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COMPLETED: TECORE VIII - AKA THE FUGAWI BIRD EXPEDITION

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by Trail X » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:02 pm

I think he said he's on #8 for the year?? :shock:
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by dvanbramer88 » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:08 pm

JamesDowning wrote:I think he said he's on #8 for the year?? :shock:


I don't think it was that high. He did say that there is a limit of 3 insurance claims on your phone a year. And that he has exceeded that before. We'll let him chime in.
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by v7guy » Mon Apr 15, 2013 11:25 pm

mikekey wrote:Yeah, someone also never used the brand new GoPro I bought which recorded in 1080p, instead most of our stuff is with the Canon wanna be DSLR

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I really like this shot with the water coming up, very nice shot.


Watched a few of the videos, pretty cool stuff, mine is still processing according to youtube... bummer.

Im really surprised how well Mike B and the dash phone video turned out. I expected Daves to turn out pretty decent, and it looks good as well. You get a reasonable feeling for TECORE in these videos. Good stuff!


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by NC_IslandRunner » Tue Apr 16, 2013 7:53 am

dvanbramer88 wrote:Let me tell you the story of how Rory lost his phone on Friday.

Frank and I were walking into the bathroom at Walmart Friday morning. Rory passes us on his way out. Rory says "broke it in for ya"

I walk up to the urinal. Frank goes into the stall. I hear "Hey Dave, what kind of phone does Rory have?" I respond "I don't know why?" Frank than asks if Rory has a white truck. I say yea he does. So basically, we found a phone in the bathroom with ORTB.com left up in the bathroom at Walmart. It HAD to be Rory's phone. We decided to hold on to it and let Rory sweat for a little. We come out of the Walmart and when Rory walks up to the trucks, I ask him if he has everything. He says yea, he's ready to go. As we're driving, I'm following Rory and at every red light he throws it in park and I see him digging through his stuff. At one red light he even gets out to look at his bumper. He gets back in and says over the CB he was just checking to see if his phone was on the bumper. Now this is getting really funny. So long story short, It wasn't until that night that Rory said anything about loosing his phone and having to get a new one. I gave him his phone back and we laughed about it. Then I find out that Rory wasn't worried because he loses his phone all the time.


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And this would be a lot worse if I went back another yr or 2. I've had 6 different HTC Evo's in total some used multiple times.My current HTC Evo backup phone has had the screen replaced and the speaker replaced.
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by bartonmd » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:34 am

I guess if it was something I was interested in, I should have asked somebody to do it while we were there, but are there any videos from somebody following me, showing that the hitch carrier doesn't rock around or anything while wheeling?

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by Trail X » Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:22 pm

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by dvanbramer88 » Tue Apr 16, 2013 12:31 pm

Nice pictures James!
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by dvanbramer88 » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:11 pm

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by dvanbramer88 » Tue Apr 16, 2013 9:13 pm

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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 12:04 pm

THANKS RORY!

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by Cable810 » Wed Apr 17, 2013 1:07 pm

Nice pictures!!
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by onelow1ton » Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:00 am

Looks like a great time ! Sad I missed it , hopefully I can make the next one
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by Trail X » Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:14 pm

Wish I was able to work more on the video tonight. I'm away from my video editing computer...

But hey, here's a shot of the slider doing it's thing while we were fixing dinner at camp Friday night:

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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:03 pm

I can't wait to see this year's video. It surely will impress!
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by Trail X » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:17 pm

We'll see. I think it will be enjoyable. I think so at least so far... but I can also see some people complaining...
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by dvanbramer88 » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:30 pm

JamesDowning wrote:We'll see. I think it will be enjoyable. I think so at least so far... but I can also see some people complaining...


Complaining about?
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by NC_IslandRunner » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:57 pm

JamesDowning wrote:We'll see. I think it will be enjoyable. I think so at least so far... but I can also see some people complaining...The little whiny bastards!


You haven't dissapointed us yet!

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by HARDTRAILZ » Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:58 pm

Complaining cause I couldn't make it... really wish I could a after seeing pics
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by dvanbramer88 » Thu Apr 25, 2013 12:00 am

I think the only thing anyone could complain about is the fact that they couldn't "nut up" and attend TECORE. These feelings of regret and self pity will surely be increased after viewing the video.


EDIT: (Kyle beat me too it) lol
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by HARDTRAILZ » Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:45 am

I have been more than most but always regret missing a good camping trip. Guess I will camp all weekend to make up for it.
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