thanks to everyone who came out to support!

thanks to all of you who withstood the rising temperatures and were among the record setting 111,000 people who witnessed the historic event!

if you were fortunate to take some video of our infamous run down the hill, we'd like to have it to compile and create a montage of our ride! please send videos to marksantaines@gmail.com

some event write-ups...

Red Bull soapbox race draws 111,000 downtown

More Than 110,000 Angelenos Crowded Downtown's Streets at Red Bull Soapbox Race L.A.

Gravity Always Wins: 2009 Red Bull Soapbox Race

some videos...

@7:30

@6:40

dress rehearsal, because its fun

the wonderland adventurers

the wonderland adventurers - action shot

the wonderland adventurers - police line up

solo shots

robert - white rabbit

(he must be running from muhammad ali there in the corner)

mark - mad hatter

ellen - queen of hearts

venice - alice

ed - tweedle dee

ellen, so so proud of the tail she just covered

sleeping venice

securing the head to the frame

head on frame

finishing touches

chicken wiring the last car

chicken wire chicken wire chicken wire

putting the felt on the face and tail

face and tail

event map & transportation information for spectators

http://redbullsoapboxusa.com/eventmap/

http://redbullsoapboxusa.com/transportation/losAngeles_transportation.pdf

hope to see you there!

face painting 2.0

venice painting up the face

face painted

paint. clock. bugle horn.

murdered out clock face

gold-blinged clock

primered bugle horn, soon-to-be murdered out

body coverage - the middle car

ingredients:

-chicken wire

-blue felt

event map

if you take the metro, your exit is the pershing square exit

sharing is caring

i took a break from painting...

i know it's so 3 months ago, but it still amuses me to this day

she's so gangster, you can catch her bakin' cookies at night

kanye's lucky she wasn't wearing an extra small white tee to the vma's

and the judges are...

ryan sheckler - "mogul-in-the-making"

he just wants to give us more reasons to like him

-maybe he should just leave his shirt on more often. then maybe, just maybe...

ronnie renner - professional freestyle motocross rider

erik estrada aka francis "ponch" poncharello - our favorite chp officer of all time

he's also graced the cover of tiger beat in the late '70's

and voted of people magazines "10 sexiest bachelors in the world" in 1979

or you may know him from this informercial, where he tries to sell you some swampland called "bella vista"

the line up 1.0

not your typical police line up, but a good one at that

painted first car

face painted

venice posing with the so-far painted caterpillar face

costume time!

my mom showing us how to do the grey sweatpants to mc hammer pants conversion.  a how-to is soon to follow

ellen putting some finishing touches on our bow ties

robert fitting his newly improved mc hammer sweats.  i think...or

bow ties! make her say...

 

Kid Cudi Ft Kanye West - Make Her Say - Click here for the funniest movie of the week

frame painting

flat black, done. now time for some sage green hammertone

the thing about painting is that means you're pretty much done

robert & mark reassembling the car

more reassembly required. instructions not included

face painting 1.0

venice doing some face painting

all he needs now is a butterfly on his cheek or a spider man mask

better test drive

a little slower, but better. 

and we were able to maneuver up the sidewalk!

after 2 runs on the slower hill we feel much better

high speed test run, a lot of braking going on

we are slowly but surely getting the hang of this, i promies

1st test drive...

i think that went well for the first high speed test drive.

...ok, not really.

when car 2 takes the curb and breaks and axle, we disconnect and mark takes car 1 down solo

grind time!

ed grindin'

mark & ed grindin'

mark & ed grindin' some mo'

sister sister

sister 2's steering setup

sister 2 lives. rick grinds

seat, stearing...ready, set, go

sister sister

rick visits...

because ellen went up north to help out at Pink Stripes with the Santana Row fashion show, we got rick to come down and help us out for the weekend.  here is rick hard at work, right off the plane!

rick grinding out notches in the tubing

rick grinding out the steering column

rick and the makita angle grinder were the best of friends by the end of the weekend

test drives

robert's test drive

rick's test drive

mark's test drive

work, work, work...

sleeping robert

last minute prep

getting ready for the first test drive

car 1 - first test drive

no motor = pushing it all the way back up the hill