big shout out to the ghosts and the gold sets today we meet the godfather of Canada's outlaw
biker club the Satan's choice this was one of the biggest clubs in the world at one time
and we get into it on this episode of demons road tv and oh yeah we ghosting baby
big shout out to the ghosts and the ghostettes welcome to demons row tv the holy grail of mc
culture where we cover everything motorcycle and motorcycle club involved I'm sose the ghost I'm
your host for the evening and today we talk about a historic club called the Satan's choice a lot of
people have seen the pictures online we have the full story here and we're going to break it down
so it says meet the godfather of Canada's outlaw biker club Satan's choice Satan's
choice motorcycle club is the second largest biker club in the world by 1970 the club had 300 members
across Canada in today's world of biker clubs the hell's angels reigned supreme but there was a time
when another club a Canadian biker club challenged the hell's angel size if not its influence his
name was the Satan's choice motorcycle club and his undisputed leader was Bernie gindin by 1970
Satan's choice had some 300 members and chapters across Canada making it the second largest biker
club in the world ginon took the name from another disbanded club in Toronto and he was president by
the time he was 22. in those early days he and his fellow riders were more rebels than criminals they
were scruffy kids who hung around hamburger stands and scowled long time crime reporter peter Edwards
tells the current guest host Laura lynch they were scowly kids who chewed their hamburgers in an
angry way ginden's pride and joy was a custom bike Kristen wild thing Edward says he used to ride it
around his hometown of Oshawa like a conquering hero but guindon was a biker with a cold he valued
loyalty above all else he despised connivers and rats Edwards says gindin always prided himself
on being old school if you have a problem with him you'll get punched in the chin he won't stab
you in the back as satans choice grew in size it began to attract more unsavory members and the
former rebels evolved into criminals doesn't that seem to happen with a lot of stuff like even like
bloods and crips started to like protect neighborhoods and then all of a sudden
it turns into this this other thing you know but a lot of that had to do with the influence
of drugs and in the neighborhoods and stuff like that but it's just crazy how everything starts
off with a good purpose and then it turns into shit guindon's prisons then scuttle a promising
amateur boxing career he won bronze at the 1971 pan am games and likely would have been on
Canada's Olympic team in the 70s had he not ended up in prison former champ George taluvo said ginon
would have had a great pro career he knew what he had to do to be a good fighter he had the stuff
chaluvo told Edwards in the book ginder was only actively involved in raising a son
he named Harley Davidson guindon Harley followed his father's example into a life of crime although
Edward says that wasn't his father's urging Harley gindin has done several stints behind bars
father and son both did time separately in milhaven institution a maximum security prison
and it really sucks in such a cycle because I actually can relate to this because
I did tom and my father was locked up like my father literally got locked up when I was four
I didn't see him again until I was 28 so it's a cycle you know so when you're raising these kids
remember the things that you do might backfire and they might want to live that life too so
I'm hoping I got a daughter so I'm hopefully she doesn't turn into a gangster when she gets older
but I whip her ass you know what I'm saying so that's a little history on the Satan's choice
motorcycle club and I think it's messed up like I mean we all write our story you know and and I've
done time and I I could relate to it and it's like damn that that becomes your legacy like
these news people will be like he was a criminal what are they gonna say about sose when I'm gone
uh assault on a police officer uh did two years for drug crimes did juvenile time you know they're
gonna make me sound like the worst person and it's like I evolved from all that but that's why i got
to keep continuing to write my legacy I'm bigger on legacy than actual dollars and cents like you
need money but I'm not like a paper chaser I'm a legacy chaser let me know in the comments what you
consider yourself like a legacy chaser a money chaser are you okay with not having any of that
for me it's just impossible like I've always had that yearning in me to want to be more so
we're gonna take your calls let me know what you think about this let's get into the live portion
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