There is a lot of popular mythology about outlaw bikers — including legends of the biker club party. Some of the richest chapters of the Hells Angels, the largest and most notorious outlaw biker club, displayed its version as it celebrated their 40th anniversary. Let me tell you about it.
The Mob Reporter here with a look at the roaring celebrations of the major milestone for the first Hells Angels chapters in British Columbia, on Canada’s picturesque west coast. More than 300 Hells Angels members, select guests and supporters gathered at a sprawling Angels’ clubhouse this weekend to kick off a series of events, rides and parties. There were large tents, a pounding live band playing songs by Black Sabbath, Metallica and Lynyrd Skynyrd; there was eating and drinking drinking, meeting and greeting, a helium balloon truck, and awards. To ensure some mystery, they covered their gate to block prying eyes. The party on Saturday, July 23, 2023, at the White Rock chapter’s clubhouse in Langley, B.C., is believed to be the largest single gather of the HA the province has seen. There were representatives of Hells Angels from many chapters, across Canada and likely a few international guests.
An original B.C. Hells Angel arrived to a warm reception: 78-year-old Rick Ciarniello, a veteran of Canada’s biker scene who was the often a club spokesman. Here he is, a little younger and a little larger, talking to the media after a clubhouse raid a couple of decades ago.
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CREDITS:
Music is “Born a Rockstar (Instrumental)" by NEFFEX // “The Getaway” by The Whole Other;
Party images mostly by Kim Bolan of the Vancouver Sun. Follow Kim on Twitter at:   / kbolan;   thumbnail photo is by colleague Jason Payne. Their work can be seen and read here: https://vancouversun.com/news/crime/b...
Archival new footage of Rick Ciarniello is from BCNEWSVIDEO at    • RCMP Raid Hells Angels Clubhouse In C...  ; Additional news footage of the gathering to illustrate public and police interest are from Global, CBC, and Langley Advance; property images from Google Street View; Vancouver skyline by Video by stooz from Pixabay; Bike rider video by TP Motion at Pexels.
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