Surf N Turf Moto Ride

Last week Baja Bound Insurance sponsored a great trip south with Cameron Steele and the Desert Assassins crew on a moto ride called the Surf N Turf. The object: Ride motos, do some surfing and just plain relax and enjoy Baja. Along for the trip were former world champion surfer Sunny Garcia and four time world champion mountain biker Brian Lopes. Here are some photos from day one of the four day adventure:


We crossed the border at around 6:30AM and made our way south to San Quintin for lunch.


A few miles south of town the crew unloaded and got ready to ride. Sunny prepping his bike...


Riders meeting...


Ready to head down the beach...


Motos rolling south...


Cameron looking tired but happy after the day of riding...


BajaNomad Desertbull cooked up a feast in the Baja Cactus parking lot.


Ribeyes...


Time lapse shot of Mamas in El Rosario...

Day two we headed south for Punta San Carlos...


Desertbull on the road in. The roads were pretty beat up from all of the rain two weeks prior.


A clutch repair on the trail...


Cameron having fun with trip photographer Bryan Harrold...


SoloSports at Punta San Carlos...


Cameron and Baja racer Jesse Jones relax and watch the kite surfers play...


There is always some great talent in the water at SoloSports.


Hank from Baja Bound and Brian Lopes head out for an afternoon ride...


Beautiful Baja...


The crew riding up the beach as the sun begins to set.


Pink party at SoloSports...Baja Fogs all around!

They must have lost my email, I didn't get an invite....

Day three our goal was to surf, ride motos, surf again and ride motos again. The surf was small but perfect for giving lessons, so Sunny took Jesse Jones (AZ), Brendan Fikes (TX) and Mac Marmon (AZ) out for a surf.




Sunny teaching class...


Brendan and Jesse about to paddle out for their first time...


Cameron stoked to paddle out...


Back on the bikes in the afternoon...looking for waves!


Chase truck rolling north...


Sunny getting waxed up...


We found a fun right point break that was small but clean and paddled out. Sunny made it look easy of course!


Chase driver Evan on a fun one...


Yours truly trying to make the most of a small one...


Sunny making it look easy....again.


More pretty Baja coastline...


Back on the bikes for the ride back to Punta San Carlos...


Mac Marmon airs out of a wash...


Chase truck with the amazing mesa in the background


Stoked to be in Baja!


The crew...


[Edited on 9-25-2013 by BajaGeoff]

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot They must have lost my email, I didn't get an invite.... [/quote David, Geez....if I had known you were interested, I would have given you mine as I couldn't make it....my Fox skirts were at the cleaners It looks like a good time.

Aw shucks you guys...I really don't want to take all the cred here for my multitude of sport and athletic skills....back to the sponsored ride with my homies

Day four we left SoloSports and headed north for San Quintin.


Kevin Trejo of SoloSports...


Sam...the SoloSports camp gato...


Group shot with the Solo Sports crew before leaving...


More iconic Baja imagery...


Cameron launching out of a wash...


Mike Bandfield playing in the dunes in San Quintin...


If you fall in the sand you get roosted. Don't fall in the sand!!!


Andy Bonin drawing lines in the sand...


Jardines in San Quintin...a very appropriate name...










The awards for the ride: Best Surf Performance, Live Like Ox award, Burro de Oro, Best Moto Performance.


Ride medic Dan Dodds got the impromptu "Bad Fairy" award for his outrageous costume on the second night.


Brian Lopes presents Jesse Jones with the Best Moto Performance award. He has only been riding dirt bikes for 7 months and rode really well!


Sunny presents Brendan Fikes with the Best Surf Performance for his uncanny surf skills as a beginner.


Cameron presents Fred Sobke with the Burro de Oro (Golden Donkey) award for most shenanigans on the trail. The vote was unanimous after Fred accidentally launched his bike 8 feet in the air out of a wash and it landed on Cameron's dirt bike!


Me presenting Mac Marmon with the Live Like Ox award. Mac showed poise beyond his years, rode amazing, got stoked on surfing and was always helping out on the trail.


Lots of smiles...

¡Viva Baja!

Looks like lots of fun. Bought myself another CRF450 this year. Wish I had down there in BAJA.
Not much of a desert rider but guess I could learn.