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far away. From Ireland they have to go from Dublin to Amsterdam, then Amster-
dam coming here, if they don’t go through the States. So it’s a long flight. So for
them, they decided to bring their families because it makes sense to bring the
family - number one because they have plenty of activities and number two, they
already will be spending money on the hotel, so they might as well bring some-
one. Then the weather. You guys up north or all of Europe, it’s freezing, while here
it’s right at the beginning of the summer season. So we decided to do this trial
right at the end of the rainy season. The rainy season finishes around November
20th. We will have some water, of course, to make it fun in the sections, because
every good trial rider likes water on the sections, and the country is super green.
Everywhere you look it’s so green. It’s not so hot and humid like it is in February or
March. Also, there are no international, outdoor, endurance trial competitions that
are well-[established] in Europe [during this time]. So we thought that it would be a
good idea to do it then.
Is this a good trip for family members or friends of the riders, even if they
don’t want to ride.
I have participated in many trials and all trial events that are long-distance, let’s
say two or three or six days, are really boring for the family. For example, last year I
took my ex-girlfriend to Scotland and she told me, “Why did you bring me to Nar-
nia? There’s absolutely nothing to do. It’s really boring.” Well in Costa Rica it’s to-
tally different because the epicenter of the hotels where all the riders will be stay-
ing is right on the beach. Then every day we’ll be spending the night in a hotel on
the beach. So the families can stay and do snorkeling, white water rafting, or if they
want they can take a tour on zip-lining or turtle watching or whatever; there are so
many options they can do while the rider is having fun doing the Jurassic Trial. So
they will never get bored.
You said 90 kilometers. Will there be support vehicles carrying gasoline?
One hundred percent. It will be done exactly the same way as it was done last
year [during our validation]. We will have four-wheelers that belong to the staff,
and these guys will have refueling gas. In a trial bike you can run nonstop for an
hour and a half. So we are calculating that in order for riders not to get in trouble.
Although in part of the package that the rider will get with inscription [sign up] is
that they get a bottle of 600 millimeters of fuel, so they can just have a little bit of
gas just in case. But last year nobody had to use it.
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