Pismo-UltateYota-Jamboree/2013.....
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Let me start by saying a huge thank you to Toyo! It was very nice of you to include me in your group, & I have to say thank you to all of them as well, they were a lot of fun and very welcoming! I also was very appreciative of the food, and its very nice to not have to cook occasionally!
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I was all packed up and heading out at 5:30am, when suddenly I got a call,..."Mark, I'm so sorry, but we have some guests coming in from Hungary.... The shuttle will drop them off at 7am.... We need you to cook breakfast." One of them is sick, so I can expect them to go out, but I figured maybe they could have ordered something? Oh well, that's not how it works, and when you have someone you want to share that with your guests. I get it....


So instead I ended up leaving, finally, at 9 a.m.... Heading up the coast in the rain on me a bit what's the forecast looks okay, just a bit misty and overcast for the day... Just a beautiful day though!....





It was pretty trippy, because within 5 miles it went back to this.....





Then as I pulled in the event, that went back to clear skies. But; Right at the gate, I pulled off to get a flag and whip..... Right there, an extremely hot CHP officer had pulled over an acquaintance of ToyoTech(and member of Yotatech), actually a member of green camp, which is Mak92, MKtaco and many others... As the CHP-Bunny went back to her car to look up his information, I asked him what was up, and he said she was giving him a ticket for no mud flaps and blacked out tint... I quickly pulled backwards, into a parking spot at that last shop on the right.... In the time it took me to air down and go in and get the flag, she pulled over three more people! All of them for mud flaps. Finally, I just broke down and asked her, "What should I do? I took them off and they're already buried in there, I really don't want to dig them out, and I'm right at the gate.... She said, & I quote, "Well hon,... at least just wait for me to drive off....Show me that respect?".... ....Eye-roll or not, I did just that! Hahaha.
I pulled in and headed down the beach to camp... Well, I was looking for it, anyway...lol...






I couldn't find the Ultimate Yota Jamboree sign, but I did find the All Pro canopy/camp, so I started snapping a few shots....


This is from up by the restroom, a bit up from the camp... This group got much larger and the cars and trucks when I'm like this for 2.75 miles! .....











AllPro is how I found my place to wait on Toya & Gang....

















Few more around Camp....











Buddy of Toyo & Friends Showing up.... Sal, and he had a SICK 3rd Gen PU!.....So clean!!! ....








And plenty more....















Toyotech and his group had already been there for a while, and they did make it just in time for the Ultimate Yota Group Photo.....













Toyotech and Crew did a lil Post-Group Pix-Frenzy Wheeling, lol....





As they got back from the Group Shot and some Dunes Fun.... A guy had set up a demo of the Pull-Pal in the center of the campground for the Jamboree....















Here is that SICK f&r linked 2nd gen that got pulled over and ticketed. He was with the "Green Camp"....





Toyota and most of his buddies came back, so I lined up with them to set up camp. Notice Nate of Blazeland doing a flex shot! Hahaha...








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The Majority of the group had already been out a while, getting those Ultimate Yota Official Event Line Up Shots/Doing some wheeling thereafter....They needed a little click or two to deal with some other stuff, so I followed Nate and his buddy Albert to see how he tore it up on the whoops, sporting some of his new prototype gear that he's been working on...
















Nate(BlazeN8) hauled ass across the whoops! His truck did really well, and I'm excited to see what he comes up with in the way of 'New Things' for the market!(But other than the pics you've seen, IT'S HUSH-HUSH! lol.... Seriously, I totally understand, and I would never betray someone's confidence!... Let's just say it's VERY cool/interesting, and I hope it's a winner for him, when finalized!)...... We cruised around for a bit and then, in a very short time, we ran into a group of guys in a crew cab Dodge diesel with a big load of wood in the bed.... STUCK BAD! Lol.....

Nate didn't really want to chance any carnage with the bumper he was sporting, to be able to tie off and try and pull the sucker out... I, on the other hand, had a class 2 rated 4xinnovations bumper...So, I agreed to give it a try, and they got working on digging out the front end so they could properly tie off a huge strap.....





Albert was nice enough to catch this on video... The funny thing is, somehow I got mixed up on my triple stick and I was in for 4hi and still pulled him out!... Gotta love RUBY-R3DRUM! Hehe... ( thanks Albert!)....





They got back to camp in their Dodge, and right next to where we were all set up, he got stuck again! ( sorry, no pictures of that ).....


We all hopped in after a little bit and headed out on a run.....
Lined up and ready to go... Just waiting for somebody to take off first! Lol...





Headed back out with Toyo and most of the group.... AWESOME wide open fun! Hadn't been in over a decade, and I wasn't driving that time. Other times I did drive, it was just to surf and camp....



We wheeled around and had a blast! .....
































Albert HAULING arse! .....








BlazeN8/Blazeland Founder, getting his air on...









Nate's buddy, Albert, hitting the same bowl lip....








Some Videos, throughout the day....(Sorry, my P&Shoot was not cooperating, so I had trouble using my Note2 and holding steady. Was quite bumpy, but I did my best, lol)....



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9-latxryM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_WcP0sHdy8










Couple shots grabbed before we headed back to camp for dinner.... 2nd Gen getting Air(it's on video/screen shots>>>) As we were Jumping and stuff, end of the day, this sun was TOTALLY BLINDING toward the top of the hill........







We headed back, where Toyo's buddies cooked up some grub(Thanks again, guys! everything hit the spot, and I'm very grateful!)......





Toyotech and his lovely Ladies' Pups, ready for some night wheeling! ....





I grabbed a couple shots(wish I'd gotten more, but we were having so much fun shooting the bull! haha), just before night hit full on....





Before we lined up, got a shot of the Camps nightlife getting started....



Lined up and ready for night wheeling! .....



Grabbed a couple shots of Toyotech's Rock Lights.... The brightness is more in the middle, but I like how the longer-open exposure caught it with the Canon-DSLR.... lol....




Heading out.....







It was SOOOO foggy, as you'll see in the videos, that it was hard to see, at times, more than 20ft. in front of us(makes it a lil hairy when heading up a hill in the pitch black).... Sorry for blinding anyone with the lightbar... Just wanted to help light it up. Was hard to avoid without taking the lead... and, well, I didn't feel good about being responsible for the direction we took.... It'd been too long since I'd been out there, and getting stuck at night SUCKS! haha...





LOVED these couple shots.... (I have more of them, but there's not really any dimension to them, so I'll just post them in a different post).....













Videos; MANY laughs that night.... Was a great time, very glad we decided to head into the fog! .....






One of the guys with this group of quads was SOOOOOOO drunk! He kept saying, "C'MONNNNN, nobody wants to race me???".... hahaha.... His lil blonde GF was even more hammered.... egging him on. He was harmless, thankfully, just their groups "Oh myyyyyyy he's smashed" for the evening! lol...






So we headed back to camp for a lil more grub and fireside discussion of the day...











What a FANTOYTASTICAL DAY! haha... Seriously, I had a great time... But, ...time to crash. As I did, I noticed that the guy two over from me, a buddy(I believe) of the Ultimate Yota Founder, along with the Ultimate Yota Founder were doing some late night repairs/radiator replacement... Still working at 1:30 AM! (BTW, the TLC owner, who'd endo'd earlier and took out his radiator? He drove from Pismo, where we were, to GARDEN GROVE, to get a replacement radiator![around 4 hours drive each way!!! .... NOW THAT is commitment to quality right there!) I felt bad, but they had 3 on it already, so I hit the sack....



Got up the next morning from my well insulated 4Runner/Porta-Condo, lol... , and was well rested and very grateful for an excellent breakfast, Pancakes, Eggs, Chorizo, Tortillas.... Just RIGHT ON TIME! Thanks again, guys!

We did some wheeling, but I was mostly doing some high speed stuff and donuts, haha... So I didn't really worry about pics/video... Just enjoyed it.

I believe Toyotech got this shot of that day, when Zach(Blue T100) was with us.... (Zach made it into a couple videos I believe, as well...



We did come up on a hill and a 4th Gen got high centered.....





5 of us gave him a shove and he got right out! ....

Right about then, an older gentleman rolled up with a nasty cut on his hand.... The Yota-ER-Field Op's grabbed their Emergency Kits and bandaged him right up!....



Nacho gave him a ride back, while a buddy of Kurt rode his quad back for him....

Shortly after, we headed back to camp and broke everything down.... Then we got some "Last Chance" photo Op's in by the Sea.....

First, I had to air up, before we took those pics and then headed up the coast... We were leaving the gate and heading right for a restaurant a couple miles away.... Air up! .....



Last Photo-Op's! ......









































Sadly, ..... ....it was time to head out.......



We had a decent Lunch at Brad's Seafood, then parted ways and headed home. Nacho had to stop for an alternator after they limped to an acceptable town to purchase a spare GM Alt...

I headed the other direction, 101 South.... And DANNNNNNGIT if it wasn't 40 Minutes into the drive.... I hit a bottleneck portion of it, around Carpenteria State Beach..... 15 MILES=1 HOUR & 45 MINUTES! Grrrrrr! HAHAHA.... Oh well, at least I was in my comfy Yota with good sounds, reliable lil motor, and all after taking quite a beating all weekend! ..... Gotta love it....



Thanks for checking in, guys, and please forgive the delay... Just dealing with some personal physical drama at the moment... Which makes everything take 3 times as long! haha....

I know Yotatech is somewhat flat now, and for quite a while it's been somewhat slow.... I still can't keep up with any more sites... SO, I'll stick with it. I tell everyone, everywhere I go, "CHECK IT OUT, drop me a message on there, I or SOMEONE will be glad to help!".... I think this site and it's members have MORE than saved my arse a few times.... So, while I might not be exclusive to Yotatech forever, lol(not a marriage or anything, hehe).... I do appreciate the site and all of the homies I've met on here.

Toyotech, GREAT time, and hopefully, you could meet up in the Hot Springs Areas in the Sierras this coming winter?

Later Taters!

Chef

PS> Whatever links or whatnot are fuggled, ....I'll fix it all later. I haven't used my PC in so long to do this, but I really needed to this time. Editing will surely come, but for now, I'M 2 DAYS BEHIND ON WORK.... So I'll get to it later!!! hahaha.

 

cool Pics Mark.
Albert's 2nd Gen truck with the taco bed is an interesting combination

 

I enjoyed the pictures & write-up and had fun hanging out with you guys. Hope to meet you again for another trip.

Ken
(I was in the white 3rd gen)

 

It looks like a pretty sweet glass bed if I'm correct. It was a nice truck he sure wasn't afraid to have fun in it! Good dude, nice to have met him.

Hey Ken, I most definitely remember you. Very nice to meet you. You were a very nice guy(not as with the cliche! Lol)....and btw, nice rig! Love the 3rd Gens!

Definitely look forward to wheeling with you all again. .... I know it so far for most of you, and you have plenty of wilderness right in your backyard,... but we are definitely going to be doing Big Bear, maybe Glamis, I was thinking about Cleghorn or something long....... And, as I told Jose,... I am definitely going to try and hit the Sierras both before and after the winter.

Either way, I'm sure I'll see you again

 

I'm kind of bummed i'm in Idaho now :/ anyone wanna go wheeling? There is a sweet 1st gen 4runner that looks well built, don't know about the drive train but the guy mainly bought it because it looks cool, I doubt he knows what he is doing on the trail.. oh well, I may be bringing the 4runner up next semester..

Looking good everybody! I hope to meet you all someday!

 

Chef - you posted the only picture of my 4Runner on yotatech! ( not many know about it, since I haven't really been on here since selling the 2nd gen ) It was good to finally meet you though. Sorry if Green camp was a little rowdy. We always are haha

 

Mak-daddy! Lol..... Sup man? I didn't I think it was you guys being the rowdyest... Did the cops come for you? It looked like it was over by the ultimate yota trailer. Orrrrr, hmmmmm, were you guys all just hanging at that center-of-camp fire? Either way, no need to apologize for having a good time. I got some serious sound deadening going on inside of my truck, and by the time I laid down at 1:30 a.m. I was done! Lol.

Is that you I got getting air with the sun coming over the hill? Or the pic of you guys with the linked 2nd gen?

 

Looked like tons of fun!

 

Just got back from pismo loved it man !!!

 

Great trip report Chef! Bunny cops, trucks acting like bunnies, 'all good.

 

Annual trip! Repeat this weekend. September 19th-21st, 2014.

 

You guys will have a blast

 

Very bummed to say i might miss this... Was so much fun last year! I'm trying! Even if I do go I have to come up with mud flaps for sure. I am NOT getting a ticket from that wicked witch!

 

Out on the dunes since Friday morning, bent my axle thinking Friday night which I'm ok with cause its already bent.

But I bent it pretty good and now have issues going above 25mph on the street. If anyone is still out I'm here till Sunday night. Any help would be appreciated.

I have a high lift and chain but I'm thinking I need a small car jack or bottle jack also.

 

Brother I am so sorry that I could not make it! I would have gladly helped! Wow, I hope the Green Camp or Toyo or someone sorted you out!

 

A few photos from the 2014 trip.

 

Nice! Killed it in the Yotastang!

 

In 1980, I remember being the only Toyota on Pismo (other than LCs). These photos bring back a lot of memories

 

I'm going again in a few weeks for the 2015 event. Anyone else planning to go?

 

What are the dates for 2015? Are you referring to turf and surf event? Im going to go to that; even if its only a day run down there. Its only 45 mins south for me. Maybe i'll see you guys there. Id like to see the blazeland LT setup in person. Thanks for sharing.
Alex