And it all goes out to you the participants. Without anyone attending our event we wouldn't even have an event.
I think it was a fantastic weekend! After speaking with Steve the campground manager at Twin Grove, he had nothing but good things to say about our group. He even invited us back again next year! Guys this is a seriously nice campground. If you have any inkling of attending the event next year drop the bug in your wife's ear and bring the family. They have a mini gold course, arcade, amusement park rides, various places to play sports, a nice pool, and a campground restaurant that is very reasonable and the food is great. If you plan on bringing the family and they are not into wheeling there are plenty of other attractions around the area worth checking out. you can email me for more info if interested
To get more info on the campground please visit
http://www.twingrove.comThanks to all of you guys for keeping your campsites clean and keeping the noise down to a minimum.
With werock there the comp courses were pretty much off limits but you got to check out some pretty sick lookin rock buggy's and watch a few roll overs (not to mention free red bull on saturday)
However we managed to get out on the trails for most of the day on friday and about half the day saturday (campground was too nice to clear out).
I want to thank all you guys that came down just for the evening on saturday for the dinner and raffle. Your money from your registration and your raffle tickets is what keeps this event alive year after year. Let me point out that all of our staff are volunteers (myself included) and we recieve nothing for compensation for putting on this event. all the money made goes right into an account and rolled into the next years event. Ashley (love ya!) and Tara did a fine job of gettin the grocerys for the dinner and special thanks to Tom Desanto for being the head chef this year!!! I was told that dan was pretty hand with a knife and a watermelon...
We also had some pretty nice stuff to give away at the raffle this year.
Special thanks to every vendors who donated! Without you guys the Zuk events would not be possible!
Rods Samurai Salvage
Trail Tough
Rocky Road
Zuks Off-Road
aftermarket 4x4
Warn
ARB
ZukiKrawlers
Low-Range Offroad
Low-Range Magazine
OK 4wheel Drive
The North Face
evil twin
interco tire
spidertrax
I want to also thank Sean Devinney for attending this event. Sean has become a staple of gonzookin and shows up religiously every year! Including on his anniversery (wern't sure if you were going to be alive a week after gonzookin after that one sean). but seriously, as the only samurai parts vender to attend our event we thank you!
Special thanks to Brian "Zukisidekick" for getting "The North Face" to contribute to the raffle! This is some seriously nice stuff! It was great to be able to mix it up a bit...everyone attending can deffinitly make use of some good quality camping gear...
Also want to thank Dean @ 4low Digital labs. He stopped me on friday and asked to join our group for some action shots!
check out his website at
http://www.4lowdigital.comTo all those who missed the event....you missed out on one heck of a good time!! We will try and keep the dates the same for next year (first weekend in august) So keep this in mid for next year. This year we had a little rain in the morning on saturday but since moving the event to august we have typically had fantastic weather!!!
Remember if you have any comments questions or concerns, Please contact the gonzookin staff at
info@gonzookin.orgWe would love to hear your feedback!!
Guys and gals! Thanks for another great year at Gonzookin directly from the gonzookin staff!!!