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Returned from the Orlando Florida area late last night! I have to admit, Florida is one cool place with a ton of stuff to do. I went there on business and wound up having way more fun than doing any type of business. Nice! You have to squeeze in some business once in a while, especially if there is a $70 Porterhouse steak to be had. 

A buddy of mine who lives just outside of Orlando, picked me up and took me on a Gator Hunt on a river fed by crystal clear spring water. The small river led to the St. Johns river where huge fish and Manatee were everywhere to be seen. However, we were there to see some Gators!…and Gators were a-plenty! The area was a complete Rain Forest type jungle with four to eight foot alligators on the banks, as well as swimming freely in the glowing water. I grabbed a few by the tail, from the small canoe we were in and the gators would pull the boat along the river before wiggling free. There were very few people in the area but we did witness two locals that were in the water, actually wrestling the alligators but in no way hurting them!

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My wife and I are expecting our first baby boy in a matter of days. She’s been on bedrest since January 4th. You can imagine the amount of home work I have not too mention that she’s board out of her mind day-in and day-out. Being there for her on an emotional level is at an all time high right now. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind being there for her. We’re brining in our baby boy into the world and I want to be there 100% for her and the baby.

But, becuase I can’t be too far from home right now, many of you know that I was not able to make the Nitro Challenge and I will miss the Silver State race as well. Lucky for me, the boys over at RCP, an online crawling store and makers of accessories for crawlers, has opened up Friday nights to run at there indoor crawling course. Crawling is the fastest growing segment of RC right now and being the marketing guy for Pro-Line I want to give it the full attention our crawling customers deserve. Read the rest of this entry »

It was a crazy cool weekend.  The Midwest has been getting crushed by a super oppressive, deep freeze for quite a while.  This past weekend, it warmed UP to freezing.  Yea, you read that right…it was in the 30’s and it felt like spring…nice huh?

Friday night, I put in a practice session at my local track.  We have the ‘Chi-Town Shootout’ this weekend, so it was good to get some laps in at the dirt track.  I ran my brushless & lipo T4 as well as a full mod Hot Bodies Cyclone D4 4wd buggy.  The track was full of fire breathing nitro rigs, so practice was a bit hectic, but I’m looking forward to some good racing this weekend.

Well, it was so nice out on Saturday, I decided to break out my ‘Hog’, ha!  It’s only a ’round town, super errand go-getter machine, but fun either way.

Sunday, my daughter and I hit the epic, Midwest slopes for a snowboarding session.  Of course, the Midwest isn’t known for killer skiing, but it was fun to get out.  We went to Alpine Valley in alpinevalley1.jpg southeast Wisconsin.  Alpine Valley is also a concert venue in the summer months, and is unfortunately known as the sight of guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughn’s tragic helicopter accident in 1990.  Alpine Valley can be a dangerous place even these days…there was just a confirmed mountain lion sighting in this area.  That ain’t normal for these parts!  As if that isn’t strange enough, there were a bunch of strange ant looking things on the snow.  When have you seen ants  antalpine1.jpg in the middle of a ski hill?  Wisconsin is strange….

I am 37 years old, yeah baby, and have lived in So Cal my entire life. I was raised in San Diego until I was fifteen then we moved to the Temecula / Lake Elsinore area where I have called home for many years. I have been racing R/C since I was fourteen years old and I probably love it more now than ever, it has really been awesome for me!

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Hey what’s up everyone. Scott Hughes here aka “Squirrel”. I’d have to say that my nickname is very fitting for my personality. I tend to be a little out of control in all that I do but my older age, 32 now, has slowed me down a bit. For those of you that don’t know much about me, here it goes.

I started racing back in 1989. The likes of Mark Pavidis, Cliff Lett, Brian Kinwald, Kyle Reed, Jack Johnson and Ron Rosetti were the guys to beat. Heck, Pavidis is a current World Champion and Kinwald can still be seen tearing it up all over the US. I was hooked and gifted with my hand/eye coordination so I drove like a bat out of you know what. Since then I’ve won numerous National Championships, I am currently the Vice World Champion in 1:8 Off-Road, and love all facets of radio control.

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My name is Ronda Skelton. Well the calendar says I’m 30, I feel like 20, just with 10 years of experience. I guess I’m pretty normal…if you could say anyone is normal I enjoy hanging with my friends and family…. meeting new people… I have a bunch of hobbies like, R/C cars, Bowling, and shopping. As any girly-girl does. I listen to almost any kind of music. I work for a company called Volume Snacks as a merchandiser. I was born in Texas. My favorite color is PINK. Beware; I am a Scorpio….lol

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My name is Pete Bach and what I find interesting will likely and hopefully, interest you too. I’m fortunate enough to have a life where I get to play more than I work so I hope to share many interesting stories and events as they unfold. My fun jobs are what I like to do most of the time, which include off road adventures, then writing about them, as well as testing off road products and reviewing them for manufacturers and readers. I have also had the opportunity to work with Pro-Line Racing helping shape the new RC sport of competitive rock crawling. I grew up around dirt bikes and most types off road machines so expect to see a lot of that from me, as well as other unexpected hobbies.

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Hello everyone. My name is Chris Raceles and I am very psyched to be a blogger on Pro-Line’s new web site! I’ve been an RC enthusiast and racer for a very long time now and have been a Pro-Line sponsored driver since the early 90’s (Wow I just felt kinda old! I can remember it like yesterday when Associated released the “Stealth” transmission for the RC10 – OG son!). Some of you old school Southern California racers may remember me from the RCH days in Costa Mesa. Back then I ran for Associated, Reedy, Airtronics, Pro-Line and RCPS (Cliff Lett was way ahead of his time with the RCPS body for the RC10) and raced three times a week on a regular basis with guys like Mark Pavidis, Brian Kinwald, Cliff Lett, Steve Chamberlain, etc.. Jumping forward to current, I am completely psyched on nitro off-road racing! It’s like moto without actually riding (I am also an avid BMX & Motocross enthusiast).

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My name is Eric Schutt. I enjoy singing out loud to slow jams, shoveling knee deep snow, and snorting the copper shavings from my comm lathe. HA! Honestly, I’m a 35 year old self proclaimed r/c addict. I work in the bicycle industry in marketing, but enjoy everything r/c related in my free time.

Free time has become a rare commodity, as my wife and I had twins last year. They’re totally awesome, but props to my stellar wife for making time for me to play with my ‘toy cars’. The inside of my garage looks like a hobby shop with nearly every aspect of r/c represented. Gas and electric boats, gas and electric planes, and every scale of gas and electric cars and trucks. I used to be pretty into kart racing, and that’s translated into my r/c on road passion. The mountain biker in me totally grooves on the dirt scene, too. 1:8 on-road would be my favorite class, with 1:10 electric 4wd off road a close second.

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