This is probably the ultimate Rainman All-Stars lineup . I have played on 4 tournament teams with these guys and the lineups are always different depending on where the tournament is , like the last one i went on with Rainer was to Tallinn in January that team was mostly made up of Finns and Estonians with myself (Canada) Rainer ( Germany) and Antoinne (France) being the outsiders ...we won that tourney . All the teams are always stacked with great people but there area always team mates that i end up spending more time with .
In Bolzano , my first tourney with Rainer i bunked with the Brits . Daz was one of the Brits and was closest to me in age and craziness when it came to drinking . I topped them all showing up totally blitzed already ... alcohol poisoning ! We spent a lot of time in the city square drinking coffee and eating great meals , along with another fellow named Timo . I have seen Timo a couple times since then but Daz its been a while , we have a lot of drinking to catch up on my friend :) Also on that first trip i met RUDI !!! on the side of a highway in Germany , we were a few hours late LOL . So i get to see all these guys again in Iceland ....
Second trip to Europe with Rainer we traveled in a camper and went to 2 tournaments .... first one in Fussen ,Germany where Timo is from so naturally i got to see him there . And i got to meet a future team mate from Finland ... Petri ( paskalintu ) now the Finns are all crazy but this guy is crazy in his own way , a very fun way . We ended up winning tournament in Cortina D'Ampezzo together along with RUDI !!! and another German that is coming to Iceland ... my good buddy Alex Eberhardt . Alex does not speak the best English and i don't speak German (trying to learn) but somehow we have always understood each other and Alex has visited me twice and i have visited him once since we met in 2010 , i am really happy you are coming to Iceland you crazy Bavarian :)
On my third trip with Rainer we went to play in Tallinn and we couldn't have won that tournament without some amazing Finns . Now as far as i know Petri is coming with Kalle ( his brother ) and 4 other Finns i think ??? not sure who the others are but i am sure they are going to be the life of the week long party . Can't wait to hit the Geothermal pools with these guys ... as you all know the Finns love saunas so i am sure this will be a big hit with the guys . Back to Kalle , this guy is a sick hockey player OMG we are gonna kick some ass with this guy . Of all the guys i have played with around the world the Finns have always impressed me on an overall record . That tournament in Tallinn was very short and we only had 2 nights of good times ... this trip is 1 week :)
Apparently we have this other crazy guy named Yoko coming that his been on the tournament circuit for quite some time , i have heard of him for years even back when i was touring Asia in 2007 ... but we have never met . Looking forward to meeting you Yoko and any other new team mate , apparently Daz is bringing another Brit with him and like i said i am not sure which Finns are coming ??? Regardless this week long trip is probably going to be one of the craziest tournaments that i have ever been too .
Look out Iceland the Rainman All-Stars are coming !!!!
Man would i ever love to be going on this one with ya!
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