Emerica Wild Ride 2008 Part One
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on Monday, June 16, 2008
by Ryan
Ryan Clements' photos from the first leg of the Emerica Wild Ride 2008.
Photos and Captions by Ryan Clements
 This is the alley behind my house in Ybor. Geared up to get down. I had no idea what was ahead for me |
 That’s the mileage I started with as I hopped on I-4 |
 This is SO Florida...just outside of St. Augustine off of I-95 |
 Total outlaw biker somewhere in GA off of I-95 |
 I got used to this quite a bit considering I only get 100 miles per tank out of the Sportster. Small bikes on long trips will kick your ass |
 After driving solo for 540 miles I decided to call it a night in Florence, SC. Ironically I stayed at a hotel across the street from one Rob Meronek, Scotty Conley, Sean Albright, and I stayed in a few years back. We actually skated this bank-to-curb on that trip. Cheers |
 The next morning I rode 150 miles to Raleigh, NC to meet up with the crew. Andrew Reynolds showed up first and got a late birthday present from the Emerica family...a 45-year-old guitar. He was very hyped |
 This is the scene out front of Endless Grind in Raleigh where they did a signing |
 That’s Fat Bob Reynolds. I had lunch with him and Will Campbell at Vertical Urge (killer name) in Raleigh |
 The rest of the team ripped the street course while Spanky did bonelesses in the bowl at Vertical Urge |
 They were throwing out these weird objects in the product toss at Vertical Urge |
 Emerica Team Manager Jeff Henderson goes the extra mile by filling up Braydon’s and Brandon Westgate’s tanks |
 Green Acres campsite in Williamston, NC |
 The Boss likes onions. Thanks to Mark Waters and crew for cooking out |
 Jerry Hsu, KSL, and Sean Eaton enjoying the campsite |
 A group at another campsite dropped off a bunch of crawfish and Marquise Preston went to town |
 Figgy is extra-stoked on the burgers |
 Marissa del Santo about to melt some marshmallows |
 This is what my sleeping arrangements consisted of while camping |
 The next morning Ben Gilley was up early and packed up before anyone else |
 Patrick O’Dell had never ridden a bike prior to this trip. He learned quickly and rode this loaner-hog from Williamston to Virginia Beach |
 Of course Heath Kirchart was there. He keeps a low profile |
 This dog belonged to another campsite, but he took advantage of our big crew’s willingness to throw pinecones for him. He was relentless |
 Sean Eaton went from little kid a few years back to grown-ass-biker-man and rides with the best of them |
 Remember Randy Browne that used to work the Shop at SPoT? He now lives in NC now and tagged along for a few days |
 We were 20 deep rolling through middle America |
 This is right when we rolled up to the KOA in Virginia Beach. The guy with the white shirt, I think his name was Harvey, is all the way from Vancouver, Canada and drove 2500 miles to join the group. He and I have the same bikes with small gas tanks, so along with Joey Tershay we had to leave everyone, gas up, and then catch back up. I took the Sporty up to 110mph at that point. It was sketchy…that bike isn’t supposed to go that fast |
 Suski showed up in Virginia Beach and TM Jeff Henderson greeted him |
 On the right is Kyle Berard posing with his boy Paul under the “no cursing” sign on Virginia Beach. Berard lives in VA and met us down at the touristy spot |
 Berard and Paul took us to a decent Mexican joint and the rest of the crew met up with us shortly thereafter. The place went nuts when Bryan Herman “won” a lobster. See that machine in the background? Well, it’s like one of those games that kids play to try and pick up stuffed toys, but instead you pick up live lobsters. Herman walked to the bar with it and they promptly cooked it up for him |
 Randy and I cut out early and went to the biker bar right by the KOA. I think we went to bed at like midnight, but it got really loud at our campsite in the wee hours of the morning. This dude didn’t quite get his tent posted! |
 The next morning we left the KOA and got breakfast down by the beach. I shot this photo of Rick Eusey at about 60mph on the way back. He’s another dude that went from am-status to full-on grown-all-biker-man. He’s a badass |
 Then Emerica took the ENTIRE tour on a trip to the local water park in Virginia Beach. Were they giving free swimming lessons or something? This is right before we got kicked out |
 Joey Tershay from ACE Trucks doesn’t get out in the sun too much. He lives in NorCal |
 I took a photo of Jerry Hsu taking a photo. The cut-off jean shorts are the new deal |
 Randy Browne is next to one FULL ON AMERICAN |
 John Minor is the Emerica filmer and not really that into water parks |
 Leo “totally over it” Romero and Marisa del SOCK-to at the crazy-ass go-kart tracks |
 Joey Tershay on the left and Jeff Henderson on the right are totally killing it on the sprint car track |
 This is Dustin giving the peace sign. He’s a super-nice guy and on the trip to take photos for Harley Davidson |
 Listen up ladies...this is Kevin Spanky Long hanging out in his underwear |
