There was a little problem, however... RAIN! We can empathize. Our buddy Shane McGroar from Team Shocker showed up from Skydive Orange and pointed out that "Except for the Monkey Claw Jam, this was the best rained-out festival I've ever been to!" I think our test-tube shooters won him over! Luckily for everyone, only part of the reason to go to a festival is to jump. We had a great time hangin' with the rest of the crew out there and meeting all kinds of new and interesting people.

That's not to say we didn't jump at all. The first day and a half were pretty good, and we made several jumps with the locals and visitors from all over the country. We were blessed by the presence of several Skydive Orange jumpers, including Shane, Nancy, and Jim. We also met up with Storm and Jen from AZ and some of the other guys who came out with them like Jason, Craig (the dude with the yellow helmet in "Jackass!"), Lisa, Orly King and several others. Several people came down from the Byron area like Evan, Chris, and more. There were a lot of locals hanging out with the crew. A new team out there called The Nitwitz made up of DJ Marvin (yeah, like that's his REAL name!) and Erik Piazza showed us around the area and kept us entertained during a lot of the slower times. Some of the other locals that came down were Ray, Christina, Billy Calhoun, Brad ("Bradstyle"), Fritz Pfnur, Jeff, John Feeny, and so many more we can't mention them all! Thanks everyone for making the easterners feel welcome out in "sunny" southern cal!