City Chase Vancouver is tomorrow. And the Daily Gumboot Social Media Ninjas are letting competitiveness erode their community – even if it is an ever so slight erosion. Sure, some of the in-fighting might get to us, but rest assured that our three teams will (eventually) work together to overwhelm and defeat all of you in tomorrow’s big event.
To help us all get even more excited about the event, here is a video to get you motivated and adventurous:
And if that wasn’t enough, here are some samples of the ongoing Gumbooteer Trash Talk from the past few days:
Baron Godfrey von Bismarck: “I’ll be sporting a new haircut. Team Regatta Bragatta will be stream lined and ready to sail. Scallywags.”
Mike Boronowski: “Not only did I read a great post about training for the city chase, I wrote it.”
Michelle Amy Horn: “Frankly, I’d be worried if we were banking on new haircuts or “training” articles to win. We have a bit more confidence, skill, and street savy than that, boys. Watch out – the Gumboot Gals are in this to win it!”
Kurt Heinrich: “Dinosaurs are faster than all of you. John and I will be riding one of them to victory this Saturday morning. Watch out or you may get smushed.”
Editor’s Note: to my knowledge, Kurt Heinrich is a mentally sound, mostly stable young man with a flare for the creative and, possibly, access to a time-machine. I’m as scared to be his teammate as everyone else should be because they’re his opponent. Dinosaurs?! What the hell, Kurt?!
Baron Godfrey von Bismarck: “T-rex is capable of short, clumsy and mostly blind bursts of speed and it all goes downhill from there. Nothing compared to Schooners or, dare I even say, Sloops.”
Michelle Amy Horn: “Frankly, I’d be worried if we were banking on new haircuts, “training” articles or, um, dinosaurs to win this. It seems like we’re taking this a bit more seriously than you jokesters. Also, Al and I have eight years of combined dinosaur-riding experience. What do you have, Kurt?”
Kurt “Dino” Heinrich: “Eight and half years of solo riding experience…. Point Kurt and John.”
Editor’s note: Dear God. Does anyone want to switch teammates? I came back from work to see a progressively more ridiculous thread of “trash talking” emails in my inbox and, well, this dinosaur tangent has really changed things for me. I’m all for cheating, but are dinosaurs even allowed in City Chase? Are they real, Kurt, or are we stealing the animatronic ones from the “Walking with Dinosaurs” show? Because I’m cool with that; in spite of my fear of robots, I’m willing to risk such spectacular rule-breaking for the team.
Baron Godfrey von Bismarck: “Ridiculous.”
Editor’s note: Yes, Godfrey, it is ridiculous.
Mike Boronowski: “Total failure to even mention the sloop John B, Nassau, or the beachboys -1point, John and Kurt.”
Editor’s note: At the end of the Trash Talk period, Kurt and I seem to be up Two Gumboot Points – how these will help us in the City Chase remains to be determined, but our resolve has never been thicker.
Chasers. If our ridiculous commentary is any indication of our on-the-field potential, you might as well not show up tomorrow. The Daily Gumboot Social Media Ninjas have already collected fourteen clues and “borrowed” three dinosaurs from the Rogers Arena.
In all seriousness, we thank the City Chase Vancouver team for letting us be involved, we’ll only cheat a little bit, and we’re looking forward to building some community with all of you.
See you on the course!
- John and Kurt, Editors of the Daily Gumboot