Monday, May 30, 2011

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

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

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