Californication

Our trip in california in short in a few nice pictures. What 4 belgian guys do in California for 2 weeks:

Waiting for the winner of the Tour de Flanders 2011 Nick Nuyens ( for 3 hours ) during the Tour of California.

A nice ride with my friend Wouter (Picture) and Jeremy. 

Having a lot of fun on a surfboard in Santa Barbara with my friend Jeremy ( next to me on the surfboard) thanks to our great surf instructor, thanks Landen!

Surfing btw is a serious exercise, in the evening Jeremy and I were completely tired after a half a day of surfing ( Consisting of paddling into the Ocean for 5 minutes, do wave watching; and try to be lucky on a good wave for a few seconds :) But fun!!! We saw 7 dolphins swimming just a few meters from where we were wave watching, that was really awesome.

Posing for a nice surf picture with the group :)
From left to right: My friend Jeremy, the 2 girls, Me and our surf instructor on the ground.

Showing off!!!!!!

And not showing off :)

And a little relaxation at the Giants game against the Florida Merlins ( They lost with 1-0 ).
And as 4 European guys, we even missed how the Merlins made the point. If we would have followed our home brewed rules which we thought made sense, the score should be 0-0.... Or we just missed the point :)

A really fun Krusty the clown ride in Hollywood!!! Really cool ride.

Having a great evening in Las Vegas, drinking cocktails and eating mexican, preparing for a long night!

From left to right: Jeremy, Joris, Joris and Wouter.

Thanks to our professional photographer Jeremy for taking all those really nice pictures!

And now...back to training for the first race in CAT 3 in Iowa; June 18th.

Euer,
Joris

I am Cat 3 now :)

Tracking Number:	354746
Request Date:	05-02-11
Status:	Closed and Approved
Date Closed:	05-04-11
Member:	Joris Custers
Request Type:	Cat Chg-
Assigned To:	Matthew Anderson
Description:	liegebeest - 2011-05-02 11:42 Member: Joris Custers License: Road Racer Request to change category from Cat 5 to Cat 3 Member Explanation/Resume: Hi, I would like to request an upgrade to cat 3 or if that is not possible to cat 4. I would prefer an upgrade to cat 3 if possible (Although I know it might be unusual). I have 10+ years of expierence racing in peleton in Belgium. I have attached the 3 results of these year races in cat 5 and cat 4/5. Thanks alot! Joris Durand Road Race; April 16th (Cat 5) Result: 1 (Breakaway with 2 25+ miles) Ken Woods Memorial Road Race; April 23th (Cat 5) Result: 1 (Solo 20+ miles) Marty Road Race; April 30th (Cat 4/5) Result: 1 (Breakaway with 2 20+ miles) Request was approved on 2011-05-04 9:12 by Matthew Anderson