Rr: Str Bbq I got there at 8:00 and saw Nam pull up, so me him and another dude that works at the path(forgot his name) rode up to the Top of the World. At the TOTW the path dude was hitting that little table top jump a few times and on the last time he went OTB and messed up his leg pretty bad. He flew! Coming down Meadows was pretty fun but I forgot my fork was locked out #-o So I rode rigid the whole way down 8-[ My brakes suck too so I wasn't really able to get going fast on the singletrack Mathis was pretty cool with all the trees and water crossings. The BBQ was awesome!! Thanks to George and CC for running the show. I won an Incycle hat! I don't think I'll be allowed to wear it to work though 8-[ The fixie pennyfarthing was cool! I tried to bust out some stoppies and no handed no footers. Neil got some pics of the action! :bang: The Korean BBQ Ribs were so good! :bang::bang: I think we ended up with about 40 people there. Perfect weather, great food, great drinks, and great people, what a great day! :beer:
woobie, are you sure you and Nam went up Mathis?:-k Regardless, good job checking the food to make sure it was edible for the masses:lol: Just kidding but nice skills on using Lee's toy to its utmost! Huckin!! Nam, Kevin and Craig hitting the toy! Chris- Sar Boats- receiving the coveted "Golden Kickstand" award for his unbelievable and disturbing:lol: STR knowledge after crushing all comers in the STR Trivia Contest! Jose, Alan, Gary, Steve and Bon were nice enough to meet me early this morning for a little tour of Aliso: Top of Cholla Top of the World Top of Meadows And down Rock-It they go!
cont: Down Rock-It Alan We found Sar Boats our 2nd time up to Rock-It, He did a great job! Steve coming thru, it was his 1st time there! Bon hitting it Chris and Bon at the end of Rock-it After 3 hours of Aliso, nothing like a muffin and a Newcastle!:beer:
I forgot to thank George for putting this together and CC for keeping it together:clap: Thanks for a great day! Here are some pix from the picnic: Team Oakley Shorts random shots of the peeps the caption is wide open on this one:lol: may the force be with. Yes, my name is George. No, please don't go this way. Grillmaster Aldo! Thanks! The tasty STR cake, thanks CC Goodtimes!
Thanks for the pics! Neil, Thanks for the pics makes me feel like I was there. Still bummed that I had to cancel last minute because of work. Oh well, it pays the mortgage, right? Cheers to everyone that was there!:drunk: Hopefully I'll be seeing everyone at the Poker Ride. Let me know if you need any help setting up.
craig (calepic), huge props. for kicking this off. went off perfect. weather, location and logistics were great. good times. glad no one listened to me re: not bringing brews. the newcastles hit the spot. thanks neil. great hanging-out with the str crew and putting faces to avatars. look forward to riding with you dudes soon.
This turned out great! I really had a good time today. Fun ride and good times meeting some new STR peeps. Thanks Aldo for being the grillmaster. The Korean BBQ was killer. It's pretty amazing seeing the growth of STR. I've met some good friends here. Thank you George for creating a cool place to spend my time when I should be working. Thanks also to Jeff and Nam for helping out when Margo's car wouldn't go into gear. C
Bummed I missed it. Looks like you ya had a good time. Did CC polish that kickstand...it looked pretty darn nice. Dean
I got there a bit late but still had a great time! Wasn't expecting the raffle and trivia questions, good ideas Gouge. My dog had a good time also 8)
first off, thanks for George for giving me a place to post :clap: i mean, a place for all of us to post and not work. Also for setting up the bbq, trivia, raffle tshirts :bang: CC, thanks for bringin sexy back and keeping Dino in check... or was that Jeff :-k Aldo, he didn't ride today but he put in a lot of work on the grill.. Marcy and Dan for also putting up with the heat of grilling... my weiner was perfect... marcy even had one of my weiners Scar_boats, you really need to not read all the threads and remember so much... you killed it on the trivia :beer: Neil, sweet pics and good hangin with ya Justin and Allison, its good seeing ya guys again... brianhead eh :-k Kevin and Sergio, hope i didn't scare you guys when i was heading down meadows... i'm not man enough to climb that thing again Dan, no matter how much Steve Peat gear you wear, you'll never be as fast as him... or me :lol: Craig, it was cool hangin out with you, jeff, margo and your neighbors... quite the interesting conversations we had Jeff, you my friend are a walking distillery. double fisting an IPA and a martini :beer: woobie, thanks for coming along on the fireroad ride... you better do another lap next time rob, good seein ya again bubb... better late than never eh! your dog is hella cool too :bang: other peeps, good seeing/talking/chattin/getting harrassed by you guys
:lol::lol: No...but let's just say it past inspection! With Lynn being gone I had rear inspection for the Santiago Oaks ride too....Wheew what a weekend! You really missed a fun time! Thanks everyone for making it great. Everyone pitched in a little and it turned out great. :beer:
Being one of the orginal members on STR and knowing George since October 2004 this day kind of meant a lot for us. A few years later and we have over 1,000 members and good friendships. Soo uhh thanks to George and everyone else that supports STR and keeps it going strong.
Fun times fo sho! It was really good to put more faces to more names and always good hanging out with the usual suspects. Good ride today also although somewhat short. Thanks for taking the pics Neil. Good job on the grills Aldo, Marcy and Dan. Big props to Craig for posting this event and to George and CC for the prizes. Tasty cake too CC. This was a great day to just hang out with some cool folks. Like Nam said, thanks Godfather for giving us a place to go to read and share rides on my companies time. Makes working graves alot easier.
Sorry I Missed It!! Man, it look's and sounds like a REALLY great time! :clap: Sorry I had to miss it. Thanks for the pics and stories!!
Korean barbecue = Yum yum yummy!!!! I almost went out and bought some for the fam to cook when I got home. I had a great time!! Thanks to all that brought such good food, especially the tasty salsa that Tee and Dirt Diva (Marcy & Tito) brought. We will have to plan another one soon!!
Some are from video screen grabs: sarah queen and jason arrive cake and I :bang: lucas and beth Justin guero eats guero cake dino brown craig the noble grillmaster Thanks to cathy for helping out with behind the scenes stuff everyone who brought grub - no shortage of food! craig and tito for the ez-ups everyone who showed up! 1000 members is a pretty big deal. It's just proof of the power of an idea and how it can flourish when people believe in it. This community and the friendships that it brings enriches not only my life but the lives of so many others and for that I thank you all.
Thanks to George, CC, Craig, and who else I didnt mention that helped organize this BBQ. Thanks to those who contribute with the food and Aldo and the other person who I didnt get his name for handling the grill. There were so so much to eat from. It was nice to finally meet some of the people who I only know of from the site. I had a great time hanging around with you guys. Thanks Jose for keeping me company most of the time. Keep it up and 1000+ is not far and long. Thanks and see you out there. Tin
