Road Trip: Dallas, Texas to Moab, Utah

[Ross]

Well, 6 of us Texas and Oklahoma riders made a great week-long trip out to Moab, Utah for some great XC, DH, and Trials riding. Some of the highlights of the trip included our SlickRock Night Ride, our snow-covered Porcupine Rim ride, our isolated canyon Trials ride, and some of the other guys can tell you about their near-death rock crawling adventures. Anyways, HERE IS A LINK (http://students.ou.edu/M/Ross.A.Morgan-1/gallery/moab/Moab.html) to all of the pictures. Some of my favorites are posted below. Enjoy.

Riders: Stan (Caisso and Gray Santa Cruz), Jeff (ZOO! Pitbull and Intense 5.5), Patrick (Echo Team and Cannondale Prophet), Jack (Soul Cycles SESSION and Specialized FSR XC), Austin (Monty X-Hydra and Specialized StumpJumper) and Me, Ross (Echo Control).

Sunrise just outside our campsite
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View from atop the SlickRock practice loop
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Climbing to our secluded trialsin' spot
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Entering our trials spot
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Patrick gapping to front wheel
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The whole group on top of the Porcupine Rim trail
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Jeff, Patrick, and Jack climbing on the Porcupine Rim trail
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Patrick dropping on the Prophet
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12 Bikes for 6 people
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Stan gapping and upping to front wheel
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This time to rear
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Me, gapping to two wheels...or something
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Me, gapping the water
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Me, preparing for a sidehop up
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Stan, nailing a big sidehop
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Me, on the big wall
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Again
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Stan with a huge gap
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Nice view after the gap
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Setting up for the same gapm
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Gapping...
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Trying a large sidehop...never made it though
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Stretching out for a pretty big tap rollup thing
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Stan, in the middle of a huge pedalup
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As always, I wish i would have taken more pictures...and video, that always happens. I have some footage that I might try to make a short little video out of...we'll see.

[Patrick]

Thanks Ross. Not too tired? I slept till noon and now I feel like riding again.
How long are all of the pics going to be posted for?

[fizzmahon]

Too cool

[toyota200x]

Awesome pictures. Looks like a great trip.

[Ross]

Thanks Ross. Not too tired? I slept till noon and now I feel like riding again.
How long are all of the pics going to be posted for?

I slept not. I am actually feeling pretty good. I had some anxious energy when I got to Jack's house b/c I really wanted to get back to Norman. I feel like I could go for a ride. Those pics should be posted at LEAST until I graduate...so Fall of 2009 ish.

[dready_dan]

looking good guys. nice bike stan...

[aki]

Wow...must've been a blast. Awesome

[TTownJon]

That riding seems to be of the Sickness. Pictures are nice too. You bringing that crew out to colorado again this summer?

I can identify with the whole roadtrip/no sleeping/the excitement of new riding spots....

Jonathan

[uownme]

:wtc:

[MegamoMidwest]

holy awesome. Was that secret spot really that good for trials? Sounds like a great trip, and good pictures too by the way.

Thanks for the info in the PM Patrick :)

-Paul

[KenC]

I assume that picture of "Patrick dropping on the Prophet" was on Porcupine rim trail? I remember that drop - I think it's called the diving board? I ate shit off it and skinned my knee real bad there. Good times. Good times.

[Hannigan]

Looks like a blast!

[Patrick]

Yep, that was the porc rim.. Probably my favorite trail of all time. I looked at the high part of "the diving board", but the landing is almost completely flat

[reine]

Really frickin awsome photos! And wicked places to ride. I like your bitch to (in Sweden we call subaru "subba" which means bitch=)

[rocpyro]

Great pics, looks like you guys had alot of fun!

[jbinion]

http://students.ou.edu/M/Ross.A.Morgan-1/gallery/moab/Moab-Pages/Image131.html
What is this? Alcohol?

[Ross W.]

looks like a pretty fookin sweet trip.

great pictures. And of course its moab, so awesome riding spots too.

How long was the drive?