Kokopelli Trail 2015 Day 3 Video: UPS/LPS Moab

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  1. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

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    NW Arkansas
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    Mikie Watson
    Current Bike:
    Ibis DV9 / SC Hightower
    Guys!
    Don't "KILL" me for making an 11:00 minute Video of Day 3. I know, nobody watches 11 minute video's unless it's porn :shifty: . I thought about a two parter and I hate those. Then I just started hacking footage (hah! we still use the word footage) out of it to the point I'm thinking, "This is ridiculous!"
    So I whittled it down to this...

    It's my last attempt to "tempt" you for Kokopelli 2016!

    If it's morning . . . grab a cup of coffee (unless your rossage, then it's "wake and bake!" :wtf: ). If it's the afternoon and you just got done with your ride and now out of the shower, then grab an icy cold one!

    This is UPS and LPS in Moab. I ran out of battery life to grab Porcupine Rim which deserves it's own video anyway. So guess what I'm going back next year to capture? :thumbup:
    Oh and just so there is no confusion, Colorado Dennis is the first guy in front of me in the video (He has Kaiser Permanente tattooed on the ass of his lycra shorts), not to be confused with the last guy in the video who was someone Dennis and I was passing to pick up the steam for the Porc Rim Trail...
    Still tweaking this a bit, I just caught that the audio got off track in the middle, but hear you go...
     
  2. Mikie Robin Mcguire

    Mikie Robin Mcguire Well-Known Member

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    mikie and robin
    Re: RR: DAY 3 Kokopelli Trail Video 2015

    Great job! Mr Watson, I will have (i)MTBshadowman watch it when he returns from building a trail on the North Rim Grand Canyon :) Thank you! Hugs, Robin mcg. I enjoyed the ride.
    XOXO[emoji7]
     
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  3. knucklebuster

    knucklebuster Well-Known Member

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    Dave
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    Re: RR: DAY 3 Kokopelli Trail Video 2015

    Wow that looks like tons of fun Mikie, except that switchback at 4:20. Thanks for the efforts to put the edit together and thanks for posting it! :thumbup:
     
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  4. Voodoo Tom

    Voodoo Tom MTB Addict

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    Castaic
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    Tom Kokkinakis
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    Mango one, black one, Ti one
    Re: RR: DAY 3 Kokopelli Trail Video 2015

    Dude you killed it, both in your riding and in your awesome ride reports and videos. That switchback @ 4:15 sure had some pucker factor. Thanks for posting up all the video(only took 1 beer to watch). Lets me know what I'm in for next year and that I better bring my "A" game. Also lets me know that my 29'er may not be the best weapon for this trail.
     
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  5. Faust29

    Faust29 Moderator

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    B. Bunny
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    Bravo! :clap:
     
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  6. scan

    scan iMTB Rockstah

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    fran allas
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    Elementary my dear Watson!! Wow, great stuff. Was that Van Halen on guitar??
     
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  7. Makoto

    Makoto Member

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    Mike
    Thanks for the edit and sharing! Lots of parts I remember from when I did the TWE. It's time to go back. Thanks for the motivation.
     
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  8. jaime

    jaime Well-Known Member

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    [emoji41] [emoji6] !! 11 minutes of happiness !!
     
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  9. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

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    Mikie Watson
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    "Flyinng in a Blue Dream" by Joe Satriani. I really should put the musicians in the credits. Thanks for the reminder.
     
  10. herzalot

    herzalot iMTB Hooligan

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    Laguna Beach
    Name:
    Chris
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    2020 Revel Rail,Yeti SB 130 LR
    Honey Badger Mikie don't give a sh## about no cliffs! Great riding, looks like lots of manual/drops and exhausting but fun shelves, roll downs, etc. This is the great antidote to the thread "the death of technical riding." :clap:

    I guessed Joe Satriani, even though I was never a shred guitar fan.
     
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  11. Mikie

    Mikie Admin/iMTB Hooligan

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    Mikie Watson
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    Thanks Herz!


    Oh, I was just looking for a long long song ha ha!
    Flying in a blue Dream is kinda a layed back ripper which was what I was looking for, for Porcupine. You hardly get up to big speed cause you just want to look at the scenery, which can kill you if you are not paying attention.

    If you look up UPS, LPS, and the Porcupine Rim Trail on STRAVA it has warnings all over it.

    He has a few good tunes, I never have been a mainstream music guy to some degree...
     
  12. scan

    scan iMTB Rockstah

    Name:
    fran allas
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    Scott Spark
    I thought it was that guy, just couldn't remember his name. Definitely has the Eddie VH influence, or who came first???
     
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  13. Maddog

    Maddog Well-Known Member

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    Lancaster
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    Greg Madison
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    Intense Tracer 275
    Those are such fun, well designed trails with fun, challenging yet ridable chunk! :thumbup: Was this the first time you got to ride UPS and LPS? I thought you were denied on your previous trips due to injury and some search and rescue closure? Glad you got to ride 'em this time! Thanks for the vid!
     
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  14. Maddog

    Maddog Well-Known Member

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    Lancaster
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    Greg Madison
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    Intense Tracer 275
    Re: RR: DAY 3 Kokopelli Trail Video 2015

    Is the trail MTBshadowman building an extension of the Rainbow Rim Trail or a new one? Rainbow Rim is one of my all-time favorites!
     
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  15. Mikie Robin Mcguire

    Mikie Robin Mcguire Well-Known Member

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    mikie and robin
    Hi Maddog, its an extension of the rainbow rim trail. .it was going to be 8 miles, but with the snow and hail alot of the folks bailed out & left , so they did not complete the work .. but mikie mcg & Steve stayed. . They got to ride the whole rainbow rim trail.37miles. .said it was Epik & mtbshadowman has it on film. Thank you! A picture is on true dedicated thread (trail maintenance ) , thank you, Robin mcg
     
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  16. hill^billy

    hill^billy iMTB Rockstah

    Again :thumbup: :thumbup:
     
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  17. mtnbikej

    mtnbikej J-Zilla

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    Orange
    Name:
    J
    Current Bike:
    SC Chameleon SS, SC Hightower
    Re: RR: DAY 3 Kokopelli Trail Video 2015

    I rode my Tallboy out there with 140mm fork....and it handled everything just fine. None of us rode that switchback.
     
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