Interbike: Day 1 Opening

*image blatantly taken from DEFGRIP*

Late evening leads into no sleep and an early morning. Quick showers, stretches and a run down to the booth for final setup was the morning. There was also the quick run for a $7.95 breakfast of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and toast. The first part of the morning was really quite the blur. I do know that I eventually started to see some of the Portland Locals showing up. I had to run a pass to Slo to get him in. Rich and him kicked it for a minute and then set out to explore. Harrison Boyce stopped through and snapped some pics, one being the hijacked image at the top of this post.

People were really stoked on the booth and our complete bike. That thing was crazy, a neon yellow Aaron Ross FBM Stair Master loaded up with every new part we could possibly fit. It was quite the master piece. The best part was the look on Aaron Ross' face when we told him he could have the whole setup as soon as show was over.

The long day lead to a quick run over to the Hotel to clean up and get the team together for the Team Dinner. We went to some Italian Food place that serves the biggest portions ever of great food. I have been to this place a few times and I never remember the name. We ate, drank and were merry. Time to head out to the Fit Life Video Premier.

Some pre-show drinking went down. This was a 21 and over premier, but in normal Portland fashion everyone made it in. Ken Maganelli was wondering around with drinks and I kept having to watch his back when the bouncers started to re-ID everyone. Ken made it through and lived to see the vid. Slo, Jesse, Eddie, Rich, Erock, Little Jeff, Hambone, Inman, the list goes on with Northwest heads in attendance.

The video played and it was really good. Justin killed with a dialed trails part that lead into street destruction. My two favorite parts had to be Van and BF. Van had 2nd part and it did not let you down. What can I say about BF, the dude goes so fast and so big. A true legend in action. There were also a lot of Northwest heads featured in the video too.

The night ended up in the VIP thanks to Edwin. Free drinks were flowing and eventually so was Little Jeff's dinner and blood. I guess Jeff was roughed up pretty good by some bouncers and the let the crimson flow from his arms and head. By that point I had missed the Odyssey Shuttle back to my bed and was waiting for a cab. Day 2 soon...

Stop by Defgrip to view more pics of the show, Including one of our show bike.

posted by pdxbmx @ 11:59 PM