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Fat Bike Race, Video, Winnipeg Whyteout - Fat Forty Festival

Video Trailer: Winnipeg Whyteout – Fat Forty Festival

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Here’s my Trailer for the 2016 Winnipeg Whyteout – Fat Forty Festival, held today 24 Jan 2016 at the Fort Whyte Alive, City Of Winnipeg Nature Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Lots of great fun was had on a challenging fat bike trails with a mix of firm snow packed pathways and softer packed singletrack that required some pushing today due to recent high winds that drifted the open sections. Problem? MEH! We just pressed on and had a blast 🙂
Big thanks to Jaxon Locken of WoodCock Cycleworks, Wayne Bishop of 2 Wheel Revolution, Park City Timers, John Paige our Medic and many many volunteers and of course sponsors!

Music Credit: Scott Altham for “Transitional Moment” from ccMixter.org
Photo Credit: Gregory McNeill

Fat Bike Race, Winnipeg Whyteout - Fat Forty Festival

5 Reasons to Race … Winnipeg Whyteout – Fat Forty Festival

Tom Kolesnik’s Post:

Seriously, you know this Sunday’s Winnipeg Whyteout – Fat Forty Festival race is going to be a super BIG FAT blast!
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But, just in case you are not quite committed … here’s
5 Reasons to Race:

1.  Super sweet packed singletrack trails (thanks to Wayne Bishop, his 2Wheel Revolution ‘gang’, Woodcock Cycle, Jaxon Locken and all you trail packers who braved the cold recently)!
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2.  Cool race plates!
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3.  Slick awards!
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4.  Word has it that some ‘heavenly’ light has shone upon the trails!
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5.  You might get to see Wayne ‘The Drifter’ Bishop in action!Screen Shot 2015-12-13 at 10.46.11 PM

Race Website HERE

Actif Epica, Fat Bike Race, Fat SKills Clinic, Meetings and Discussions

Thanks Ultra, Actif Epica and Fat Bike presenters – nice mtg!

Tom Kolesnik’s Post:

Pete McAdams at Olympia Ultra-Actif Epica mtg 14 Jan 16

Thanks to Ian Hall, Dwayne Sandall, Pete McAdams, Wayne Bishop and all those who took part in an informative evening chat tonight at Olympia Cycle & Ski. Lots of hard-earned skills, techniques, lessons learned and upcoming race discussions about Winnipeg Whyteout Fat Forty Festival and Actif Epica. Bring on the races and adventure fun!

Fat Bike Race, Tuscobia Ultra race

Tuscobia Ultra Results – Yay Team Toba!

Tom Kolesnik’s Post:

Congrats to all our Team Toba Fat Bikers (Dan, Sue, David, KC, Jason and Garth) for taking on the challenging Tuscobia Ultra Race.  Many excelled, achieved new goals, persevered as much as possible and a few learned new lessons to pass on to the rest of us.  Kudos to Dan Lockery and Sue Lucas for both finishing 3rd in their 160 mile categories! Check out the results HERE.

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Fat Bike Birkie, Fat Bike Race, Groomed Trail Ride

Video Time: 2015 Fat Bike Birkie Race


KA-POW!!! SUPER DUPER FAT BIKE RACE!
The 2015 Fat Bike Birkie Race held at Cable, Wisconsin, USA, on March 7th was once again the BIGGEST FAT BIKE RACE ON THE PLANET with over 800 registered racers (3/4s on the 47 Km loop and the rest on a 20 Km loop)!
Just like last year, it was a blast to race and capture the event on video … this year I used a $5 broomstick to raise my helmet-cam up to get a ‘high pan’ of the BIG FAT MASS of racers  … kinda envious of the drone video guy though! 🙂

Fat Tire Biking continues to explode around the world and no where was it more evident than this past weekend at the Birkie Ski Trails complex, with just 2 days access for fat bike racers to check out the amazing trails, in great conditions (-5 C overnight and +2 at race end), expertly groomed by the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation and all their organizers and volunteers!
The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation once again but on a world class race event and handled the merry mass of fat bikers!
Definitely coming back next year and EVERY YEAR!

Fat Bike Birkie, Fat Bike Race

It’s 2015 Fat Bike Birkie Race Time! :-)

Last year’s Fat Bike Birkie Race weekend was a blast and racing with 535 Fat Bikers was super cool!
Capturing it with this video was all part of the fun …


Rumour has it there may be as many as 800 this year … oh yah – good times ahead!! 🙂

Last year’s race video:

Fat Bike Birkie, Fat Bike Race, Video

Video Time – 2014 Fat Bike Birkie – A Racer’s View

WOW!!! The 2014 Fat Bike Birkie Race held a Cable, Wisconsin, USA, on March 8th was the BIGGEST FAT TIRE RACE ON THE PLANET and the US National Fat Bike Championship, with over 535 registered racers (3/4s on the 47 Km loop and the rest on a 20 Km loop), including 100 women!
It was a blast to race and capture the event on video … like a kid in a big fat candy store! 🙂
Fat Tire Biking is exploding around the world and no where was it more evident than this past weekend at the Birkie Ski Trails complex, with just 2 days access for fat bike racers to check out the amazing trails, in perfect conditions (-10C overnight and -5 max at race end), expertly groomed by the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation and all their organizers and volunteers!
Everything about the weekend, from hosting, coordination, facilities, accommodations options, restaurants and after race party local hang out and the sea of sponsors was superb!
Thanks to Jason Carter for being a great travel and racing partner, to Lindsay ‘The Legend’ Gauld (who won the 60+ age category) and his wife Lynne (who stepped up to be my roving videographer) for hosting J and me in their sweet cabin!  I rode 3 minutes (downhill) to the race start from their digs – nice 🙂
Can’t wait to come back next year!

Comments (2)

  1. David Cobb says March 15, 2014 at 22:14

    Awesome Tom, loved the footage. Do you guys get together here in Winnipeg at all? Looking for a group to ride with.

  2. FatTom says March 22, 2014 at 16:19

    Thanks David. Sorry I didn’t see your comment sooner. Definitely ways to connect with Fat Bikers (our MB Fat Biker’s were irregular this year with weekly rides for a variety of reasons).
    It’s not to late to head out to Grand Beach Prov Park tomorrow (23 March) on the trails for an unofficial race/ride (10:00 AM start at the ski trail head). Jason Carter is organizing and I’m helping. Anyone with a fat bike is welcome! 🙂

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WOW!  The 2014 Fat Bike Birkie Race held at Cable, Wisconsin, USA, on March 8th was the BIGGEST FAT TIRE RACE ON THE PLANET and the US National Fat Bike Championship, with over 535 registered racers (3/4s on the 47 Km loop and the rest on a 20 Km loop); including almost 100 women!
It was a blast to race and capture the event on video … like a kid in big candy store! 🙂
Fat Tire Biking is exploding around the world and no where was it more evident than this past weekend at the Birkie Ski Trails complex, with just 2 days access for fat bike racers to check out the amazing trails, in perfect conditions (-10C overnight and -5 max at race end), expertly groomed by the American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation and all their organizers and volunteers!
Everything about the weekend, from hosting, coordination, facilities, accommodations options, restaurants and…

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Fat Bike Birkie, Fat Bike Race

Fat Birkie Race Bliss!! :-)

Tom Kolesnik's avatarFat Tom K Productions

WOW!  I am soo in Fat Bike Bliss after racing in and video capturing the Biggest Fat Bike Race event on the planet … the 2014 Fat Bike Birkie! 🙂

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Once I’m back in Canada, the video editing will commence :-))

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Fat Bike Birkie, Fat Bike Race

Racing with 500 Fat Bikers? … It’s Birkie Time! :-)

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In only it’s second year, the Fat Bike Birkie Race has exploded onto the bike racing scene and it’s racer limit of 500 is about to be capped!  Thanks to some nudges from fellow fatbiker Jason Carter and kind offers of lodgings on site from our very own Manitoba cycling legend Lindsay Gauld (and Lynne of course), I am signed up to race (ok, while still mending a bit, I will mostly focus on video capturing this spectacle of fattie racing utopia!) … with 500 fat bikers – WOW!
Check it out:

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Fat Bike Race, Informative, Tuscobia Ultra race

Tuscobia’s truths

Fat Dallas’ MFB Post:

I was mulling over what worked for me at Tuscobia and what didn’t and here are a few tidbits I learned.

– Fork mounted lights are the bees knees.  Don’t laugh them off like I did. Once you put one on you will never in a million years go back.

-Endomorph tires are your worst enemy. Change them as fast possible and get something with some tread on it. It’s like free training and 10x the control.

-People don’t respect vests enough. Give one a try and thank me later.

-Don’t be afraid of changing your tire pressure as the conditions change. Seriously, you have a great metal pump ( hint ,hint) you bought so use it if you need to firm things up. Soft for soft, hard for hard……..easy enough to remember.

-Mix up your food choices. The longer the ride the greater the diversity. Don’t be like me and bulk buy then decide mid ride that the menu makes you sick thinking about it. Why do I always buy so many pepperoni sticks?

-Dogwood poggies are worth their weight in gold. At no time EVER while riding your bike will you regret the expense.

-Try the vapour barrier technique on your feet. I held off on this one also and proved to be an idiot yet again.

-Ride in every type of trail and snow conditions you can. Snow biking is far more technical than people give it credit for. In fact to emphasize my point I’m going all caps. RIDE IN EVERY SNOW CONDITION YOU CAN FIND.

-Ride with your friends because friends are awesome.

– Always listen to Lindsay.

Fat Bike Race, Pictures

GGCows

Fat Ian’s Post:

Local Moonlander pilot KC took on the Grand Forks gravel grinder century for fatbikes this weekend.  By all reports a good ride.

Photo evidence (filched from Facebook):
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Fat Bike Race, Race

FatBike 12 hour party.

Fat Ian’s Post:

http://www.endracing.com/p/end-tombed-12-hr-mt-bike.html

Fat Hal and I did this race last year and it was a great time. Close, cheap, lots of riders and fat bike friendly. Last year there was 6 fatbikes in the 12 hour solo and I think we could get 6 from Manitoba this year alone.