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06-19-2007, 12:20 PM | #1 |
The Monkey's Trunk
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WBM 2007: Bigger and more Wicked than ever....
The Monkey's Trunk gave one of our staff the undaunting task of attending his first ever WBM (He was the unlucky n00b. Ed). His task was to survive the event and bring back his experience to share. Somehow he did survive much to our dismay with no blood loss or jail stops along the way. Here's our Monkeys story: Text & Pics by Jared Robinson (Chapel) It’s one week before Wicked Big Meet and I get a message from the slavedrivers editors at The Monkey’s Trunk: none of the regular contributors are going to WBM this year and that they need someone local to cover the event. I’m going anyway so I volunteer to go and cover the event. I’ve never been to a Subaru-only show before and I’m still pretty new to the actual community, so I’m in for quite a culture shock from my days at German car shows like the out of control hooliganism that is Waterfest. I’ve been waiting for this day since I won tickets back in October, even before I owned my current car. As luck would have it, I picked up my WRX in December and going to this show as a full fledged Subaru owner was exciting. I spent the good part of the day before WBM like most every other Subaru owner: detailing, waxing and polishing my ride. In my excitement, I forgot to check when gates open for the event and I arrive a full hour before hand, relegated to a small overflow lot waiting for the go signal from the volunteer parking attendants. I’m first in line at the check-in gate and I get the best parking spot in the show. I dust the never ending New England Pollen Storm from my freshly waxed paint, clean the brake dust from my wheels, gather my belongings and venture into the wonderful world of WBM2007. Subaru of America absolutely dominates the entrance to the show grounds. The first car I see is the Forester Sport Concept, which you may have seen in your latest Subaru Drive magazine. Before I even bring my camera up to focus for a shot on it, I notice IT. You may have seen photos of IT before… a pre-production NEW Impreza in black with a set of bronze Gram Lights and quite a bit of SPT performance parts added. The interior, as an SPT representative informs me, is far from complete as can be seen by the plastic non-textured dash and the Cooper S boost gauge mounted above the dash. It’s rather attractive in person, coming from someone that didn’t like it at first. But enough about the new Impreza, back to the show. The vendor area is absolutely packed with tents full of wares, show cars and the like. Rally cars dominate one corner while “Mad Tyte JDM yo!” cars dominate the other. My door prize tickets find their way into the appropriate boxes (I didn’t win anything). I talk with all the vendors on site and I make my way to the PRoN (Periodic Review of NASIOC) booth who is going to be airing their latest review throughout the day. Free swag is available to everyone on site. Posters, T-shirts and stickers galore! After some mindless self-indulgence, it’s back to the main lot for photos of the absolutely IMMENSE field of cars. After a few minutes of aimlessly wandering around and snapping photos of almost every car in the lot, I’m able to hitch a ride on a scissor lift to get a view (and a few snaps) of the field from an unstable and terrifying height. Throughout the day, tech sessions about rallying and transmissions are held in the Granite Room and food is served at the mountain’s cafeteria. After the initial drawing of door prizes, it’s time for a trip up to the summit. Finally, a few minutes away from the music and bustle of the show and some beautiful scenery. Then it’s another trip back down into showville. After a bit more chatting, photo taking and aimless wandering around, the skies finally turn gray and after the last prize is handed out, it begins to rain. By the rate people begin to leave, it seems like a rain storm of biblical proportions, when it’s nothing more than a drizzle. I take this time to walk around and take photos of people exiting before I decide to follow suit. Overall, a great show and my first WBM and my first major Subaru show as a Subaru owner. Addendum: I got pulled over on the way home for expired registration and the lovely and pleasant state police officer was kind enough to NOT tow and impound my car and simply told me to renew it when I got home. (Damn shame, next time we'll pay him more to detain you. Ed) Jared contributed his story about his WBM experience but we know there's more behind the scenes fun. We invite you to share your pics and experience here to show what your WBM was like. The senior staff of TmT will select the most outrageous story (with pics for bonus points) to receive one of those über cool 1/43 HPI diecast WRC Impreza given away in our last issue. The lucky winner will receive a PM from TmT and a mention in the next issue of TmT. So let's hear your "Wicked" stories... www.themonkeystrunk.com www.myspace.com/themonkeystrunk
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06-19-2007, 03:07 PM | #2 |
Review Crew
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can we get some CN here?
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06-19-2007, 04:21 PM | #3 |
Scooby Specialist
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you just let me know when I can throw my photos of the event up... or maybe you guys can host the photos and save my ass some dough
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06-19-2007, 07:02 PM | #4 |
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Post them pics!!!
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06-19-2007, 07:33 PM | #5 |
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06-19-2007, 07:43 PM | #6 |
Cowabunga!
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I will try to make it next time!
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06-19-2007, 07:52 PM | #7 |
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I would have been in this picture (3rd one down) if my buddy Ben wasnt such a fat slob (Penn State baby)
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06-19-2007, 08:59 PM | #8 |
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thats me with making a funny face
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06-19-2007, 10:03 PM | #9 |
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Hey great write up. Wish I could've made it but as you may already know... there are a lot of poor subie owners... oh well, that's what NASIOC is for!
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06-19-2007, 10:31 PM | #10 |
Scooby Specialist
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thanks
I haven't written an article in a LONG time and it's not my best work, but it was a fun read for me afterwards |
06-20-2007, 01:40 AM | #11 |
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Nice work Jared, see you at WF?
Gary |
06-20-2007, 06:49 AM | #12 |
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[quote=Chapel;18455105]thanks
I haven't written an article in a LONG time and it's not my best work, but it was a fun read for me afterwards[/QUOTE No kidding, but thanks for trying! |
06-20-2007, 07:59 AM | #13 |
Scooby Specialist
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07-09-2007, 04:53 PM | #14 |
Scooby Specialist
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can someone start a megathread of everyone's pictures from this event?
just to get a nice array of what everyone took in, and enjoyed about this event. any takers? |
07-10-2007, 09:32 AM | #15 |
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i got over 80 pictures from WBM '07 i would love to have a place to post them all. Everyone should go, i met alot of cool people and got some good deals on parts(had to get there early)
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09-05-2007, 12:15 PM | #16 | |
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