Art Petersen Jr.
My hometown is  Hamburg, New Jersey,USA.  My favorite place to ride is at Diablo Freeride Park, at Mountaincreek, in Vernon,New Jersey. I got started in Downhill mountainbiking in 1997.
First called Jan Karpiel in October of 1997, asking about the picture of his Disco Volante featured in the new Bike section of Mountain Bike magazine's October '97 's new bike section. That picture had SnowCat rims on the Disco Volante bike! Huge rims! After the talk with Jan he made for me my first Disco Volante, winter of '97-'98. I then started racing the Disco Volante in the NY. State Plattekill series, taking the #2 overall title for the year in the 34-39 sport class.
Raced a few nationals that year and placed, at Seven Springs (#6), Mt.Snow trail 66 series (#5) and Mt.Snow Norba nationals (#5), in the 34-39 year old sport class.
Have purchased 4 Disco Volante's and 2 Armageddon's over the years since then. The last Armageddon is set up for my motorcycle forks (Kiaba forks,11 inches of travel) with a longer front triangle and steeper head angle, to fit my long arms. Ever since 9/11/01, I've decorated my bikes in red, white and blue American flag colors.
At the US Open here in Mountaincreek NJ. in May of 2006, my picture was taken of me and my patriotic Armageddon. It later appeared in the September issue '06 issue of DECLINE magazine.
Love all of the bikes. I am a retired racer,but an avid freerider every year,and love jumping! Have jumped 60 feet at Plattekill on my first Disco Volante! Looking forward to my APOCALYPSE, JAN !!