It has been like 5 or 6 years since DropJaw has been out to the Texas Heatwave. The last time I came out, I drove my Sentra from NC 22 hours to cover this show. Actually I took what I thought was a short cut on the way and it took 26 hours. Needless to say I took the mapquest directions on the way back. Through the years one thing after another has kept us away but we were finally able to work it out this year and get back down to the dirty south. This is a scene within the scene down here in Texas. For one, the state is so big that you dont have to ever leave to hit up shows all year. The fact that you can drive 8 hours and still be in Texas is amazing. Another thing is the scene is so big that you never run out of hot rides to check out. This is great for us because 80% of the rides that we took pics of are stuff that you havent ever seen on DropJaw. We always love fresh material. This show is in it's 20th year and is one of the most recognized events in the Nation. And it is called Texas Heatwave for a reason...because it is hot as hell out there almost every year. The show also offers about any and everything you can imagine coming from a huge event. For one, every style of ride is represented out there, including monster trucks which also put on demonstrations for the crowd. There is a huge burnout contest, stereo contest and major stage show throughout the day. This year they brought in Ice Cube for a nighttime concert that kept the party going on throughout the night. If you happened to get through the hundreds and hundreds of rides on display, then there was plenty of vendors out showing off and selling the scene's hottest products available. For the adventurers there was a helicopter on grounds giving people rides over and around the show grounds. One of the craziest things I think we saw out there was the fact that 70% of the rides were brought out to the show on Friday and left for the rest of the weekend. Through our experiences people usually come to the 3 day shows but always take their rides with them when they left each day. It was pretty cool to see the trust that this show has with their participants. The Heatwave crew did a great job of putting this show together as they always do and we were very happy to be able to be a part of it again this year. I also finally got a chance to meet some of the crew from StreetSeen.com who in fact are the prominent magazine force in Texas. If you get a chance, check these guys out and get one of their magazines....pretty sik. I want to give mad thanx to all the people from Texas who gave us some hot rides and scenery to point our cameras at and to the Heatwave crew for letting us come out and represent DropJaw once again at this show. See you guys next year at Texas Heatwave.