Dominica Bikers made history once again by traveling to St Lucia with their bikes for the second time

​The Dominica Bikers have made history again, by traveling to St Lucia with their bikes, for the second time, for St Lucia’s 39th Independence celebration. It was anticipated that a contingent from Dominica would make this trip due to the damage cause by hurricane Maria, they were able to put together a large contingent of 20 bikes (18 bikes, 2 ATVs).
 
The bikers chartered local boat owner and captain Neville Wade from Portsmouth, to keep the money in Dominica. They departed on Wednesday 21st February from the Portsmouth berth. Upon arrival in Vieux Fort, St Lucia, the Dominica contingent intended to make a statement, and awakened the city of Vieux Fort on arrival and amazed bystanders with their display of colorful and well-maintained motorcycles. Castries was then awakened by the bikers, as they made sure the city recognized the presence of Dominica.
 
Throughout the week, it was said that wherever Dominica went, that was the place to be. While they participated in most of the events throughout the week, it wasn’t until the weekend that the final impression was made, to establish that not only was Dominica present, but they were strong, resilient and ready to perform.
 
Sunday was the Drag Wars at the base drag strip in Vieux Fort. A smaller group attended the drag event and made a profound statement against the competition from other islands. Dominica won most of the races they participated in during their time on the drag. This is a great milestone, considering that there are no drag strips or areas for Dominican bikers to practice or fine-tune their skills in order to compete, yet still, they were amongst the best performers of the day.
 
Finally, there was the Supermoto race and stunt exhibition in the city of Castries. Dominica had no participants in the races, but participated in stunt exhibitions where they were said to have completely stole the show. It is anticipated that next year, an even larger contingent will be traveling, but they also took the opportunity to encourage other islands to visit Dominica.