Saturday David and I went to the Red Bull Soapbox Derby in San Francisco. We stationed ourselves at the top of the course and watched each of the teams perform their skit/dance before pushing their car down the course. The teams were judged on three criteria: speed, creativity & showmanship. Nearly half the cars had to do with some San Francisco landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge & TransAmerica pyramid building. There was a huge crowd of over 75,000 people and the weather was unusually warm for SF. Red Bull has done several events in San Francisco since we had moved to the area, but this was the first one that David and I have gone to.
This team was called the Master Blaster...initially David thought it would having something to do with the character from Mad Max. The cart's stereos on the side of the opened like doors to make one giant bratbox from the front.
The beginning of the course. The course had 2 turns and 1 jump that covered 3 blocks of Dolores Street.
My favorite group were called "The Tree Huggers" and had a car that resembled a log. Their music and skit was
really good. They ended up finishing 2nd(Yay!).
We could see the fog coming in from where we stood during the races. For all the sun we received on Saturday, Sunday was really cloudy...even in Oakland.
Saturday David and I went to the Red Bull Soapbox Derby in San Francisco. We stationed ourselves at the top of the course and watched each of the teams perform their skit/dance before pushing their car down the course. The teams were judged on three criteria: speed, creativity & showmanship. Nearly half the cars had to do with some San Francisco landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge & TransAmerica pyramid building. There was a huge crowd of over 75,000 people and the weather was unusually warm for SF. Red Bull has done several events in San Francisco since we had moved to the area, but this was the first one that David and I have gone to. 
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Sounds like it was a pretty fun and exciting to watch. We need to get out more often and explore our city more & see what's going on. I'm sure we're missing some pretty neat stuff. Glad to see you guys go do a lot of things even though you're in school.
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