10 DAYS OF DESTRUCTION ON THE CALI RALLY

7/28/2008

We're just now coming back to earth. After the 10 days of destruction, the normal world just wasn't the same. In a deep brain fog, we sorted through 3,000 photos and 22 hours of footage...500 challenges in 10 days brings you together, rips you apart, and leaves you somewhere between the Mexico border and insanity. Enjoy.

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Paddle across the US/Mexico border - One of our first challenges, we thought we blew it at first, thinking we wasted time driving to the border to complete the 100-point challenge. Not the case cause it set the pace...Morrissey barged it, paddled across, then caught a wave as 20 Mexicans on the other side watched on.





Memorial for Colin Wagschal at Seaside Reef.

Nate goes naked up the Ho Chi Min trail.

Surf goths and Morrissey on the stake.

Pumped up for the Pacsun sell off.

Barney in a speedo and cape firmly planted and comfortable in front of the Chart House.

Nevermind.

Our migrant workers kicked ass. They went for broke and never gave up, even after numerous diggers in the shallows.

Merry-go-round jousting.

Challenge: Get an "OC" tattoo...we figured just get a "C" right next to the "O-ring." 200 points.

Gieger had no problem wearing the same clothes for 10 days, no matter the challenge. Fully clothed Salt Creek slip and slide.

Barney needed some wax before shooting the HB pier, so he grabbed some from HSS.

Catch a fish off the HB pier. Nate threw it, Morrissey caught it, then whipped it back up and it nailed Carey straight in the face (see video).

Motley Crue star on the Hollywood strip.

After Carey ate the massive wasabi ball, we all felt we needed to eat one too.

Two gals from the Laguna Beach show, Morrissey knows them well...even got a kiss.

Barney walked this pitbull at the dog beach, and it dropped a huge deuce right in front of the lifeguard tower. Barney is a nice person and he scooped it up...with his bare hands.

Big n' Tasty.

This man had no home, so we taught him to surf.

At 10:30pm the night before, we were brainstorming how to get some sort of leather mask ala Christian Fletcher. We called Condom Revolution, they had one more mask with mouth ball (PG13 terminology) left and were open 'til 11pm.

We figured we'd make up prime lost time by pulling an all nighter. We did a shopping run at Longs Drugs at 2am, toilet papered the other surf mags at 3am, skated the Lowers trail naked at 4am, and we surfed perfect Lowers at the butt crack of dawn. Nate.


Alex Knost is a cool cat. We gave him a ring so we could borrow some of his gear to complete this challenge at the Newport Pier. He said "no problem, let's do it tomorrow." Timing forced us to improvise. Nate found this Youth size 8 lycra body suit at Rite-Aid, some marker stripes and the foot grab came alive.

Our 80's metal band, "Denim Demons."

Gieger's everyday fishing attire.

Challenge: Hook up a fire department with gear and a thank you card. 200 points. We found the main Ventura County Fire Department and Fire Training Facility. This gal was the coolest. We thanked her and the crew, and then told them we would help re-align their plaques.

Giegerhoff won't let you out of his site.

Morrissey with a bare foot ollie at the derby park in Santa Cruz.

Barney made this memorial piece for Peter Davi and we screwed it into a tree at Pescadero Point.

Gieger sacrificed his eyebrows for a quick 100 points.

Shuster's full body waxing at the Volcom house.

Nate's Judo air.

While we were up in Santa Cruz, we asked Homer Henard what was his choice photo face. Nate nails the shot. 100 points.

Nate's double vertical ski rebound.

Morrissey prepares for paintball annihilation.

The story behind the letter - One night during our Orange County leg, we sat and brainstormed the day to follow. Walking casually through the door of the Volcom team house, steps one of our opponents' team riders, Hurley's young Michael Dunphy. Having no idea we had already entertained the thought of snatching him up and using him to complete a simple 100-point challenge, 'Tape a grommet to a pole and douse him with ketchup and mustard,' Dunphy entered the lion's den. Ever since that night, Dunphy had a new approach to the game. His opportunity at revenge came when Hurley got a tip about a ski that we hooked up in Nate's home town to use the following day. They knew the ski contact as well, so they got a hold of the watercraft and removed some spark plugs and other parts, so we'd sit dead in the water upon launch. We foresaw the sabotage, and had the replacement parts en route minutes after finding Dunphy's letter. A decent attempt at immobilization, but the attempt was far from successful. The ski was launched 30 minutes later and the Central Cal surf challenges were completed.

This dude swore he could replicate the Cali Rally TransAm logo perfectly in Henna ink on my arm. Yeah.

While Carey was getting pierced, Morrissey legitimately collected over 5 bucks on guitar on the Venice boardwalk...he then gave it all to the great Blues band we were jamming to during lunch.

Make out with a 50+ year old - 300 points.

Madonna Inn photo shoot.

Ratboy's autograph.

Morrissey tested the stogies we gave to Stretch. Morrissey said the weren't too bad, Stretch ripped them in half and said they were garbage.

Wizards in the field at the Lane.

Coaster ride in a fullsuit at Santa Monica pier. Nate.

Newlyweds, Barney and Nate. 100 points.

Skate down Main St. in Pismo in speedos and a cape...How about Depends adult diapers and a rainbow flag.

Nate hooks up the Duke at the Lane.

Challenge: Replicate Nate Fletcher's rock jump Transworld cover. 300 points.

Nate ramps one in a mankini.

Smashball on a wave.

This guy is the man...He owns a roots little surf shop right there at the rock jump. We asked him how long he been growing his dreads, he said "17 years." We gave him some free stuff and he let us cut off a 4 inch piece. 200 points.

We kept the dread in safe keeping until we made it back to the Volcom house in Newport. The ten day hell tour was coming to a close, we had a party at the team house, rolled up the dread in a clear wrap, and smoked it. 300 points.





The daily blog below

7/18/2008

Santa Cruz - Barney's house was home the past two days. The place is a dreamworld; paintings, scultures, and bots from the depths of Barney's brain...i swear it comes alive at night. Competition reached epic proportions. Simple rivalries became war... We know stand up paddleboarding is hurtin', dips with maximum shrinkage, beers among friends, wizardry in the forest,a boardwalk with amazing Chinese...fuck, what did we even do? Damn its a blur. we love Santa Cruz...how will we ever get back to reality? This guy was an inspiration....his home is in Vancouver, and he's en route to the Mexico border, where we began this hell tour ten days ago. Funny.

7/16/2008

Sandy shoes, flying dragon; we bought some pirate flags and drank bud cans. Made our way up to Barney's house and crashed around 3am. Internet is down, neighbor's wireless locked, sending this via cellular. Final Challenge today is not our fortay. 80's Alva photo.

7/15/2008

Morrissey's not a hippy, but this is a grand ol' hippy jump. Team workout after the skate win. Barney vision. I guess friends of our competitors never had the heart to tell them. Man boob ring. Malibu crew. The proof is in the panties. A Skeltor/Q Lazzarus inspired team haircut, "The Little Ritchie" Aces of skate races, diversion at the Malibu Inn, Landshark is a Florida beer, Mudslides are delicious, Pascal is Malibu, sweet gals bring secondary diversion, hallucination navigation, Morrissey and Barney vanish, college girls - days last diversion.

-mg





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7/14/2008

Hessian slider Gieger


Delicious Blue Wednesdays, second round.


We then found Barney outside holding this crowd, and leaping 8.


Budweiser induced narcolepsy.


?????... Puerto Rican y Flauta.


Balls, set, spike.

Pissed for just a second, I got beans on my jeans.

Morning time came so fast, got booted at 3am from this stolen wireless connection to blog on your face.

Reboot, onto Venice boyz.

-mg

7/13/2008

Blah blah barf in your face, autopilot for standard mischief, Newps tax, Sadistic Lowers, Bildadong sways views?

1-2-3-4-5-6-Barney. Cali Rally...shit.

-mg

7/12/2008

We saw Hurley used one of their own to tape and condimentize, we thought that was a good idea, so we nabbed a Hurley rider ourselves to do the same. Team house party every Friday, brainstorming in a violent manner, stealth mission near launch.

-all

7/11/2008

Friday, July 11th - 2:49 am

Hell bent on destruction, like it said in the instructions.

-mg, mm, ag

7/10/2008

Wednesday, July 10th - 2:51 am


We were posted up at the Poseidon bar for too long... Barney disappeared and misinterpreted the challenge..."teach a migrant worker to surf" and it twisted into 'teach a midget to surf'... shit. No points but priceless photo.


It looks like Nate's winning this wrestling match with a frontside chokehold.


Headless dickman? Or manless dickhead? Either way this dick rides for Volcom.


"RUN MIGUEL....ES LA MIGRA!"


Barney can't skate for shit, but he's sure fun to ollie over.

-mikeG, morrissey, gieger, carey, while the others bite the pillow.

7/9/2008

Tuesday, July 9th, 3:31 am

Gut wrench, border patrol, 200-ton whales, not pink enough to party, waiting, dolphin polisher, heroes, ???... i don't know.

This doesn't get any better....

Drunk and down til first light, but our day 2 already begun... fuck.

-mg