UCI World Mountain Bike Champs
Rotorua, New Zealand 2006
Rotorua, where I happen to live, awesome town... is holding the UCI World Mountain Bike Champs. Very kewl, a World event...in our town?
I'm with accreditation where we check for people in our system when they come in and provide them with their I.Ds or send them to get a photo done, which we also do. We use tiny little laptop computers that have a screen you can turn around and fold down, use a pen and get people to sign theur name on the screen; I've found out these are called a "tablet". Very awesome technology for Rotorua.
We had a Swiss camera with two of the people from there, shoved in our faces, it was a real... 'close up'. We also met some World Champs and New Zealand Champs from previous races, along with V.I.P's and other very well-known people from around the World; we even met the coaches from some of the teams.
The people of Rotorua are making our guests feel good by being their normal friendly selves. Even if the people from other countries can't understand us too well, they still enjoy themselves and have fun.
The opening ceremony was last night (Tuesday night in NZ) it was a Parade of the Nations, and it was also quite cold, cold for New Zealand anyways. All in all, it was really good apart from being numb from sitting on the concrete (i'd advise not to) and being too short, but oh well. There were tv cameras and the media, maori performers, speakers et al.
The ceremony took place outside a hotel known as 'Royal Lakeside Novotel' with lights and everything, and a small stage. I ended up standing right by a tv camera it was sooo kewl.
A great experience not to be missed.
Rotorua, New Zealand 2006
Rotorua, where I happen to live, awesome town... is holding the UCI World Mountain Bike Champs. Very kewl, a World event...in our town?
I'm with accreditation where we check for people in our system when they come in and provide them with their I.Ds or send them to get a photo done, which we also do. We use tiny little laptop computers that have a screen you can turn around and fold down, use a pen and get people to sign theur name on the screen; I've found out these are called a "tablet". Very awesome technology for Rotorua.
We had a Swiss camera with two of the people from there, shoved in our faces, it was a real... 'close up'. We also met some World Champs and New Zealand Champs from previous races, along with V.I.P's and other very well-known people from around the World; we even met the coaches from some of the teams.
The people of Rotorua are making our guests feel good by being their normal friendly selves. Even if the people from other countries can't understand us too well, they still enjoy themselves and have fun.
The opening ceremony was last night (Tuesday night in NZ) it was a Parade of the Nations, and it was also quite cold, cold for New Zealand anyways. All in all, it was really good apart from being numb from sitting on the concrete (i'd advise not to) and being too short, but oh well. There were tv cameras and the media, maori performers, speakers et al.
The ceremony took place outside a hotel known as 'Royal Lakeside Novotel' with lights and everything, and a small stage. I ended up standing right by a tv camera it was sooo kewl.
A great experience not to be missed.
