RIDERS 2nd Anniversary & RIDEtoWALK - Nov 2-5 2007

[BOLT]

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This event is in development. So far details are set as:

WHO: Bikes, Quads, Buggies, Jeeps & anyone that wants to have a good time !

WHAT: "Ride to WALK" will offer 3 events.

Poker Run through the SVRA Park to the popular sites.
Poker Run to Superstition Mountain.
Mini track for Big Kids and Little Kids on Minis. On going near camp.WHEN: SVRA Poker Run - Saturday; Superstition Poker Run Ride - Sunday

WHERE: Ocotillo Wells

WHY: We are raising money to help Jim & Leslie survive this tragedy and keep a roof over their head. Read more about them at SmileyRiley.org (http://smileyriley.org)

PRIZES: Prizes will be awarded based on donations from corporate sponsors. We will be posting a list of those generous companies as the list grows.

Please contact me personally if you have contacts or ideas for a corporate sponsor.

[Tatonka]

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[50ccMoM]

WOW !! Looks like an awesome event. I have so much respect for those desert guys and gals. It always looks crazy !! :yikes

[TwinTurbos]

I hope you get a great turnout! We got a really nice thank you note from Jim for the help and support he and Leslie have received from RiderDown. We would love to see them supported further. Awesome job Jeff!!:thumb

[BOLT]

Only 2 months now... This will be the first time Jim has been back in the desert since he was flown out. At the time of this event it will have been almost exactly 1 year since his wreck.

Jim has made so much progress it's inspiring. He even showed me a new accomplishment at his Rehabilitation Gym in San Diego. He was able to use his legs to move from his chair to a mock bed, lay back, lift his legs on the bed and use his feet to scoot himself into position. The smile and look of pride when he showed me what he could do was like a beam light. Rock on Jimmy !

Look for some cool new pictures and videos of "Jim in the Gym" in the next week or so.

If you would like to attend our 1st annual RIDEtoWALK please use the GUEST RSVP for this ride at http://ridersonline.org/socal/oco.htm I will send you directions... event details... and a form for signing up sponsors for the ride as well.

Thanks everyone.

[BOLT]

GET SPONSORS TO HELP RAISE MONEY !

Minimum Entry Fee for Each Poker Run is $20.

To help generate more money to help SmileyRiley we are asking EVERYONE to generate SPONSORS for the ride.

Details:
Print This Page
Present it to friends and family
Ask them to make an ONLINE DONATION TODAY to SmileyRiley on behalf of YOU for the Sat or Sun PokerRun. (Make sure they put YOUR NAME in the Comments section of the Donation Submission.)

Optionally, collect a check made out to The RiderDown Foundation and bring it with you to the event.http://ridersonline.org/images/donate_on.gif (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=smiley%40smileyriley%2eorg&item_name=SmileyRiley%20RIDE%20to%20WALK%20Poker%20Run%20Donation&shipping=0&return=http%3a%2f%2fsmileyriley%2eorg&cn=Donor%20Comments&tax=0&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8)

It's that simple. All Sponsor Donations are needed and appreciated. Can't come to the RIDE... That's OK... SPONSOR ME !

[BOLT]

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 530EXC

2008 Yamaha WR450
2008 Yamaha Raptor 700
2008 Yamaha YZ450F Quad

2008 Honda CRF450X
2008 Honda CRF250X
2008 TRX450 Quad
More 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

[BOLT]

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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 BOLT 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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[BOLT]

Saturday Dinner Menu Change:

Serving Spaghetti, Salad & Bread - BYO Drinks

[mommotox]

It sounds like it is going to be an awesome event! I wish we could venture that way...we have lots of fun family memories from Ocotillo!!!

[BOLT]

We will have lot's of pictures to tease you when it's over. :D

[BOLT]

Last Chance to get tickets before this trip !

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[BOLT]

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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[mommotox]

Can tickets be purchased long distance?

Kim

[BOLT]

Can tickets be purchased long distance?

Kim

Yes... The generator is only 50 pounds and can be shipped. The bike can be shipped as well. However, the winner is responsible for shipping. To make it easier the bike can be left UNCRATED and shipped to a local dealer for assembly & PDI. This too would be at the winners expense.

[xr650rocketman]

Keep up the momentum Buddy, it's what we need. A little less "Gloom and Doom"

[BOLT]

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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[Tatonka]

Jeff - was I supposed to have physically received my tickets for the generator raffle?

[BOLT]

Bruce your reciept is your ticket. :thumb

Our copy goes in the drawing bowl. Winner will be announced Saturday after our Spaghetti BBQ !

[char393]

Can tickets still be purchased?

[BOLT]

We have 2 drawings going on... The Honda Generator Raffle will end before I leave town. I will turn off the ticket machine before I leave so you can purchase tickets until you can no longer purchase tickets. :)

The new Any Bike You Want Sweepstakes that we just kicked off will run until 3000 tickets are gone. Hopefully sooner than later ! :thumb

[BOLT]

Holy COW... Look at those COLORS... LOL

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more to come...

[Tatonka]

C'mon already!! :D We need the gory details about how much fun you had out there! Jeff - I'm sure you've got some great stories to tell....Art, will we read about your's over in the Leatt Demo thread? ;)

[Riding the Metro]

More to come guys, I'm still licking my wounds, sort of.

Yes, the Leatt works!! ha ha. I did a FULL DEMO right in front of Jeff.

Briefly: Good time, good people, great rides.

Ok, just one pic for now......

Art

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[Applied_Racing]

Hey Art,
It was great to meet you. I enjoyed your company. Thanks for the shade and the astroturf too!

I had a great time. I wish I would have been able to go on Sunday's ride.
Sorry to hear about your crash. I hope you will be ok.

See you on the next ride!

[Riding the Metro]

Hey Art,
It was great to meet you. I enjoyed your company. Thanks for the shade and the astroturf too!

I had a great time. I wish I would have been able to go on Sunday's ride.
Sorry to hear about your crash. I hope you will be ok.

See you on the next ride!

Christi,
My pleasure. I'm doing better every day. One thing is for sure...I can spend more time on this computer while resting. ha ha
Art

[BOLT]

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 !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 !

[Riding the Metro]

Fantastic post with nice photos, Jeff.
Ever consider writing? hint, hint!

[mommotox]

Sounds like the event went off without a hitch, minus Art's dirt sample! Congrats to everyone for making it a fun success!

[BOLT]

Man of Steel Award goes to Keith LeClair

Looks like our good buddy and Man of Steel Keith took a thumping on our Sunday ride. Keith took a spill in San Felipe Creek Wash on the way out to Superstition almost in the same place that Art went down. Unfortunately, Keith broke a rib and maybe two. You would never have known it the way he finished the next 40 miles of the ride. He is taking this week off and the Doctor gave him drugs to combat the pain. :)

Art & Keith - Brothers in PAIN

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Get well soon Keith. And try to stay away from the hiccups. http://ridersonline.org/images/smiles/icon_2thumbs.gif

[mommotox]

BUMMER! Get better soon, Keith!!!

[TwinTurbos]

Awesome write up Jeff! Sorry to hear Art and Keith went down but overall it sounds like a big success!

[50ccMoM]

Jeff,

Your write up is awesome as usual. :thumb You need to send me some of that enthusiasm and energy !

I'm glad everyone is OK and made it home safe !

Thanks again !

-Angie

[Riding the Metro]

Here's a slide show I threw together with about half of the photos I took. Please be patient - it's a large file. Best viewed with broadband.

Art

http://home.comcast.net/~a.jurado/onlinestorage/Oootillo_Well_Slide_Show.wmv

[BOLT]

Art I enjoyed the heck out of that... One of my all time favorite songs too !

[Garrett]

Art great slide show I'm glad you came out maybe next time we will get to ride together

Jeff and Yoda your are great people to be friends with. Thanks for the effort you put in this past weekend.

Garrett