Micah & Evan Get Late Night Tattoos, CJs GTR is Broken, & Kens Afraid of Water?

Summary

Life Wide Open with CboysTV – Episode Summary

Episode: Micah & Evan Get Late Night Tattoos, CJs GTR is Broken, & Ken's Afraid of Water?
Date: June 4, 2024
Hosts: CboysTV Crew (CJ, Ben, Ryan, Ken, Evan, Micah, Connor)

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Main Theme

This episode blends wild shop stories, CboysTV crew shenanigans, vehicle talk, and reflections on their brand culture. Highlights include spontaneous tattoos, CJ’s GTR drama, quad nostalgia, merch in the wild, Ken’s water/Tesla anxieties, and commentary on community traditions. The episode’s unfiltered, brotherly humor and camaraderie shine as the crew swaps behind-the-scenes tales.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The “Life Wide Open” Tattoo Incident (00:02 – 15:50)

• Late-night Tat Adventures: Mike and Evan recount a late-night session where a new friend, Matt, brings a tattoo gun to the shop. Spontaneously, Evan, Mike, Matt, and Cody all get “Life Wide Open” tattoos—Evan and Mike even did parts of each other’s tattoos.
  • “So Evan goes, check this out. Pulls his pants down, shows me the 'Life Wide Open' tattoo. He was like, I got it last night from our friend Matt, who got a tattoo gun.” – Mike (03:30)
• Amateur Tattooing: The unplanned tattoo session is described as sketchy but loaded with meaning—especially because homies tattooed one another, and the gun was only $80.
  • “I did some of Mike’s. Mike did some of mine as well. Matt is really the one that kept it clean and kept it orchestrated…” – Evan (04:01)
  • “It was a very in-the-moment thing… I remember seeing the tattoo gun on the counter, and…” – Ben (04:46)
• Symbolism & Fans: Stories of fans with “Life Wide Open” or CboysTV-inspired tattoos, including one fan who got Ken’s signature on his chest (“partially on his nipple too”), highlight the unpredictable impact and bond with their audience.
  • “He was just a clean kid, young kid, normal, no tattoos. And then he proceeds to do that. And now he’s just… dedicated.” – Mike (07:21)
• Tattoo Trends: Discussion about word/patchwork tattoo trends and jokes about getting “Legalize Wheelies” or “dirt bikes” tattooed.

Notable Quote:

“If I were to get any tattoo, I would get 'Life Wide Open' on my thigh in that same font.” – Mike (04:15)

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2. Shop Projects & Wrenching Skills (00:00 – 01:40; 40:51 – 42:00)

• Wrenching Acumen: Early banter praises the crew’s growing mechanical skills, with jokes about being “Swiss Army knife” mechanics, able to do engine swaps with ease.
  • “They’re like pocket knives, dude. How many different little swap outs they got?” – Mike (01:03)
• Miata Swap Idea: Talk of possibly LS swapping their dead Miata, testament to their willingness to dive into new projects quickly.

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3. Quads, Sleds & Nostalgia (17:04 – 23:42)

• Brand Takeovers: Discussion about John Deere potentially buying Arctic Cat, what that means for snowmobile culture, and reminiscing about the old John Deere Spitfire.
• Quad Culture: Nostalgic breakdown of quad evolution, the decline of racing quads, and the differences between trail riding and racing machines.
  • “Honestly, being a quad guy is a dying breed, dude. Someone’s gotta hold it down…” – Connor (21:14)
• Personal History: Crew laughs about old quad days—who jumped furthest, memorable crashes, and nearly burning a quad after a subscriber milestone.

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4. Ken’s Tesla & Fear of Water (24:50 – 28:10)

• Water Hesitation: Recap of Ken’s aversion to driving his Tesla through water, rooted in a childhood trauma with electric toys.
  • “He was like, I am not driving this thing through water… Evan goes, nope, that’s not how water works.” – Mike (25:32)
• Cybertruck Praise: The crew’s genuine admiration of Ken’s new Cybertruck’s performance and unique look, considering it a “hell of a rig” even if it divides opinion.

Notable Quote:

“All of [the Teslas] perform really well. But this one, I think at least, looks cool.” – Ryan (26:58)

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5. El Camino & Robin Nest Saga (29:43 – 33:11)

• Car Sidelined: Evan’s El Camino becomes home to a robin’s nest, causing him to park it to protect the baby eggs—a running joke in the group.
  • “Discovered the nest, and I was hyped. I hope it lays eggs. Week or two later, there’s two eggs in there... Now four fresh eggs.” – Evan (30:10, 30:44)
• Jokes: Imagined viral TikTok of Evan eating candy robin eggs from the nest, the robin family bulking up on protein shakes, and robins taking over the neighborhood.

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6. Cheese Wheel Race & Weird Traditions (33:24 – 41:44)

• Cheese Roll in England: The crew describes the infamous cheese wheel race—chasing a wheel of cheese down a brutally steep hill, resulting in mass injuries, hospitalizations, and local lore.
  • “People get knocked out. People are breaking arms, legs, ...it’s a tradition.” – Ryan (34:03)
• Comparisons: Related events like Barbie Jeep downhills, Red Bull’s wacky competitions, and how brands swoop in to own grassroots events.

Memorable Moment:

• The group watching streamer Speed’s attempt at the cheese race, learning he fractured his leg, and marveling at wild traditions like the Running of the Bulls.

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7. CboysTV Merch Out in the Wild (46:05 – 48:17)

• Spotting Merch: Recent clips of people, including unexpected ones, wearing Life Wide Open or Do Cool Shit shirts. One viral TikTok shows someone running from police in CboysTV merch.
  • “Damn, dude, it’s crazy because it’s gone so far now… like, you get these clips whether they’re running from the police wearing the merch...” – Ryan (46:29)
• School Apparel: Stories of kids getting told to cover their shirts with ‘bad’ words like “Do Cool Shit”; discussion about changing norms for hats in schools and church.

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8. The GTR “Hit & Run” Story (51:01 – 58:27)

• Rich’s Drunken Mishap: CJ describes Rich drunkenly revving the GTR to redline late at night, then walking away. The next day, CJ finds a misfire warning and odd engine noises.
  • “He straight up did a hit and run on his GTR.” – Mike (52:48)
  • “Revving it a little bit? That was just two good revs, but it was to the red line…” – Ryan (54:58)
• Resolution: No major damage found, but lots of ribbing and lessons learned about cold starts and respect for modified engines. Rich dodges further trouble, and listeners are reassured about their R8 giveaway car.

Notable Quote:

“Luckily Rich didn’t do it to the R8. So for those of you who are getting entered in the R8 giveaway, it should be fine…” – Ryan (57:17)

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9. Fan Interactions & Music Collabs (42:13 – 45:42)

• Listener Music: They share a rap song a fan made about the crew, appreciate artist collaborations (e.g., Justin Starling, Connor Price), and reflect on how using their music boosted these artists' careers.
  • “Back when he was a SoundCloud rapper, basically we started using his raps in our videos… Now he’s just, like, full on, like killing it.” – Mike (44:41)

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10. Closing Banter (58:39 – End)

• Final Joke: Humorous speculation about Trump’s hush money trial: “Does he get his hush money back, then? Is there like hush money insurance?” – Connor (58:45)

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Key Timestamps

• 00:02 – 15:50: Tattoo story—how and why it happened, joking about trends and fans
• 17:04 – 23:42: Sleds, quads, nostalgia on brand & culture shifts
• 24:50 – 28:10: Ken’s water/Tesla issue and Cybertruck review
• 29:43 – 33:11: The robin nest in Evan’s El Camino
• 33:24 – 41:44: Cheese race and weird, dangerous traditions
• 42:13 – 45:42: Music collabs and fan interactions
• 46:05 – 48:17: Fans in CboysTV merch, norms on “Do Cool Shit” shirts, and school rules
• 51:01 – 58:27: CJ’s GTR incident with Rich; engine drama
• 58:39 – End: Trump hush money insurance joke

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Tattoos: “Now I feel like if… a majority of the crew all has the exact same tattoo in the same spot… it’s a little weird.” – Mike (04:30)
• On Fan Dedication: “He's just dedicated. It was like, partially on his nipple too.” – Mike (07:21, on a fan tattooing Ken’s autograph)
• On GTR Prank: “He straight up did a hit and run on his GTR.” – Mike (52:48)
• On Cybertruck: “This thing's actually, like, it's different. It's cool. It can back it up with the performance. Like, it's a hell of a rig.” – Ryan (26:54)
• On Quad Nostalgia: “Honestly, being a quad guy is a dying breed, dude. Someone's got to hold it down for 'em.” – Connor (21:14)

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Tone & Style

• Casual, irreverent, and playful. The crew’s dynamic is brotherly and candid, with self-deprecating humor and frequent tangents. Audience engagement is frequent, with invitations to share stories or comment on shared experiences.
• The episode is both a window into their shared history and a platform for their evolving community connections.

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TL;DR

A classic CboysTV episode: wild late-night tattoos, cars and chaos, fan antics, nostalgic tales, and a series of laughably offbeat traditions—served with unfiltered dude energy. If you love cars, chaos, and unexpected tattoos, this is a can't-miss episode.

Transcript

[Ryan]

Very nice rig.

[Ben]

I love all the names people are giving it. What? Or some of them I just saw. I really like the fiber truck. Just like fake cyber truck.

[Connor]

Oh yeah, that makes sense.

[Ryan]

It's a shame because now it's. It's not going to be able to be used again. The motor is, is seized.

[Evan]

That's only 400 away from being fixed.

[Ryan]

Oh, never mind.

[Mike]

Yeah, we're back. 400 motor and then take it a week to swap it.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it's probably not worth it.

[Evan]

I bet that motor can be swapped in five hours. No, 100%. What you take out like nine rivets, it's back to a chassis. Motor out, motor in.

[Connor]

Yeah, you are right.

[Ben]

I got. It's probably one of the easiest.

[Connor]

True.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You just take out some of the rivets. It's pretty much open.

[Ben]

Open.

[Ryan]

That's very true actually.

[Evan]

Yeah. The wrenches did not seem stressed about having to toss them.

[Ryan]

Well, they always like when they're putting something in something that it belongs, you know, like anything going the way it should be is something was straightforward for them. Walk in the park for them. Nowadays those guys have got to be getting better every week. Like every week their wrenching skills are just getting like exponentially better.

[Mike]

Like they're like pocket knives, dude. They're like pocket knives. How many different, like little swap outs they got?

[Ryan]

Oh my gosh.

[Evan]

Swiss army knife.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Yes. Pocket knife. Some pocket knives have, you know.

[Evan]

Yeah, they on them pocket knives they call.

[Ryan]

It's interesting though, man. They're gonna be just a Swiss army knife if they're not already the jack of all trades. Like they're, they're just gon be even more light years ahead of the typical mechanic. Like even if you're like a professional, you know, supercross mechanic, they were kind of like cracking Joe's like, yeah, well those guys are just swapping parts. They're not even mechanics. They're just. They're just swapping parts. That's all they're doing.

[Connor]

Last night I was talking to Brian about our Miata, the old Miata that's dead. And he goes, well, they sell a kit to put an LS in it so we could have that done in just a couple days. He was stoked about putting an LS in a Miata, which has been done like three times. He was like, oh, that'll be easy, dude. I got. We can do that in a week.

[Ryan]

Proud of those guys. Seriously proud of those guys.

[Mike]

Diamonds are formed under pressure. The wrenches are just walking around just straight up D rocks, dude. All right, so Ev, Mike, you guys had a little late night adventure this week.

[Ben]

It was a little crazier than usual too.

[Mike]

All right, so Wednesday morning, I wake up and I check my phone, and I see a missed FaceTime call from Dude, Evan Bro at 1:58am I go, well, that's never good. And then I'm looking through my notifications, and then I see Rich. Our Uncle Rich sent a Snapchat. Uncle Rich deleted Snapchat. Deleted Snapchat. And I'm like, oh, something's up. My source radar starts going off. So I get to the shop, and I know better than to dig because I'm not a little rat.

[Ryan]

And saving for the video. Smart.

[Mike]

I go, evan, why'd you call me at 2am last night? Do you have something to tell me or show me? Because I know Rich had shown me it, and then you told him to take it back, so I know it's good. And then he proceeds to show me this.

[Evan]

Am I supposed to, like, show you, or did you just, like, pop it up?

[Mike]

What did we do? Did we just pop it up?

[Connor]

It would be nice to see both your legs up on this table, though.

[Ryan]

The only bad. You guys wearing shorts. Oh, good. It just makes it so much worse when you got to pull your pants down.

[Evan]

I still can't.

[Ben]

Yes.

[Ryan]

Dude.

[Mike]

Finally got it.

[Ryan]

Mike and Evan are tatted. They're fully life wide open. If they didn't wear it on their T shirts enough now, they always got it on their body. So.

[Mike]

So Evan goes, check this out. Pulls his pants down, shows me the life wide open tattoo. He was like, I got it last night from our friend Matt, who got a tattoo gun.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And I was like. I was like, I didn't know Matt knew how to do tattoos. And he goes, he doesn't.

[Ryan]

First time.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

He ordered it here. The tattoo gun.

[Mike]

I was like, oh, that's pretty cool. And then he goes, yeah, Mike and Matt got them too. And I was like, wait, what? Really? And then he and Cody.

[Ben]

And Cody.

[Mike]

And Cody.

[Connor]

Cody got it too.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Cody's got it on his. On his thigh too.

[Connor]

Yeah, we got a good picture.

[Evan]

The thing was, is. Is like, I did some of Mike's. Mike did some of mine as well. Matt is really the one that kept it clean and kept it orchestrated it. Yeah, I think that was kind of the cool part, is like, your homies do.

[Ryan]

I agree.

[Mike]

That is pretty sweet. I've always said if I were to get any tattoo, I would get life wide open on my thigh. In that same font.

[Connor]

Yeah. Now.

[Mike]

Now I feel like if. So after I saw your guys', you were obviously like, yeah, let's do. We still got the tattoo gun.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Matt left it.

[Mike]

I don't know. I feel like it's a little weird if. If, like, a majority of the crew all has the exact same tattoo in the same spot.

[Ryan]

I agree.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

If I was there with you guys, I 100% would have done it.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Especially just, like, in the moment. Like, everyone's getting tattoos.

[Ben]

Like, that's half of the reason I.

[Evan]

Have it right now.

[Ben]

It was very in the moment thing. Like, I remember seeing the tattoo gun on the counter, and if it was one of you guys, you would have hidden it, obviously. And then I'm just.

[Ryan]

I open it up, I'm like, is.

[Ben]

This a tattoo gun? Bad idea.

[Connor]

That's what I told my son. I go, what is this doing here?

[Ben]

And then Matt was like, I want to get a tattoo from one of you guys. One life Wide open tattoo. I'm like, are you crazy?

[Mike]

Keep in mind, we just met Matt earlier this week. We've known him for about five days.

[Ryan]

Now he's here helping Rich build our track.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And so standout guy, you know?

[Ryan]

It's crazy.

[Mike]

For five days, I want you to give me a tattoo with your brand on it.

[Ryan]

He, like, barely watched the videos either. He just was kind of around. He's like, yeah, dude, I like it here. Like, I like you guys. Let's do this. I was like, damn. All right.

[Ben]

And he had tattoos before, but still, I was just like, dude, dude, are you crazy? But then I kind of thought back to when we were at heydays and we scribble life wide open on someone's leg or arm or chest, and then they come back or whatever, and they get tattooed. Like, there's a lot of people that we've met that have it or just randomly, they'll show us.

[Mike]

The one kid. Oh, dude, pop that video up too. Yeah. I think that was the most excited anyone's ever been to meet us. And then he show us a Life Wide Open tattoo. That was pretty sweet. I'm freaking out. It's the sea poison.

[Ryan]

Gavin. Gavin. Gavin.

[Mike]

Oh, my God.

[Ryan]

Dude.

[Mike]

I watch you guys every day. My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy. She's going to flip.

[Ben]

What?

[Mike]

I think you might be dog, dude. Holy. Are you.

[Evan]

Dude, I'm just.

[Mike]

Dude, that's so lit. He started taking his pants down. We didn't know where that was going.

[Evan]

Dude, that is sick.

[Ryan]

I just had to show you guys, the tattoo.

[Mike]

Yeah, of course, dude. That's crazy. I'm camping out.

[Evan]

I feel like I'm dreaming right now.

[Connor]

Holy.

[Mike]

Yeah, I think. I think Life Wide Open is such a great tattoo. If you were going to do, like, any kind of tattoo that, like, is from our brand, like, Se Boys TV on your body would not ever recommend that. I wouldn't even do that.

[Ben]

I mean, dummy zone wouldn't be bad.

[Mike]

That one might get that one in my lower back. Dummy zone. Or like, a couple people have done, like, signatures. Like that one kid that did Ken's signature.

[Ryan]

Oh, God, I wonder where he's at.

[Mike]

On his chest. On his chest.

[Ryan]

And Ken did the worst signature.

[Ben]

That was no can do. And it was.

[Ryan]

Yeah, he can get it covered up.

[Ben]

Hopefully right on his chest.

[Mike]

He was just a clean kid, young kid, normal, no tattoos. And then he proceeds to do that. And now he's just. He's dedicated.

[Ryan]

It was like, partially on his nipple too.

[Mike]

Yeah. It's like, dude, that one, that one was so reckless on Ken's part.

[Connor]

Ev didn't use, like, someone asked you to draw one. Like, you just met them somewhere and they were like, yeah.

[Evan]

It was actually at heydays too. And this. This girl was super hyped and she was starting with an autograph that she wanted to get tattooed. I'm like, no, bad idea, bad idea. She's like, well, draw anything you want. And she's like, literally putting her forearm out, handing me a Sharpie. And I can't draw.

[Connor]

I'd be too nervous.

[Ryan]

I can't even write, like, Evans half cocked.

[Evan]

Yeah. Ben and Mike can actually draw a good, like, life wide open that is appropriate to get tattooed. She was very persistent. So I literally just drew the smallest, like, dainty little heart. Just a little outline. Because I'm like, I don't know. I just couldn't put some, like, big eyesore. It was going to be bad. Like, let me do something that she won't regret.

[Ryan]

That was actually really smart.

[Connor]

That was good. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Such a lover, though.

[Mike]

Just an. And you draw like a dick on her arm. And then you just like, this is.

[Connor]

What Evan wanted for me.

[Ryan]

You said you'd anything tattoo.

[Evan]

Probably would have, too. That would have been terrible.

[Mike]

That would have been bad, dude.

[Ben]

Like, kind of the. Well, it's obviously mostly Matt's idea, but then, like, I was not planning on getting one. I don't think Cody was either. And then Evan was like, you know.

[Ryan]

My sister has one.

[Ben]

She's had it for two years, and I don't have one, so I ought to have one.

[Mike]

That's pretty crazy, too.

[Ben]

Yeah. And that was kind of like another factor of you're like, no, seriously, like, I should have one if she has one. And then he got one. He actually went first, and then we just, like, went down the line.

[Connor]

How long did this take? At what hour did you start and at what hour did you end?

[Ben]

Probably all took, like, an hour.

[Ryan]

I think it's so much cooler that you guys did it at the shop just, like, on a whim, like, you know, you guys are at two and the same needle drunk, you know? Yeah. Sharing the same needle. Pretty reckless. That was the most reckless thing you guys did after letting Evan go first and then sharing the needle. But, no, I think that's a way.

[Mike]

Better rock star shit and a way.

[Ryan]

Better story than, like, if you guys are like, all three of us are gonna go to the tattoo shop and get our tattoo in the same spot. Kind of lame. Doing it on, like, a party night Wednesday and, you know, have a story behind it. I think that's sick.

[Mike]

It's pretty much this font right here.

[Ryan]

That's what I wish I would have been a part of. But I agree with Ben doing it now. Like, all of us on the boat, and we all got, like. It would maybe look a little, like. I don't even know.

[Mike]

Cultish.

[Ryan]

Yeah, little cultish. I'd have to do it on a different spot, but it's. It's a little dangerous now that we have this $80 tattoo gun sitting in our kitchen right now.

[Connor]

I can't tell you. Like, when I first saw it, I thought that maybe someone opened a package they weren't supposed to, and it was like, you guys hadn't found it yet. And I thought that it was going to be for maybe, like, the Wheel of Misfortune or something like that. And I was terrified. I was terrified. And now it's. It still might be. I might have just given you an idea, but I was like, pretty.

[Mike]

Pretty good idea.

[Connor]

I got out of the. The nipple piercings. I ran as fast as I've ever ran in my life to get out of that. I go, how am I gonna get out of doing a tattoo? Because you can't go back on the tattoo. But honestly, I didn't think they'd turn out that good. Now I see it. I'm like, oh, that's cool.

[Evan]

That is what kind of completes the whole story of the party night. Did it on the pool table. They don't look bad.

[Connor]

No, they look good.

[Evan]

If they Were butchered and be like, that was not the best idea.

[Connor]

But because I had friends in actually after college that had a party, they were giving out tattoos and they went all night and they were like. I mean, some people got some ridiculous, ridiculous tattoos that look awful. That look like somebody at 3am gave them a homemade tattoo. And it's like, that I didn't want.

[Mike]

I'd imagine there's probably even a lot of people listening right now that have like, gotten a drunk tattoo.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

That they heavily regret. Leave a comment down below. Like if. If you do, or if you've given one or one of your buddies has one and then say what the tattoo is.

[Connor]

Yeah. And if you don't, fuck. Yeah, that's cool. You got a story like, that's. That's cool too. Yeah. Everybody.

[Ryan]

The nice thing is your guys is like, yeah, it's not bad. Like you were saying. I'd hate to. Not that we're at all trying to be like jackass, but I like, see them and they've got like random tattoos. Like, for instance, like Steve O. Or even look at like Bam Margera's, like, worst case scenario. But it's just like a bunch of scribbles all over their body and eventually they start piling up. And now they're like in their 40s, 50s, and it just kind of. It doesn't look that good anymore.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Know it just looks like a mess on them.

[Connor]

But we do have video.

[Ryan]

Oh, so we do have live.

[Connor]

Why is the wuang symbol up there? No way.

[Ryan]

Oh, Evan was just about to do that one instead of my phone.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

How can you get his face? Oh, that's pretty dangerous how you do that. That's dangerous code. Oh, Ev. Let's scroll up a little bit.

[Mike]

Hey, keep going.

[Ben]

No, don't go up.

[Ryan]

That's go up.

[Ben]

It's not your phone.

[Ryan]

Dude, are you.

[Evan]

Did I airdrop you those? And then accidentally.

[Mike]

That's so funny.

[Ben]

Maybe I took. Yeah, maybe you airdropped into me. But anyway, After Evan got his tattoo, he kept his pants off the rest of the night.

[Ryan]

I love how Gavin was there. Yeah. Thinking about it.

[Ben]

Gavin was there.

[Ryan]

Look at his face. He was thinking about it.

[Mike]

Yo, look at all those hot dogs. Where the legs, the bottom left.

[Ben]

Yeah. Matt's captioning things got a little sassy. So, Evan. What. What is the cherry on top the difference between two of these tattoos? And wait.

[Mike]

Yeah, they're two.

[Connor]

Wait, why does that one look different?

[Evan]

Well, in my opinion, the life wide open. The eye in life should have an X over the top.

[Ryan]

I agree.

[Mike]

And like the neon sign at the. At the shop.

[Ben]

So it's like.

[Evan]

So when Mike drew mine out, I was the first one to go because I didn't want to have a second thought watching other people do it. Maybe they're squirming or something. I don't know. I just wanted to get it out of the way. And when Mike first drew it, I thought the L was a little bit whack. So we, like, you take it off, start over. And I was really focused on the L looking good and just ran it. And then I think Mike even had his done.

[Ben]

We can check it.

[Evan]

Well, no, I mean, I know. I know yours doesn't have the X, but I didn't register when you're doing it. And then when you're drawing out Cody's, you put like the X on it. I'm like, oh, my God.

[Ben]

He's having some genuine stress as. Because what we just put on his body is permanent. And then the rest of the night, dude, he was giving me a good old fashioned hard time.

[Mike]

Let me see it, Wheat.

[Ben]

If it didn't have a regular eye and it had the X. Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Mike]

There's no going back because it's got, like, the two.

[Ryan]

So is that like the te.

[Mike]

I think that's sick.

[Ryan]

I like it.

[Mike]

I think that one's just as sick.

[Ryan]

Kind of like the knockoff. Then, like, Cody is just a homie. Billboard bums on him.

[Ben]

Evan's over there giving him the tat. Evan's giving Matt a tat.

[Mike]

How'd you guys decide how high to go with it?

[Ben]

Like, I just wanted mine, like, above.

[Ryan]

Pant line or.

[Ben]

I don't wear that Shortest shorts.

[Connor]

Did you hold, like, your mom or anything?

[Ben]

I haven't told my mom. Sydney was more concerned with, like, my care for it.

[Connor]

Okay.

[Ben]

My. My lack of prep, my probably lack of care, you know, Vaseline, that's about all I've done.

[Connor]

But she. She likes it.

[Ben]

She's like, well, at least it looks good.

[Ryan]

I'm like, God, yeah.

[Ben]

You know, at least it doesn't look like just scribbles.

[Connor]

Yeah. But like, you guys, it looks. It's high enough that realistically, not many people see it. So.

[Ryan]

Yeah, no, I'd say it looks like you guys went to a. Like a professional.

[Connor]

Did it.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Thank you.

[Ryan]

Talked about doing that for a long time. Well, now we'll see if you guys get addicted and start getting more and more and more.

[Evan]

I'm not sure if that's Gonna happen.

[Ryan]

They always say that happens.

[Ben]

They do say that.

[Connor]

It's addicting.

[Ben]

We'll see.

[Mike]

Ev, you should get legalized wheelies tattooed next.

[Connor]

Oh, that'd be kind of cool.

[Ryan]

You could do it above your belly button like a Mexican cartel.

[Connor]

You know.

[Ryan]

Have that little, like, bend to it. Idealize wheelies.

[Mike]

Yeah. So when his belly is really popping out, like, follows. Yeah, I mean, I don't really want.

[Evan]

I don't think I want any more tattoos, really. And, like, I'm really not a big fan of a bunch of words, like, life wide open is sick. But, like, if I just have life wide open, legalized wheelie, like, just a bunch of different.

[Ben]

Oh, you know, like, the trend of, like, the way tattoos are kind of going. People like to have just kind of, like, patchwork or whatever word here.

[Mike]

Yeah, I don't like that. I don't like that. It's like, it seems like such a hit.

[Ben]

It works on some people, but. Yeah, exactly.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Mike]

What if you just got dirt bikes tattooed across your chest just like that shirt? When you're on the lawnmower, you don't have to wear a shirt, but you can still represent.

[Ryan]

Like, everyone driving by still knows, like, he's not just a mower. He primarily dirt bikes.

[Evan]

I don't know about that.

[Ryan]

Yo.

[Mike]

That would actually be hilarious. He's wearing a sweatshirt that says dirt bikes, a T shirt, and then he takes it off, and he's got. Bike says a tattoo.

[Connor]

You should do, like, a. Where you put it there, and then you get tan or sunburned, and then you have it like. Like.

[Mike]

Oh, like.

[Connor]

Yeah, like a stencil.

[Evan]

Yeah, I'd be down. I don't have a good burn yet. If I. My first lake day. If you can like me or whatever. Yeah, whatever. I'd run it.

[Ryan]

There we go. I might have to shave your chest, but.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Yeah, you might.

[Ryan]

I don't know if they'd stick.

[Mike]

Well, good job, boys. That's some real. Again, rock star.

[Connor]

Yeah, seriously.

[Ben]

Kind of is.

[Connor]

So, Ev, did you. You hear the good news?

[Evan]

Well, that depends. I hear good news and bad news all the time. What are we working with?

[Connor]

Well, I know it's been a tough transition from the. From the John Deere mower over to the Toro. I did see you smiling on it this week.

[Evan]

Might have had a couple Tonys that had nothing to do with the mower.

[Connor]

John Deere is possibly buying textron, so. Arctic cat, so you could. You could possibly ride a John Deere snowmobile.

[Evan]

Do you remember the old John Deere Spitfires.

[Connor]

They were pretty sick back in the day.

[Evan]

So sick. Can you imagine? A current 20, 25 would be in the back.

[Connor]

I don't know if they'd be. If they'd go articat or if they'd go to John Deere.

[Mike]

But wouldn't they just shut it down like the snowmobile?

[Connor]

What?

[Ryan]

No.

[Evan]

Textron owns Articat, right?

[Ben]

Oh, yeah. I think they'd keep. If they were to acquire it, I think they would keep making the snowmobile and I have no idea. Totally speculating, but I think they would just keep making articat.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I'd assume John Deere is pretty cool, though. Like, when you go to.

[Mike]

Like, that'd be so sick.

[Ryan]

Old timers meet up and you see some of the old John Deere snowmobiles.

[Ben]

Yeah, they're cool.

[Ryan]

I always have to stop and look just because it's like, wow. Like, it almost doesn't seem real.

[Ben]

The fact that in like the 50s, they're on snow machines.

[Ryan]

There were so many different manufacturers making snowmobiles back then, you know, and then obviously the cream rise to the top and now you kind of got the big four.

[Connor]

I think having someone who's investing.

[Ben]

If it's John that I think of it as we're talking about articat. You just said big four. Like Yamaha's done 20, 25.

[Ryan]

All right, big three.

[Ben]

And then depending on what John Deere does with it, the Big two.

[Connor]

Big two, that would be interesting. But I think it's good. I think it's good to have competition. And I think people of any brand would say that because then you get pushed and people make better things.

[Ryan]

I mean, I. I prefer Polaris over all of them, as probably most of us do. But I agree. I think it's cool having just different. It'd kind of be lame if there was only two.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Left, you know, like, that's crazy that it's even gotten to that point. You think it would just be what's.

[Evan]

What's kind of lame with, like, sport quads. I mean, Yamaha the only one putting out.

[Ryan]

I agree.

[Ben]

It really is crazy. Yeah. Yeah.

[Ryan]

Like, I mean, there used to be KTM for like racing four wheelers, so quads. They had ktm, obviously. Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki.

[Ben]

Kawasaki.

[Ryan]

And there was a Kawasaki too.

[Evan]

Can Am.

[Ryan]

Oh, yeah. And Can Am. DS. 450s. The DS's were sick, I always thought.

[Connor]

But that's what I mean. Then they push innovation. They make them better because isn't. Who's making announcements?

[Ryan]

Nothing's ever Changed on the quad since like 2008.

[Connor]

I think that's what I mean.

[Ben]

Yeah, they pretty much went EFI and updated a few things in like 2010.

[Ryan]

Other than that, I don't know if there's much they. What could they realistically innovate on the quad? I'm sure there's a lot take two.

[Mike]

Wheels off of it.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that's true.

[Evan]

To do much with the chassis but if they just kept moving the motor along at the same pace as the dirt.

[Ryan]

Yeah, just have an updated motor.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Honda never even tried to make a fuel injected quad. I think they went to like 2013 or 2014 with a carburetor and then just shut up shop. It's crazy. I know it's not a huge market. You still think there's some market. And even if they run that same machine for eight years, they update the graphics. Like you think there's somebody out there that's gonna buy.

[Ryan]

There is like quite a niche, especially.

[Ben]

For how many people are like buying Raptors. A lot of people still buying Raptors and also know got the LTR back hopped on that thing and it feels legit. No different than the 2023 YFC we have as far as just like shocks and snort on the motor and ahead of its time.

[Ryan]

You know I don't know much but if I were to guess most quad or four wheeler riders are riding trails. So like a racing quad is not ideal. But then you look at Ryan's raptor that he's always loved. It's got a lot, it's got more power, it's got reverse and it's got more ground clearance and good suspension. So it's probably more ideal. Like if I were to choose what I was going to ride on the trails in Akeley, I would probably choose a Raptor. You're going to have a more, it's just going to probably be better.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Not as cool.

[Evan]

Made a run at it though. I mean Honda had the 700xx, there's the KFX 700, the DS 650, they all tried.

[Ryan]

It's just such a niche man. It's just such a niche.

[Mike]

Your quad guy showing, bro. I've never seen you so passionate.

[Evan]

I don't even like quads.

[Mike]

Yeah you do.

[Connor]

We have a four wheeler shirt around here. Take that dirt bike shirt off, dude.

[Evan]

I might ride a quad. I ain't wearing a four wheeler shirt.

[Connor]

Honestly, being a quad guy is a dying breed, dude. Someone's got to hold it down for.

[Ben]

Him and it's tough it's literally showing too. I. I'm hanging with Jake the other day. He's, you know, he's huge on drifting now. If you guys haven't seen. And I'm just like, dude, what if you would have like done. You kind of did do this for a second back in quads and he just gave it up. He's like, yep, I did. Yeah. I'm like. I mean he still like has just.

[Mike]

Kind of go through those phases like that.

[Ben]

Yeah, he like.

[Mike]

That was like his whole full. It was like his whole personality.

[Ben]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it really was. And I was like. And dude, you were like. When we would go out and jump our dirt bikes and quads, you were the one sending it farther than anyone on the quad. So I was like. You were clearly like kind of scratching at it. You know, I remember him.

[Mike]

I don't remember him jumping further. I think he was always out there trying. You know, he had that lady when he was.

[Ryan]

He was jumping further than any of the quad guys.

[Ben]

Yeah, we had like.

[Ryan]

That was Ryan and Ken.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

That'S true. Yeah. Pop up a picture. Ryan was jumping a heavy ass quad back in the day.

[Connor]

Do you remember?

[Ryan]

That is just suspensions fully.

[Mike]

Yeah. That was peak Ryan's quad riding capabilities.

[Ryan]

That was crazy, bro. Cuz if something goes wrong on that thing, you actually.

[Connor]

This is a heavy unit, dude.

[Ryan]

If that lands on you, it's a very bad deal.

[Mike]

Dude. Ryan used to scrape fender on that thing from here to the cormorant store and back too.

[Ryan]

Like a wheelie bar.

[Mike]

That was like the beginning of our channel. If you watch like some of our. Our very first videos, those are like Peak Ryan riding his quad performance.

[Evan]

True.

[Mike]

I think you were actually like jumping. I'm like, I. I've never seen you jump a quad.

[Ryan]

Yeah, it was like a big couch.

[Connor]

It was a big couch.

[Mike]

And then Ken was on a quad too.

[Connor]

Yeah, he had. He had an 800 of what I had. That was a nice thing. I had a 500.

[Mike]

Dude.

[Connor]

It couldn't go.

[Ryan]

No right.

[Mike]

Being on an 800.

[Connor]

I think they make thousands of those.

[Ryan]

Oh my. Oh, he did.

[Ben]

He did. Honestly, pretty good on that 800 is when we convinced him to buy a race ready ltr that. That's when he gave up quad.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah, we gave it away eventually. We like never wrote it.

[Ben]

Went all. Went with them for the marketplace buy because, you know, we wanted to film it and it was a crazy race squad. And then he's like, yeah, I like it. And then like he did a Two or three wheelies on it and ripped it around Cormont with us for like a year. And then was like, yeah, and I'm not into that shifting.

[Connor]

And I think there was a bit in an old video that we said if we hit it, like, a certain amount of subscribers, that I'd burn that old renegade. Yep. And then everybody was like, what are you doing that. And that thing's so long gone, but we about got to buy one.

[Ryan]

Would have burned.

[Mike]

Was that. Was it a million followers?

[Connor]

A million.

[Ryan]

I think we. I think it was a very low range. It was maybe like get a million views on this video or like.

[Mike]

Yeah, Brian just wanted an excuse to burn that.

[Ryan]

Or like, it might have even been like 100,000 likes or like 10,000 likes or something. Like, it was just such low, you know, stakes back then.

[Connor]

But I think I. I remember if whatever it was, it was. It was like that amount was so unfathomable to us, it would never happen. It was like, there's. I mean, we won't hit a million subscribers forever, which we. It did take us a while from that moment. But I think.

[Ben]

Don't quote me on this. What the. Yeah, it wouldn't be right to just.

[Connor]

Flipped it over backwards at that one place and basically totaled it.

[Ryan]

Problem with quads, man.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ben]

I think the only other one that we've gotten the likes for that we haven't honored yet is Ken's Tesla on ice.

[Mike]

Well, yeah. He doesn't have tried so many.

[Ben]

Yes. Yeah, exactly.

[Connor]

He's scared of water in that thing.

[Mike]

Dude, it is crazy how nervous he is to even, like, look at water while he's driving a Tesla.

[Connor]

I know. Like, I don't know. I've just never.

[Mike]

You won't even drink that water in it. Like, it is insane. Well, it's. It's because, like, if you're a baby and something happens, you know, it's like a very traumatic experience, and then you're. You're scarred from that moment on for the rest of your life. And that was basically what happened, I think when he first got his power wheels.

[Ryan]

Drove it through that puddle, through that, like.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah.

[Ryan]

And then it. The battery got wet and it was totaled. His dad never, you know, he never got another one.

[Evan]

If they get wet, they light on fire, apparently.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Now he's driving a big electric power wheels.

[Mike]

Well, yeah, that was like a pretty big hang up in the last video where Ken showed up with his cybertruck and then we, you know, made the Chevy Cyber truck, and then we're trying to do stuff with both of them. And we just wanted Ken to drive through this puddle that we had. That's where he drew the line where it was like, I am not driving this thing through water. We were like, why? And he was like, they'll start on fire. And Evan goes, nope, that's not how water works.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

And then after peer pressuring him for long enough, he ended up doing it.

[Connor]

Damn near an hour.

[Mike]

I. I do got to tip my hat to Ken. Absolutely mobbing the out of his cyber truck, though.

[Connor]

Like, on that cyber truck, that.

[Mike]

That thing is, like, really impressive for what it was able to do. And like, all jokes aside, you know, like, people. People hate on it. But, like, if you were to do the things that we were doing with that cyber truck with, like, any other pickup, things would have broke, things would have, like, gone wrong, and, like, nothing happened to it. And it just kept going.

[Ryan]

My problem with the. With, like, his previous Teslas, not that I had a problem with them, but if I were to poke fun at anything, they always just kind of looked like, you know, a girl car, like a mom car. You know, they're just like this round jelly bean looking thing. Whereas this, to me, I'm like, okay. This thing's actually, like, it's different. It's cool. It can back it up with the performance. Like, it's a hell of a rig.

[Mike]

You got to give it to them. It is.

[Ryan]

I think it's sick.

[Mike]

It's sick. I like it a lot too, but.

[Ryan]

All of them perform really well. But this one, I. I think at least looks cool.

[Evan]

So you would vote it looks cool?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Like, I think the whole thing is how different it is.

[Ben]

Yeah, I think it looks cool. I think it looks cool. I'm just like, whoa.

[Ryan]

The only thing I would change about it, which maybe he could do it, but I just think it could be a little higher off the ground. Like, for a pickup. It's a little low to the ground.

[Mike]

Well, you can change. Have you seen it when he's got it, like, posted up?

[Ryan]

Yeah, when it's posted up, it's still just a hair shorter than, like, maybe a stock Raptor.

[Mike]

If it was just a little bit.

[Ryan]

Taller, I think it would. It would then be certified.

[Mike]

I don't know how he would do that, though, because, like, he can. He can straight up drop that thing like, 8 inches. Like, he can go, like, damn near to the ground or like 8 inches lift. Lifted 8 inches. So you get like 10 inches of clearance or I don't know what he said it was quite a bit of clearance though when it was like fully lifted up. You know, if you were to change that, like if you were to put a lift in it or new suspension, I don't think you would have that.

[Evan]

Not worth suspension is insane. I. I will say that is what impressed me the most, is like just how it soaked everything up. Like it felt better than any of the Raptors or anything that I wrote in where it's. It can handle it, but it's still pretty rough like Ken's was.

[Mike]

I agree. It was quiet too. Like every time. I mean my Raptor is pretty messed up at this point from how many times I jumped it. But like, you know, even when it wasn't like you hit bumps in the field and it's like you can hear it. Like things are, things are rattling around. But that one was just like pretty solid.

[Ryan]

It has a performance suspension on it that they're really not talking about. Whereas like the Raptors, like we got shocks on this thing and all this and you just assume it'd be the best. But yeah, Cybertruck did it, man. Really did it.

[Connor]

The thing that throws us off with that is we're used to seeing like every truck we own is on 35s at a minimum, but more likely 37. So we're used to like a big truck tire. And that's the only thing is that thing is what on 33s, if you could put like a nice meaty 35 on that, it would look a lot beefier. Like you're saying it would look a little less like a car and a little more like a. I've seen, I've.

[Ryan]

Seen pics of just on Instagram. People are like modifying them. I don't know if they're doing anything with the suspension, but they're throwing like 26 inch wheels with rubber bands.

[Connor]

I think that's funny, dude. Evan.

[Ryan]

Spinners and shit. They got like this like candy wrap paint job type of thing on it.

[Mike]

And every time I see those, I'm like, oh yeah, you know, a rapper with money was like, hey, I want one of those Tesla trucks.

[Ryan]

Probably rides like ass. Then that's the only thing, like when you go smaller on the tires, the smaller you go, the less absorption you have. It's something you don't think about driving the El Camino.

[Evan]

Those potholes.

[Ryan]

Cuz it's just hitting the rim, you know, like there's no tire absorption.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Like I haven't actually like curbed it up against the curb, but just from Hitting Minnesota. Cracks in the road there. They're dinged up.

[Connor]

Yep. You haven't driven the Camino.

[Evan]

Yeah. It's got some rear end issues.

[Ryan]

Oh, I thought you're gonna say you got the bird's nest, so you don't want to drive.

[Evan]

Oh, yeah, Yeah. A robin has been.

[Ryan]

That's right. That's right.

[Evan]

To build a nest in there. And it's been quite the roller coaster.

[Mike]

Because you're keeping track with your fatherhood. Yeah.

[Evan]

So I discovered the nest, and I was hyped. I'm like, oh, man, I. I hope it lays eggs. Week or two later, there's two eggs in there.

[Ben]

Blue ones.

[Evan]

Yep, Blue ones. So then I go check in a few days later, and now there's only one egg. So I'm bummed, like, maybe a fox or a cat or something.

[Ryan]

I think they would have gotten all of them, though.

[Evan]

Right.

[Ben]

Right.

[Evan]

A couple days later, no eggs.

[Ryan]

Oh, man, what a roller coaster.

[Evan]

I'm like, this really sucks.

[Ryan]

They're all gone now. Even that last one from the video.

[Evan]

So then a week goes by. I check in a few times. Still empty. Still empty. Haven't seen the mama robin last night. Four fresh eggs.

[Mike]

What?

[Ryan]

Maybe it saw the video and was like, oh, I got to go back and lay some eggs in that nest.

[Evan]

So I'm pretty pumped.

[Ryan]

Good for you.

[Evan]

I don't know how long. How long it takes for those eggs to fester, but I'm excited.

[Ryan]

Congratulations.

[Ben]

I'm still trying to figure out what exactly it is you're pumped about.

[Ryan]

Dude.

[Evan]

Like, a robin chose a.

[Ben]

Okay.

[Evan]

El Camino to have a baby.

[Connor]

Yeah. You've just chosen not to drive your summer car, which we only get limited amounts of time because you're like, no, it's. It's.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Keeping the miles off.

[Ryan]

Very considerate.

[Mike]

Family home.

[Evan]

I drove it a lot this spring, so I figured I got to take a break, you know, keep the miles off, and I'll probably hit it heavy after. After those birds are born.

[Mike]

I can see you out there, like, feeding them worms.

[Evan]

Would I have to chew them up and spit them back out? I don't think the baby birds can eat a whole.

[Ben]

Right.

[Mike]

You could probably get, like, a grinder.

[Evan]

You. I could use Ryan's blender that he makes his smoothies in. Dump some night crawlers in there.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

Add a little protein powder.

[Mike]

Get a little bottle, Dude.

[Evan]

I grow these robins to be just the biggest, strongest.

[Ryan]

Putting protein powder in it.

[Evan]

They're just jacked.

[Mike]

They're just running the neighborhood. They're sitting up on the telephone poles. They're just watching over.

[Evan]

They're just built two years from now. There's like this, an invasive species of robins. They're bigger and stronger. They're eliminating the other little robin.

[Ben]

Their home base is they have one giant nest in the whole bed of the comed.

[Evan]

I leave the tonneau cover on it, like, half cocked. So they just go in and out and say, please.

[Connor]

Evan goes and sits in the nest with them.

[Evan]

That's my goal. Ten years down the line, they're gonna be as big as me, which isn't that big, but pretty big for a robin.

[Mike]

They probably saw you. They probably saw the red El camino, the candy paint. They saw the owner walking back and forth with his red shoes. They're like, oh, yeah, this is our place.

[Evan]

I was thinking as soon as I saw those eggs are back, I don't know if it would be too far. And I don't really use tik tok, but I want to, like, take a vid where I have, like the Easter candy robin eggs, and I like, reach in there and eat them. But I don't know. So I'd be eating the candy, not the real eggs. But I don't know if some people would think that's.

[Mike]

That'd be hilarious.

[Ben]

That'd be the best.

[Ryan]

Kind of made me want to get.

[Mike]

What the hell is wrong with you?

[Evan]

It's chocolate eggs. There's nothing. Nothing wrong.

[Ben]

It's an old fashioned prank.

[Connor]

Do it.

[Ryan]

Do it.

[Mike]

Imagine the mama robin, like sitting posted up watching that.

[Connor]

Oh, my God.

[Mike]

Put all of her trust. Put all of her trust in you, and then you pull a fast one on her.

[Ben]

Yeah, I guess. We'll keep you updated on that. Four new eggs.

[Mike]

Yo. So have you guys heard of cheese roll race?

[Connor]

No.

[Evan]

Very familiar with the cheese race?

[Ben]

No, I. No.

[Mike]

So in England, there's this hill, and once a year they hold this race. I believe it's once a year where they roll a cheese ball down the hill. And then cheese wheel.

[Ryan]

I have seen cheese wheel. That's crazy.

[Mike]

Sorry. And then, like up to 40 people race down the hill to try and catch the cheese wheel.

[Ryan]

That's like they have a documentary on.

[Evan]

It in one day. Not just one.

[Ryan]

40.

[Evan]

There's like tons of people like three, four years ago.

[Mike]

But like each race is like 40 people.

[Ryan]

People get up.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

It's such a steep hill. Yeah.

[Mike]

It's crazy dirt.

[Ryan]

Like, people are getting knocked out. People are breaking arms, legs like they have. And it's just like A thing. Like, it's a tradition.

[Mike]

Where is it at in England?

[Ryan]

It's nuts. Yeah, I know. I watched a documentary on it on like Hulu or Netflix like years ago.

[Mike]

One in every three people get injured. Really?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Ben]

At first I was like, wow, this is.

[Ryan]

It's.

[Ben]

It's still cool. It's like running of the bulls, but not nearly as hardcore.

[Connor]

But what are we talk.

[Ryan]

And it's like, you have to get there.

[Mike]

If you get broken, cut, concussions, like.

[Ryan]

Oh, gosh, so steep.

[Connor]

How'd that guy in the blue say on his feet?

[Mike]

He does like, I was built for this.

[Connor]

You kind of were, dude. Little bowling ball.

[Ryan]

God, they start cartwheeling.

[Ben]

Oh, dude, this is amazing.

[Mike]

Yeah. So.

[Connor]

The hill doesn't look even either. It's not like they're going down like a smooth tubing run or something like that. Like, it looks like they just have a hill.

[Ben]

Like, I for some reason thought there was a giant wheel of cheese chasing them down a like a little corridor.

[Mike]

Kind of like Indiana. Indiana Jones style.

[Ben]

Yeah, I did. I thought that's what you're talking about. This is just insanity. This is like some jackass shit. But that might be cool too. Yeah. Some Indiana Jones, but cheese instead of a boulder.

[Mike]

So this has like been like a long running tradition. Like they were saying that they used to do this back in like long, long, long time ago. And they first place, second place, and third place would get like a break on their taxes for farmland. And then like first place would get a little bit more land. You set this up. That's cruel. Yeah. So I thought you're gonna say some free cheese, but now the only thing the winner gets is just bragging rights.

[Ryan]

Yep.

[Mike]

And you get to keep no more land. No more land. I guess one guy's won it like 20 times and he just, he says, I only do it for the love of the game.

[Connor]

So there's like a Joey chestnut of cheese.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

I'd imagine whoever was like, you know, in power at that time just did it for entertainment for sure. Like, you know, like, let's watch these people try to save some money. So it's a taxi.

[Mike]

It's in like a small Themselves. Yeah. Actually it is kind of cruel.

[Ryan]

Cruel government after a little piece of food. Yeah.

[Mike]

It's in like a small village somewhere in England. And they used to do 40 people, but they had to bring it down to 15 people a race because so many people were getting hurt doing it. They're like, local hospital couldn't handle how many people there were so. So they went down to 15 people. And now, like, now that the local village is a little bit more established, they went back to 40 people. But yes, Speed. The streamer, Speed. He did it.

[Ryan]

No way.

[Mike]

And he took fourth place here. See if you can find that video.

[Ryan]

That's pretty sick. Speed's like, a pretty athletic guy. I bet he managed on the way down. Oh, you saw it? Actually, that's pretty cool. If I didn't, wouldn't have expected Speed to do that.

[Evan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Before he went, he was talking to somebody that, you know, must do it or had done it and was like, you know what. What advice do you have for me? And they were like, do you want to make it to the bottom or do you want to win? He was like, oh, I want to win. And they were like, jump as far down the hill.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Mike]

As you can. Right away.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Like, just try and, like, get out there as much as you can.

[Ben]

If that makes total sense as far as physics go. But just the. The pain and the risk.

[Evan]

Just thinking about, can you imagine you're standing at the top of this hill.

[Ben]

And you just like a ski jump.

[Mike]

Like, you are quite literally yeeting yourself down this.

[Evan]

Don't try to run halfway and maybe crash. Start the crash as soon as possible.

[Ryan]

He kind of just slid his butt there.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Connor]

Oh, my gosh.

[Ryan]

Pretty smart.

[Connor]

Okay. Ow.

[Ryan]

So there you go. Now he's on his feet. That's the way to do it. Just don't fall forward.

[Connor]

Oh, wow. You're pretty good.

[Ryan]

Not bad. His went really well. Like, when you fall forward, that's when you are in trouble. It's amazing how many just wild hurt.

[Mike]

They water down the hill, too.

[Connor]

Also, it's slippery.

[Ryan]

It's probably better if it's slippery, honestly, because then you just slide rather than.

[Evan]

Did I hear something? Did they say, like, fractured his leg in that? Yeah, it's not like, super broken, but.

[Ryan]

Like, man, you really keep up with speed.

[Evan]

I probably read the same article that Ryan has pulled.

[Ryan]

When do you start reading article?

[Evan]

When it pops up on World Star, whatever the heck show.

[Ryan]

Evans news source, World Star.

[Connor]

According to the New York Post, which is an increasingly reliable source, he was hospitalized. And then another one says that he fractured his leg.

[Ryan]

Crazy.

[Connor]

That's pretty crazy.

[Ryan]

Dude, these traditions, man. Like, you got that you got running with the bulls. It's a yearly thing, and random people that are not professionals get to enter in, and it's a life or death thing, but it. It's just a tradition that they continue to do.

[Connor]

Yep. I I feel like that going down the hill, chasing after the cheese is very similar to the Barbie Jeep.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Connor]

Downhills, there is no positive way, like, it ends in a crash or a fall every time. You're just doing it for the break.

[Mike]

What would you guys rather do, the.

[Ryan]

Barbie Jeep downhill thing or the cheese?

[Mike]

What's the Barbie hill?

[Ryan]

You guys haven't seen that? It's basically the modern version of this that they started doing them at, like, motor sports.

[Mike]

Oh, Mike, you've seen that.

[Evan]

I used to run one in up in Michigan.

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Connor]

Really?

[Mike]

I don't.

[Ben]

I think I'd still rather do the Barbie Jeep, but really, they. They asked me to do it when I was in Oklahoma, and I was like, no way. There's no way.

[Connor]

I think what I like about the cheese running one is you're not on a car that's going to keep going faster. Like, if you wanted to be soft, you could go slow and not, like, hurt yourself. But in the case of this guy, like, he's just going faster until he hits the wall.

[Evan]

Woman, I'm pretty sure he built better than most.

[Mike]

Dude.

[Ryan]

Yeah. I think I'd rather do the cheese just because it seems like you're going faster and there's so much more I could go wrong.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Some of these guys, if you make it to the bottom, at least you do have water, so you have a little bit more of a goal of reaching it.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Mike]

Okay.

[Ryan]

So that guy went well. It went very well.

[Connor]

It looks like sitting in the car is not the move.

[Mike]

What's the Red Bull event where they do it in reverse?

[Ryan]

What, like, go backwards?

[Mike]

Yeah. Like, everything has to be, like, steered in reverse. So it's, like, super, super tippy.

[Evan]

It's like a box car derby, but when you turn right, it turns left.

[Ryan]

God. Red Bull's got some weird events, too. Remember the thing where you build.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You go off the thing.

[Evan]

That's the flu tog, right?

[Ben]

Yeah.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ben]

That one's so odd because, like, they almost never make it. It's like, let's just say of the videos I've ever seen posted, everybody. Everyone crashes. And then one guy, like, you know, airs it out.

[Connor]

Everyone's like, yeah.

[Ben]

And I'm like.

[Connor]

So, Evan, I were talking about how, like, Red Bull has all these weird events, and so they. What was the deal with the downhill jam or whatever at back in Duluth? Like, back in the day? Yeah.

[Evan]

Well, I think what Red Bull kind of does is, like, they have their reps go kind of piggyback. An event that's Already been happening. And then they kind of make it look like they did it.

[Ryan]

Throw up a bunch of Red Bull flags and everything.

[Evan]

And I don't know about now. This was like, 10 years ago what I'm thinking of. But, yeah, we used to, like, when the Spear Mountain, the ski hill would close down in the spring, just a bunch of us would go out there and, like, take all the rails from the park and, like, set them up and just, like, have a. Just, like, go ski. And it wasn't even, like, an actual event, but it was kind of like a spring event. And, like, Red Bull showed up, like, the rep. I don't know, knew a couple of the dudes that were skiing and then, like, did the whole little thing. Put the banners and the flags up, put an edit out on Vimeo.

[Connor]

And this was like, an illegal thing. You guys just kind of hopped on the. Yeah, and it was also just like a railjam.

[Evan]

Yeah, we basically do a railjam, but it was after the hill was closed and no one knew we were doing it. It was just like a secret little thing. But it was funny. It was just like a bunch of kids or whatever.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Evan]

And then they showed up, put up some flags and stuff, made an edit, and then, like, they shut down, like, at the end of the year, they started putting fences up and, like, actually, like, monitoring and, like, got the whole thing.

[Connor]

Oh, damn.

[Evan]

Like, never happened.

[Mike]

Red Bull's always trying to get their greasy little fingers in there.

[Connor]

Yep.

[Evan]

Ruined it for us. I did get a couple free Red Bulls that day, though, so.

[Ryan]

They always get you. Yeah, no, He's a lifetime drinker of.

[Ben]

Red Bull, especially at that age. Like, you'll do anything for a Red Bull.

[Ryan]

That's true.

[Mike]

Ryan, pop up this video that I just sent you. I was scrolling through our tags on Instagram one day, and this one snuck by. It was like a month old. And I. And I saw this, and I could not believe what I was watching and listening to. So just pop. Just pop it up and then turn the volume up if you can audio here so we can listen to it.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Evan.

[Evan]

Oh, I've not seen this.

[Connor]

Oh, this is from the mic is on.

[Ryan]

Oh, what is this? At first, I didn't realize it was a custom song until he started.

[Mike]

Really?

[Ryan]

Evan? That was lit, dude.

[Ben]

Yeah, that went really hard.

[Evan]

What is the mic is on that.

[Ryan]

Mixtape behind us here.

[Mike]

Oh, damn. Yeah, he went social media.

[Ben]

He stepped his game up.

[Ryan]

Yeah, he's going. Going digital with it.

[Evan]

I'm gonna follow him right now.

[Ben]

That was Amazing.

[Mike]

Yeah, I thought that went hard though.

[Ryan]

That's pretty lit.

[Mike]

I was just scrolling through and I was like. And I saw the dude and I was like, I love where's this going then? And then it goes into a custom song. Yeah. I was like, oh, man.

[Ben]

I love. It's like chopped and screwed.

[Ryan]

At first I thought it was going to be like Hell's Bells, like doom.

[Mike]

Yeah, that's what I thought initially too.

[Ryan]

Like getting ready for like a football kickoff here with Evan.

[Ben]

Dude, that's sick. Justin Starling made a song.

[Connor]

Oh, yeah.

[Ben]

For us too, which is sick. So if you guys listen, we use a lot of his songs, but I've been running, drinking, smoking. That's so much classic. That is the song that he made. He made a bunch of other good ones. And then he made one kind of for us, about us.

[Evan]

I've been waiting.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that song is lit too.

[Mike]

It's sweet.

[Connor]

Our first song, it was cool.

[Ben]

And he's like, I messaged him. I'm sure maybe you guys did too. I was like, this is sweet. This is kind of surreal. And he's like, bro, you guys just help me out a lot. Like, I love you guys.

[Mike]

That is always cool to see because I mentioned that to Connor Price. So Connor Price is like killing it now. Killing it. He's like a full fledged, like successful rapper. But like back when he was a SoundCloud rapper, basically we started using his raps in our videos. It was back when it was like noticeable if somebody was using your. Your music. So we became friends with him and he was always just like, yo, thanks so much for using my song. It's like I see like, I always see a bump in my streams when you guys use it in a video because it'll push people over. And now he's just like full on, like killing it. Always knew that he would. But then when you get to a certain size, then you get picked up by like a label and then we can't really use it because then it gets like copywritten and stuff like that. It is cool to see like that. You know, we. I don't think we. He would have been successful either.

[Ryan]

Yeah, we didn't. I agree.

[Mike]

But I think we added fuel to the flame.

[Connor]

Just cool.

[Mike]

Yeah, dude.

[Ben]

He's just one of a few artists where like everything he's puts out is.

[Mike]

Yeah. What he's got though is like he's a clean rapper.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Mike]

You know where like this day and age, it almost seems like the more vulgar that you are with your raps. Like, the better that they do. But he's almost gone, like, the opposite way of like, he's got, like, kids showing up to his shows and I. I know, like, parents, like, thank him for not, like, swearing and stuff like that. So, I mean, it's cool to see, like the other side and he can be just like, equally as successful. But yeah, he's crushing it too.

[Connor]

Our stuff is getting noticed more outside of us. Like, I see it on Tick Tock and stuff like that. You guys see that video, believe it's from Kansas of that guy wearing our shirt.

[Ben]

We gotta watch that. That. That is.

[Mike]

I don't care who you are.

[Ben]

That's funny.

[Ryan]

Oh, damn.

[Mike]

Yeah. Life wide open. And baby.

[Ben]

That'S savage.

[Ryan]

Damn, dude, it's. It's crazy because it's gone so far now. That's like, you get these clips whether they're running from the police wearing the merch or whatever. Like, it's good, you know, after I.

[Ben]

Saw this one, had a great laugh, and then I was like, I hope this isn't like, you know, I hope this doesn't keep happening.

[Ryan]

It's going to maybe inevitable.

[Ben]

You know that. But I'm. It's like kind of like right place, right time. Like, you know, he could have. I don't know, I guess he could have been wearing. Maybe our brand is really that recognized. That was funny.

[Ryan]

I wonder if that guy knew who we were.

[Mike]

If he just.

[Ryan]

And he's like, what the shirt is this? He's doing this. Yeah, we make sense, you know, his, like, top comment.

[Mike]

Well, we've been tagged in that like, thousands of times now. And his top comment is like, didn't know who C boys were, but gonna need some merch now, boys. Or something like that.

[Connor]

That's funny.

[Mike]

I was walking into the grocery store yesterday and this kid was walking out and he was wearing a. A blue life wide open hat. And I was like, hey, bro, nice hat. Expecting him to be like, you know, like, hey, yo, what's up, dude? If he was a fan and he's just like, thanks. Kept walking and Greta goes, that was a little weird.

[Connor]

It was funny. I went to visit my grandpa in the nursing home and I threw on one of my favorite shirts, which is the do cool shit shirt. I was literally out of the house and I went, maybe I shouldn't wear do cool shit to like, two nursing homes to go visit both my grandparents. I go, I'll throw on something else. So I threw on the. So then I threw on the Evo t instead and went to the nursing homes. Actually got a couple of compliments there. And then I was in chick fil A and the place that I was standing, I had my back to, like, the whole restaurant waiting for my food. And I had three people come up to me and ask me about my shirt. And I was like, damn, I'm glad I wasn't wearing too cool shit because it would have been a little different.

[Ben]

Really?

[Connor]

Yeah. Yeah, People really like that shirt. That was funny. I was like, maybe not do cool shit to the nursing home.

[Mike]

Time and a place. Time and a place for it.

[Ben]

That is one of them. When you got to plan out.

[Connor]

Yeah. Where you're going on that one.

[Mike]

Can kids wear that shirt to school?

[Ryan]

They can't. I heard honestly, some stories. This one kid was wearing it and then they had to, like, take it off.

[Ben]

Oh, really?

[Ryan]

Or they made him put a sweatshirt on.

[Mike]

I mean, I guess it makes sense.

[Connor]

Yeah. I mean.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You can't have swear word.

[Mike]

I don't even think, like, you can't even wear virginity rocks.

[Connor]

I don't really know.

[Ryan]

Yeah, that one's a. That one's a weird one because it's such a tongue in cheek joke. Like, you're obviously not being serious wearing it.

[Mike]

Unless you are.

[Evan]

No, it doesn't rock at all.

[Ben]

I think there are so many of them that they probably were like, we going to tell all these. They keep coming to school with Ty Nits. Virginity. There's so many. And so it's like if they almost are bombarded because so many of these kids are wearing. I've seen so many kids in virginity rock stuff.

[Connor]

I forgot about what it's like to go to school and have, you know, like, where you can't wear certain things and like.

[Mike]

Well, mine was to go to the.

[Connor]

Bathroom at certain times and stuff like that. That's crazy.

[Mike]

Could you guys wear hats?

[Ryan]

No.

[Mike]

Yeah, I couldn't wear a hat. Ryan, I know that you were in a uniform, so obviously you couldn't wear hats.

[Connor]

I wasn't in the uniform.

[Mike]

You shouldn't be wearing a hat anyways.

[Connor]

Couldn't wear hats because I shouldn't. But I think you could wear hats in school.

[Ben]

We really both have something in common. School. You paid to wear hats at school? Not actually. But you.

[Ryan]

That's the whole reason. But.

[Ben]

But. But when we had hat days, we had to pay. We had hat days and it was like a fundraiser. But yeah, we had to pay a dollar to wear a hat.

[Connor]

Really?

[Ben]

And it was worth it. You weren't. Yeah, you definitely.

[Mike]

Kids can Wear hats now.

[Ben]

Really?

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Mike]

At least at my school, that's.

[Ben]

I'm cool with that.

[Connor]

School systems gone to shit. Kids are wearing hats in school.

[Ben]

I don't know. There's, like, nothing you can do now. Like, also, it's like at church, everyone's wearing hats, and I'm not actually everyone, but before no one. You don't wear a hat to church. You take it off. No matter how messy your hair is, no matter how bald you are, no matter what. Like church on some kind of hat. Yeah, do, like, whatever. Like, cowboy hats, flat brim hats, beanies.

[Mike]

Oh, really?

[Ben]

You got, like, the guys up at. At front, you know, the worship team. They're wearing hats. I was like, wow, times have changed. I mean, I'm fine with it. I like wearing hats.

[Mike]

I bet it was just, like, one person did it one day, and then everyone else saw him, and we're lucky.

[Ryan]

Is that slowly spread?

[Mike]

Is that cool now? Like, can we do that?

[Connor]

Doing that.

[Mike]

How long we've been going. Ken.

[Ryan]

Ken.

[Connor]

Been tough not having Ken, dude, I can't. He can't look anything up. Not that he does a ton of times, but, like, it's hard.

[Ryan]

The one over here, the one thing.

[Mike]

He does, a podcast, half the time, he's just not able to find it either. We're like, how are you not able to find this on the Internet?

[Ryan]

We could talk about Rich getting all liquored up.

[Mike]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan]

Flooring my car. I was. I was saving it to hopefully get him on the podcast so we can pop the video up. I haven't driven my GTR in, like.

[Connor]

Two or three weeks coming back. Do we want to do it?

[Ryan]

He already knows. He already knows.

[Connor]

Oh, okay. Sorry that you have to.

[Ryan]

It's all good.

[Evan]

Last night, he was nervous on your story.

[Ryan]

What'd he say?

[Evan]

He's like, bro, I knew CJ was. Was messing with me.

[Mike]

Well, how did he know that?

[Evan]

I think because he just heard people Talking about that CJ's car was messed up, and Rich was like, oh, no. And he was asking Matt, do you. Do you think, like, I just started for a second. There's no way that could have caused.

[Ryan]

He didn't just start it. He didn't just start. But I need to lay the background of the story here. So I hadn't driven the car in, like, two weeks. It just kind of been the shop. And Rich had been here with Matt, who got the tattoo with Mike and Evan and Cody. Rich was busy trying to be like Evan because it was raining and he was hanging with Evan. He was dressing like Evan in terms of, like, trying to be Evan, the things he was doing. God bless you. Rich was like the fun best parts of being Evan. Like, you know, just going to the bar and drinking. So he was doing that the whole time. He's all larried up, quite frankly. Can't handle as much booze as Evan, and dude is such a lightweight. Yeah, yeah. So like three in the morning, this dude comes home. I don't even know if he really knew what he was doing. You can see it on the security cam video. He's walking. He, like, kind of like side eyes. The gtr just looks out of all the cars. Yeah, he just kind of like side eyes it. And then he just like, kind of walks back in, like, out of. Disappears.

[Mike]

And then you see him just open.

[Ryan]

The door, sit down, starts the thing, floors it as it's like, starting, gives it like two revs to the red line as it's starting to do it, and then just like, like turns it off. Just hops out, puts his hands in his pockets, like, walks away.

[Mike]

He straight up did a hit and run on his gtr.

[Ryan]

Yeah, I'm not sitting here, like, watching the security cameras, you know, until things like this happen. Then I go back the next day. I go to start my car. It is sounding absolutely terrible. I'm like, what the frick? Like, I hadn't even driven the thing. I even driven. How'd it break sitting here? It drove fine before when I parked it, you know, I'm like, what the hell? I guess something weird happened. I start running, like, the check engine, you know, I can. I can scan the engine. It says, cylinder six, misfire.

[Connor]

Oh, no.

[Ryan]

I'm like. So I back the thing out, whatever. It's sitting there, like, an hour later, I started again, and it's running fine. Oh, it's not doing the noise anymore.

[Mike]

It's not.

[Ryan]

Whatever. And I. I, like, had cleared the code and everything. And then I drove down the road. I didn't drive it far. Maybe I should do a little bit more driving on it to double check. But I drove it down the end of the road and back, and it seemed to be fine. And I checked the security cam footage. I'm like, I wonder what. Like, someone had to have done something. This doesn't just happen. And I find Rich flooring it.

[Mike]

Can we play the video here?

[Connor]

I really want to see this.

[Mike]

My favorite part of the whole thing is after this all happened, CJ posted the video of it knocking. It's got the gnarliest knock.

[Ryan]

Rich was all nervous.

[Mike]

So, yeah, Rich. Rich kind of, like, pulls me aside and goes, dude, you don't think, like, me starting up CJ's car, like, has anything to do with it knocking, would you? And I'm, like, starting it up. No. Is that all you did, though? Well, I mean, like, I gave it. I revved it, like, a little bit. But, like, that was red line. That was it. And I was like, I don't know. It's probably got something to do with it, though. He's like, okay, yeah, should I say something to him? And I was. And I literally go, if what you're telling me is true, and you just started it up and you revved it a little bit, I can't imagine that's the problem. So I probably wouldn't say anything if I were you, because I was like, if that's not the problem, you don't want to get in CJ's head. And then he's going to start overthinking that. And I was like, it's probably unrelated. And then I see this video.

[Ryan]

I go, are you serious, bro?

[Mike]

Revving it a little bit?

[Ryan]

Yeah, it was just too good revs, but it was to the red line. And it was right when it started. Like, it had. It was just starting to the red line, and then he killed it. So I think what happens is he fouled out one of the plugs because it just got loaded up. Sat when to start it.

[Ben]

Yeah, like, no vehicle that you do exactly that too, is gonna like it.

[Ryan]

Yeah. So then let alone a modified. And it was run on 91, so it's running a little bit more rich. If it was on E85, it'd run a lot better. But. So anyways, I started messing with him. I was like, yeah, dude. Like, it's not looking good. Like, I might need a new motor. And like, I'm like, with him, like, yeah. He's just like, oh, damn, dude. Like, that sucks.

[Mike]

And.

[Ryan]

And I'm, like, keeping quiet because I thought he was gonna be on the podcast. Odd. So I just kept. I'm like, yeah, man. Like, pretty bummed about it. Like, going to need a new motor. I think it's going to be like, 40 grand. Oh, GTR motors aren't cheap.

[Mike]

He's like, all right, how many tracks do I have to build? The SE boy is to be square with them, Crank it up. Then he disappears for a little.

[Connor]

He's looking at. He's trying to figure out how to open up the door handle. Dude. Just kills it.

[Ryan]

Hobbles out.

[Ben]

That was it, huh?

[Ryan]

Yeah. Like, it wasn't too bad, you know, just. I think he just loaded him up.

[Ben]

Literally on for like three seconds.

[Ryan]

It was almost like a beater car when you like started with the foot to the floor.

[Connor]

Or like a rental car.

[Mike]

Yeah, yeah.

[Connor]

And so, I mean, I had left at this point in the day, but CJ posted this on his story and I was appalled at how awful this sounds.

[Ryan]

That's a dead cylinder. Bad. The car was shaking, so there was something shaking underneath there. And it's like the bell housing. That's pretty common with a gtr.

[Connor]

I saw the water or whatever that was underneath. I thought it was oil. And I was like, oh, man. What happened?

[Ryan]

Well, the problem was. So I'd started it and then I moved it just to like, because I was like, what the. I was trying to figure out. So I had shimmied it and there was already something there that. Yeah, that. So it wasn't from my car. But yeah, luckily Rich didn't do it to the R8. So for those of you who are getting entered in the RA giveaway, it should be fine. And, and Rich is gone now, so you don't have to worry about that. He probably won't be back until, until the R8's done, so you guys better get out of it. Entered for the R8 giveaway. Coolest car we've ever given away and possibly the coolest car in our shop right now.

[Mike]

So sick.

[Ryan]

It's.

[Mike]

It is so sick.

[Ryan]

It's like hard for me to look at it. It's so cool because I'm like, God damn. Like, I can't believe this thing's gonna be. Not hear any, any, you know, event pretty, pretty soon here, honestly. But I, I got another part for it. You guys don't even know, but we'll throw that on. We got a bunch of parts coming for it. Not that it really needs many. You know, the basics and exhaust, some wheels, a few other cars, few other carbon fiber pieces, but go get yourself entered. Cboystv.com Every $5 you spend gets you one entry.

[Connor]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Whoever wins it, it's gonna be life changing.

[Mike]

Such a sick.

[Ryan]

I mean, whether you keep it life changing, if you sell it life changing. Either way gonna be good. Will be really cool to see who wins it.

[Mike]

Appreciate the support as always. Subscribe if you haven't and we'll see you next week.

[Connor]

I got one question before we end here. So you know Trump was found guilty on his hush money charges.

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ben]

Oh, yeah.

[Ryan]

Not good.

[Ben]

Not good.

[Connor]

Does he get his hush money back then? Is there, like, hush money insurance? Like he paid all the money?

[Mike]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

You should get that back. Deals a deal.