once again my self-assigned mission sent me abroad... this time into the promised land of California to check out the Seaotter Classics, where the totally insane Pirate team and I will return to in 2006 and leave a trail of destruction in this holy land.

But first, back to the facts.
As one can see in all the pictures, the weather was really wearisome......
The continuous and annoying administration of sun tan lotion and waiting for the AC in the car to blow out some cool air......hahaha.
Really the temperature was just right. Neither too hot nor too cold.

When I first arrived in San Fransisco I had to fin some room midst a ton of Chinese so that I could take this lovely souvenir photo.

Then I went to visit an old buddy, Stephen Maris, for some biking.

And then off to the Seaotter Classics near Monterey, or to be exact on the Laguna Seca Racetrack (Stede is already purple from anticipation, because he'll get to bike here next year instead of standing at the sidelines at the FIA GT-Races).
The Seaotter Classics signify a huuuge amount of biker freaks, a giant Expo-area, absolutely professional organization and a bunch of races, e.g. 3 different street races, 3 differebt MTB races plus dirtjumping, Biker-X and dual slalom.

From time to time there was some pretty weird stuff to see too, like these fuzzy biker shorts made out of fleece... the guy said that they keep you warm in the winter and cool in the summer... yeah right... at least they have some pretty chic designs....hahaha.

They had some pretty sweet bikes too, like Santa Cruz' new "NoMad".

Have I introduced you to my new stretch limo?

Deedeleedee... the entering of the nations... or is that the Augsburg Marionette Show on a work outing?

Sweet dirt jumps, right?

This plush stand belonged to a girls team.... or somethng.

once again, I couldn't be stopped... they had a tire changing contest, where the main prize was, in all honesty, a Litespeed titanium frame... so I improved my recoed to 1:04min, but it only lasted till the afternoon when some French guy made it in 1mint....grrrrrrrrrr

Here you can see how Americans make their healthy juice drinks... there's a mixer attache to the back wheel!

The Santa Cruz boardwalk was our final destination... awesome rollercoasters and other attractions finished us off before our departure.

Well, that's all folks.
Whoever is has become interested (and is a Pirate, or would like to become one), can contact me in order to board the USA with the other Pirates in 2006.
CU,
Ron
P.s. Check out who all is coming: Teamcoordination