ROGER & JUMKIES EXCELLENT ADVENTURE

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Austin @ Aug 5 2008, 04:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Sorry for the lecture, I don't know what just happened. Also I'd like to apologize with adding such boredom to such an otherwise brilliant thread. I'm embarrassed.
yeah, sorry rodge and jum for temporaril hi-jacking your thread.
BUT, thanks Aus for clarifying that for me.
I learned that I "could" circumvent that (maybe) by trying to purchase the ticket on the day of the flight

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Aug 5 2008, 04:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>tacos, when done right are absolutely amazing.

If the owners are from Chihuahua its tacos al pastor for me, marinated pork and pineapple.

For some reason Fish Tacos either are great or bad.

Did Jumkie take Roger to any great burger joints?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Aug 5 2008, 05:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Did Jumkie take Roger to any great burger joints?
fat burgers FTW

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kngadrok @ Aug 6 2008, 12:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>yeah, sorry rodge and jum for temporaril hi-jacking your thread.
BUT, thanks Aus for clarifying that for me.
I learned that I "could" circumvent that (maybe) by trying to purchase the ticket on the day of the flight
no worry's mate and autsin. its relevant really, we all dream of going to foreign rounds and sometimes it just seems impossible. talking about airfares sharing information ect may inspire some to actually go and maybe even meet your forum sparring partner's

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taken by the redbull bridge.
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click on pics.
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Nice pics Rog.

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thats about it folks. not bad for a 18-55 lens, wished i had a 55-200 tho

With all these photos, did you actually get to watch the race????

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Traverser @ Aug 6 2008, 03:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>With all these photos, did you actually get to watch the race????
i got to see plenty mate. what i like about laguna is its like donny in that you dont need grandstand seats to get close to the track, you can just stand by the fence and watch unlike valencia which is surrounded by the grandstands so the only place you can see is on the hill which is set back quite far. the other thing i found surprising at laguna was how cambered the corner's were especially the Andretti hairpin. tv just does not show some things as they are in real life.

Some great pics, thanks for posting them all.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 6 2008, 09:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'> i got to see plenty mate. what i like about laguna is its like donny in that you dont need grandstand seats to get close to the track, you can just stand by the fence and watch unlike valencia which is surrounded by the grandstands so the only place you can see is on the hill which is set back quite far. the other thing i found surprising at laguna was how cambered the corner's were especially the Andretti hairpin. tv just does not show some things as they are in real life.
+1 That was my biggest problem with Valencia is that you're stuck in a grandstand. I really enjoy walking around the track and getting up to the fence and watching the bikes from all the corners.

thanks a lot for the wonderful stories and piccies, you did not disappoint rog!

Here is another entry into this thread to keep it alive. Not sure if you guys are already bored, but as I think back on the great times we had, things keep cropping up in my memory that make me laugh.

As I had mentioned before, it really is amazing what fans will do to get a shot at those athletes we admire. I'll admit, I wasn't a "fan" in the classical sense of Rossi or Stoner, but I found myself waiting in the hot ... sun trying to get a glimpse of them as if I was one. Of course, after that weekend, I found a renewed admiration for not just them, but all the competitors that made the grid.

Anyway, as I was saying. Here are a few pics to illustrate what I'm talking about.

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Take a look at the crowd on the far side of this pic. Now imagine we are in a similar crowd where I'm taking the pictures. People shoving and posturing for the best position to take a picture. Everybody wants the same thing... the money shot.

Can you see the front of what appears to be a vehicle? Well that thing is the SUV for Rossi. Can you see now where I was standing to take these pictures? Oh, and did I mention, the ....... thing was running? We were standing in this position for about a good 25 minutes. Keep in mind, we were standing outside the media center waiting for the podium finishers to come out.

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Finally after sweating my balls off standing in front of the hood of the SUV (they keep it running so that when Rossi gets in, he will walk into a nice cool car with the AC on, which translates into a very hot hood). Anyway, no worries because our wait has paid off and out comes Stoner.
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We get a couple shots and they whisk him away. Then its the waiting game again.

Bam, comes out Rossi. The crowed moves and shifts to get a good shot. The security shove and yell at us to get back.

Snap! I get the money shot! Just look at that smile. (feel free to click on the pic to enlarge, I think you'll agree, that's a pretty good shot. With that smile Rossi has, he looks more like he belongs teaching school children then playing chicken at 200 mph+).

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And just as quick as that, one step, two steps....
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three steps and into the SUV he goes.
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By this time its been half an hour. In the hot sun, I'm intimately close to the hot ... front end of a running SUV spewing hot ... fumes while my bare arms straddle the metal of the hood....




Ah, but look at this smile it produced!
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......., eh. What a weekend.

Nikon D40 jumkie. then you to can get the "money shot "

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Aug 8 2008, 12:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Everybody wants the same thing... the money shot.
People want that?