On The Pegs November 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 11 | Page 129

On The Pegs
Vol. 4 Issue 11 - November 2019
129
PAT SMAGE
the big rigs of National teams like Spain, France and Italy. It’s great to see the Teams
from Sweden, Lativia, Belgium, Ireland, Portugal and Andorra set up rigs a lot like
you would see at a US National. Many teams were camped out for the weekend.
Hotels are not cheap on Ibiza. The organization made available real showers and
bathrooms for all.
Registration and Tech Inspection take place on Saturday. Sound tests are done on
one of the Men’s bike and one of the Women’s bikes. A common CDI box is used.
We had a little trouble because some of our back protectors were missing the Ho-
mologation tags. Those tags on the safety gear like helmets and spine protectors
are important. In the end we got through, except for Nigel Parker. His helmet had a
small gouge in it and so it was confiscated. They gave Nigel a receipt and told him
he could have his helmet back after the event.
Qualifying is on Saturday. This was held right on the waterfront next to mulit-mil-
lion Euro Yachts. The Police escorted a long procession with all the teams through