Our next Rider Bio is Phil “Stinky P” Jacobs. While this is Stinky P’s first ride during my tenure on the Darkside ride thru Quebec, he is not a rookie. He was here back in 1999 and 2001 with Craig and Ole.
Phil, from Bremen Indiana, started riding as a kid on Snow Pony by Sears snowmobile. He rode around the Bremen area in the neighboring fields and yard. His brother in law, Roger Abigt, kept Phil’s interest in the snowmobile sport as a youth. Roger may have regretted keeping young Phil in the hobby as in 1978 when Roger purchased a new 1978 Yamaha SRX and young Phil took it for a spin down the road and rolled it over, ripping the windshield off, bending the handlebars and tearing the seat on the week old sled!
In 1997, Phil had a fateful meeting with Darkside Co-Leader, Jim “Ole” Olender thru their professional careers. That meeting led to Stinky P purchasing a 1998 Ski-doo Mach Z thru a mutual friendship Ole had with a dealership in Mon Laurier, Quebec.
Today, Stinky P is riding a 2017 Yamaha Sidewinder.
That winter, Phil rode around the Upper Penninsula of Michigan with Craig and Ole. It was there that he was ready for the trip to Quebec in 1999 with the two.
In the years to follow, Phil changed brands to a Yamaha, and began an annual Christmas trip with his wife, Kim, and 2 daughters Alyssa and Lauren. They would load their motorhome, “Chillin The Most” and head to Kalkaska MI for a week long snowmobile trip, day riding the local trails and camping in the motorhome each night.
Phil participated with the Darkside Adventures on a few of their other excursions over the years, that they used partake in. Events such as motorcycle rides to Sturgis for Bike Week, and houseboat rentals on Lake Cumberland in Kentucky for a week at a time! Phil has a good time wherever he goes.
A few years back Phil & Kim purchased a cabin in the Mancelona region of Michigan, and he and his family have enjoyed year round activities of four wheelers in the summer and snowmobiles in the winter.
While Phil may have missed a few years of our Darkside Ride thru Quebec, we are glad to have him back. His outgoing personality fits right in with our current group. Good to have you back Stinky P!