high octane junkie Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 there wasn't anything that really stood out at this years show. i liked the paintjob on the godfather rail. pro armor had some amazing deals on their atv/utv aftermarket aluminum parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot bob Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 (edited) ssss was great !! saw randy and whitney and woody and ogp. went with capt and fasterdaddy. i went to fodd at 2 o clock nobody !! cheese was no where to be found. all his and he was a NO SHOW like another character mentioned above. the artwork was fantastic on the extreme cars. wicked and all star sported some jeff davis bodied cars that were fantastic looking !! i want one of those bodies but im afraid my kids would destroy it. that new pds tranny for replacement of the mendeola 2d was awsom. had a ball talking to all my freinds @ eyeball fab, wright gearbox , cbm , desert rat buggies. king, and kar tek awsom turnout. didnt see terry at the fodd booth. it was more of a social gathering than a show lol, i never found yoshi's booth finished off in newport at joes crab shack. my back was killing me but my wheelchair helped i lasted till closing fun fun fun . helped to get me in the duning spirit !!!! ill post pics later but it was a good time. :sophie: Edited September 21, 2008 by barefoot bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 ...had a ball talking to all my freinds @ eyeball fab, wright gearbox , cbm , desert rat buggies. king, and kar tek awsom turnout. didnt see terry at the fodd booth. it was more of a social gathering than a show lol, i never found yoshi's booth finished off in newport at joes crab shack. my back was killing me but my wheelchair helped i lasted till closing fun fun fun . helped to get me in the duning spirit !!!! ill post pics later but it was a good time. :sophie: You didn't see Terry there because he didn't go. He never planned on it because he couldn't make it this year. And I hear ya on the social gathering thing. That's one of the reasons I love the SSSS the most. You get to meet up and say hi to so many people that are there from the industry/ sport as vendors. :black: And screw you- I wanted to go but couldn't make it this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsky70 Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 It was a pretty good show, not as many peeps as years past, but still alot there. Had some really nice paint work out there. I've got alot of pics, but can't post any until I get back home on Sat. Still down at Pendleton and have a govt computer, so I can't mess with that stuff. Good times after as well, OGP, Randog and Whit, Shanna and I stopped at Hooters again. Fun times everyone...SF Woody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAlaskan Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Pictures? anyone? ........bueller, bueller, bueler..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBoreVegas Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 Just got back a little bit ago, I didnt notice any difference in people from last year maybe even busier. vendor turnout was huge again. Great Show unfortunately no pics, wish i got some of those insane paint jobs on the cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randog Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 (edited) Whit and I got a late start, and finally got down there around 1:00. Yeah, It was a great show. There are some friggin' awesome cars out there. One of my favorites was the Monster car. :dumbass: A little on the crowded side, but enjoyed the show bigtime. The crowd took me by suprise. Wow, I thought the economy was in the chitter. Diehard duners I tell ya. As usual, I didn't want to leave, But since we were all going to Hooters, Well OK. Check this .............. We didn't get kicked out of Hooters this time. :?: Always awesome chillin' with OGP, Woods and Shanna. :peeps: Yep saw Capt and BarefootBob too, Hope you're feelin better soon Bizzle. Didn't see Cheese See ya in a couple week though. Right??? :black: Missed having Dman to chill with too. Dunefreak and Monkie you gotta go next time. I know you woulda got the whole group together for :peeps: and down at the beach again too. Sorry I forgot my camera, But like Woody said: He's got a grip of em'. We'll have to wait till Saturday. :flatbiller: R- Edited September 22, 2008 by Randog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 chill out boob, errrrr bob i was the GD booth @ 2 pm, within full view of the FODD booth, and saw no one but mike greeting peeps at his booth anyway the following is just my opinion and is not meant to cause chaos and start a war of i rolled in about 10 45 am on Saturday.... i could tell by parking lot being half full that not as many people were there this year compared to last i went looking for the usual suspects, like randog, woody, and OGP (like myself, not hard to miss that guy ) and through hours of browsing, hob-knobing with the GD.com peeps, multiple beer line experiences, and the 4-5 times i walked around and saw everything, i didnt run in to them i had to go check into our hotel so we left the show about 2 30pm. after waiting for peeps for the pic. i didnt see anyone that looked familiar, but have never met bob, so... i thought that more people would have been there, and the parking lot a little fuller, but :black: it seemed to me that even less vehicles were in it then, compared to when i arrived. i remember last year, peeps were parkin across the streeet at the high school and car dealership too, but that wasnt the case this year. Even vanguard university, which was highly impacted last year by SSSS peeps parking there, literally had an empty parking lot at the front of their school. anyway. we get back to the show around 3 pm, continue to look for DDR peeps, while shopping. I found a dump can for a really good price, and picked up a dingle custom for string, while the guy i was with shopped for hours looking at banshee parts, wheels, lights etc ran into Head Injury behind the GD.com booth and talked to him... man, how fast the RV scene changes!! dunesedge RV just added Carson to their lineup, and are poised to be a major mover in the toyhauler market. Ive got my eye on an attitude or stellar 40 ft 5th wheel that i have the hots for, and when im ready to pull the trigger, it will be through him i also finally met crusty. hella nice guy. i was impressed at how well behaved his 4 kids were the whole time we talked, real nice guy! he will also be out at kickoff weekend! i got to meet nor cal nick. he owns nor cal truck in livermore Ca, which is in the bay. he does some awesome things with gm vehicles at his shop. hella nice guy too. im trying to talk him into coming to dumont with us for the superbowl 2017 trip after the show, we drove to HB beer company, hoping to see some familiar faces, but didnt. i was surprised to see the place DEAD...we were one of 3 groups on the patio, and even half the inside was empty, till we left at around 10 pm dont get me wrong, it was a nice show, it just seemed to me that the booths were spread out a little more, with huge unused areas in the tent building, as well as the two buildings to the west of the tent building. the two main buildings were stuffed, as well as outside of the main buildings, and to the west, but not like last year. this year, most of the space was occupied by RV's. it seemed as though not as many rails were there this year either. TONS OF RZRS tho. saw some that were badazz, but as usual, pulled a total allcheezenodik move, and got a call from my wife 1 hour into the trip "hey, youre camera is on the bar, along with your DDR hat." :dumbass: WARNING...SOCIAL COMMENTARY AHEAD...ALONG WITH DUNING COMMUNITY CRITICISM...WARNING one thing that really got me down this year at the show was the blatant anti-family values groups that were at the show. yes, i may be acting petty here, but i have to point it out, because, in the final analysis, these things kill us in the public perception realm what i realized at this show was that we are killing ourselves, or allowing the bad influences to exist, to a certain extent, that continually injure us and our sport in the perception of what we do that is portrayed upon the public. This show would have been a cornucopa of material to aide in our adversaries quest to shut down more riding areas...just a few glaring examples...... on one large flatscreen in front of a building was playing a compilation of crashes, sandcar, quad, sxs and dune vehicle crashes...some ugly, lots of foul language, with women at the booth with a large number of "bolt ons" and "re racks" in clothing highly suggestive of a girls gone wild video, or a porn shoot in copper canyon. it seemed that this large group of peeps gathered around this big screen were worshipping the demise of our sport....eweeing and ahhhing at the crashes, while drinking up 7 dollar beers with basically strippers pimping their aftermarket accessories...... no way would i have taken string cheese to this show due to the graphic nature of oversexualization that seemed to permiate this venue. a few booths seemed to continue this trend, but one was just waaaaay over the top....BIG TITTY CREW. complete with shirts and stickers, one couldnt help but notice their booth. yeah, it get it that testosterone drives our sport, and that the cutting edge guys of our sport drive this kind of behavior, but again, it is far from a family atmosphere, which we try to push, expecially with our backs against the wall continually fighting against the CBD and Sierra club. i find it oxymoronic that some of us take time out of our lives to go to meetings in an attempt become informed and diligently do all we can to keep our riding areas open, yet seeing all the bullshit that reverses all we do in that attempt undone, at least in the public eye, at an event of this magnitude. i wouldnt be the least bit surprised if vido footage or pics of this event, shot by our adversaries, winds up in the media somewhere, being used against us. a quote, which is still ringing in my ear, was made by a high up person in one of the off-road coalitions to me....."look all around you....this would be a media frenzy of negative attention to our sports......we do it to ourselves...." this show proved to me that we, as off-roaders, are nowhere near being on the same page as far as cohesiveness needed to fight off the groups and movements attempting to shut down our riding areas. GREAT SHOW.............................................BAD MESSAGE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyvw Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 one thing that really got me down this year at the show was the blatant anti-family values groups that were at the show. yes, i may be acting petty here, but i have to point it out, because, in the final analysis, these things kill us in the public perception realm what i realized at this show was that we are killing ourselves, or allowing the bad influences to exist, to a certain extent, that continually injure us and our sport in the perception of what we do that is portrayed upon the public. This show would have been a cornucopa of material to aide in our adversaries quest to shut down more riding areas...just a few glaring examples...... on one large flatscreen in front of a building was playing a compilation of crashes, sandcar, quad, sxs and dune vehicle crashes...some ugly, lots of foul language, with women at the booth with a large number of "bolt ons" and "re racks" in clothing highly suggestive of a girls gone wild video, or a porn shoot in copper canyon. it seemed that this large group of peeps gathered around this big screen were worshipping the demise of our sport....eweeing and ahhhing at the crashes, while drinking up 7 dollar beers with basically strippers pimping their aftermarket accessories...... no way would i have taken string cheese to this show due to the graphic nature of oversexualization that seemed to permiate this venue. a few booths seemed to continue this trend, but one was just waaaaay over the top....BIG TITTY CREW. complete with shirts and stickers, one couldnt help but notice their booth. yeah, it get it that testosterone drives our sport, and that the cutting edge guys of our sport drive this kind of behavior, but again, it is far from a family atmosphere, which we try to push, expecially with our backs against the wall continually fighting against the CBD and Sierra club. i find it oxymoronic that some of us take time out of our lives to go to meetings in an attempt become informed and diligently do all we can to keep our riding areas open, yet seeing all the bullshit that reverses all we do in that attempt undone, at least in the public eye, at an event of this magnitude. i wouldnt be the least bit surprised if vido footage or pics of this event, shot by our adversaries, winds up in the media somewhere, being used against us. a quote, which is still ringing in my ear, was made by a high up person in one of the off-road coalitions to me....."look all around you....this would be a media frenzy of negative attention to our sports......we do it to ourselves...." this show proved to me that we, as off-roaders, are nowhere near being on the same page as far as cohesiveness needed to fight off the groups and movements attempting to shut down our riding areas. GREAT SHOW.............................................BAD MESSAGE well said, mr cheese.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot bob Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 chill out boob, errrrr bob i was the GD booth @ 2 pm, within full view of the FODD booth, and saw no one but mike greeting peeps at his booth anyway i was right next to the fodd booth i was the only one in a wheel chair capt kllm was on my left and faster daddy was pushing me next to fodd and right infront of the pds trany booth and eyeball fab/ kartek right out the door. you were just hiding as usual as for the commentary, i tend to lean twords your side of the commentary. the right thing to do is walk on by and not give them your bussines. using sex to sell products has gone on since the begining of time. no excuse however and i didnt shop at those booths. video of motorsports wrecks has been a selling point since the car has ben invented. the part that is obviously clear to me that is toubling is the way the young girls are presenting themselves. alot were dressing like whores. as a single guy you think oooo sexy . but would you take somthing dressed like that to your home?? to meet your family ??? or date ?? or take seriuosly ?? the strip club look is not cool to me . i have daughters and i shudder at the thought. but that is more of a reflection on our youth. and how they are raised. than the sport. itself and i would say a majority of the vendors there that were selling quality products did not use that angle to offer there wares. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted September 22, 2008 Author Share Posted September 22, 2008 i was right next to the fodd booth i was the only one in a wheel chair capt kllm was on my left and faster daddy was pushing me next to fodd and right infront of the pds trany booth and eyeball fab/ kartek right out the door. you were just hiding as usual you werent the only ma facka ina wheelchair...wheelie bar was in one too. sorry i missed you guys... i was waitin there at the GD booth, talkin with zippy, spyin the fodd booth, and no one i recognized, like dingle or ogp, woody, showed as for the commentary, i tend to lean twords your side of the commentary. the right thing to do is walk on by and not give them your bussines. using sex to sell products has gone on since the begining of time. no excuse however and i didnt shop at those booths.video of motorsports wrecks has been a selling point since the car has ben invented. the part that is obviously clear to me that is toubling is the way the young girls are presenting themselves. alot were dressing like whores. as a single guy you think oooo sexy . but would you take somthing dressed like that to your home?? to meet your family ??? or date ?? or take seriuosly ?? the strip club look is not cool to me . i have daughters and i shudder at the thought. but that is more of a reflection on our youth. and how they are raised. than the sport. itself and i would say a majority of the vendors there that were selling quality products did not use that angle to offer there wares. i agree with you on all that too, but when the media, controlled by the left, with huge political agendas, go on a witch hunt, they don't use pics and vid of the majority....rather a minority within the majority, and then twist it and use it to their advantage.....everywhere i looked, i saw something that could be used....its effed sad Bob... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandpirates2 Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 WARNING...SOCIAL COMMENTARY AHEAD...ALONG WITH DUNING COMMUNITY CRITICISM...WARNING one thing that really got me down this year at the show was the blatant anti-family values groups that were at the show. yes, i may be acting petty here, but i have to point it out, because, in the final analysis, these things kill us in the public perception realm what i realized at this show was that we are killing ourselves, or allowing the bad influences to exist, to a certain extent, that continually injure us and our sport in the perception of what we do that is portrayed upon the public. This show would have been a cornucopa of material to aide in our adversaries quest to shut down more riding areas...just a few glaring examples...... on one large flatscreen in front of a building was playing a compilation of crashes, sandcar, quad, sxs and dune vehicle crashes...some ugly, lots of foul language, with women at the booth with a large number of "bolt ons" and "re racks" in clothing highly suggestive of a girls gone wild video, or a porn shoot in copper canyon. it seemed that this large group of peeps gathered around this big screen were worshipping the demise of our sport....eweeing and ahhhing at the crashes, while drinking up 7 dollar beers with basically strippers pimping their aftermarket accessories...... no way would i have taken string cheese to this show due to the graphic nature of oversexualization that seemed to permiate this venue. a few booths seemed to continue this trend, but one was just waaaaay over the top....BIG TITTY CREW. complete with shirts and stickers, one couldnt help but notice their booth. yeah, it get it that testosterone drives our sport, and that the cutting edge guys of our sport drive this kind of behavior, but again, it is far from a family atmosphere, which we try to push, expecially with our backs against the wall continually fighting against the CBD and Sierra club. i find it oxymoronic that some of us take time out of our lives to go to meetings in an attempt become informed and diligently do all we can to keep our riding areas open, yet seeing all the bullshit that reverses all we do in that attempt undone, at least in the public eye, at an event of this magnitude. i wouldnt be the least bit surprised if vido footage or pics of this event, shot by our adversaries, winds up in the media somewhere, being used against us. a quote, which is still ringing in my ear, was made by a high up person in one of the off-road coalitions to me....."look all around you....this would be a media frenzy of negative attention to our sports......we do it to ourselves...." this show proved to me that we, as off-roaders, are nowhere near being on the same page as far as cohesiveness needed to fight off the groups and movements attempting to shut down our riding areas. GREAT SHOW.............................................BAD MESSAGE Well said Cheese, I agree with you, that perception is 90% of what the public takes back with them. This same type of gathering for the CBD or Sierra would still had $7 Beers, but also Program Propaganda to the max. So instead of showing Wrecks and Accidents for amusement, it would have also inlcuded how dangerous and destructive our sport is to each other, our families and of course Mother Nature.... Yeah, your on the point here my friend, the oppertunity to show the public how important it is to save the open riding areas and what damage to our freedom gorups like CBD and Sierra have done in just the last 5 years, would have been a much better venue, and like you and BB, family interface to the show would have been difficult. Thanks for the stand-up - sometimes it takes this for peeps to see the issues. SP2 Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunefreak Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 on one large flatscreen in front of a building was playing a compilation of crashes, sandcar, quad, sxs and dune vehicle crashes...some ugly, lots of foul language, with women at the booth with a large number of "bolt ons" and "re racks" in clothing highly suggestive of a girls gone wild video, or a porn shoot in copper canyon. it seemed that this large group of peeps gathered around this big screen were worshipping the demise of our sport....eweeing and ahhhing at the crashes, while drinking up 7 dollar beers with basically strippers pimping their aftermarket accessories...... no way would i have taken string cheese to this show due to the graphic nature of oversexualization that seemed to permiate this venue. Damnit! I KNEW I missed another good SSSS this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OGP Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 DAMNIT. Somehow I missed out on the good video and the Cheap entertainment! Guess I was paying to much attention to the sand cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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White Rhino Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 hey cheese u don't get out often do u? Booth babes are used in all shows / expos. Yes even in educational shows NSBA etc. As for the crash videos who doesn't watch those??? Negative to our sport?? Hardly IMHO. And my rant wasn't a page long LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNOFFROAD Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 hey cheese u don't get out often do u? Booth babes are used in all shows / expos. Yes even in educational shows NSBA etc. As for the crash videos who doesn't watch those??? Negative to our sport?? Hardly IMHO. And my rant wasn't a page long LOL Ditto Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indasand Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Boobs, Beer, Videos....... I new I should of gone But I hear ya Cheese..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 (edited) hey cheese u don't get out often do u? Booth babes are used in all shows / expos. Yes even in educational shows NSBA etc. As for the crash videos who doesn't watch those??? Negative to our sport?? Hardly IMHO. And my rant wasn't a page long LOL Ditto i personally don't hink it is a negative.....i expressed that it could be USED and VIEWED as a negative by the people that want nothing less than closure to your riding areas...... obviously you two don't get the whole picture, what does every sand riding area have in common in the State of Ca?? answer....an ESA petition (endangered species act), along with 2 out of the three (oceano and Glamis) having closures due to it. what? you dont think they will use everything to their advantage to give us off roaders negative publicity??? F word industries....is that a community positive? i can imagine your company showing up to a school to do some community service. your business could be used as a generalization as to the mind set of all off roaders. i know thats probably what you didnt have in mind when you started your business, but these groups will stop at nothing, and investigate EVERY avenue available to them to further their agenda....which is to CLOSE DOWN ALL OFF ROAD ACTIVITY ON PUBLIC LAND. must be nice to be oblivious to the chess match that takes place on a daily basis, with your freedom to ride off road being the prize to win or lose. why do i rant like this? it has happened to a riding area that i have been going to since i was a kid (oceano) 15,000 acres down to less than 1500, with a huge fight for even more right now.... now its happening @ dumont, and you want to call ME out....... Edited September 23, 2008 by richard cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNOFFROAD Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 i personally don't hink it is a negative.....i expressed that it could be USED and VIEWED as a negative by the people that want nothing less than closure to your riding areas...... obviously you two don't get the whole picture, what does every sand riding area have in common in the State of Ca?? answer....an ESA petition (endangered species act), along with 2 out of the three (oceano and Glamis) having closures due to it. what? you dont think they will use everything to their advantage to give us off roaders negative publicity??? F word industries....is that a community positive? i can imagine your company showing up to a school to do some community service. your business could be used as a generalization as to the mind set of all off roaders. i know thats probably what you didnt have in mind when you started your business, but these groups will stop at nothing, and investigate EVERY avenue available to them to further their agenda....which is to CLOSE DOWN ALL OFF ROAD ACTIVITY ON PUBLIC LAND. must be nice to be oblivious to the chess match that takes place on a daily basis, with your freedom to ride off road being the prize to win or lose. why do i rant like this? it has happened to a riding area that i have been going to since i was a kid (oceano) 15,000 acres down to less than 1500, with a huge fight for even more right now.... now its happening @ dumont, and you want to call ME out....... wasn't calling you out cheese, sorry you feel that way! As far as my avatar goes it is not my company! The owner is a good friend and he has great products and I will continue to support him reguardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 wasn't calling you out cheese, sorry you feel that way! As far as my avatar goes it is not my company! The owner is a good friend and he has great products and I will continue to support him reguardless. sorry too.. it gets to the point to where many more off-roaders dont give a ratz azz, and could care less what the future holds for our sport. I have a son that loves to ride, and it would be disheartening to not be able to see him do what he likes to do in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot bob Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 im calling you out pard !! high noon i dunno what for but it sounds like fun. :ah: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertrider71 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 im calling you out pard !! high noon i dunno what for but it sounds like fun. :ah: This topic is gettin too serious. Enough about the Sand Sport Super Show. Let's talk about....... The gun show ! ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Cheese Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 in the famous words of pimpshack pete FYGS red sweater hasnt been around lately anyway... string pimped the dingle custom @ school today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Rhino Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 cheese u don't get what I was saying. You were saying that because we had bolt on girls on booths that protrayed a bad image?? Please again who doesn't use hot chicks to try to lure customers into there booths? I've been to literally100's of shows and ALL shows have some booths with booth babes. That's all I was saying. Now if u want to talk about that party heat show. Yes I agree that protrayed a possible bad image. But heck it was what it was for 99% of the population (entertainment tv) So do I agree we all need to be proactive about our sport. Hell yeah is Dumont going to close because of the show?? Ugh no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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