Rather than spending the swear jar proceeds on beer, I opted to use the money towards the 1st Annual Riding With The Devil Cyclocross Awards. The purpose of Riding With The Devil Cyclocross Awards is to honor the extraordinary achievements of those that race cyclocross on the Snakebite Racing Team.
Before starting the awards ceremony I need to take a minute to thank a few people. First and foremost an ENORMOUS thank you goes to Brian and Diane at HubBub. After getting a call 4:00 PM on Friday, Brian quickly pulled together a generous box of used parts. Without those parts there wouldn’t have been any awards. I can’t thank you enough Brian. And Laurie gets a big thank you too. She gave me the idea for the wood bases, went out in the middle of the night to get sand and make the sand bags, and she stayed up with me to 12:45 AM to give moral support. Thanks Honey!
So without further delay, let’s get this shindig dug. :-)
The Iron Maiden Award for Phenomenal Pain Tolerance (PPT): Ray Huang
Rather than pursue fame and glory in the B field, Ray chose to race among the big men of cross where the pain is long and plentiful. We’re going to miss Ray on the Snakebite team. We wish you the best of luck with the Torrelli boys.
The Aleister Crowley Award for Outstanding Photography: Gary Burkholder
What can you say? When you’ve got skills, you’ve got skills.
The Beelzebub Performance Award: John Ehrlinger
It’s not every day you have the ability to beat Paul Martin, the 2007 Elite Men's Road Race National Champion. So what if Paul’s chain broke during the race, John’s could have too.
The Anton LaVey Humanitarian Award: Dan Baraona
The Anton Lavay Humanitarian Award is given to a person most deserving of encouragement to move from one race category to next. After racing several seasons in the C’s Dan’s goal for 2008 is raise his game and race with the B’s. Godspeed Dan and welcome to Snakebite!
And last but not least…
The Eternal Damnation Award: Rick Adams
There is a special place in Hell reserved for the vilest of humanity. Of those the cyclocross sandbagger is the most contemptible of filth. This season Rick bravely raced against the cyclocross sandbagger and met the challenge head on. Never forget Rick that testing/humiliation is good for the soul. Second place is a great character builder.
That concludes the 2007 Riding With The Devil Cyclocross Awards. Remember… Every quarter you add to the swear jar will make a difference in the life of a needy, unfortunate cyclocross racer. Good night and God Bless.
3 comments:
Don, once again thanks for the support, encouragement, and of course the beautifully crafted awards, the photos don't do them justice. I'm looking forward to training and racing together in the 2008 season. Plan on bringing the pain!
Dan
Donny, thank you for this.....recognition. You bring something extra to SBR and a day doesn't go by that I'm grateful your on the team and a friend of mine.
Rick
I'm glad that you guy's liked the cyclocross awards. A lot of hard work went into them though it didn't feel like it because they were so much fun to make. With working on the paintings and the impromptu awards, 2007 has been a creative/productive year for me even with the rats of plagiarism eating at my creative storehouses.
Since I’m not feeling any love on the blog from Ray, Gary or John, I guess they’ll be blacklisted for the 2008 awards. :-)
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