Being my first time at anything like this i wasn't sure what to expect. Day 0 is registration, rider meeting, pass pickups....on and on and on!! Basically a hurry up and wait day!! As the guys grabbed their gear and crossed the T's and dotted the I's I rambled around with my camera, chatted with some folks, basically drank coffee and hung out at the beach as support can''t get their stuff till 2.....and its 10!! Watching a homeless guy at the seawall strung out and preaching the gospel of "whatever" while throwing down more "TABERNAC COCKSUCKERS" then is humanly possible passed the time for a while. Loving Vancouverites non reaction to him was almost more enjoyable then him!
Fueled by coffee and not quite ripe pears I made my way back to the hotel, stopping for "art attack moments" to grab my creds and teh boys to make sure all was taken care of, and if you know Jaimie it was!! ;) As we were leaving we a girl noticed my Big John Bates and The Voodoo Gurlz T and informed me that she went to school with him, which is surprising cause if you meet him you wonder " school?? really??" (iokes, love his shows) After that it wasn't much more then some lunch, a short drive, hotel check in and gear unload.
Once unloaded we were able to go shake the Ferry off our legs with a lil burn around looking to poach chunks of the course, which we did till we found the Marshall flagging it!! Not sure how he felt about us following him so we bailed and headed back to the hotel. Ran into J.S. and Simon on our way down and as we chatted a deer and her fawns were almost lit up on the highway...close call, but all is well..i think.
A quick lil pedal back to The Inn to grab some grub and do a lil bike prep for the boys and that was the day...in a nut shell. Hope everyone had fun in Vic at The Big Leboutski and Start with the Cobra.
See ya after Day 1
Regan
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