Thursday, November 4, 2010

The Fat Storm Trooper...

Whilst riding around the fairhill course last night, I had a number of conversations with my friends regarding the C3 Halloween kit this year. Folks asked if I liked it. To which I answered "I love it". Dennisbike.com commented that it made taking pictures tougher, it washed out  the pictures a bit and it wasn't nearly as flattering as our black kits. I agree with everything he said, but it just doesn't matter... (ed note Dennis really likes the kits...)

dudes running, me riding... that's the force... Photo Dennisbike
I can see how on a larger fellow like myself, I appear to be "the fat strormtrooper" or if you didn't know it was a stormtrooper, perhaps you'd mistake me for the Staypuft Marshmellowman.

me in my new white kit that I love.
But at the end of the day, despite how bad I may look in the kit..

It's a freakin' Star Wars Uniform. A Freakin' Storm Trooper !!!

me using the force again... photo cyclingcaptured.com


Vanity Be Damned!! There is now an army of C3 StormTroopers racing in the Mid Atlantic!

Yup, I'm the fat stormtrooper, but heck Luke was the short stormtrooper right?

I can live with that...

Fairhill course is coming together very nice.  Benny da Jewlar does a great job pulling together the flow of the course. CZ has done very well rallying the troops. It's gonna be a fine race.

I'm not a huge Journey fan, but damn I have to admit this is pretty cool. I mean you go to a Giant's game, they start playing a Journey song, everyone is singing along, and then who should be in the crowd?
I kinda got goosebumps watching this...


thanks for reading.
respect
fatmarc
thanks to
Dennis, and Anthony  for photos
fat stormtrooper- dennisbike

 


7 comments:

onelegmatt said...

Just wondering:

1. Who was the designer of the kit?

2. Which company did you use to make it? (i.e. Verge?, Copo?, etc.)

denS said...

OK,so just to get this out there.I never ment to imply (heart,smile) I didn't like the trooper kit....just there were issues. I LOVE the H/Ween kit ideas.Top score,Aces!
Missed out. I never was into the StarWars thing....I was busy at that time saving Europe from the Evil Empire (USSR).

velocb said...

Fatmarc you are my hero! I have felt way too fat to don a skinny this year let alone our Hup Blanco kit. Granted blanco is no stormtrooper kit but still the power of a blanco kit can not be measured.

You have inspired me! I will find the cajones to don blanco once more! Perhaps at the first race there is snow.

Hup Hup my brother!

gewilli said...

Perry video is AWESOMESAUCE!

and next year - go with the while helmet (black takes away from the 'trooper look).

Scott T. said...

the guy behind you in the last photo looks like he had a similar thing on his skinsuit, but I can't make out the team

hey, it's me said...

@ Scott
That's Auer. He had a Darth Vader kit to compliment our Storm Troopers...

respect
fm

pH said...

It's just so badass to dress like Vader and storm troopers in a cross race. My question is how will you keep yourself from wearing that kit for the rest of the year.