3/19/98-12/31/02
Chimp Capoeira was started in March '98 as an extension of my personal site (the original Chimp's Lair on ye olde AOL homepages). It evolved over the years into a very popular Capoeira resource page and stood as the documentary of my full time training with the group from 1998 to 2002. During its peak, parts of the site were spread out over seven different web services to handle all the content.
The site was closed when we stopped using AOL and the main site went offline. My focus changed to film, and in mid-2003 I moved to Los Angeles to pursue my career. Several picture galleries were moved to Mandinga.org in early 2006.
The efforts of the people below helped me keep this site afloat when times were particularly hard financially.
Trey (L.C.H. III) from Dallas, TX
(Trey was the very first person to send me money years ago, and I didn't even ask for it, so he will forever remain at the top of the list.)
SUPPORTERS TO WHOM I AM ETERNALLY GRATEFUL: |
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GOLD ($50+) |
Matt 'the Fonz' Shapiro from Santa Cruz, CA Brian Ford from Harvard University, MA Bengala from Oakland, CA Stuart from Dallas, TX |
SILVER ($49-25) |
Escuro from Los Angeles, CA Ben Kwa from Boston, MA Gregory St-Elien from Montreal, Canada Nação Capoeira in Queens, NY under Mestre Lincoln Marimbondo from Bloomingdale, NY Bruno Medeiros from San Jose, CA |
BRONZE ($24-5) |
Marinheiro from San Diego, CA Eric Day from Antioch, CA Bigorna from San Clemente, CA Dario (Marinheiro) Feola from Napoli, Italy Nathon Chong from Manchester, England James Burton from Blacksburg, VA Matthew Dudevoir from West Point, NY |
595858 (not bad for 4 something years...)