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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

The next ultra weekend coincides with Fremont's Solstice Parade, which for the past 10 years has been led traditionally by a group of nude cyclists (and a few skateboarders / inliners ) so what better way to kick off an ultra and continue it?!

We'll start at the beginning of the parade, which kicks off just before noon on Saturday, and continue the 24 hours until noon Sunday -- in the buff!

Painted of course, and fig leafs are admissable, but you'll be riding 23.5 hours of the Ultra in the same suit Momma gave you!!

This will be the world's first 24-hour NAKED Ultra!

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scooterdad · Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:46 am Post subject:

Well done! I can only assume from the date that you are only partially serious, at least about the full 24 hours in the birthday suit thing.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

Dangit, I should have known better... the readership on this forum is too wise to pull a fast one so easily Very Happy

Winnersh · Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 38 Location: Berkshire, England

Crap! I was well up for that. My stock just went up 15% today which would have paid for a ticket to SEA.

Just a question.... if you do LDP (DO YOU LDP!) in the buff, is the extra 'swing' considered an efficiency?

Also, is this an unfair advantage for us real men? Should we give the lady pumpers a head start?

For me - I think that I'd need to give a head start of at least two minutes, but then that's just me.

Carry on.

model.citizen · Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject:

i dunno man, a pair of un-checked double-D's would create a bit of inertia surely! Laughing

Winnersh · Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 38 Location: Berkshire, England

Yeah, okay. Fair play. I hadn't thought of it from that perspective.

Knockers vs. Knackers. Each has thier part to play.

skatersjourney · Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 40 Location: Plymouth, UK

Surely I would imagine it would be a distraction more than anything. It's all about efficiency gentlemen!

Strap em down but let 'em breathe, that's what I say!
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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

lol... even I am now speechless, and that's rare.

in any case Keith, if it might make a difference in your travel plans, the actual and tentative Solstice plan at this moment is to "do" the parade on Saturday, enjoy the rest of the day in the beer garden / park, then start the 24-hour ultra early in the morning Sunday, June 21st.

the alternate would be to start the Ultra Friday morning and then do the parade immediately afterward -- in a 32-hour sleep deprived daze, likely followed up with passing out on the grass in the beergarden / park. any and all lapses of good judgement could then be explained away by sleep dep, physical and heat exhaustion, endorphin overload, and inebriation. and who knows what clogging the pores with all that body paint does to one's brain.

and most important of all perhaps -- I'm not fixated on the idea even within the crew of Seattle that we all need to start at the same time let alone the same day. same weekend, yes. but I've learned from past Ultras that it's hard and sometimes limiting for people to have to commit to a very specific start/end time.

skatersjourney · Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Posts: 40 Location: Plymouth, UK

I suppose it's only to be expected when you allow the Anglo-Saxons on your fine forum, James! And thanks for the email by the way Very Happy

So long as we have a weekend to aim for, that's good for me. I just need to block some days off work, and we're good to go.

If we had a location people could just turn up to and skate whatever time they felt, it would be rad, but for the last 2 Ultras I've been too, we've stuck to a rigid-ish (for us!) start time in order to keep the pack sort of together and give a good buzz right out of the gates.

Inevitably, we do break off a few hours in, to get into our own strides, but this is all based around a 24 hour - if only - event at Dorney. Perhaps we'll have a new location for the next Ultra!
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WiZzY · Joined: 27 Feb 2009 Posts: 13 Location: The Netherlands

Here in the Netherlands I'm starting to get some of the active long distance boarders stoked for the upcomming Ultra. Plan is to go around our biggest lake the Ijsselmeer http://maps.google.nl/ (it's the rather large blue blob in the middle Wink

). It is roughly 300 km.
Just hoping for good weather and no wind.