, Maine, January 23, 2007 – Aura360 in partnership with NYC Parks & Recreation announces New York City’s first major pro snowboarding rail jam competition, The Union Square Street Sessions, presented by Jeep®. Thursday, February 8, the world’s top pro riders including Marc Frank Montoya, Danny Kass and Eddie Wall will compete head-to-head for a prize purse of $30,000. 

 

"The Union Square Street Sessions will expose residents to the thrill of a professional snowboarding rail jam set in Union Square Park, the gateway to downtown Manhattan," said Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe. 

 

Twenty-four men and eight women will participate in Union Square Street Sessions and will show off their skills on a customized urban rail fabricated at Mountain Creek Resort’s Jib Lab. This will be the largest such structure ever produced for an event of this kind in New York City.

 

“We have been working on the concept for a major pro snowboarding competition in New York City for several years,” said Dan Gacetta, partner of Aura360. “We wanted to produce a breakthrough event in a world class venue that would demonstrate the long standing involvement of urban communities in the sport of snowboarding.”

 

The Union Square Street Sessions will begin with athlete training at 3:00 p.m. leading up to the rail jam competition commencing at 5:30 p.m. During the contest, the neighborhood of Union Square will be transformed into an action sports block party with celebrity judges, live music provided by Fuse TV and a sponsor village comprised of action sports retailers. 

 

The invitational pro field of top riders will be augmented by up-and-coming athletes selected at three Street Session qualifiers. Winners at The Block Party in Tahoe and Rails to Riches and Shop Wars events at Killington receive automatic qualifications.

 

Union Square Street Sessions partners include Jeep as the presenting sponsor and supporting sponsors Burton, Fuse TV, Snowboarder Magazine, Lat34.com, Boost Mobile, Plantronics, Mountain Creek Resort and Killington Resort.

 

“Freedom and adventure are among the core values of the Jeep brand, so we’re excited to sponsor The Union Square Street Sessions,” said John Plecha, Jeep Marketing and Global Communications. “Snowboarding is one of the many outdoor activities Jeep owners enjoy. Snowboarding in New York City fits naturally with the ‘go anywhere-do anything’ versatility of the Jeep brand and its vehicles.” 

 

The winter sports celebrations will continue in New York City on Saturday, February 10 with NYC Parks & Recreation’s Winter Jam, a pro/am rail jam and winter carnival with snowshoeing and cross country skiing held in Central Park.

 

UNION SQUARE STREET SESSIONS SCHEDULE – THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8

 

Street Sessions Pre Event Demo For Media – 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m..

o        Athlete Demo

o        Athlete Interviews

o        Fashion & Gear Demo

 

Street Sessions Pro Rail Jam – 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.  

3:00 p.m. – Demo & festival area opens

3:00 to 5:00 p.m. - Athlete autograph signing and demos

3:30 to 5:00 p.m. - Athlete warm-up

5:00 to 5:30 p.m. - Music act 1

5:30 to 6:30 p.m. - Rail competition preliminaries 

6:30 to 7:15 p.m. - Music act 2

7:30 to 8:30 p.m. - Rail competition finals

8:30 to 9:00 p.m. - Awards

9:30 p.m. - VIP Rail Jam Party 

 

WEBSITE: www.lat34.com/streetsessionsnyc

 

DIRECTIONS: Subway: N,R,Q,W, 4,5,6, or L to 14^th Street/Union Square

 

NYC PARKS & RECREATION’S WINTER JAM IN CENTRAL PARK

Saturday, February 10 - 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

o        Winter Sports Gear & Product Demos

o        Amateur Rail Jam

o        Music & awards

 

WEBSITE: www.nyc.gov/parks

 

DIRECTIONS: Subway: 6 to 68^th Street; B or C to 72^nd Street

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This past weekend was the Toronto Ski, Snowboard and Travel show. Being a community of snowboarders, I'm sure most people here were at least tempted with the prospect of deals on new gear. The EC crew decided that this would also be a suitable pre-tense for a meet, and since Laura was set to arrive in Canada around the same time, the need to get together and get shi*ttered was compelling. The fact that the 11^th annual SBC party was being held on the same weekend was a happy co-incidence.

The road trip really began for me before I even left Ottawa. I was at my friend Emily's house drinking beers (oh wonderful Heineken) waiting for the red-eye departure time. I made it to the bus terminal happily intoxicated with a camel back full of Sour Puss in tow (give me a break, I needed some booze for the bus trip and it was the only thing I could find in the liquor cabinet that was strong and plentiful). So I met up with JC and we got on the bus en route to the legislative capital (from the national one).

The bus ride in itself was amusing, between sips of Sour Puss, I took the time to flirt with the girl sitting next to me. It must have worked because I remember her falling asleep on me; but you can't take my word for it... I was drunk. Upon our arrival to Toronto, I parted ways with my new friend; slightly embarrassed that I couldn't remember her name so I didn't press it (I wish I'd had an application form handy so I could give her one – see “Why the Fonz Rides a Motorbike”). We got the usual Toronto welcome: Hummers, dog shi*t (I assume dog), and profane transients. What I didn't count on was goth kids sporting gas masks in McDonald's. I'm not sure if those were for fashion or function and frankly I didn't care to stick around and find out.

We later met up with Laura who was stoked about three things since arriving in Canada: squirrels, bagels and Roots stores. This is when I learned that in Australia, to root means to shag. As Laura was educating me on this fact, she added that if you ever see someone posing for a picture in front of a Roots store, ten to one they are Australian.

The ski and snowboard show was relatively uneventful. I did score a steezy Ronin sweater for a deal at the show however; 60% off is none too shabby. We left before the Nitro team showed up but offered to give fifty points to anyone who punched Marc Frank Montoya (Snow PIG champion) in the face; there weren't any takers.

Later that night, I met up with the gang at the SBC party. It was a pain in the ass to get to since the turn from Lakeshore to Cherry was closed, but once there it was good times. We proceeded to drink, dance, watch snowboard videos and dance some more. It was a productive night for me since I figured out how to dance while holding three cans of beer (drinking from all of them) without spilling... much. I got wasted pretty quickly however; since every time I put a beer can down, someone would give me another. I also learned that it's cold behind the bar at the Docks; or so I would be led to believe by the waitress' nipples. I was too drunk to hide the fact that I was ogling but I think she was flattered (ha ha... I'm such a loser).

I had to leave the party a bit early because I was out of money for cab fare and my ride was leaving. Unfortunately I also broke the seal right around the same time so I asked my buddy to pull over in Don Mills so I could pee; I updated the rest of the EC crew via text message.

In the morning I had to fight my way back to the waking and find my way back to the bus depot to get home to Ottawa; I needed to either do some laundry or show up at work naked on Monday (the second option was becoming more and more appealing the more tired I felt). I met up with JC at the bus terminal and we boarded the 2:30 express back to Ottawa. The bus jumped on the Don Valley Parkway (or rather parking lot) so this promised to be a long express trip.

No sooner had we parked on the DVP then Carrie SMS'd me to find out how our bus trip was going. I said “We're stuck on the DVP, Toronto traffic sucks balls.” She told me that I should flirt with more girls on the bus and to fill her in on all the details afterwards. This sounded like a good idea with one notable exception, as I looked around I saw nothing but middle-aged women and I wasn't interested in cougar hunting. Fortunately, a closer examination of the “passenger manifest” showed me that there were a few cute girls on the bus. I told Carrie I'd keep her posted then promptly fell asleep.

A few hours later, we were arriving in Tweed. Having snoozed a good part of the bus ride thus far, I hadn't bothered trying to talk to the cute girls. At this point, the motivation was just not there, so I picked up my phone and wrote the following text message to Carrie: “FYI. I'm in the bathroom with Hillary and Maria. They say hello.” Here was her reply: “Haha! for real! i want details... Oh you're so joining the meter high club aren't you! and a threesome. You are my idol!” This caused tw distinct reactions in me: on the one hand I was flattered that Carrie thought enough of me to be able to pull something like that off; on the other hand, I was slightly disturbed by the fact that she thought I was dirty enough to try it... come on I'm a classy guy (ha!). In the end it became obvious that I was totally making it up since my updates were getting more and more ridiculous (I told her Hillary was going toset me up with her daughter).

Here's what I learned at the Toronto Ski, Snowboard and Travel Show:

• Hummers are lame (OK I knew this already but as a snowboarder, global warming is an important issue to me).

• If someone asks you for root in Australia, take inventory of who's asking and always wear a rain coat.

• Toronto traffic sucks balls.

• I seem to have developed a certain reputation as somewhat of a man whore. While it's flattering to know that people think I can score with any girl I want, it's disturbing that they also think I would have a threesome in a bus restroom with strangers.

The beauty of mayhem is that you'll generally learn something from it. I'm going to take the lessons I've learned from last weekend to heart; for the next little while, you'll find me scouring Roots store fronts for sexy Australian girls, flipping off Hummers and talking to my image consultants about this man-whore thing. So until next time...

Keep Shreddin' the GNAR

J.

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This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, THE BLOCK Hotels and G4 willl work together on the final hands-on auditions to determine who most deserves to be THE BLOCK Party '06 Event Coordinator. The position wil require multi-tasking and the ability to create memorable events for snowboarders, as well as serve as general liaison for the sponsors, the City of South Lake Tahoe, Harrahs, Mont Blu, Harveys and Bills Casino in Lake Tahoe, CA up to December 8, 9, and 10.
"We have offers out in Canada, France, Switzerland, Colorado and California...this could lead to a full-time job of snowboarding and event planning for THE BLOCK Hotels, I wish I could apply," says Liko S. Smith, Managing Owner of THE BLOCK Hotels and Co-Executive Producer of the show. "Instead of a newspaper ad; we reached out to our friends in the snowboard community and we received more applicants than we could handle,"...he adds..." It's not as much a competition as it is a way to find the right person for the current need...one candidate will be selected, however everyone invited is going to win in some way," he finishes.
The final auditions include a 5-minute DVD from the applicant explaining why they are the ideal snowboarder for this position.  This weekend's events will include a series of opportunities for the right snowboarder to differentiate him or herself from other applicants by participating in team and individual activities.
 
The list of final applicant includes:
 
1. Ashlee Francis
2. Steve Caprio
3. Gary Hanson
4. Dan Gordan,
5. Michael Swift
6. Dan Champions
 
A final schedule of activities is being kept under raps.  Stay tuned for the audition highlights when THE BLOCK reality show premieres in early 2007.
 
THE BLOCK Hotels are "The Worlds First Snowboarder Hotels" created by Professional Snowboarder Marc Frank Montoya and Las Vegas Hotelier Liko S. Smith. The Group owns THE BLOCK at Tahoe in South Lake Tahoe, CA and THE BLOCK at Big Bear in Big Bear Lake, CA. The hotels have been featured on MTV, Fuel, The Learning Channel, CNN, and countless magazines including articles in Penthouse (November 2005 Issue), YRB Magazine (November 2005), and VIBE (December 2005 Issue) as well as being featured in Inc. Magazine as being one of the trends to watch for 2005.


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In the upgrade, I seem to have lost my previous blog type entries... ah well, time to start fresh I guess.

Natural snow finally hit southern California.  Too bad it took until March for it to happen!  But none-the-less, two feet of fresh snow is nothing to complain about, no matter how long it takes to arrive.

So, I finally went to the mountain on Wednesday, 3/15/06.  I have lots of excuses for not going sooner, but they're all lame and I'll spare you.  Took a couple more experienced buddies with me and we made it a good day.

Got up there pretty early... I think we arrived on the mountain at about 9am.  Weather was warmish, so I just took my shell and left all the other layers in the car.  First thing I had to do was pick up my season pass while my friends got their lift tickets.  It took an extraordinary amount of time, considering there was only one other person ahead of me.  In the end, it was worth it, because I managed to come out with an 06/07 pass instead of the 05/06 one I had originally paid for in April of '05!

So, passes gotten, time to hit the snow.  Usually, when I go boarding with the wife, we start on the Green slopes and slowly work our way up.  This is fine, since she's not as agressive as I am in her riding, and it gives me a chance to practice riding switch-stance.  Not this time!  My friends, being more experienced, went straight for the black diamond run!  Not to worry though... You have to take a blue run to get to it.  And besides, I was so pumped on being on the snow finally that I was happy to start with a little more challenge.  Also, the Black runs at Big Bear are only like Blue runs in Tahoe, so it's not too bad anyway.

I forgot to mention that I got a new set of bindings.  I got some Technine Marc Frank Montoya Pro bindings at a good price a couple weeks ago and spent an entire evening getting them setup on my board at home.  I learned a few things about how to tune bindings that night, and made some major changes to my previous binding setup.  One of the changes was setting up the high-back with more lean-in.  My first bindings had them set at nil, so i thought I'd go halfway on the setting for the new ones.  According to the little manual, it's supposed to help heel-toe/toe-heel transitions.

On the way up the hill on the lift, my calves started to hurt.  At first I thought it was just the pain of the board hanging on one foot while on the chair.  Once I strapped in and started down the hill though, the pain just got worse and worse, and by the end of the run it was killing me.  Somewhere a long the way, I remembered having set the high-backs in, so at the next lift, I put them back to nil.  And what do you know... the pain went away!

On the second run I noticed how much of a difference the high-back setting had made on my transitions.  On the first run, I didn't have any trouble making my turns (aside from the pain).  On the second run, and all the runs afterward, I always felt a just a little bit sketchy going from toe-side to heel-side.  I didn't feel like fiddling with my bindings anymore, so I just left them at nil and worked on building my confidence with better technique instead.

The snow quality was pretty good.  It had snowed heavily on Friday and Saturday, and we were there on Wednesday.  It had packed down and frozen a bit, so it was a little hard, but softened up nicely as the day progressed.  I did manange to get a few scratches in the wax on my board though, as well as a really bad one from a rock that I thought was a glove or something equally soft.  No permanent damage though.

We stopped early for a brief lunch to miss the crowd in the Base Food area and were back on the snow by noon.  There were a surprising number of late-comers, as suddenly, there was a line for the lift.  We made several more runs on the less crowded mid-mountain lifts and called it a day at 2pm.  It was a good move, as we hit little traffic on the way home and made it back into San Diego by 5pm.

All in all, an excellent day, and I can't wait for next weekend when another storm is supposed to drop more snow!

(Photo courtesy of Kurt, from his phone-cam)

Runs hit:
-Exhibition: 932 x 6
-Geronimo: 1119 x 4
-Accelerator: 525 x 2
-Amusement Park: 519 x 2
-Showtime-Silver Connection: 791 x 2

Total runs: 16
Total Vertical: 13738



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Campers were pumped to be riding big mountains, building backcountry jumps and thrashing the park while learning how to speak Spanish.  Special activities like traditional Argentine barbeques, sushi night and water polo kept them busy when we weren’t on the mountain.

We were lucky have some cool guest appearances.  Alterna action films came for two weeks in July with JF Fortin, Matt Beardmore and Travis Williams.  In the middle of August Mark Frank Montoya visited us and was actually more stoked about Spanish classes then some of the campers (YEA, we gave him homework!).  The Airblaster crew (Travis Parker, Robbie Sell, Sean McKay, Jake Welch, Jed Anderson, ect…) showed up in the end of August just in time to catch some pow and rip the mountain in two pieces.  During the super late September session Pat Milbery was on a daily mission to slay everything while we introduced him to some of the finer aspects of Argentine culture.  Some of the skiers in Las Lenas during our sessions were Dan Treadway, Jen Ashton, Billy Poole, Trevor Hiatt, Garrett Russell and Ryan Mckeeman.  

Our new web site will have more details about what actually happened this summer so we will be sure to send you the link once it is ready.  For now the word is that SASS has been killing it in Argentina all summer.   See you soon!

 Thanks.

SASS

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FOR SALE
2006 RONIN PREP PANT ONLY USED TWICE BLACK $150
BONFIRE JACKET $100
Spy Mark Frank MOntoya goggle $80

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NEW FOTOS!!! CHECK 'EM OUT!!!



I Broke my front binding on my snowboard yesterday. They're the Ali Goulet Technine's from last season. They have a lifetime warranty so hopefully the Rep will be able to help me out. Manibou up at the shop at the hill said he'd hook it up. I think if i could get a new pair, I'd get the Mark Frank Montoya's with the toe strap dealio. gonna go riding again on tuesday.

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"My name is Anigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

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Yay it's my Friday, and I'm pretty sure I have to do my fitness test either on Tuesday or Wednesday, not sure. Oh well, run around a track a few times and call it a day for the most part, if there are lots of people waitin till the last minute to get it done, I'll probably even cheat, lol j/k I would never do such a thing, uhhhhh, yeah thats right! Anyway, work is f*ckin boring right now, no planes are broken for me so yup, another lazy day. I can't wait, I'm hopefully buying my new setup soon! So far I've got a few choices, the one I like the most for now is the Endeavor Board of Directors model. It turns me on, lol. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna pick up the Mark Frank Montoya bindings from Technine, but don't know for boots yet. but yeah, I really need a new setup, I miss my snowboarding! Courtesy of the Air Force I haven't done that for 2 seasons now. It's like life is draining from me. My leave better get approved too. I have 23 days of leave so far and I forecasted to use it in late December, those f*ckers better give it to me or I'll be extremely pissed. I kind of miss Idaho too right now, only because there isn't a lot of people there, I really would enjoy some peace right now.

"Of course I'm scared. You think I'm reluctant because I'm happy?"

*Forget the skateboard, ride the skater!*

If you want, check out my writings. The newest one is a freestyle in the text scrapbook section that's titled "The Truth About Scars and Tattoos"

Jamais l'Eté

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Back from the ripzone blah blah..gets better and better every year.

"Hey Montoya.. Holgin wants to fight you"
"Where's omb where's omb???"
"Hey Paavo Holgin wants to fight you"
"Try it with Blueberry jam and tell me if that's better"
"Why does my right hand hurt?"
"What's on my face?"
"Holy crap found birnie he's passed out on the ramp"
"what time do you guys start cause you looked finished when I saw you"
"I ate a chilli dog??When !!!!where was I?"
"Hardingham's scary did you try and talk to him,it wasn't English"
"I have no idea where I was,what's this stamp for?"
"I woke up and I had Keenans hair"



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I'm in Tahoe, just got off the mountain, sitting in the cyber-cafe at the "Block". Marc Frank MOntoya's motel..... He's out on the patio working on his laptop....


I'm such a stalker

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If you would like to get a look at some of this year’s new vids early, come to the video premiere.

...Sep 23rd @ 7pm (5 bucks only)

......Suburban World Theater

BE THERE!

There will also be a showing of the Grenade crew's new video "Smell the Glove" and a local video, "Tacklebox." This will be Danny Kass' birthday party and Kyle Clancy's band Retard Riot will be playing!













Andy Forgash, Justin Benny, Ettienne Gilbert, Jon Kooley, Darrell Mathes, Justin Hebbel, Rub Goldberg, Eric Christensen, Jordan Mendenhall, Mikey LeBlanc, and Marc Frank Montoya.

peace.

For pictures go to www.burningbridgesmovie.com & www.cinematreasures.org. Suburban World Theater is located in Mpls, 3020 Hennepin Ave S, MN 55408.

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