February 16th, 2003 - Long Bay Regional Beach, Auckland
'Have a Go' day
Once a year, traditional, new &
extreme sports gather together to promote their sport and let everyone
come and have-a-go! This is the first year Thundercats have
participated and we weren't quite prepared for the response we were in
for!
After a big day racing at Pauanui the
day before, we managed to get five boats to spend their Sunday driving
round & round in circles a thousand times. The
queues were forming by 9am, mostly kids & teenagers with a few Mum’s
& Dad’s tagging along.
The swell, which had hounded us at
Pauanui too, produced a nice half metre shore break, and guaranteed a wet
and wild start from the beach. The
younger ladies made their compulsory 'show us how loud you can scream'
before setting off, much to the amusement of the guys.
I had a hard time with some of the
younger kids wanting to ride in the “Shark Boat” - (Signtech has
a shark with big teeth painted on the front of both pontoons) rather than
mine, and had to resort to telling a few lies to get them to come with me
- 'oh that guy drives like a Nana!' It worked a few times
until Mike kept overtaking me!
The queues were 50 deep at times and
took about 40 minutes for some people to get their ride. After
burning about 50 litres of fuel each, we packed up and headed back to
Browns Bay to our vehicles.
BIG THANK-YOU TO;
