This ESSCAPE ride opens with a convergent story on riding...that is to say, riding through 50 states to surf in in some form or another [emphasis on ANOTHER] to be exacting...having already booked 41 states, 14,000 miles, and two motors on their converted ice cream truck lent by surfgear maker Hurley, a couple of now media famous lads came our route...two eMails and three calls later, they were staying at our abode, telling of high tale if not hijinx of the adventures in the Americas...did I mention that to be on their journey you had to be Australian ("Straya" as the call it), plan on making a documentary of your travels, do loads of interviews with the media, and be willing to paddle the surfboards in conditions that include fish pond muck, ski slopes, and 44 degree inclimate weather as one waddles into small wind blown surf on the Isle of Tybee...surfing50states INDEED...

above, well the Straya lads Stefan and Jonno, decide that they simply must have a try at surfing a motorbike as they clamor aboard the Katoom, professizing the places they will travel to, as well as snorting on about the fantastic ride they dream upon...and in the rolled over image, the lads squeeze a smile out of Jimi next to their 6 wheeled beomoth...

right then, on with the show if you please...

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