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Mic
09-01-2003, 03:47 AM
Hi everybody.
Yesterday I went to the Eurobike, Europe's biggest bike show, in the South of Germany.
Well. Nice bikes, nice people and completely wasted after a couple of hours of constant information bombing...the Demo 9 looks cool, but not my style.

Anyway...I finally had the chance to meet Pippin from Banshee. We had originally planned to meet there last year, but unfortunately I couldn't make it.
He is such a nice guy. Awesome to talk to. We had some chat about the industry, the bikes, his deal with Bender, the way it will probably progress in the future - and he said he would be really interested in living in Munich for some time. Sweet. Pippin - we could make a deal: You're gonna live in Germany and I'll go to Vancouver.:D

The second most impressive person was the Crazy Canuck - oh, man.
I went past the booth of the retailer of Marzocchi, and I saw a face that looked very familiar to me...I turned around and asked whether he was from Vancouver. He said "yes" and we talked for like hours (it seemed). His sponsor, Balfa, had sent him over and do some shows and stuff. Just a really nice person, down-2-earth. We talked about families, kids and the like. I hope you really enjoy your trip, and all the best for your future. I'll pm you the pictures a.s.a I get them developped.

That's it for now. I'm all stoked and hyped up and wanna go riding, but I have to finish a huge mural I'm doing this afternoon.

Thanx to you two, eh.:D
A day to remember.




Loopie
09-01-2003, 04:01 AM
No name for personality #2?(I could very well be out of a loop and don't know the nick name of this "crazy canuck")

I plan to meet the Mr. Banshee very soon...should be sweet:thepimp:..he STILL has to sell me on his fullies though:lol:

IFO
09-01-2003, 12:04 PM
crazy canuck is the mad pimp masta Chris Donahue...

and he is one seriously nice guy...

he's a great rep for Balfa...

:thepimp:

Loopie
09-01-2003, 02:44 PM
Oh yeah:lol: Now I remember.

Mic
09-02-2003, 05:19 AM
Yeah - Chris "Donahuge" Donahue.

Me and my girl watched his sequence from NSX6 and she just said something like "maan, it looks like he can do it while sleeping. total control and style. amazing...uuh, ohh, that angle is enough, can't take it any longer (while he is dropping off the wooden structure into this huge set of doubles somewhere in the woods, camera on the left side right beside the trail)...:D

Crazy Canuck
09-04-2003, 05:26 PM
Definately good times in Germany! Good beer, good food, too much cigarette smoking. (not by me, people there smoke anything, anytime, anywhere)

Everyone was Super Cool, and there are some AWESOME Dirt Jumpers. I wish we had good DJ's here.

I can't believe the number of bike companies I've never heard of, or, thought to have gone out of business years ago. The bike industry there is a completely different world compared to Canada and the US.

Life with Steph (from Balfa) was REALLY good while I was there, but, it was good that Aaron (Chase) was there too, we just hung out with and rode with the guys from Mountain Bike Rider as much as possible while it wasn't raining.

The show was HUGE, the amount of CRAP there was unbelievable. But on the other hand the amount of really sweet stuff there was huge too.

Aaaahhhhhhh, jet lag.

:zzz: