Grant and Byron flew in for the weekend for some October fun. I picked them up at the airport in the new bagel mobile and made our way to Rice-Eccles Stadium to see the undefeated Utes take on the Oregon State Beavers. The Utes staged an awesome comeback and kicked a game winning field goal as time expired. Awesome game. Check out some of the fans rushing the field:
We finished the day with some late-night bagel shop snacks and mountain biking. Awesome combination.
After an incredible breakfast at the Park City Bread and Bagel, Charli, Byron, Grant, and I went for a bike ride on The Avenues. The ride went pretty well, until Byron crashed headfirst into a tree. He survived, but blew a tire and had to walk the rest of the way back home. Not a bad first mountain biking experience.
We finished the night with a trip to Salt Lake for the premiere of Reasons, the latest film from Poor Boyz Productions. Awesome movie.
We woke up to a grey, rainy Saturday morning. Had some bagel shop breakfast, watched some college football and even did some mud mountain biking. The night concluded with a fun trip to No Name Saloon and Main Street for some Buffalo Burgers.
Stay tuned for some post-Main St. pics and videos. Including some mean air/ski-guitar solos to “Black Betty”… again.
I rode The Avenues a few days ago. I’m not very good at this blogging thing anymore. I recall that I almost crashed a couple times. Plus, I found a new place to build a kicker this upcoming winter.
So I finally gave in and bought a snowmobile. I found a pretty good deal on KSL Classifieds, Salt Lake’s best free classified service. It’s a 2003 Arctic Cat 900, Mountain Cat. A long track designed for deep snow. Less than 1,100 miles. Sadly, I’m most excited about the ski rack.
Bill and I now have one snowmobile each. Should be an awesome winter.
I rode The Avenues today. Trying to get in shape for ski season. It took me an hour and fifteen minutes to leave the shop, make it home, grab the bike, ride to the top of The Avenues, ride down The Avenues, ride back home, shower, and get back down to the shop.
Hobbes, Tracker, and I went for a quick ride today behind the house. We took the trail-behind-my-house to the Hidden Cove Connector. I then spent the next 10 minutes or so lapping a jump section at the start of the trail. This, while fun, seemed to confuse the dogs considerably.
We then took the trail through the new development to the entrance of the Woods of Parley’s Lane. Tracker and Hobbes did some swimming in the fountain/waterfall, drawing the attention of the guard/real estate agent.
We then rode around the trail for a while, momentarily losing Tracker somewhere along the trail. I found him back at the afforementioned jump, obviously confused.
I’m almost a week late in posting this, but Charli, Hobbes, Mogul, Tracker, and I rode Bobsled today (last week). It was my first time on this famous Salt Lake ride. We decided do get some exercise by taking on the near five loop via Dry Creek Gulch and Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST).
The ride up wasn’t too bad, only 1.3 miles up the dry creek bed until we reached the BST. The next couple of miles were relatively flat, traversing West along the old lake shoreline. Eventually we reached the benches marking the entrance to Bobsled.
Me, at one of the many Salt Lake overlooks
The top section of Bobsled was rough. Rutted-out, narrow, and steep. Not much fun, but became gradually more manageable as we descended further into the creek bed. After merging with the old entrance, the trail became wider, smoother, and a lot more fun.
Bobsled is appropriately named. The majority of the ride is spent on the walls of the gulch as the trail winds downhill. There are a bunch of really fun features in the middle of the ride. Tons of jumps, wall-hits, drops, trial features, and even some abandoned cars. Definately a ride that can be enjoyed by a variety of skill levels.
The shorter approach makes this ride extremely manageable. Should be a good ride when the season starts to wind down in Park City.
Teton Gravity Research’s newest film Under The Influence is playing at Harry O’s this Friday night (from TetonGravity/com/forums).
I would like to announce an exciting addtion to the TGR Premiere Party at Harry O’s on Friday, September 26th: JJ Grey & MOFRO will be performing after the movie! This swampy, backwoods R&B group is sure to rock the house. (http://www.mofro.net/home.shtml) Brought to you by JEEP and locally by Snowbird, JANS, www.backcountry.com, and Discrete Headwear, this year’s Premiere Party is now going to be insanely insane!
Doors will be opening early, at 7:30 PM so you can hear the local jazzy hip-hop group Scenic Byway, followed by TGR Legend Micah Black on drums for Dolman, Black, and the Brain. Get there early to avoid any long lines and warm up with some great music before taking in the new film, “Under the Influence”. Tickets are on sale now at www.smithstix.com, www.24tix.com, www.wantickets.com, and JANS on Park Ave. The new price is $20 in advance, and $25 at the door - quite a deal for 3 bands and a great new flick from TGR. Not to mention, your Snowbird 2-for-1 coupon!
You must be 21+ years old with valid ID to attend. Harry O’s is a private club for members located at 427 Main St., Park City.
More info about the movie: With UNDER THE INFLUENCE, TGR continues to rule the world of action sports cinematography, capturing the mind-blowing efforts of these athletes as never before seen. The Jackson Hole-based film crew scattered the planet as they filmed virgin spines in Alaska, cowboy park jumps at Grand Targhee, pillow popping deep in the Northwest, relentless powder in the Jackson Hole backcountry and so much more. With its thirteenth feature ski and snowboard film, Teton Gravity Research examines the passion, people and places that inspire us to ride.
Locations: Jackson Hole, Haines AK, Switzerland, Romania, Eagle Pass Heli-Skiing, Pemberton BC, Utah, Montana, Grand Targhee WY, North Cascade Heli-Skiing
Starring: Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, Dylan Hood, Seth Morrison, Ian McIntosh, Erik Roner, Sammy Carlson, Jeremy Jones, Jeremy Nobis, Dana Flahr, Kye Petersen, Shroder Baker, Wiley Miller, Chris Collins, Victoria Jealouse, Dash Longe, Gigi RUf and many more…
4bi9 Media’s premier is this Thursday at the Murray Theatre on 49th S. & State in Murray. Slamina, winner of multiple awards for best amateur ski movie, is actually the opening act for Level One’s newest film.
Check out the trailer. Put a reminder in your phone. And check out some of Park City’s best up and coming film makers/skiers.
Mike and I rode The Avenues again today. It’s getting really close to ski season. Only two months to go. 30 days, 720 hours, 43,200 minutes… approximatley. Today I bought a full-face helmet for snowmobiling, skiing, and biking. I’m not really good enough to own a full-face helmet, but if I never crashed, I wouldn’t need a helmet at all.
