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WARNING: Some might find content in this video less than savory.

NSBNEWS.net photo and video by Sera Frederick. Heather Spears, of Samsula, walks away victorious from the Cabbage Patch wrestling coleslaw pit to keep her four-year winning streak alive. The raunch-fest drew 15,000 bikers, according to Ron Luzner, owner of Sopotnick's Cabbage Patch.

SAMSULA -- This was raunchier than World Wrestling Entertainment's "Monday Night Raw," with Samsula's own Heather Spears laying the smackdown on her opponents in the coleslaw Cabbage Patch pit to the delight of 15,000 bikers.

Welcome to Bike Week's underbelly where mother lodes are worshiped as divas of the reeking oil-drenched cabbage that slides off along with what little hey have on to begin with, though some in the crowd actually preferred they'd keep it on.

DEBARY -- A 15-year-old boy riding his bicycle in DeBary late Friday night was struck and killed by a passing car, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said.

The crash occurred at about 11:34 p.m. along West Highbanks Road near its intersection with Gracie Road. A 17-year-old driver, Nicholas Petersen of DeLand, was behind the wheel of a 1997 Nissan traveling east on West Highbanks Road that hit Brian Wentwood, who was riding his bike along the street, where he lives.

Dear Friends: For a dozen years I have been involved with Relay For Life -- 2 years in Daytona area and this 10th year in Southeast Volusia. I would like you to go to the Relay For Life web site and view my page and my reason to relay.

NSBNEWS.net videos by Sera Frederick. Throughout the course of the late afternoon and the overnight hours Thursday, some 10,000 bikers partied at Pub 44 for the State Road 44 bar's signature Bike Week event, the vaunted "Bike Bash," which included not only the destruction of a vintage Japanese motorcycle, in this case a rusty 1976 Honda 360, but live performances by two classic rock bands, West Palm Beach-based L3-16 and New Smyrna Beach's own "Scared Straight."

WARNING: There is some raw language in the second video.

NSBNEWS.net photos by Henry Frederick and Sera Frederick.

At far left, Pub 44 bartender Kelly West, 40, is proud of her assets. In the middle, a Honda is sacrificed with flames. At right, Pub 44 General Manager Kevin Hannah chats with waitress Cassie Welander, 19.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Sex, fire and rock and roll. What more could you ask for after a turnout of 10,000 partying bikers? Not a thing as far as Pub 44 General Manager Kevin Hannah was concerned and all smiles as the night wore on.

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- A man charged with being disorderly after being picked up on Flagler Avenue overnight was transported to Halifax Medical Center for a psychiatric evaluation after trying to hang himself in a holding cell, police said.

LAKE HELEN -- A 32-year-old Tampa-area biker was killed Saturday when he lost control of his 2000 Suzuki motorcycle on Interstate 4, smacked a guardrail and then overturned, the Florida Highway Patrol said. He's the third Bike Week-related fatality.

DAYTONA BEACH -- Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto put on a dominating performance leading all 20 laps on way to his first career Daytona Supercross victory on Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway.

I noted with interest recently how the Daytona Beach News-Journal ran a gushing piece of public relations trivia on the new New Smyrna Beach Police Station that included Chief Ron Pagano’s "plan" to save money.

I hope the citizens of New Smyrna Beach realize that 90 individuals are about to try and take some very valuable property that belongs to you, your children, and your grandchildren.

The Anglers Club has offered the City $795,500 for 2 North Causeway. Plus, they want city government to finance it for 33 years with the city holding the mortgage. Can you imagine that? The city in the banking business for a group of guys with influence who have had a sweetheart deal of a lease with the city since the 1940s at $25 a year on a lease that is suspect to begin with.