About

In the center of Lake Winnipeg at sunrise during a Polar Bear Double Crossing ride

Fat Tom K Productions came out of my passion for producing videos that capture the adventure of all forms of cycling (especially fat biking) and other outdoor endurance and ultra distance pursuits.

1Mar 16 - Fat Bike on La Salle - D,D&T 3 — La Salle River near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

I love group rides …

14. Grand Beach Fat Bike Ride 23 Mar 14 - Rear Cam 9 — Riding groomed trails at Grand Beach Provincial Park – just one hour north of Winnipeg.

and races as well …

Start - Rear Cam 1 — Videoing and racing the Fat Bike Birkie at Cable, Wisconsin, USA.

“If It Was Easy Everyone Would Do It” is often heard from those who enjoy meeting difficult challenges and persevering when others might not …

Header - Lake Wpg Crossing 2 — It was my wife Lori’s idea to get the URL “IfItWasEasyEveryoneWould DoIt.com” after hearing me mention this ‘mantra’ that I often heard and used during ultras.

I suppose it is the challenge that drives me and the remote locations I can get to …

Lake Winnipeg TDA Trg Camp - 20-21 Feb 2016 - 18 — Morning after mid winter camp-over on Lake Winnipeg near Hecla Island

or the challenge of a -32C bivy on a northern lake …

Lake Winnipeg TDA Trg Camp - 20-21 Feb 2016 - 16 — My ‘bivy’ setup and Surly Moonlander looking rather frosty in the morning.

or persevering to get across a wide open expanse of that same northern lake …

Polar Bear Double Cross - Screen Cap 17 — Making our way across Lake Winnipeg as the sun rises (pressure ridge crossing ahead).

but it is also the pure beauty of being out in nature and up north in Canada we see it especially and uniquely in the winter …

Polar Bear Double Cross - Screen Cap 15 — My stalwart riding partner Jason C. posing at sunrise at the center of Lake Winnipeg!

whether it be on a group ride or a winter ultra race …

GOPR0276-14 — Actif Epica riders head out across St Malo Lake just after race start in -40C windchill.

Actif Epica 2016 - 20 — Fellow Actif Epica racer Peter L. and I just one hour into the race and frosted up.

GOPR0373-4 — Finish of the Actif Epica race at the Forks in Winnipeg by the Red and Assiniboine Rivers

and capturing it with video in particular has been my growing interest and thanks to GoPro I am able to do that in a non-obtrusive POV filming style that hopefully captures the essence of the ride, the beauty, the adventure and the real experience with out any ‘staging’ required …