This past weekend was the 112 annual Great Vallejo two day Sailboat race put on by the Vallejo Yacht club, and over 200 sailboats showed up to take on the best on the San Francisco Bay. Muscle Milk MEGA athlete, Memo Gidley, and his Basic Instinct crew were not only there, but had their career best results by winning their class on day one and then finishing on the podium again by taking third spot on day two. It was …Continue reading
Muscle Milk MEGA athlete, Memo Gidley, had a very strong performance in round #1 and #2 of the DJSA Outlaw Jet Ski season this past weekend despite battling numerous mechanical problems. Leading up to this weekend, Gidley had problems with both his primary Muscle Milk 800cc standup machine, and his Cytosport backup practice ski that kept him out of the water and not as strong as he would have hoped leading up to the season opener. “This has been quite …Continue reading
Beautiful weather and nice winds greeted over 130 sailboats racing in the Single Handed Sailing Societies first big race of the season on the San Francisco Bay. Unlike most sailboat races, where every boat has on average six to eight crew members, the SSS series requires that you either sail with one or two people total! Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley, enlisted the help of Jan Borjeson. “Jan is a great friend and sailing buddy and is the kind …Continue reading
It was a big day on the SF Bay this past weekend as 150 sailboats showed up to contest the CYC Mid Winter Series finale held out of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, CA. Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley, and his “Basic Instinct” crew were there to knock off some winter rust and see what they could do against a very competitive field. With 13 classes of racing and big grids for each of the separate starts, the …Continue reading
This past Saturday night, the top northern CA jet ski racers came together to be honored at the 2012 DJSA Outlaw jet ski awards banquet held at Go-Kart Racer in Burlingame, CA. As has been tradition, after all the awards have been handed out, the jet skiers take to the go-kart track to see who has the best four wheel skills and to try to beat karting champion, and Muscle Milk MEGA athlete, Memo Gidley, at his own game. Nearly …Continue reading
GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing once again showed strong performance in the opening stages of the Rolex 24 At Daytona and even more impressive resilience in the later stages of this weekend’s 51st running of America’s premier endurance race after rebounding from in-race issues in the season-opening event for the fifth-straight year. Starting qualifying driver Alex Gurney, and teammates Jon Fogarty, Memo Gidley and Darren Law, all raced in the top five in their opening stints in the first quarter of the …Continue reading