We invited you to enter a contest, but we didn’t tell you all there was to know.
Ride or Die is how you win your chance to see Johnathan Tavares lace up his skates for his boyhood team, The Toronto Maple Leafs, for the very first time.
Such an epic prize requires a very special contest. So we brought our qualifiers to C103 headquarter to gather some more “Qualifying Information.”
Once we got them here, we put their friendship to the test.
Each qualifier was asked to name who they would take on this special trip if they won. We then made them call that friend to see if they are worthy of such an honor. We gave our contestants a made up reason for why the contestant needed to be picked up right away. If the friend says yes, they are qualified. Say no… and your journey is over.
These are their stories. Some calls have been edited due to language.
Chris Shannahan
Needed his buddy to pick him up because “I’m at a girls house, don’t tell my wife, the girl left for work, I’m using the bathroom, and the door handle broke off…I’m stuck in her bathroom and need help NOW!”
Steve Doucet
Needed his buddy to “pick up a duffle bag from my back porch, DO NOT LOOK IN IT, just place it in a dumpster”
Stephane Vautour
Needed his buddy to pick him up because “I was out for a walk and pooped my pants”
Jason Noseworthy
Needed his Dad to pick him up because “the wide & I were hangin’ out on the backroads wink wink, and now my tires are flat”
Chris Eagles
Called his wife for a ride after “picking up a friend at the airport, and security dogs smelled something in my pocket…I’m detained”
Dana Morin
Needed his buddy to pick him up because “customs stopped me and I got caught with a roach clip”
Darren Atkinson
Needed his buddy to pick him up when he “woke up at a girls house, and her husband showed up!!”
Grace Jarvis
Needed her husband to pick her up because she “passed a school bus with flashing lights, and ended up in a ditch after a chase with police!”
Steve Rioux
Needed his buddy to pick him up because “I picked up a hitch hiker, and when I stopped for gas, she stole my car!”
Allen Roach
Needed his neighbour to pick him up because “I was at a girls house last night, but I can’t have anybody see my car there again…I need to get my wallet back, and need you to drive me”
Jeff Thomson
Needed his brother to pick him up because “I had a little accident in a taxi, and need to be picked up”
Ashley Bennett
Needed a lift from her brother because “I was detained by airport security when they found a special ‘baked good’ I brought for you”
Scott Buchanan
Needed his Dad to pick him up because “while having a cigarette in the car, I must not have put it out, because now I have half a car”
Chris Somers
Needed his friend to pick him up, because “I’m in Rexton, I came here to buy something that I can’t call the cops about, and I got carjacked. Can you come get me?”
Jamie McGrath
Needed his buddy to pick up “the other woman I’ve been seeing, nobody knows, but she’s pregnant…Don’t tell my GF, but drive this girl to the hospital”