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	AEOLIAN SANTA BARBARA RIDING THE RIVIERA

			SANTA BARBARA YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO PARTY. 10.01.09 THANKS TO THE SANT A BARBARA CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORUM'S FORUM LOUNGE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SANTABARBARA BICYCLE COALITION ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY WHEELHOUSE BIKES. SANTA BARBARA MAP photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			GWEN & SON The first little bunny tow operation. Eat your heart out little bunny foo foo. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica FIndley

			photo by: Jessica FIndley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by:Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			THE MAN ON THE WHEEL This jess is the unicycle jester, being pulled by Don Lubach. Two super awesome dudes. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			OH YEAH THAT GUY I almost forgot about the condor that stole my thunder. I like it when the local woodwork contains wild animals. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			WE SHOULD BE TAKING YOUR PICTURE! too late ladies. photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			photo by: Jessica Findley

			PLAYBACK We had the joy of watching ourselves after the ride in the Contemporary Arts Forum Gallery. photo by: Jessica Findley

			MORE INFLATABLES A local artist blesses the streets of Santa Barbara with his night time blow ups. photo by: Jessica Findley

			LONG TIME COMING Ok, so see the guy on the left dressed in black? That's Don Lubach. He pretty much rules. Don first found out about the Aeolian Ride well over 3 years ago. He couldn't raise the funds to bring me to Santa Barbara, but he happened to tell his friend Heather Jeno Silva, the girl dressed in black, who makes awesome stuff happen for the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum. She called Don up to tell him they were bringing me out and Don said "it was like Christmas!" photo by: Jessica Findley

			WHEEL HOUSE BOYS Heather is pretty smart and she found these great guys, Evan Minogue and Erik Wright who run this bike shop called Wheelhouse to sponsor the ride. They sell all kinds of cargo and cruiser bikes. photo by: Jessica Findley


			POST RIDE PLAN The day after the ride Heather and I met up to have a burger off the burger bus (not to miss if you are in Santa Barbara and you are the meat eating type) which is right on the Wheelhouse parking lot. Here Heather tests a cargo bike. Afterwards the Wheelhouse boys told me about a cruiser bike skid out contest in La Isla Vista out by the university. The boys prepped their beater cruiser bikes with florescent orange duct tape and we all took turns testing our skids. Mine was mmm... tiny. photo by: Jessica Findley

			TINY SKIDS OR NO Inspite of mylack of skid skills I took the cruiser bike from my hotel and pedalled out 9 miles to meet up with Jess for the cruiser bike skid out contest. Sadly we missed the contest but we did get to make this video of Jess riding his big wheel unicycle through campus on a party night. It was so hysterical to me the way he would look out of control almost hit someone and then zip off in the next direction. He wooop wooop woooped all over the place. I wish you could hear him, but instead it is me laughing maniacally. Egads! photo by: Jessica Findley

			THE KING OF ISLA VISTA Jess and I ran into Erik of Wheelhouse. He told us the beach cruiser skid contest was epic. Evan, his partner, won the skid contest! He was being paraded through Isla Vista brought back to the house where he would be king and they would burn a piano and a bike while a death metal band played. We got there in time the burning and the band. Later we watched a reggae band and I played drums at a hippie house where the water in the fish tank was so green you couldn't see the fish. Crazy college kids! photo by: Jessica Findley


	MANY THANKS to the love from Santa Barbara. Thanks to Don Lubach for being so excited about life, to Heather Jeno Silva and the Contemporary Arts Forum's Forum Lounge for putting it on. High Fives to the Santa Barbara Bike Coalition and the Wheelhouse boys for the sponsorship. Big ups to Ethan Turpin and Jess Reigel for their videography. Much gratitude to Judy Keim for leading the ride. And thank you to allllllllllllll the awesome amazing riders who came out to join the ride. You rule.