Ocotillo Wells: Nov 2-5 2007 - RIDERS 2nd Anniversary

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Hey guys... Lots going on here:
Red sticker Season is on !
RIDERS 2nd Anniversary Party !
Kicking off the 2008 Riding Season and RIDERS 3rd year !
RiderDown & SmileyRiley RIDE to WALK Poker Run ! (2 courses - 1 in the park & 1 to Superstition)
Awarding our Honda EU2000i Generator Raffle (http://smileyriley.org/donation.htm) (still time to get in on this)
Kicking off the ANY BIKE YOU WANT ! Raffle to Benefit RiderDown.org and SmileyRiley.org
And my favorite: Night time Ridge Running in the Badlands before they are all GONE !
ALL GUESTS and GUESTS of GUESTS are Welcome ! RSVP NOW (http://ridersonline.org/socal/oco.htm) !


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Hi Gang:

Our 2nd Anniversary at RIDERS is being held at Ocotillo Wells on Nov 2-5 2007. This one is Special to me and I'd like to see as many of us come together to mark this Anniversary as is possible. I hope you can make the time.

In addition, to our Anniversary it's also our first ever Poker Run held to benefit the RiderDown Foundation & SmileyRiley who was injured in Ocotillo just last year. This is NOT a solemn event but a fun filled family event meant to create smiles and good times.


:::::::POKER RUN IS VOLUNTARY::::::::

While I hope the Poker Run is very successful, it is completely voluntary. You are welcome to come, enjoy your RIDERS riding buddies with or without participation in the Poker Run Events.

If you have never been to a Poker Run they are family styled events and NOT races. There is a series of check points where you draw a card. Winning is determined by the 5 cards drawn throughout the event. Not who rides the fastest.

The Saturday Poker Run will be a 30 mile tour of the major sites in the Ocotillo Wells SVRA. The Sunday Poker Run will be a 52 mile ride to Superstition Mountain and back (26 each way). Cost to ride in either event is $20.


:::::::Dinner Saturday Afternoon::::::::

Yolanda and I will be serving dinner Saturday Evening to benefit RiderDown & SmileyRiley. The menu will be Pulled BBQ Sandwiches, Potato Salad and Coleslaw. Cost for Dinner is $10.


:::::::SmileyRiley is COMING !::::::::

Looks like Jim (Smiley) Riley and his family will be out to enjoy the weekend and offer their Thanks to all that have helped in their time of need !


:::::::Other Riding Groups & Clubs::::::::

We will be joined by BEANZnCRACKERS riding group for this fun event. We encourage other groups and clubs to join us as well !


:::::::Honda EU2000i Generator Raffle::::::::

We will be awarding the Honda EU2000i Generator this weekend. It's not too late to buy tickets. http://smileyriley.org/donation.htm


:::::::Any Dirt Bike You Want Raffle::::::::

We will kick of a very cool new raffle for a Dirt Bike or Quad. It's called the ANY DIRT BIKE YOU WANT raffle. We will be selling 3000 tickets for $10 each. As soon as all 3000 are sold we will award the bike. The winner will choose the dirt bike of his/her choice from a list of some of the most popular dirt bikes or quads on earth !

That's RIGHT... WE WILL AWARD THE BIKE AS FAST AS WE CAN SELL THE TICKETS ! So as soon as you have all your tickets tell everyone you know so you can win faster !

Just some of the bikes on the list will be:

2008 KTM 300EXC
2008 KTM 525EXC

2008 Yamaha WR450
2008 Yamaha Raptor 700
2008 Yamaha YZ450F Quad

2008 Honda CRF450X
2008 Honda CRF250X
2008 TRX450 QuadMore will be added !

Bikes being provided at COST by Del Ammo Motorsports & Simi Valley Honda.

I hope to see you all at this event. Come for a day or the weekend. Come for the events or just to ride with your RIDERS friends.

Regards... Jeff aka BOLT

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Bolt, you did not tell the times of the poker runs start times.

And O.W. is a big place, if I go just where are you guys going to be?

Just asking sounds like fun.

Thanks, PCP

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Bolt, you did not tell the times of the poker runs start times.

And O.W. is a big place, if I go just where are you guys going to be?

Just asking sounds like fun.

Thanks, PCP

Just RSVP and we will email you all the details you need.

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I'd like to take a moment to thank Tracey Fogarty from La Casa del Zorro Desert Resort in Borrego Springs for providing us a tremedous package on one of their 5 Star rooms for Jim and Leslie Riley for this event.

Tracey says to call her direct line if you too would like to stay at La Casa del Zorro and she will take extra good care with your arrangements. Just tell her you were referred by Jeff Schultz with the RiderDown Foundation who is holding the RIDE to WALK event in Ocotillo Wells.

La Casa del Zorro Desert Resort
3845 Yaqui Pass Road
Borrego Springs, CA 92004
Attn: Tracey Fogarty (760) 767-2821 or tracey.fogarty@lacasadelzorro.com

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Saturday Dinner Menu Change:

Serving Spaghetti, Salad & Bread - BYO Drinks

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Last Chance to get tickets before this trip !

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Kicking it off this weekend. http://ridersonline.org/anybike

Click HERE (http://ridersonline.org/images/anybike/any_bike.pdf) for printable flier.

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The RiderDown Foundation will be showing the Leatt Neck Brace at our RIDERS 2nd Anniversary and 1st RIDEtoWALK Event (http://ridersonline.org/socal/oco.htm). When you buy your Leatt from RiderDown Foundation you not only protect yourself... But the profit from the sale is used to Help Injured Riders.

Leatt & RiderDown: Helping Riders Up !

Come on out and check out the brace and please buy your brace from The RiderDown Foundation Store (http://www.riderdown.org/rdfstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1&zenid=4952ebbde459cb7a50064d94a5237554).

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1st Annual RIDEtoWALK held in Ocotillo Wells

We arrived in Ocotillo Wells on Thursday around noon with a broken leaf spring on the trailer. I want to thank West Coast Trailer out of Riverside for sending 2 guys out to fix it on Friday IN CAMP even though I was 1 full year out of warranty. In the market for a Toy Hauler ? Please give Tim your business. http://westcoasttrailer.com

I found Art from RiderDown in camp when I arrived. He made the 9 hour drive in time to greet Yoda and I when we pulled in.

Camp continued to grow all day Friday until we had about 60 people in camp. We had about 10 more roll in Saturday just for the Poker Run. Yoda pulled out the new RiderDown Ts and Hats for the folks and we got registration underway. The rolling check points with ride leaders carrying Playing Cards and Sharpies worked nicely ! I recommend it. We just handed out a strip of duct tape for a score card.

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Everyone made it back to camp with only one bike needing retrieval due to breakage. Jimmy's (Smiley) buddy won the Saturday Poker Run and donated the prize money back. More about other winners below...

Our spaghetti dinner was a hit... especially the garlic cheese bread ! LOL Then we sent Yolanda out on a buggy ride while Joan & John broke out the fantastic surprise birthday cake made to look like her Honda 300 Quad and our famous lighted Palm Tree. This thing was amazing and took 14 cakes to make. Yoda was fighting back tears BIG TIME. We sang... she cried... The trick candles would not blow out... we all laughed... LOL

Then we broke out the surround sound and flat screen for the Saturday night movie showing of Spiderman 3... after which we had a little fireworks show.

The Sunday Poker Run was just one group of 10 but we had a blast. Greg fell out early due to his 2 stroke misfiring... We made our way out to Superstition without event. On the way back Art decided to show us how the Leatt Neck Brace works that RiderDown is now selling. I thought he was going for a pass on me in the wash but then he just up and threw himself off the bike and did some fancy brake-dancing in front of me. LOL

All kidding aside he did go sown pretty hard. But the Doctor has since cleared him of any broken bones. He'll be sore for a bit but is OK otherwise. After cleaning sand out of every orifice Art manned up and finished the last 10 miles back to camp and got to bed early. Poor guy had to drive home the next morning. Art is a GREAT guy and we are all very glad he is relatively OK from his thumping. :2thumbs:


A Few STATS

74 - RIDERS
62 - Adults
12 - Kids
52 - Bikes
11 - Quads
6 - Rhinos
8 - Tent Campers
12 - RVs and/or Toy Haulers
6 - Trailers

We raised just over $1800... with $400 in donations coming in along with Any Bike You Want Sweepstakes Tickets... over $300 in RiderDown T-shirt & Hat sales...


Honda EU2000i Generator Raffle

The Generator Raffle was won by Two Wheeled Texans (Steve Smith's Riding Group out of Texas). Steve flew out here to do the Husky Memorial Ride we had a few months ago. Steve bought several tickets with money collected from his gang with the stipulation that if they won the generator money would be donated BACK to Smiley Riley ! How cool is that ?! :2thumbs:

Second place and the HJC helmet was won by Ben Geissel from KTMTalk. I just spoke with Ben who has generously donated the Helmet prize back to Smiley !


Long Distance Award goes to Art Jurado from NorCAL
Art from RiderDown drove 9 hours from NorCAL to be here and support us. He brought some Leatt Braces to demonstrate... and he did just that on Sunday !

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Poker Run Winners
Saturday
The Saturday Poker Run was won by Jim Parker of Parker Plumbing out of Long Beach and coincidentally Smiley Riley's long time riding buddy ! He donated his $120 prize money to Smiley !

Second Place was Karen Jones in a Polaris RZR from Beanz & Crackerz Racing Club. She and her husband Darren donated their $70 prize money back to Smiley !

Sunday
The Sunday Poker Run was won by Steve Reynolds and his father Don in a Yamaha Rhino... Second place was to Bob Touch on a TRX450R... Their prize money also sent to Smiley !
Steve Reynolds won
Selling RDF Stuff

We got some all NEW Team Color RiderDown T-Shirts that were a BIG HIT.

Sold 20 RiderDown Shirts
Sold 4 RiderDown Hats

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Thank You

I can't tell you all how much I appreciate your help and support on this event. And I especially want to thank the RIDERS for allowing me to turn their Anniversary Party into a Charity Event and then step up to help make it a success !

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The RiderDown Foundation will be showing the Leatt Neck Brace at our RIDERS 2nd Anniversary and 1st RIDEtoWALK Event (http://ridersonline.org/socal/oco.htm). When you buy your Leatt from RiderDown Foundation you not only protect yourself... But the profit from the sale is used to Help Injured Riders.

Leatt & RiderDown: Helping Riders Up !

Come on out and check out the brace and please buy your brace from The RiderDown Foundation Store (http://www.riderdown.org/rdfstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1&zenid=4952ebbde459cb7a50064d94a5237554).

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Jeff,
Because of your postings on RDC & Thumpertalk my brother & I both bought our Leatts from from Rider Down......We also got our Rider Down tee shirts at the same time.
Just so eveybody knows a Leatt, Riderdown Tee Shirt and Shipping from Riderdown.org is about $7.00 less that a Leatt and CA sales tax
Keep up the good work

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Bob that is great... I am happy to hear it ! Stay safe... and come riding with us sometime. http://ridersonline.org/images/smiles/icon_2thumbs.gif