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Specialized Dealer Event Day 2.

So today has been much less eventful. Me and Al woke up after a long day yesterday. Specialized really dropped the ball this year with taking care of me on the food front . Despite of the form I sent in with my dealer event registration. But it could always be worse … I could be starving like people in third world countries . Today we attended the Performance Mountain presentation which was pretty awesome . I’m really excited/ pleased with all the 2012 stuff in the performance mountain families . Following the presentation was lunch them off to the mountain demo ( which I didn’t go to due to my injury. Al was cool enough to keep me company . The day pretty much revolved around mountain so it was kind of a bummer I couldn’t partake . Enough crying . Tonight for dinner we got blessed with trip to the Monterey aquarium . So tight . Way to awesome to describe . After dinner me and Al walked back to the hotel and if feels just like home now that “How I met your mother ” is on tv . It’s past my bedtime. So for any grammar of spelling mistakes I’m beat and I suck. Night!

11th Jul 2011 | 3 notes

Death Metal McDonalds! (Yes thats a black “M”)

11th Jul 2011

Specialized Dealer Event Day 1.

It’s that time of the year again ! Specialized annual dealer event ! And this year I don’t have to go it alone ! I got lucky enough to travel and attend with one of my best friends Al Boneta . I’ve been looking forward to this week pretty much all year .. So this this week should be awesome . It rather unfortunate that I’m arriving to the event fresh out of surgery from my crash 2 weeks ago @ Manhattan Beach Grand Prix….. But it could always be much worse. I’m very blessed and I know this. Here how the day has unfolded thus far:

6:30 am -Up an hour late with nothing packed ( Luckly I had Steph there to help me throw everything in a few bags)

6:45 am-Out the door to pick Al up at the shop .

7:15 am-At John Wayne checking our bags and going to through TSA (the metal plates and screws in my chest didn’t really cause a fuss when I went through the metal detectors so that was quick).

7:20 am-My fear of flying and anxiety is already got me going and I’m order a tall Shock Top at the sports bar. Nothing like a tall boy and a Vegan chocolate chip cookie to get your day going.

8:55 am-Boarding time! F! Al really dialed me in and kept me cool , calm and collected. I fingered through the Skymall like 5 times and ordered a Budlight on the flight and before I knew it we are in San Jose!

10:30 am-Specialized Shuttle pick me and Al up and we are in route to Specialized HQ. I have had around 3 beers in about 2 hours and only went pee once so the 40 min drive was hell, But I made it out alive… Im running out of gas. The beer and cookie are not a very good breakfast…at all.

12:15 pm- Tour though the HQ ( been there done that) . No vegan food , Plenty of beer. But I didn’t have any because I knew it would just make me feel worse.

1:30 pm- Get to the Resort , check in , and start the hunt for some fooooood I can eat..after dicing around with the City/Urban bikes for like 3 hours we end back at square one . Connected to the hotel is this cool lil italian deli where they made me a rad veggie sammy on a sourdough roll.

5:30 pm-Kickin it at the room . Opened then window and screamed ” its my money and I need it now!” Dude across the complex yelled “you should get paid for your structured settlements” It was amazing.

7:00 pm-Now - Spesh did me dirty and didn’t plan any special vegan meals for me so I pretty much have to eat whatever I can find. Bust. White rice , stir fired veggies. Hung out with a ton of rad people during the open house and can’t wait to hear the reasons for some of the spec doubts I have with alot of the road family this year . Im beat . I need some rest . Tomorrow is all about mountain! I’m stoked. Updates tomorrow!