MOUNTAIN BIKING

Summers in Park City rule!  Besides all the other things you can get into like fly fishing, hiking, golf, and going to afternoon concerts in the park, you have miles and miles of MOUNTAIN BIKING.  My life in Park City has afforded me many hours to explore the vast trail system-from the easy "Rail Trail," heading out to Wanship on the old railroad grade-to the climb 'til ya puke "MoFo Hill" and the downhill of the NORBA Championship course.  For 8 seasons I have been an instructor/guide for the Mountain Bike School at Deer Valley riding on Schwinn and K2 Mountain Bikes.  They didn't make them tough enough for the "phat man" so I got myself an Outland and rode it hard until the picture you see at the bottom ;)  

Of course, what this means to you or whoever is riding with me at the time is that
I know where we are going.  This is also important in chosing rides that match
my companions' skills without over or under challenging them too much along the way.

Mountain biking also got me the chance to have my face (or body at least)  in a few magazines articles and advertisements as well as doing some bike modeling in a photo session with photographer Hughes Martin.  Some of these were stock photos used in the 1997 Bike Utah magazines advertising for Deer Valley (a similar one being the one below for Ski Magazine) and on-mountain brochures for the summer edition.  I have copies of each buried away to find for a later update.  Keep checking into Phattyweb!

PHATTY IN PRINT MEDIA

Phatty guiding a tour
Here is a pic from a series of shots done by Southern Living Magazine that was part of a feature story that they did on Deer Valley Mountain Biking in the June 1997 edition.

Photo by Art Meriphol

Phatty and Kim in the meadow on trail #7.
Here is a pic from an advertisement for 
K2 Mountain Bikes that appeared in the 
May/June 1998 Ski Magazine.

Photo by Hughes Martin

Phatty, Kim, and Bryan on the backside of Deer Valley Resort.
This is from an advertisement for 
Deer Valley Resort that
appeared in the Summer 1998
Bike Utah Magazine as well as the 
Deer Valley Summer 1997-99 Brochures.

Photo by Hughes Martin

 

Older Photos from 1995 and 1996

Scott and I on trail #4
Karl took this shot of Scott (on my rear tire) and I on trail #4
Summer 1995
Deer Valley Mountain Biking!
Photo by Karl on Naildriver, Bald Mountain
Summer 1995

Coming down the trail from Desolation Lake
Kat took this pic when we rode to 
Desolation Lake
Spring, 1996

 

1997

Get your weight back on your power platform or you are over the bars on this one!
Coming down the hill on Freestyle into
"Sal's Turn"

Looks like it is near the end of the summer in this shot
Tim "Felix" Morris and I airborne near the Silver Lake area of Deer Valley Resort.
Photo by Sam Moss
Summer 1997

Practice, practice, practice...
Here is a pic of me in the practice area:
Training Loop
Photo by Karl
Summer 1997

Freestyle is where you either play or get played!
Doug Gormley and I
Freestyle #17
Summer 1997

Back and forth thru the trees on quite a steep slope: Freestyle
On Freestyle #17
Summer 1997
Photo by Karl

 

 

1998 was a monumental year for me--I got hurt pretty bad in a crash training for the NORBA race in late July

Guardsman Pass is right behind you
Payne took this shot of me in Guardsman Pass.  Behind me is Bald Mountain, the top of Deer Valley Resort.

May 23, 1998

OUCH!
Here is what the bruise looks like after you hit a boulder at about 45 mph and land on your back.  Beth took this pic over three weeks after the wreck (August 1998) when I could walk around.  Yes, those are cuts about 5 inches long.  This thing was HUGE!

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