Name: James “Slim” Patterson

Hometown: Gorham, Maine

Sponsors: X-Factor Jumps

Hobbies: Party biking, party skiing, party snowboarding, muscle babes, power lifting, catching sky, being American.

Results/Career Highlights: 2007 ECCC gravity champion, US National semi-professional dual slalom champion. Count it.

About Me: “Ever met Hulk Hogan?  Slim brings the same level of enthusiasm to riding”
- Willdebeast.  I really got into riding when I was at the cycling power house UVM.  Since then all I do is ride pedal bikes and ski powdah snow.

Why do I like Coaching? In order to instill the mountain biking techniques and styles of great extreme movies such as East Side Secrets, in the future of mountain biking.

Favorite spot: Tanner Dog Park.

One thing most people don’t know about you: In my spare time, I write thriller novels. Where I made my $$.

Favorite place to ride: Highland, Tanner, anywhere with a rad pack.

Why do I love Highland? It’s party bike-ability.

Music: Woody Guthrie (The Talking Dust Bowl)

Food: Del Taco. Come on 3 tacos for a dollar, how can you beat that.

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