I was back from Saudi Arabia , France and USA trip 3days ago.
So time to write a diary of my trip.
First story is about Saudi Arabia that I visited to Saudi Arabia in the beginning of April, 2nd to 10th.
I was invited for the Saudi Arabia stunt competition for judgement. That's why I didn't have opportunity that I ride a bike.
So I will write about Saudi Arabia culture and event.
I came to Jeddah of Saudi Arabia via Qatar. Immediately I could meet my Saudi Arabian friend Sulti and Morocco guy Dada's bike!!
I've met them at the Morocco International Competition in 2015. This opportunity made me so happy because I saw them again.
They booked 5 Star hotel for me. Great hospitality . Thank you very much!!
At the event spot , I found interesting thing.
They can make everything! This is jig to make fence.
And wellding at the event spot.
And then make a lot!
Painted white!!
Set it up soon!!
It is so speedy but don't touch because still sticky!!
But problem was that everything was painted white little bit too around paint spot!!
Vehicles.
This is ZX-6R for stunt riding. Almost same condition with us.
3 wheels car , Saudi arabia people looks so rich. I could see many luxury cars in public way.
Incidentally , gasoline cost was 30 cent / 1L. So cheap!!
Suzuki was very popular!
Local people told me like this.
Because Suzuki is one of the oldest manufacturer in Saudi Arabia and they love speed because of there are big desert area and many long straight road. Then Suzuki's motorcycles are fast at the maximum speed. I think this image was made from Hayabusa. That's why Suzuki is the most popular in Saudi Arabia. This was very interesting story for me.
ALL riders. In this competition , they have 3 different categories.
Stunt professional class , Stock class and Quad class.
Most interesting class for me was Stock class because they made stunt riding without stunt cage , big sprocket and handbrake. Just use little bit high idling (around 5000 rpm).
One of the best stock class rider made wheelie circle figure eight , seat stander wheelie without handbrake. They are amazing!!
My judging scoring system.
I'm always checking Difficulty , Overall , Flow , Aggressiveness and Mistake.
This is Stock class. It was AWESOME!!
Quad class. Quad is very popular because of they are a lot of desert area and very high level.
We could see many performance such as fire performance , radio controlled acrobat helicopter and roller skating in this event except stunt riding.
Grand finale was special.
Podium celemony. This competition is the beginning of Saudi Arabian stunt riding history.
I hope that Saudi Arabian stunt culture grow up more in the future!!
After the event , Sulti took me night party at top of the mountain that possible to see the center of Jeddah city. Looks so beautiful!!
How to eat Arabic food. This was my first time to eat Arabic food.
First , put everything such as rice vegetable and meat on the floor.
After set up everything , You can eat!
You should eat by only your right hand in Arabic country because of religion.
Honestly to eat by my hand directly is little bit difficult and strange for Japanese because we have use chopstick everyday. This is very big culture difference.
Bonus movie : Saudi Arabia Jeddah sightseeing movie!!
I wanna visit again someday!! It was good trip!!
