new trails

I grew up in a small town of less than 500 people. Of all those people I was one of the few who liked to aggressively ride a mountain bike. So naturally, I didn't see much point in building my own trails if I was gonna be the only one riding them. That, and I had no idea how to properly build a trail. Instead I would setup makeshift jumps made from broken pallets and salvaged plywood. I didn't care how well they worked as long as they somehow got me airborn.

In one way things have changed. Now there's a whole bunch of grom's cruising around on frankenstein hardtails with no trails to ride, using pallets and plywood just like I did. By frankenstein hardtail I mean a beat-up frame with a christmas-present-suspension-fork, a disc brake in the front, v-brake in the back, littered with random stickers, different model crank arms on either side, and - well, you get the point. The thing about it though is that these kids love to ride. Only they lack the trails and proper wooden structures needed to develop their skills. Since I build trails for a living, I feel I owe them some properly built trails and stunts. I've already begun construction on the new mini-network of trails that will have a variance of difficulty levels (green, blue, black diamond - but mostly green and blue), and some basic man-made wooden features. So here's to the new generation of riders.