TOque!!

i'll take friday. i had gotten there on wednesday, and spent
the night at ryans, and then did essentially the same stuff
as ryan on thursday (see above). Then friday came along, and
the actual event was to begin. it was my first one ever, so
i was pretty excited. ryan was supposed to do this thing for
tv that morning at 8:45 am, so ryan, me, james, callan, and
norm all got up at like 6am to drive into toronto.
unfortunately traffic was bad, and we didnt get there in
time for it. so it was a useless early-awakening. we decided
to take a walk around the show, and we stopped by the norco
demo area where i finally met the famed kris holm. that was
pretty cool, and hes a really nice guy.

so we just chilled for a while i think and then the high
jump competition came along. kris went first, and i
believe he went out at about 75cm. we were all pretty
disappointed that he went out so early, but oh well. i
think ryan was next, and he made it to 86 before taking a
break. the beginners then went. it was good to see the
beginners doing the high jump and getting excited over
what was probably some of their biggest hops ever. me and
austin (hes 14, and relaly good) decided to go next along
with some other experts. i got around 50cm before i went
out. i was making it over, but my foot was falling off my
plastic pedal. then ryan and callan battled it out for 1st
and 2nd. ryan ended up with 89 cm i think, and callan with
86 maybe? im not toally sure on those. congrats to them
for getting so high though.

after that, i think a bunch of us went for a ride. yeah, it
was on friday. maybe 20 of us went around doing some trials
and street. i began by trying to hop an 8 set that was very
long. several others tried it with me. i dont think any of
us landed it, and ben broke his rim trying it. me and ryan
hit this 4 stair rail with a kink at the bottom and then i
decided to try an 8 set rail. i must have tried abot 10
times, and eventually the old body (16 at the time... 17
now) couldnt take any more of it, so i gave up. we proceeded
to ride around for a while, and we eventusally returned to
the venue for the long jump. the beginners went first. im
not sure who won but i think the length was about 5 feet 4
inches. it was too late for the experts to go, so the event
closed for the day.

everyone then went over to jeff groves house for some chili
and just to hang out. that was an awesome time, and thanks a
lot to the groves for opening their home to everyone. i
think thats it that happened on friday for me. it was an
awesome day other than some of the pain and cuts and stuff
from the 8 set rail. but oh well. good day.

someone can now take saturday with the trials and stuff.

Kevin James McMullin

--
tugboat - Street Unier named Kevin

"You won't get hurt if you land it!"
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