On The Pegs July 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 7 | Page 71

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part was filmed in Costa Rica. So
even though some parts were not
actually filmed in Costa Rica, they
claim that the Jurassic World is in
Costa Rica, an island of Costa Rica.
So I started thinking that, man, what
would be the best name to really
position a trial in the world with
an exotic name? So I said, ‘Jurassic,’
because Costa Rica is Jurassic. Ev-
erywhere you go in the jungle you
see monkeys. You see huge lizards.
This is perfect. I came up with the
name Jurassic, I waited for it to be
registered officially, and once it was
registered officially then I started
revealing the name.
How long is the course for each
day?
Each day will be more or less
about seven hours. We estimate
that we will have more or less 90
kilometers on the first day, about
100 kilometers on day two, and
on day three it’s going to be very
short because we don’t have a lot of
inter-zones because it will be there
on the beach. There is a river called
Mala Noche and the trial takes place
there. It’s about five or six miles of
waterfalls in a river that we go up.
That’s day three. It’s amazing. So
that’s the only different thing about
this trial compared to the rest. All
[other multi-day trial events] you go
and it’s, “Okay, you have seven hours
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Ready for an adventure?
Here are some more details.
The Alfredo Gomez clinic will be
open to all riders and will cost ap-
proximately $100.
In an effort to keep entry cost
down, you do not need an FIM, or
even and AMA license to compete in
this inaugural year’s event. But Felipe
is in talks with the FIM to possibly be
involved the race next year.
The trail will stay off of recognized
roads, so there will not be issues with
police road enforcement.
The event has been recognized
by the Costa Rican Tourism of Com-
merce, which brings several benefits,
such as the use of many unrecog-
nized roads with police approval, and
Red Cross support at the event.
The travel package for riders costs
1995 Euros (about $2,276). It includes
event entry, bike shipping through
DHL, transportation to and from the
airport with your bike, a double occu-
pancy room for three nights, break-
fast and lunch Thursday to Saturday,
a survival kit (spare fuel, protein bars,
etc.), a number plate, and gas and
oils.
There are bike rentals available,
which increases the same travel pack-
age to 2,300 euros (about $2,625).
The promoters are lining up bikes.