This was my setup for the week. Surprisingly, nothing fell off.
Total self-sufficiency...a tent, a bike, and a skateboard.
This is Tony's bowl, in Chatham County, NC.
There was a full-on pig roast at Tony's.
Setting up camp.
Frank and his wife hooked it up for the non-pork eaters like me with some grilled shrimp.
Clem gets more work done than most people because he even brings his laptop to the campground. Who knew that campgrounds had wireless internet?
For a minute there I thought we'd catch some trees on fire, but it died down pretty quickly.
The Boss kept a watchful eye over the fire.
This was at Green Acres Campground, in Williamston, NC.
The morning after equals clean-up time for the early risers.
Clem and Heath Kirchart, playing fetch with some local campground dog.
Heath and Huey, the official Wild Ride mechanic and overall nice guy, ready to ride.
Bryan Herman won a real live lobster in a vending machine at this little bar in Virginia Beach. When I was a kid, all we could get were stuffed animals and fake jewlery.
This was Clem's setup for the week. What's with the Zorro bandana mask?
Cruising the strip like total biker badasses in Virginia Beach.
"Hey Ryan, look tough for the photo!"
Aaron Suski ain't afriad to ride bitch with Jeff Henderson, Emerica Team Manager.
Ben Gilley and the fire he started.
After a full day of skateboarding and partying, this is what Tony's bowl looked like the next day. Frank and I pitched in and cleaned it out.
Tony, his little boy Simon, and Frank, posted up with the Emerica trailer. At first I thought it said "Goon Tour With Emerica"...
Some idiots brought pickled eggs to the bowl. Only in North Carolina...or mayble Plant City, too. These things reeked after cooking in the sunshine all day long.
This was the scene in front of Endless Grind skateshop in Raleigh, NC.
Green Acres Campground had the most ghetto little mini-golf course.
Before there was Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, this was what kids who didn't skateboard could play.
Ben Gilley looks on as Patrick O'Dell tries to learn how to ride a Harley. Before this trip, he'd barely spent any time on a real bike, although he did have a lot of Vespa experience, he told me.
Video camera mount for the bike? Looks sketchy to me.
Clem is ready to roll.
Nick, the Emerica RV driver, buying beer for the team by the dolly-load.
Virgina Beach has a "no swearing" ordinance...yeah. Local pro Kyle Berard and his buddy Paul are stoked.
Braydon was just as stoked as Herman when he won the lobster.
That's an original Neckface tattoo there on Braydon's arm.
