Day 1 -So I've just picked up my luggage from the baggage claim at the Salt lake city international airport, where its nice and hot. Erin Bates(AMA Speed channel Broadcaster) has just arrived and picked me up in her sweet sweet Benzo, alongside was her husband Andy Bell(VP of promotions OGIO) and Jeff Williams (Brand Manager OGIO Canada). I am told to change my clothes and sharpen up as we are going out to dine with H (VP of sales OGIO Global). H lives up in salt lake city in this huge house made of gorgeous African dark wood and Etc...........nuff said, H's house is sweet, dinner was awesome, thanks H. Back to Erin and Andy's for last call and some well needid guitar hero.
Day 2 -Wake up all fresh, Jeff and I chill out to some Tim Horton's coffee(imported through Erin's parents) watch the entire Lites class East series on Tivo, and play a little more guitar hero. Andy comes back from the office for lunch, trims the lawn and leaves for a workout. Jeff and I take Andy's Supermoto bikes for a rip. Later in after noon as Andy and Jeff were in meetings with the Bob's, Fish and I took off to (Miller Motorsports complex) where Drake McElroy and his buddy( who rips) were killing it on their Supermoto's. This Supermoto track was long and had two different dirt moto sections on both the front and the back portion of the track. Drake's Bike was sick.
The Miller motorsports complex also offers a world class GP track, shifter cart track aswell as supermoto track. Back to Andy's for multiple last calls
Day 3 -Wake up earlier, Rock out to free bird (Guitar hero), feel great, enjoy some Timm's again. Spend the next hour trying to jump start Cam McQueen's Supermoto bike, only to finally realize the key wasn't all the way on, idiots...... Head over to OGIO where Cam has the Big Ogio motor home ready to roll. Cam, Andy, Jeff, Fish and I hop on bus and rock out hard all the way to Pirates cove in Boulder Nevada just outside Las Vegas. This bus kicks ass.
Day 4 and 5 -Pirates Cove, I'm not even sure what to say about this place. Basically its the biggest , coolest house ever built. We spent the next two days swimming, and water sliding are way around the house witch was basically a pirates ship and cove. there were 2 main pools, The upper one was about 98* and had a 12 foot TV screen to lay back and watch all the play-off games that were happening. Beside the upper pool was the jacuzzi that looked out over the entire dessert. Below the upper pool's was the entrance to the water slide witch meandered down around some cactus's and trough the pirates ship out past the lounge zone and finally down and around the 900* corner and into the pool below. Down in the pool below were lots of people, Jamal Anderson(NFL MVP Atlanta Falcons), Ronnie Renner(the man), David Pingree(the man) not to mention a bunch of hottie's and loud kids jumping from the tower into the pools below. If the slides and jumping wasn't enough to entertain you, there was alway the Gym and or the indoor air conditioned squash,racket-ball, basketball court. The fun was wet and sunny and lasted long into the evening.
Day 6 - Well Finally its Moto day and the pits at Sam Boyd stadium are bumpin. Every factory trailer is full of gorgeous one off bikes with special colors and gear just for this race. There are kids grabbing free gear and girls strutting there stuff, just a lot of attention every where. Over at the Ogio Big bus and booth things were heating up because Ronnie Renner and Jeff Williams are putting on a rock show a la Guitar Hero, while every body else listens as all the bikes start to fire up as the main show nears.
THE RACE- This race kicks ass, why, because of thunder alley. This years start was sick, the riders started outside the stadium and then had a 200 foot straight into a long flat dirt track corner and then back into a 300 foot straight before actually getting to the first corner of the supercross track. After the start was a very hard technical track that funneled the riders back out of the stadium through THUNDER ALLEY, witch was a long long fast left hander that was very slick and carried the riders around some trees and back into the stadium and supercross track. Ass you may have seen on speed channel, both Ryan Villapoto(West supercross champ) and Ben Townley(East supercross champ) bikes broke down after some carnage in the first corner of the lites main event, making for an easy victory for Ryan Dungey. In the big boy class, ass usual, James Stewart rode away with the moto and the victory by a landslide. Well another year of supercross has gone buy and I think it's getting better every time I see it..... Time to party and get back home where my bike is waiting for me. Nationals start soon, see ya there....
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