Scott & BR...One of Four

Tuesday - It's become known as ELIMINATION day but today is very different from past weeks. The remaining 6 contestants, Carl, Brent, Nina, Scott, MoMo and myself, were invited into the XX1090 radio station at their new location, just off Mira Mesa blvd, to be on the Scott and BR Show . (if you want to see some amazing video of last years ride, check it out on their web page)

If you have never been in a radio studio then you are missing out on something. This was a high tech place. There is one wall with 6 HD TVs all running different sporting programs. (That would be distracting during the day at work) In the center of the room was a table with all these microphones hanging off it where Scott and BR work the show. They have computers in front of them and panels of buttons. I think you need a engineering degree to work there. Very impressive.

Jim Carbaugh met us at 6:00 AM in front of the building and one of the XX1090 staff, Mike, opened the doors and led us back to the radio room. Momo had baked up a coffee cake, I cooked up some rice crispy treats with chocolate chips and Nina brought some ice lattes for everyone to share. (Like we all really need sugar and caffeine at this point)

The air was electric with anticipation as we sat down in the studio. We started with intros to the staff before going on the air. It was great to finally meet BR in person who is a super nice guy and very easy going. Jim and Nina, Nina has immunity this week AGAIN, were seated in the safe zone which was a set of chairs under a sign that read, "Safe Zone".

Scott then went around the room on the air introducing us to the audience. Each of us had an opportunity talk for a few minutes and give a bit of our back ground. Brent had a great story about his rodeo days and all his injuries which BR was relating to.

Scott Kaplan announced that two people would be eliminated today. But the twist was that the judges had decided they were no longer the ones making that decision. To start things off a name would be pulled from a hat for one person to go to the safe zone. It was a tense moment and then I heard my name announced. Man...I felt a weight fall off my shoulders. I was moved to the safe Zone. OK I'm in it still.

Next was a contest using the pyramid game with the remaining 4 which is a regular part of the show. Normally this is done with Scott or BR giving clues however another turn was added and teams had to be selected. Team one: Momo and Brent Team two: Scott and Carl. One team member would give clues and the other give answers.

Momo and Brent went first and came out with 3 correct answers. Carl and Scott next with 4. But wait, there's another round and the combined total of both rounds wins. Momo and Brent lead off with 4 and Carl and Scott come back with 3. It's a tie...now what? Over Time!

Momo and Brent lead again and ended up with 3. Carl and Scott...5. They are declared the winners and stay in the contest.
So Momo and Brent are out of the game but I don't think we have seen the last of them. Brent has been fund raising and was part of the event we attended this past weekend. He's about mid way on his fund raising goal. Click on his name to donate to him: Brent. Momo I believe will continue to ride with us because she is just that type of person. She loves the people.

Crystal, my wife, took an AM radio with her to work to listen in. She called and left me a message of congratulations. I've also already seen a few emails this morning from friends and relatives with words of encouragement and support.

This is an amazing wave that I've caught and I'm going to ride it as long as it lasts. Speaking of waves, don't forget about our Sushi4CAF and Silent Auction event Sept 29th. We have a custom made Bill Stewart surfboard as one of our items. More cool stuff is being added daily. We are limiting the registration to 100 people and have already closed down our VIP list. Hope to see you there.