I’m on my last day of my last major road trip for the summer; I’m in Taiwan for the last day of the World Games. From what I’ve learned about the World Games, it is an event put on every 4 years like the Olympics, with sports that are trying to be in the Olympics. So, basically, it’s the Olympics for sports not in the Olympics…did I explain that right?

I arrived here on Tuesday and then rode Wednesday morning. After quarterfinals were done we had two days off to check out the city. Andrew [Adkison] and myself walked around the city a little bit and found some cool stuff. There are some temples across the lake from the site we went into and they were insane. So detailed inside, every square inch of the building is decorated in honor of Bhudda; people come to those places each day to worship.  

 There is also tons of other events, there’s like tug-o-war, jujitsu, sumo wrestling, all kinds of stuff.  One of the nights we went and watched doubles trampoline.  Its where two people bounce side by side like a mirror image of each other; it was crazy, but really cool to see.  The city built a building just for indoor gymnastics stuff, as well as a stadium for track and field. I haven’t seen that building yet, tonight we will for the closing ceremonies. They said at the opening ceremonies there were 50,000 people watching. Tonight should be cool I hope.

Yesterday was the last day of riding; Andrew won, I got second, and Padiwat “Bomb” Jaemjan got third. It was definitely the biggest crowd I’ve ever ridden in front of in my career. After my ride I whipped into shore and had to walk through the crowd, probably 10,000 people. They all clapped, cheered, and I stood right by the edge of the lake where I took pictures and signed autographs for about 2 hours. It’s cool to see people so into it.  I wish more events had crowds like that; it was really cool to see. People here sure like their pictures taken with you! They then did the podium and it was full Olympic style. They raised the flags, sang the national anthem, the whole deal.

Today is our last day of hanging out here, then it’s a 23 hours mission home. I’m SO happy to be going home, I’ve been gone for so long. I miss my house, my lake, my grass, my chick, my dog: I love Florida. I’ve been lots of places in the world, and Florida is still my favorite place. I’ll be home for two weeks now getting ready for Wakestock!