Disclaimer: Bare with me, this is a crazy idea i had on my drive home and i think it could be alot of fun, so hear me out, add to it or whatever:
This could be a UNYX event, or an XF event or an SOXC event or whatever, but since this is my home, im posting it here first:
I present to you, Color Challenge '06.
it will go something like this.
It will be a team based event, meaning Team Yellow, vs Team Silver, vs Team black etc etc.
the "Teams" will go down the trails as normal, like any other trail run we do. however each truck will have a number on their back window, either with shoe polish or whatever. something for the judges to identifiy the truck (more on that later)
we wll deem certain obstacles as "point areas" or "P.A's" for those of you playing along at home
we will have several pre-appointed judges who will not be drivers, but passangers or friends or whoever (must have a working knowledge of 4x4ing, technical approaches etc etc.
so im rambling, but stay with me people! so here we are chugging along. say im the trail leader and we come up to a tough area. my passenger (who is a judge....the trail leader will always have a judge riding along) will get out at this point. at this point i will tackle the obstacle and i will be graded on how well i do. did i bang a slider. did i get stuck, did i need to use a winch, did i need more than one spotter, did i slide on a rock, did have to reverse etc etc. we will assign a point value to each of these items. the judge will stay at this posistion and watch everyone go through. he/she will rate the smoothness of the driver over said obstacle. he/she will be able to grade each truck because each truck will have a # clearly visable on the side....started to get it?
we could do something along these lines, obviosuly the logistics need to be worked out but its a rough start to my brain child.
now, i also realize that certain people (cough, scott) are more modified than others...we would have to develope a handi-cap system to keep it fair. lockers may or may not be used in certain areas. etc etc....just rough ideas. Everyone NOT with a body lift may get an extra point for a certain area, where people WITH a lift do not. you know, something ot keep it fair (think of golf).
this could be alot of fun. we could do color challenges....or even make it a HUGE event....say Nexterra vs UNYX vs SOXC vs....vs....vs...vs.
just some thoughts i had going through my head.
feel free to add comments, ideas, whatever...lets get an open forum going here.
could be alot of fun.....
edit: I just re-read what i wrote and its pretty crude as my hands could not keep up with my brain. so by "color challenge" i meant all the yellow trucks, vs the silver ones etc.
if anyone is not clear on anything speak up and ill try to explain further. but at this point i just wanted to start hashing ideas.
This could be a real fun twist on our typical trail run.