Surf n Turf 2006

[Fast Eddy]

Snippets of my story

This was my first ohv trip in a very long time. I've been going MTBing and camping with big groups from http://www.mtbr.com for 7 years or so, so I had a basic idea of what it would be like. Camping right on the sand wasn't the best, and the ATVs were noisy, but we had fun anyway.

We have a long scratch that looks like it came from a key. I'm guessing the supermarket parking lot in SLO.

Jim shared a shot or three of his tres generaciones on Friday night. Oops.

I avoided the beer bong, but not by much. The first words I heard on Sunday morning were, "The beer bong's MIA."

That 1st mile of Garcia Ridge Tr was the most technical we've tried so far. The carb pukes and we stalled on one of the hard hills and didn't have exactly enough brakes after the adjustment to hold position while toe-heeling, holding the e-brake and trying to get restarted. I'll bet my son was freaking out, but it didn't show.

My Holley carb saw it's hardest and last hills. It's craptastic.

On the way off the beach Sunday we had our front calipers lock up. I backed off the adjuster from the booster and it was ok. The brakes stayed hot through the gas and air stops and I almost bailed on the Pozo trip. Glad we didn't, because it worked ok.

Heading out of Pozo we got an ugly vibration. We made it to Atascadero. I'm thinking that the transfer case ran dry, even though I filled it before we left. I never saw a puddle. Who knows. It's needed to come out for seals since I've had it, so it will. I've got a good spare. I wish I had lower and higher gears.

I paid lots of attention to the tow bar over the last months. It worked, without a hitch. My freebie rear-view cameras don't work in the dark. They were a bit gimmickie in any case. The hitch camera would be great if you had a tongue that you could drive under. I'll have to get a piece of wood that's the right length for a prop for next time.

Ob' thanks to:

• Jim & Mrs. Jim, et al for the big party
• the Gilroy FJ40 group for allowing our 6 cylinder to camp with their impressive V8 rigs for the weekend
• Miles for parts
• Mark (http://www.marksoffroad.net) for parts and on-trail moral support
• Remi and Mickey for being friendly

 

[eatmc55]

Hey thanks for the offer but based on what I heard I think I am better NOT seeing the pics

But hey...I'm happy as hell for ya that you finally got someone to pose on that truck of yours

pose on that truck of mine, what the hell is that supposed to mean?? haha. the pictures are nice, so that is your loss.

 

[woooody]

that guy is me. if you want a pic i send you the proof. it was awesome. she did only for a swig of my jager. but then at the end of the night me and mickey were missing a 5th of jack that we really could have used. but i had a pornstar on the hood on my truck

Send that proof to woooody@ix.netcom.com

 

[woooody]

That was Tom Boyd. Tom's wife is Japanese, and Tom works for a company based in Japan (or did). He travels there a lot...

Weird story (for me it was kinda weird) I stopped at the road sign, it was being taken down by Tom, (Never met him before either), he checks out my ride and starts interpreting the Japanese writing, mind you Tom is a white Dude, never seen a withe guy speak Japanese
Kris

 

[gnx7]

This was my first SnT and it was a blast. Jim and Katherine huge thumbs up for putting together this event! Great to meet some of you out there as well and see some great trucks and fun times in the dunes. Next time I will take the more challenging route up by Pozo. I never got to put it into 4WD LO out in the hills.

Mickey- glad you met my Polish buddy Nick... you had a drinking partner and beer bong judge.

Ohhhh the little "star" from the valley that was visiting at SnT. That is a story in itself .

Dan/Les cool hanging out with you guys. Hope I provided some comedy on Saturday evening. We had a blast for sure out there. I have lift envy and will have at the minimum an OME 2.5" heavy setup on the truck over winter.

-Mark

 

[eatmc55]

ok im going to put this beer bong story to rest. this is what happened. i was on the path of getting completly hammered with one mickey rubicon, we had the back of my truck open to listen to some tunes and it made a good spot to put the beer bong. for some reason we had to go to comp hill, bad idea. so we just threw everything on the tail gate into my truck and took off. we came back later that night an MR was no where to be found, most likely dick down in the dirt. sunday morning i was woken up by him looking for the beer bong. thats how it became mia.

 

[e9999]

aside from beer bongs MIA, porn star hood ornament, hot sleeping bags; how about we solve the other most pressing issue at Oceano:

rogue ATVs!



I say we line up all our trucks with serious bullbars, but sideways this time. We make a mile wide blade o' steel. Start at one end of the beach, and push all the ATVs in front of us. We pile them up at the other end, and set them up on fire...! The drunk riders, idiot teen riders, middle-of-the-night-ride between the tents at high-speed; and all those who put shrill exhausts on them, we toss on the pile as well....

 

[toyrunner]

aside from beer bongs MIA, porn star hood ornament, hot sleeping bags; how about we solve the other most pressing issue at Oceano:

rogue ATVs!



I say we line up all our trucks with serious bullbars, but sideways this time. We make a mile wide blade o' steel. Start at one end of the beach, and push all the ATVs in front of us. We pile them up at the other end, and set them up on fire...! The drunk riders, idiot teen riders, middle-of-the-night-ride between the tents at high-speed; and all those who put shrill exhausts on them, we toss on the pile as well....

I second that!

 

[yzftaco]

That was my first SnT also.. Had a Blast! Thanks so Much Jim for a killer beach party!

Met a lot of new folks, and wish I had the chance to meet more!

Sunday morning I had to leave EARLY, so I didnt' get a chance to say bye to a lot of people..

SO... is this Porn Star the same one who was riding the ATV during the line-up with a bikini on and Uhh.. her melons were hanging out???

That was a beautiful sight

 

[gon2srf]

I was in the Voodoo Blue FJ launching in the bowl. Just to clarify, I'm not a Trail Teams guy, I just had a TT shirt on courtesy of Gustaf from the Team. I sheared the skid plate bolts of which was probably better than bending or breaking the skids. No other damage except for wearing the fenders wells all the way through. The gear oil smell was the FJ40 who threw his drive shaft and ripped a hole in his diff. It was all a blast!

 

[gon2srf]

Flying Fj's

Another fun year. When I actually have time (I didn't have time for SN'T, but we made it) to post pics, they'll end up. The fj cruisers were getting the best air. One of the trail team guys got a good 4 or 5 feet of air, then the skid plate snapped off and the smell of gear oil was in the air. I'm sure he'll figure out where that smell came from soon.

And that rental FJ, we won't talk about that. We'll just say a rental car can fly higher than a non rental car. buckle. buckle. buckle.

We showed up on Friday and had a blast cooking. I got a $30 apron for a $20 entry fee, good deal, then I cut the **** out of my hand cleaning knifes after the comp. There was a lot of confusion of who made what, but it was fun. I think they had one of our dishes right. Come Sunday we slowly wandered to Pozo, had a gallon of beer and some grub (lighter fluid is an awesome seasoning for bread), and headed home. In trying to find a pisser, we stumbled into the smallest brewpub I have ever seen in Santa Maria. Cool little place between the locals, the herbs, and the banjo players. Interesting to say the least.

We will see everyone next year. Met a lot of new people this year.
Thank ya' Jim, that was an enormous amount of work on your part. Surf and Turf is almost outgrowing its britches to have such a small group of people prepare so much!

I was in the Voodoo Blue FJ launching in the bowl. Just to clarify, I'm not a Trail Teams guy, I just had a TT shirt on courtesy of Gustaf from the Team. I sheared the skid plate bolts of which was probably better than bending or breaking the skids. No other damage except for wearing the fenders wells all the way through. The gear oil smell was the FJ40 who threw his drive shaft and ripped a hole in his diff. It was all a blast!

 

[Skillet]

aside from beer bongs MIA, porn star hood ornament, hot sleeping bags; how about we solve the other most pressing issue at Oceano:

rogue ATVs!



I say we line up all our trucks with serious bullbars, but sideways this time. We make a mile wide blade o' steel. Start at one end of the beach, and push all the ATVs in front of us. We pile them up at the other end, and set them up on fire...! The drunk riders, idiot teen riders, middle-of-the-night-ride between the tents at high-speed; and all those who put shrill exhausts on them, we toss on the pile as well....

X3

Apparently, we have one less to worry about next year...

http://www.ksby.com/home/headlines/4572782.html

 

[rondu]

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I was in the Voodoo Blue FJ launching in the bowl. Just to clarify, I'm not a Trail Teams guy, I just had a TT shirt on courtesy of Gustaf from the Team. I sheared the skid plate bolts of which was probably better than bending or breaking the skids. No other damage except for wearing the fenders wells all the way through. The gear oil smell was the FJ40 who threw his drive shaft and ripped a hole in his diff. It was all a blast!

i just broke a nose cone shaft but i doctored it up and crused around in 2wd after that

 

[rockclmbr]

Thanks Jim and Katherine for the beach party! It has really grown over the past years.

I didn't get a chance to try a whole lot of the Sand Chef food, but the ones I did were tasty! Like the lamb kabobs and Doug's Shrimp Etouffee

There were so many rigs and people that I felt like I missed a lot. One and a half days is not enough to say hi to everyone. We will have to get out there sooner next year!

 

[dieselbigot]

I don't know if that girl was a porn star, but she did have a large lower back tattoo.

You mean this one

 

[gon2srf]

View attachment 101380i just broke a nose cone shaft but i doctored it up and crused around in 2wd after that

Good to hear it was minor. See ya next year.

 

[sjcruiser]

I've been to Pismo beach quite a few times, but Surf 'n Turf was my first time there with the cruiser. Much thanks to Jim and the crew for setting up this wonderful event!!! I'll sure bring the whole family next year

Finally I've got a honor to meet (and put faces to the names) a lot of extremely nice, friendly, and fun folks here on mud. What a great crowd we have!!!

And man, that chic riding the ATV during the line up...

 

[spressomon]

aside from beer bongs MIA, porn star hood ornament, hot sleeping bags; how about we solve the other most pressing issue at Oceano:

rogue ATVs!



I say we line up all our trucks with serious bullbars, but sideways this time. We make a mile wide blade o' steel. Start at one end of the beach, and push all the ATVs in front of us. We pile them up at the other end, and set them up on fire...! The drunk riders, idiot teen riders, middle-of-the-night-ride between the tents at high-speed; and all those who put shrill exhausts on them, we toss on the pile as well....

I was thinking about a 1" diameter rope anchored between two LC's and hidden in the sand...then when they come a blast'n up through camp just a pull on one of the rigs strips the riders of their obnoxious behavior...2-wheel'rs included! There were many close calls between those arseholes and the little kids that were running around having a great time...could have been a disaster for many as I saw it!

 

[woooody]

If you guys get a chance, submit some "high quality" rig shots to:

http://tlca.org/pow/#submit

tlca.org now has a Photo of the Week

 

[NexusD]

I think I met the same Tom that you are talking about. Is he from San Mateo? He parked behind me while we were all lining up to make long line. I believe his wife is Japanese.

Funny! Thats the same Tom who help pull me out of a sand bowl. And the Tom that was camping next to me?