Mini SoCal gathering (x-post Socal)

[Shyrmp]

We got together some of the San Diego locals and managed to convince some peeps from Los Angeles to come down for a day of riding. I slept in so I was not able to join the boys in their freezing morning ride in the snow. Oh darn....but hey Yoga was fun too. :D
First stop ;) http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba0.jpg

Bubba looking for hucking lines.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba1.jpg

Local guy Loren pumping it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba2.jpg

TYM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba3.jpg

Bubba!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba4.jpg

"Are your toes and fingers thawed yet?"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba5.jpg

Jake the Snake from The OC
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba6.jpg

Loren
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba8.jpg

This guy on his first day on his brand new bike, as we found out, had more balls than lovebunny.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba9.jpg

Bubba means biznez
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba7.jpg

"Don't f-ing take my pic--damn it!" TYM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba10.jpg

Bubba again.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba11.jpg

Orven said that NCRIDERCAL and Fonzie18 went jumping instead of doing the whole hiking, climbing, shuttling and trailriding thing. Lovebunny "said" he hit some jumps too -when noone was looking.

After lunch, I met with the boys and went to Wildomar, about 3 blocks from AM/PM.

Rotec Pro rider ALF opened the session with a bang - as lovebunny watched and heckled the other riders
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba12a.jpg

Conradical is officially a licensed semi-pro by the way -as lovebunny still watched and heckled the other riders
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba13.jpg

[Shyrmp]

TYM and Bubba -talking about the pinkbike drop height measurement scale.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba14.jpg

Everybody's lined fo the jumps and in no particular order:

NCSemiProRIDER
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba15.jpg

After some rough starts, Bubba's airborne
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba16.jpg

Jake the Snake
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba17.jpg

Alf rocking the Rotec
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba18.jpg

Oz pumping it -never was or will be a hucker
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba19.jpg

TYM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba21.jpg

OZ
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba20.jpg

NCslowProRIDER
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba22.jpg

Train
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba23.jpg

[Shyrmp]

Rotec pro
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba24.jpg

Buba finally owning it after several failed attempts
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba25.jpg

TYM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba26.jpg

The new guy with a new kickass Mongoose bike
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba27.jpg

NCFONTANAPROBUTSEMIPROINNORBAFASTCONRADICAL
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba28.jpg

Wee..Jake the Snake
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba29.jpg

ALF the fastest faster
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba30.jpg

ALF again. Nice to see him getting comfy with the new bike
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba31.jpg

"My turn, my turn." -luvbunny
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba32.jpg

OZ, e-bike metro club president
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba33.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba34.jpg

Mongoose rider
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba35.jpg

waayy back
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba36.jpg

What lovebunny used to do. Dab, dab, dab. :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba37.jpg

Conradical, Orven's reason to retire from local racing scene
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba38.jpg

A-ha!!! Now we know who moves the poles, tapes and rocks around at Fontana. :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba41.jpg

Buba
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba42.jpg

[Shyrmp]

"Heather, I'm rolling!"
"Over here, take a picture of me." -lovebunny
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba39.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba40.jpg

Pros don't roll. This is how they roll.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba43.jpg

One more time while NCRIDER was in tow.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba44.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba45.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba46.jpg

"Yeah, screw that!" -NCRIDER
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba47.jpg

Watch out for Alf in the pro class at Sea Otter -let's heckle him on his race run. :p
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba48.jpg

Orvan
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba49.jpg

Buba
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba50.jpg

NCRIDER disrespecting the freeriders with a racer style attack position. Wait, he's semi-pro. Nevermind.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba51.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba52.jpg

Alfonso and his bombproof Rotec
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba53.jpg

[Shyrmp]

"If Buba was in my class, I would have smoked his ass." -lovebunny

"What was that?!" -Bubba

"I said, nice rail." -lovebunny backpedalling
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba54.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba55.jpg

"Me me me me me me" -lovebunny
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba56.jpg

Roosting
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba57.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba58.jpg

Bubaliscious
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba59.jpg

"I'll hike again after this Heather." -CeeJai
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba60.jpg

ALF
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba61.jpg

Metro Club represent
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba63.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba64.jpg

"Let me do it again." -CeeJai
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba65.jpg

"TJ is retarded." -
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba66.jpg

"Reached back like a pimp and slapped the ho." - orginal gangsta Eazy E
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba67.jpg

"Look, I'm glowing." -Factory Rotec pro riduh.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v312/shyrmp/San%20Diego%20Trips/00nba68.jpg

From freezing temperatures to snow, to mud, and to a perfect weather. Good day and good times.

I just found this forum (shows you how much I've been on the monkey lately), but hope to have more ride reports coming up soon.

Next up Sea Otter! :D

[splat]

cool pics !!!

look forward to more

[bikenweed]

Alf, have you lost weight?

p.s. Can I borrow another chain? Thanks dude.

[GumbaFish]

You always have the best ride reports, nice pics.