ramon 0 #1 November 5, 2001 Ain't no info on the website.Slaton keeping it all under his hat or what? ramon Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #2 November 6, 2001 OK, here is a brief synopsis: there were 62 competitors total. I think there were 20 intermediate and 42 Pros. Official winners are as follows: Pro speed was won by Heath Richardson, formerly of Psycho Cirkus and now teaching for MonkeyClaw. Pro Accuracy was won by J.C. Colclasure, as was Pro Distance. Two-man team speed was won by the team of Wyatt Drews and Jay Moledski. The intermediate competition was won by Rick (forget his last name) from Atlanta. There was a total of $6000 in prize money, with every first place finisher getting $1,200. Each member of the two-man team winning team recieved that amount; nice!The meet was outstanding and I had a blast even though my competition main was rendered inoperable on round one of Pro Speed. I was low and fast in the course (left-hand carve) and clothes-lined a guy who was standing DIRECTLY behind an inside blade as I was banking left. I went from 50 mph to zero in a millisecond and got a fair amount of road rash on my right forearm. At least three other people had wiped out in the same spot prior to me coming through, yet this person remained there shooting video even when warned to move clear of the course by other video staff. This man, the lawyer for the PPPB association, went to the hospital with severe line burns to the neck, face and upper back. I feel terribly sorry for him, yet am very disappointed that because of his mistake I was forced to jump my back-up main on which I had not made a single jump in over two months. Not to mention the fact that it ruined a one-of-a-kind main which by all rights would not have been damaged by the blade strike itself. The bottom line is that I did not fare very competitively under that other main (it has a different nose modification and you have to fly it differently). Motocross pants saved my lower extremities from extreme road rash; this was another perfect example of form following function. At least half of the competitors now wear MX pants and some type of pads. Mikeal Stevens of the Precision Xaos team got the worst case of road rash of the meet. He balled up his Xaos 53 in the corner and was only wearing shorts; what a mess! He didn't whine at all, though, and drove on with style even though his ass stuck to his sheets every night. Of keen interest is the fact that one of the intermediate competitors flew his main right into the pond on front risers, only stabbing out at about three feet off the water. He went straight in and didn't even skip. On him were his PC-1 video camera, two audibles, his Cypres and I think even his cell phone!! All were ruined and this guy had to be fished out of the pond. Needless to say, he didn't finish the meet. Also of interest is the fact that there were three women in the top seven; Kerry Farrington finishing second. Man, can that chick swoop!I did have a great time on the trip and cannot thank Nelson and Mark enough for giving me rides to and from San Diego. It was also great meeting Sam Parduhn on Saturday night and meeting and partying with Lisa (skybytch) earlier in the week. I am sure she can relate that you have to work VERY hard to stay up with me in the fiesta department. Sorry that I didn't get to meet those of you that were there but not feeling social (Bill Von, et al), but it's not for me not trying. I did not compete in the team speed event because we did not get any practices done, but that's OK as I was not really in any condition to jump on Sunday anyway. Staying in the Perris bunkhouse is always an adventure when the swoop tour is in town. This time though, some people just couldn't hang with the partying and bailed to the security and comfort of hotels. By Sunday the bunkhouse was a ghost town and I was ready to get the hell out of town. Unfortunately, I had to wait till Monday to fly home. Mark picked me up at 0500 and took me back to SD. We made it there with plenty of time to spare, so all was well. More later..chuckMy webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shark 0 #3 November 6, 2001 But dude, did he get good video? Is it gonna make "Real TV?" BTW, good thing we didn't take the Shark-shuttle off-road on the way to Lindbergh....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkymonkeyONE 4 #4 November 6, 2001 That wreck was on at least five cameras and was shown repeatedly at the Saturday night party. Thanks for transporting me, the king of all skymonkeys, in style to SD. ChuckMy webpage HERE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
