Ka Lanakila Lanakila
ʻO ka lanakila he hōʻailona ia, ʻaʻole like me nā mea ʻē aʻe - me ka manaʻo ʻole e hoʻomanaʻo mau nei kēia brand iā mākou iā Harley-Davidson - ʻaʻole a makemake ʻole e kaumaha ʻia e ka mōʻaukala i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka hana ʻana o kāna mau kaʻa. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i pā nā kumu mua i nā alanui ʻAmelika a hiki i 1998. Hoʻololi ʻia ka hiʻohiʻona kuʻuna e kekahi mau ʻenehana loea i hāʻawi ʻole ʻia e nā mea hoʻokūkū ma kēia ʻāpana. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole mākou e kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka ʻenehana loea hou a i ʻole ka hoʻololi ʻana, ke kamaʻilio wale nei mākou e pili ana i nā haʻina liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi ma kēia māhele ma ke kahua o ka paikikala a me nā papa.
ʻO ke kumu hoʻohālike o Cross Country, i hōʻike lokomaikaʻi ʻia mai iā mākou no kahi huakaʻi aʻo e kahi kanaka pilikino mai kahi kokoke i Ljubljana, ʻoluʻolu maoli i ka maka. Me ka nui o ke kaila, kani kani a me ka hapanui o ko lākou helehelena charismatic, ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike maka ʻole ʻia ma kēia keke kaʻa. Eia nō naʻe, inā ʻoe e nānā pono pono ia, aloha ʻoe i nā laina maʻemaʻe, maʻamau a huhū iki paha e pili ana i ka ʻike ʻole i ka kikoʻī.
ʻLelo aku ʻaʻole he nui koʻu ʻike me kēia ʻano motika, ua hoʻowalewale ʻia wau e kekahi mau holoholo moku Kepani nui a ʻekolu a ʻehā paha ʻo Harley-Davidson. A ʻo kēia me nā hiʻohiʻona paʻakikī e hoʻohālikelike pololei me ka Cross Country. ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo nui iā Harley, hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo no lākou ua haʻalele mau lākou iaʻu me nā manaʻolana hoʻokele pono ʻole. ʻAʻole pae ʻāina.
ʻO ka ʻike o ke kaʻa paikikala like loa me ko nā motika Bayern me ka Telelever, ʻoiai ke huli nei ka 370kg colossus i kahi moped wili ma hope o ke kipaku ʻana i ke kūlanakauhale. ʻOiaʻiʻo e maʻa i kekahi a kānalua wau he kūpono ia no nā mea holo liʻiliʻi.
He mokokaikala kēia āu e lohe mua ai a ʻike. E poina i ka holo mālie ma waho o ka pā i ke kakahiaka. Poina i ka humuhumanu o ka ʻenekini ʻelua paukūʻolokaʻa. He mokokaikala kēia e walaʻau. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, kiʻekiʻe kiʻekiʻe ka pae o ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka hauʻoli hoʻokele. Pono ka lepe lālau i ka lima o ke kanaka paʻa, a ma ka palena haʻahaʻa e kani ka hoʻokele i ka paʻakikī e like me ka hana Hilti. ʻO kahi mahele waiwai o nā pono hana maʻamau, e hoʻopili ana i kahi ʻōnaehana leo maikaʻi, hoʻopau ʻole i ka hōʻailona hoʻohuli aunoa, ABS, ka hoʻokele hoʻokele a me kekahi mau pono like, hāʻawi pū kekahi i ka pono.
ʻAʻohe kumu o ke kākau ʻana e pili ana i ka ikaika o kēia kaʻa i nā nahesa a me ka huli. He ʻoi aku ka ikaika o ka Cross Country ma mua o kou manaʻo, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e noi. Makemake ʻoe i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ka nui o ka makani e pā maoli i kou mau wāwae ma muli o ka pale maikaʻi o ka makani. ʻAʻole pilikia ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka semi-circular, ʻaʻole hoʻi he kolo lohi ma ke kolamu. Akā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hopu ʻo ia iā ʻoe ma ka wāwae hewa.
I kēia manawa ke kākau nei wau e pili ana i nā ʻoiaʻiʻo, akā pehea ka manaʻo o Cross Country iā ia iho? Ua aʻo au i nā mea hou he nui. ʻO ka lanakila i hoʻomaopopo iaʻu ʻo ko mākou mau alanui kua'āina kūpono kūpono iaʻu, ke noho nei mākou i kahi ʻāpana nani o nā Balkans a hiki iaʻu ke hoʻokaʻawale loa iaʻu iho i nā pilikia a me nā hauʻoli i kēlā me kēia lā i ka lā hoʻokahi. ʻO ka mea mua, ma hope o ka manawa lōʻihi, hoʻokele hou wau me ka ʻole o kahi pahuhopu. Lōʻihi a lohi i ka pō. A pēlā e hoʻomau ai.
kikokikona: Matthias Tomazic, kiʻi: Matthias Tomazic
