Spending 5 Days Riding REALLY Hard Trails In Moab!

With Winter fully descended upon Canada, I have come to Moab in Utah to ride my bike. Over the next 5 days I rode the technical Captain Ahab, took on Slickrock on my Ebike, Scared myself on the Gnarly Portal, and then finished things off with 2 more double black trails. And this is what you’re going to see in this video.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome To Moab!
0:20 Captain Ahab For The 3rd Time
3:30 Slickrock On An E-Bike Is Rad
7:06 Pipe.....mare?
8:08 Time Spent With The Van Gang
9:27 Portal Of Doom
12:43 2 More Double Blacks in Moab

[@HeatherMunive]

This was so fun!! I can’t wait to hit the open road and ride all these places.

[@PaulThePunter]

Van gang

[@richardrutishauser4689]

Love the manic laughing at 11:10!

[@CaliradoKid]

Really great overview of the area here. Not to mention that INCREDIBLE drone footage. Great work!

[@PaulThePunter]

Heyyyy

[@chimps4gimps]

He’s back!!! 👊🏼 You wouldn’t get me doing that cliff side trail. I found myself leaning right just watching you do it! 😅

[@llamasugar5478]

Oh, no. I was just getting my heart rate/BP back down from stroke levels when he did those double-blacks.

[@BIKINGWITHBOBO]

e-bikes and drone shots! #thedream

[@PaulThePunter]

Always

[@michaelburgess6615]

I would recommend making a trip to NM this late spring. Base camp in Santa Fe. You have the Glorieta trail system, A bunch of back country trails right from Ski Santa Fe, Angel Fire bike park, Pajorito Bike park, Taos mountain bike trails, South Boundary trail, and the list goes on.

[@NathanEide]

Love this video Paul. Great cinematography as always and so nice to see you enjoying riding. Also, loved your cameo on Heather Munive's Sedona vid!

[@pauls3616]

Great video! Glad to see you enjoying riding again. Thanks for the video Paul.

[@TheCrashingDad]

That drone footage is an absolute dream! This makes me want to tackle slick rock on an eeeb …

[@PaulThePunter]

…and have fun? Yes.

[@BikingwithJP]

Good to see you getting your mojo back! 🤘 I hope you and your family - and the trails - are safe back in BC!

[@BikingwithJP]

Gotta say that cliff edge was intense! I biked along a quarry once with an exposed edge and I ended up putting my bike down on part of a tricky climb to use my bike as a ladder and I was terrified the entire time. 11:00 Scary AF - loved the Dismount Now sign 🪧 lol

[@boydcrowder4436]

Excellent video / story telling Paul. Good to see you back in the saddle, seemingly having fun. I also saw you riding with Alan & Heather and your confidence was noticeable.

[@1pho3nixmatt]

Super great vid, and glad you are having a good time again. Awesome stuff!

[@simonmajura]

Love these. Great to see you back at it.

[@okayatbikes1909]

So happy to see you getting your motivation back!!👊🏻👊🏻

[@deadeonzx]

Amazing! What is even cooler is you rode everything my buddies and I rode when we went on our trip out there! Had alot of the same feelings personally as well. I feel like pipe dream really makes you feel the towns elevation, especially if you live at sea level like me haha. Great video

[@mtbgo7860]

The production value of your videos are amazing. Nice work!

[@KestrelYI]

Great ride, Paul! Glad to see you enjoying the desert.

[@windout22]

It's nice to watch a video of someone riding a trail with exposure like the Portal and being honest about the fear. I know I won't be doing that one.

[@slappdaddy8]

Dude - Great hearing you sound so positive! Keep up the great work!

[@LamSanga]

Love the video! Your laugh is contagious 🤣 i realized I was laughing alone in my living room. Thanks for the entertainment and keep it going!

[@jailbreakoverlander]

Nicely done

[@4KMTBRider]

Enjoyed that a lot and the drone clips really showed the scale of that place!

[@BogdanMiliu]

Paul’s back!!! Great video.

[@adamdavis354]

Fun video Paul, really well done! I’ve only done 3 rides in Moab and especially now that I live in Denver I certainly need to get back out there!

[@PhilCrombieMTB]

FAb, great to see you making awesome content again, the drone footage adds a fantastic element, really impressed with it! Great riding too btw!

[@estimateparagon]

Great to see you back out riding.

[@isaakmalers]

You should come to the front range of Colorado. It is dry now, but will get wet and un-rideable soon. A few recommendations: Hall Ranch. Horsetooth Mountain Park. Curt Gowdy State Park.

[@cdpd3]

Great video man, you make me want to get out of the snow and go ride. Keep up the awesome work!

[@ronhalfman4158]

2 Paul videos when I woke up today......doesnt get any better than that. Good to see you again!

[@DAZLIN6]

Good to see you back in the saddle having a blast

[@federicomarmolejo1952]

Amazing video Paul!! i completely agree slick rock loop is brutal especially if you have not acclimated to the altitude. However a must do to experience the grip of those rocks is absolutely unreal! Portal is super sketchy, like keep looking ahead and to the right lol, walked a good portion of it. At the end of it like you said is a fantastic technical trail. I heard mixed reviews of captain ahab but i absolutely love it turn out to be my favorite after the whole enchilada. Thanks for the jackson trail review will try to hit it next time looks great!

[@slide_drexler]

The Punter is back!

[@slowridemtb4712]

I enjoyed the ride!

[@mtbville]

Good stuff Paul 🤙🔥

[@tonycoakley7531]

Great job lots of out of the box stuff

[@8664antonio]

cool, trails. nice edit💯

[@abstraddic0442]

Lol...I got a feeling youre going to get really good at riding fast...Grt video !

[@toddchernesky9589]

Las Vegas for your next stop. Bootleg Canyon, McCullough Trails, Cottonwood Valley and Mt Charleston all great riding areas. Great video again Paul.

[@slomtbr]

SO HAPPY to see you back and enjoying yourself!! I’m surprised you didn’t climb Porcupine Rim with Brian 😁

[@PaulThePunter]

I suggested that as a joke.

[@slomtbr]

@@PaulThePunter 🤣

[@dirtfam505]

Video, 👍🏽 voice over 👍🏽attitude 👍🏽 awesome job

[@benlewis8795]

Always entertaining PtP, I have ridden all but Pipedream....hmm. I love Gold/Blue Dot - SOOOO fun, leads into Portal.

[@silascatalano9491]

riding in Moab is amazing there is a trail were you run along the border of Arches National Park and it is just like slick rock.

[@stevemurray2737]

We miss your Vid’s Paul. The Wife and I ran out of light on Portal and had to spend the night!.. On our Honeymoon!

[@davidbahr8599]

Great video, some of my favorite trails in Moab! Check out Grafton Mesa if your in the St George/Hurricane Utah area. Use your ebike so you can ride it back up the road. The somewhat secret Mega Zen trail just off the Zen trail is a fun one in St George area too. Bootleg Canyon and Cowboy trails in Vegas are great if you want some challenging trails!

[@aaronturner999]

Great video dude! Our crew was out there early October and it was a m a z I n g.

[@mrvwbug4423]

Awesome drone shots. I spent a few days out there in late October and got to do most of the Whole Enchilada, that is definitely a bucket list worthy ride. Since you've already been to Moab and Sedona recently, maybe head east and hit Bentonville? Could probably hit some trails in Colorado on the way, we haven't gotten much snow yet so most trails below around 9000ft have been dry.

[@evansmith396]

Yes Paul!! Moab is a dream trip!

[@tygastfield613]

Great video! If you ever come to the Seattle or Bellingham WA area, I would love to take you down some great trails.

[@salmanshami]

I really enjoy your videos even more so when you don't take a line that you don't feel comfortable on. You're a great example of the importance of safety. Mountain biking is not meant to include mandatory hospital trips. Thank you for showing that.

[@Tinu-1987]

The area is beautiful. I hope one day I can ride something like this. This is complaining on a high level since I have a lot of mountains around me. But time and live is a bit in the way. I like you skip parts you cannot ride. I do the same but now I can ride section I could not before. Still have a long way to go but I learn every ride something about me. Looking forward to new videos from your trip. You inspire me to try more and explore trails.

[@Cowabunga__886]

Love the videos, and I think it would be so sick if you came to Durango! (When it’s not covered in snow lol)

[@grantpatterson7090]

If you’re heading to SoCal you should go ride Suicide in Oak Park, CA and Rocky Peak in Simi Valley!

[@samdanin4125]

Paul the Punter! More like Paul the Puncture!

[@fishrideandski4910]

yo the punter is back

[@anthonyscuderi9931]

Great video Paul! Come to AZ and check out browns ranch in Scottsdale, it’s not quite as death defying but it’s beautiful and fun!

[@themiddleagemasher8108]

I can wait for my new Skydio!!

[@kylemoore2068]

Lol, I found myself leaning into "the mountain" in my office chair while your rode the tail of death.

[@BryceRehder]

Glad your keeping it real Paul! Just missed you at the mtb festival in Sedona. Saved the worst for last, Jackson is awful. Hate that trail.

[@forestkan6653]

Pahvant system in Richfield. Certified gem that Nate Hills just hit up. If it’s open, thunder mountain trail in red canyon.

[@michaelcary7580]

Come to Arizona and start in flagstaff and then Sedona and the go the phonix

[@grantgodfrey1784]

Come ride in Pisgah with me next!

[@callummoffitt3091]

I thought the title said “spending 5 days riding hard tails in Moab” haha. still great anyway

[@pwdt4r313]

Even with a full suspension in the thumbnail? Lol

[@callummoffitt3091]

@@pwdt4r313 yeah I didn’t look very hard haha

[@JasonScottCarter]

Come over to Florida!

[@Sweetchilliheat18]

Man, it's not all about how crazy you ride, the redbull shit don't impress me Especially with us all getting older Just enjoy being on two wheels 😎

[@xav_1029]

Ahab is my favorite trail in the world.

[@ucdis]

Go ride brevard NC. DuPont, upper, middle and lower black, mills river. Kitsuma

[@julians.2597]

Damn, I already miss mtb season :/ at least we can go skiing now

[@MrSupermugen]

Those pressure guages have funny battery's if you remove it and put back in it will work again. all 3 of ours do it.

[@TheButlerNZ]

11:24 Adrenalin effect. It's amazing how great things appear after overloading your system with constant adrenalin. A personal experience ... I don't really enjoy sailing as the 1st person to come to your rescue ... is you.... the next may be hours away... as a 20yo I was piolt so dad/mum got to enjoy a holiday.. weather had been real bad in Nelson and we were sailing up East of D'Urville Isle. (NZ South Island)... Dad just wanted to look round the top and made me go right into Stephens passage to make a decision but finally agreed with me that it was hell on the other side... but I said.. uh sorry we're going through that (oncoming weather with following swells). (I had been playing with the GPS...) I had to point out.. our yacht, max 9kts, just sitting, was doing 12kts over the ground (fast tides on this coast) so if we turned now, we would be doing 3kts in reverse through "that'. So we went through.. in a 34' yacht... following a friends smaller yacht... with a 40ft mast... that in the 2nd trench away, the top of their mast was completely out of sight when we were on the crest... so...... over 40ft peaks. We were wheel standing a 34' yacht... in fact the adrenalin did some odd things.. I became fascinated with the other yacht (as we were soon on the same crest)... watching them launch so far off the peaks I was seriously trying to spot their propeller (keel cavity) appear out of the wave before they dived down the face. We had been doing nearly 20kts over the ground in a boat that can barely do 9kts when clean, into a howling gale, in 40ft surfing swells... running down the West side of D'Urville after that was just fun... We were in some of the worst weather I had been in (apart from the last hour)... Waves were about 10ft hitting us directly side on... and I was enjoying it... "But eventually you get past this... and the voyage turns into something that..."

[@TeamCykelhold]

Paul is getting ready for redbull rampage I think.

[@colindixon9543]

Wow Paul definitely not Swindon !

[@dmytrowp]

Which drone do you use? Love the follow along function as you make it down the trail

[@TheCmmdk]

Do the White line

[@BrianVaughn]

I'd invite you here to Minnesota but right now the riding is fat bike only on trails. If I had a van and no responsibilities to anyone else, I'd be riding in south Utah or So Cal.

[@arsenalacademy3544]

What do you carry your skydio in when riding?

[@oliclarke6836]

My topeak has stopped working too! So just unscrew the yellow button and fish bits out?

[@PaulThePunter]

Yeah it’s super easy! Just spray some stuff in there to get rid of the sealant. I just used some pliers to unscrew it.

[@daverotors]

Be right back, washing the sweat off my palms

[@bike_somm]

Zero Dab King 🤴

[@PaulThePunter]

All hail

[@sportpilottraining49]

Come check out Bentonville, AR. It’s the MTB Capital of the World😀

[@faithwalk5926]

I not afraid of heights I'm afraid of what heights will do to my head

[@Thatguyno.1]

What cameras are you using

[@jloucks7]

Marine county or Los Angeles national forest

[@shredntread9600]

Hey Paul great video and sent you an email in case you get near Georgia on your trip across America.

[@Jacob99174]

I’d like to eventually see you earn your name. Punt a football several hundred yards!

[@pedalstrkrmtb7716]

Found this video after Paul's "I'm quitting mtb" confession and its weird. He seems to be enjoying himself but maybe didn't need to try double blacks.🤷. I'm gonna miss watching your videos Paul!

[@gregkosinski2303]

Katrina wood get it

[@Themilkmanskid.]

I'm a level bluee, but could I still safely ride Portal if I don't ride hard and walk my bike on all the danger parts? Just looking for an opinion and of course I won't hold it to you😄

[@seanknight9898]

I wish I understood why there are any ebike restricted trails at all. Is it to make the purists feel better? I often follow those on analog bikes up climbs constantly spinning their rear wheel before they decide to dismount, while it almost never happens while climbing on my Levo. Therefore I cause far less damage. What gives?

[@peglor]

I've seen ebikes chew up the steep sections of gravel surfaced trail center trails, but on sand and rock that consideration seems irrelevant.

[@caseyk6625]

They don't want people going out on E-bikes and letting their battery die in the middle of nowhere and not being able to pedal back out with such a heavy bike leading to a search and rescue. Trails like these and E-bikes will get people out on these trails that otherwise shouldn't be out on trails like these. It's simply a safety measure.

[@matiasrodriguezboas2384]

Go to Kanuga

[@johnnydoe66]

I have got to get back to Moab. I have only ridden there once and that was back in 1994. Portal and Porcupine Rim were my two favorites, but at 55 yrs of age, I am a bit more cautious. That doesn't mean I am not willing to ride the Portal again

[@noahlarkins3246]

Go to asheville again

[@mitchwarren1600]

Whole Enchilada? Or at least some of it ?

[@PaulThePunter]

Nah, it was very muddy so we decided against it.

[@mrvwbug4423]

@@PaulThePunter Aww, I was out there in late October and got to drop in at Kokopelli, even that much of it was epic

[@jacob.rausch]

whats the point of the no ebikes rule if theres moto allowed

[@PaulThePunter]

….the point is that ebikes were allowed there

[@connorsears6028]

BRING BACK JOEY!

[@llamasugar5478]

Uh-oh. What are all those emojis on your van’s instrument panel?

[@PaulThePunter]

Haha well I didn’t have any footage of the incident because I was so pissed, but I hit something on a road and that ripped off my propane tank. Then while trying to follow the rules (don’t ask), the tank moved and cut the cables….it’s so annoying.

[@WaechterDerNacht]

If you're so dependend on a tire gauge, you're probably doing something wrong... :-P

[@aleksarajkovic3471]

Forbidding E-bikes on the trails is just like ,,wow,, moment... there is no logic in that at all, are you gonna dig up rocks with it or something?

[@caseyk6625]

They don't want people going out on E-bikes and letting their battery die in the middle of nowhere and not being able to pedal back out with such a heavy bike leading to a search and rescue. Trails like these and E-bikes will get people out on these trails that otherwise shouldn't be out on trails like these. It's simply a safety measure. Plenty of logic in it.

[@aleksarajkovic3471]

@@caseyk6625 lol , more like non XD

[@isaxc476]

First

[@shredder1966]

E-bikes should be illegal

[@rewind10z]

I love your channel but there's one thing that really annoys me. Can you by any chance stop calling everything by it's full name, like "giant trance x advance pro". I know you have your reasons for doing so but it immediately gives me the feeling of watching a commercial where someone is trying to sell me something.