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  • Birthday 05/06/1985

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    Paul aka Shooby

    The one lower to the ground lol. I'm doing fine.
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    Paul aka Shooby

    I'm not sure how active Paul was on here. I left SOCAL in Aug of 2016 and wasn't around on here anymore. But I wanted to share that Paul passed Friday night suddenly. The reason isn't really known right now but judging by what his wife told me on the phone I'd guess a heart issue. Paul went by Shooby both here and over on ADVRIDER. I rode with Paul quite a bit from 2013 to 2016 all over Southern California. He was one of the best riding buddies I had over the years. He'll be sorely missed. If anyone has any photos of Paul you would like to share myself and Ted (Stoke) are gathering up photos to possibly put on a drive to share with his wife. In the meantime here are various photos I've dug up. Some from Santa Rosa/Toro Peak area. This was probably one of the last rides I did with Paul before leaving California. We took Palomar Divide on the way back. Paul making his best effort to do an incamp leg removal WARPED 2016 During an SDAR ride. Paul dropped his bike while I think he was trying to do a powerslide. More WARPED ON the way back from NOOB Rally
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    So long folks

    There's no riding here like there is in SOCAL or all of Cali for that matter. There are tons of fences. Very little public land. "ADV RIDING" Down here consists mostly of riding gravel county and state roads. And more and more of those get paved every year the closer to the city they are. Sam Houston Ntl Forest is probably the closest thing to free ride public land we have and it gets shut down a lot due to rain since it's around Houston. Big Bend is awesome to ride in and have dirt routes but is 600 miles from me and since it's a Ntl Park you have to pay for anything and everything. Thanks for all the well wishes folks I'm sure I'll see some of ya'll around at some point
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    So long folks

    KTMRAD let me know when you pass though (I'm downs on ADV rider and a few other forums as well) and if we're in our house by then you've got a place to crash. Thanks for the well wishes everyone.
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    So long folks

    Well due to high year tenure and two passes for promotion the Marine Corps has decided it no longer requires my services. It's been great getting to know some of ya'll and I wish I would have made more rides with the group but I have memories that I will carry with me forever. Everyone ride safe I'll be moving back to North Central Texas. Hope to see ya'll around
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    Trailer SAFETY- Cautionary tale

    I try to be super cautious with trailers. When I latch the hitch I also put a lock on it to not only secure it from theft but to keep the latch from coming up on accident. I've got a pintle hitch for the Jeep I just need to get a Lunette ring on the trailer. It's way overkill for my tiny trailer but I built the trailer to pull behind the Jeep loaded with camping gear off road and want the extra flexibility.
  7. I didn't even know there were shooting areas up there. The last time I saw someone shooting they were shooting at the "bunkers" at like 10 feet away haha. Usually public shooting areas get closed due to garbage. people haul anything and everything out to them then leave it all there destroying the area and forcing them to close it off. The public area out in Ocotillo is like that. Tons of garbage people leave after they are done shooting. Every time we go out there we come back with a truck bed or Jeep full of other's garbage and don't even make a dent.
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    Weigh Scales

    Are there any weigh scales in the Lakeside area? Current plan is to go weigh it at the Mayflower place right outside of Miramar's North Gate but if there's a closer place I'd rather weigh here.
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    Good Time with Motoventuring Ladies

    Pretty cool. I've been following their youtube channel since episode 1
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    Competitive shooting

    Local pistol match
  11. Talking about Bonzi Becky?
  12. One of my favorite taken during an SDAR noob/big bike ride On my way back from a Strugis trip with my dad. This is outside of Provo, Ut. Setup camp and went exploring the ATV trails in the area. My dad had split off and headed back for Texas the day prior. Black Mail box outside of Rachel, Nv. I'll have to do some more digging and find some from previous trips.
  13. This would do more than that. It would codify their guidelines into law though an amendment to the Vehicle Code. They would cease to be guidelines and become law, granted with more leeway than the original guidelines allowed. https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB51/id/1235834 While I get the idea behind it I dislike seeing people wanting everything we do turned into a law in a book. Our law system is already so complex no one can possibly know if they're actually breaking a law on a daily basis. Soon it may be law to require us to take x number of breaths per minute or face a misdemeanor charge lol.
  14. I actually just put together a 30ish minute PP presentation on motorcycle safety. I'm my unit's Motorcycle Club President. Marine Corps orders and what not require each unit squadron level or higher or battalion level or higher have their own unit safety clubs. I'm doing the motorcycle brief for our 101 days of summer thing tomorrow actually. Send me your e-mail address and you can change it around to fit your needs as the reference slide has all the MCOs and MARADMINS on it that we need. It's only 9 slides long but you should be able to talk about things on it long enough to make it last 20 or 30 mins. The three talking points are training, recent road range incidents involving motorcycles, and lane splitting.
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