One Month To Go...

Happy Hair of The Dog Day, Diablo Runners... I hope your post-St. Patty's Day hangovers weren't life-threatening. It's March 18--one month before the start of EDR II. Faithful EDR advocate, sponsor and all-around badass Trent Schara from Atomic Customs asked me about this months ago, but I haven't bothered to do this post. Trent's question was a good one:

What's the format for judging at this year's EDR bike show?

The rules are pretty simple:

1) Only bikes RIDDEN (not trailered) on the EDR will be elligble for judging on Sunday morning, April 22 in Ensenada. If your bike doesn't start or move under its own power on Sunday morning, it doesn't make the cut. One exception to this rule: if your bike blows up during the ride between San Felipe and Ensenada on day three, you're still in. Hey--shit happens. This rule applies to Best Of Show and Heuvos Grande categories only. If your bike is a candidate for our La Cucuracha award, chances are it won't even make it to San Felipe on day one. If this is the case, just park your broke down bucket of bolts on the tarmac at the host hotel 9:30am Sunday morning and see what the judges think.

2) Judging: Bill, Chris Collins and I will ask any full-time magazine photographers and journalists in attendance to volunteer for judging duty when we arrive in San Felipe on Thursday. If you are a magazine staffer and you want to be a judge, we'll pay for your breakfast on Sunday morning and give you a clipboard so things look official. We will determine who the judges are on day one in San Felipe so everyone knows, and so that the judges can look at all the bikes at their leisure throughout the event.


3) Classes: there are three:

BEST IN SHOW (1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes available in this category)
HUEVOS GRANDE (longest ride on sketchiest equipment--only one can win. This category requires that riders introduce themselves to the judges. A great way to break the ice might be to say, "Hey dude--check out my license plate. I came from Canada, eh!"
LA CUCURACHA (The cockroach. All rusty, broke down, rattle trap pieces of shit are encouraged to enter, but only one can win.)

4) Prizes:

BEST IN SHOW:
1st: $300, a commemorative trophy provided by bike show sponsor DicE magazine, and a gift bag
2nd: $200 and a gift bag with goodies from our generous sponsors
3rd: $100 and a gift bag

LA CUCURACHA: a commemorative trophy from DicE magazine and a sponsor's gift bag

HUEVOS GRANDE: a commemorative trophy from DicE magazine and a sponsor's gift bag

5) Post-show photos; Our friends Stew and Sheldon from VPD photography will have a studio set-up at the hotel. If your bike wins, we want to shoot some bitchin' photos to commemorate the achievement. This will mean 3 dudes may have to stick around an extra couple of hours while we move cameras and lights. If this is a major ball-up, let us know and we'll try to move fast so you can haul ass...

If you're a magazine shooter that's looking for interresting photo backdrops, Bill knows a million of 'em between San Felipe and Ensenada. Ask us and we'll show you.

That's all for now. Come back to the EDR blog in a couple weeks and we'll have more info on the pre-party at Biltwell HQ on Wednesday, April 18. See you in 30 days...