{"id":8139,"date":"2020-04-19T15:13:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-19T22:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/?p=8139"},"modified":"2020-04-19T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2020-04-19T22:13:32","slug":"farewell-and-thank-you-dr-al-farrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/2020\/04\/19\/farewell-and-thank-you-dr-al-farrell\/","title":{"rendered":"Farewell and Thank You Dr. Al Farrell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Al Farrell, Patron Saint of Mountain Biking MBAction photo<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s with great sadness that CORBA must report that Al Farrell, the Patron Saint of Mountain Biking, died in a motorcycle accident near Palm Springs on April 15. Al was a generous benefactor of CORBA throughout our 33-year history. Al, an investment manager, used to live in Beverly Hills and came early to our sport. He traveled extensively and enjoyed riding in new places around the world.<\/p>\n

When CORBA was founded in 1987, Al was one of our first contributors. In 1988, when CORBA helped create the International Mountain Bicycling Association, Al made his first donation to IMBA in CORBA\u2019s name. In 1989, as CORBA\u2019s trailbuilding efforts grew, Al bought us a collection of trailbuilding tools so we wouldn\u2019t be dependent on agency inventory. These were just the first of many years of friendship, good counsel and contributions. In 1991, CORBA created the Al Farrell Award, our highest honor to recognize individuals and groups for their \u201coutstanding contribution to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and its visitors”.<\/p>\n

In 2013 Al submitted CORBA’s nomination for induction the Mountain\u00a0 Bike Hall of Fame<\/a>. Al was himself inducted into the MBHOF in 1991, having already established a long-lasting legacy.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t just CORBA who he supported. BTC East Bay, BTC Marin,\u00a0 SHARE, and our local L.A. Wombats were among the beneficiaries of his generosity. Al was an early supporter of NORBA (pre-USA Cycling) and he boosted prize money at early races. It\u2019s fair to say that he helped create professional mountain bike racing. He was a Founding Angel of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame; a long time supporter of Trips for Kids, and dozens of other mountain bike organizations and programs.<\/p>\n

Just recently, he made a substantial Founder donation to the California Mountain Biking Coalition. He was gregarious, generous and always ready to do what was needed to be done. For more information on Al\u2019s contributions to the mountain bike community, check out Mountain Bike Action\u2019s tribute at https:\/\/mbaction.com\/in-memoriam-dr-al-farrell-a-patron-saint\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n

We send our heartfelt condolences to his wife Shirley and the Farrell family. We\u2019ll miss you Al, but we\u2019ll never forget you. Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s with great sadness that CORBA must report that Al Farrell, the Patron Saint of Mountain Biking, died in a motorcycle accident near Palm Springs on April 15. Al was a generous benefactor of CORBA throughout our 33-year history. Al, an investment manager, used to live in Beverly Hills and came early to our sport. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8139"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8142,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8139\/revisions\/8142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/corbamtb.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}