American Heat – Palm Springs, CA

Amercian Heat Motorcycle Rally – Jaw dropping stunt shows, live entertainment, bike games, ride-in shows, amazing motorcycles and more… Held on Palm Canyon Drive in downtown Palm Springs, California, October 10-12, 2008

The City of Palm Springs hosted 9,000 to 10,000 bikes throughout the three day event. The motorcycle rally included live music, endless shopping, amazing stunt shows and for participants; poker runs, bike games and a competition ride in shows.

The event was sponsored in part by; the City of Palm Springs, Palm Springs Harley-Davidson, Renegade Classics in Cathedral City, Budweiser, Jagermeister, Main Street Merchants, Palm Springs Hotel Association, the Palm Springs Lions Club, the Palm Springs Rotary Club and the Roadhouse Grill.

Rachel Shine – Miss American Heat Spokesmodel

This years “Miss American Heat” spokesmodel – Rachel Shine (Model, Actress & Go-Go Dancer). Rachel has been featured in several movies, she has also modeled at the Playboy Mansion, been a promotional model for Rockstar Energy Drink and featured in many magazines.

With all the hot custom bikes… Rachel was still the most photographed. Not hard to believe, she has one of the sexiest body you’ll find anywhere. We followed Rachel to see what she ate for lunch… hmm… a hoagie sandwich and a slice of pizza? Dang… we thought she would have water and a salad. Where does she put it?

Rachel; “I’m far from all stereotypes you want to put on me. I’m born and raised in Long Beach, California. I work for everything I have… Nothing is given to me. I am solely dependent on myself and love to keep it that way. I’m young but know enough, girls like me are hard to come by. I get over things quickly and I am probably the coolest girl you will ever meet. I’m a lover when I’m loving and a fighter when I’m fighting. I’m super easy to get along with but hard to get to know right away. I love my few close friends and my photographer Johnny. They are the only ones there for me through thick and thin… they are my family. I love my life. I’m a lucky girl. Reality is boring so you might as well be living in your own world.”

Monte Perlin’s Globe of Death stunt show

Perlin, a movie stuntman and a double for Arnold Schwarzenegger during his film career, rides a motorcycle inside a steel ball at breakneck speeds and his son Sam joins him on his own motorcycle. All around and upside down.

Perlin’s big screen film credits also include: Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Wager, Hidden Secrets, Terminator 3 (he was the stunt double for Arnold Schwarzenegger), Batman, Con-Air, Star Trek and Chain Reaction.
Perlin was Adam Sandler’s stunt double for Bedtime Story which is set for release this December.

“I did a lot of chase scenes and some high flying stunts where I ride a stock Harley-Davidson 70 feet, right through a moving freight train,” Perlin says. Out this month in theaters will be Game starring Gerard Buttler. “In that one I do a light of ‘trial’ riding where I ride over cars, walls and other obstacles in Boston,” Perlin explains.

On the Terminator TV series the Sarah Conner Chronicles, Perlin played the Terminator on one show and performed stunts on several others.

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