Utilizing space beneath freeways for a bike park is a brilliant use of unused public lands. Being covered not only keeps it in the shade, but keeps the elements out allowing use in the wet season. Salt Lake City activated a blighted public space underneath the I-15 overpass 2014, working with the community to construct […]
Whistler Bike Park: Riding the Dirt Merchant Rebuild
Dirt Merchant is one of the most popular jump trails in existence. At the beginning of the 2018 riding season, the lower section was reworked, making it better than ever. This week Crankworx was in full effect, so heading to Whistler for the festivities, (after finishing the morning rounds) we met up with some riding […]
Snow Valley is SoCal’s Newest Ski Lift Served MTB Destination
SoCal mountain bikers have a new lift served riding destination with the addition of mountain biking service at the Snow Valley Mountain Resort. According to press materials, the new park features a gravity fed single track and a dual slalom track with a jump line. A MTB lift ticket also includes full access to the […]
Bachelor Bike Park: New Flow Trail Construction
Construction is underway on a new, jump filled line at the Bachelor Bike Park. Intended to be an advanced-level flow trail, the new Redline trail has been in the planning stages for years now. Slated to fully running in the summer 2019 season, the first section could be open as soon as this fall. Spotting Kyle […]
Return to SkiBowl: NW Cup Round 3
Mount Hood Ski Bowl is the classic NW bike park, having served as the nucleus of the DH scene for decades. Taking a break from helping with a bike demo at Sandy, I stopped in to walk the course as well as check out some of the riding at the third round of the Northwest […]
Lake Cunningham Action Sports Park, San Jose
The Lake Cunningham Action Sports Park in San Jose, California is the latest in a growing number of urban bike parks hitting the radar of bike park loving dirt jump enthusiasts. Spots like Calabazas and Red Devil put the area on the map for years, with the resulting scene cultivating a number of pro BMX and […]
Gateway Green Bike Park, DirtLab Evolution – a Trail Building Story
The Gateway Green Bike Park and our efforts with the DirtLab Evolution project received a nice shout out in the bike issue of the Willamette Week (a local paper) recently thanks to an op-ed contribution penned by local ripper and pro level rider Spencer Burback. If you’re a regular at the park, you may recognize […]
Enhancing the Experience: the Cliff Trail at Gateway Green
What if we could have a trail system like Sandy Ridge within Portland city limits? Hopefully some day we’ll have a quality urban trail experience that doesn’t require two hours of driving (it’s an hour there, another one back) to reach. Until then, why not make the most of what we have? Last year we […]
A Weekend at Whistler
This weekend we made our return to the MTB mecca of the north. I had planned to make it up at least once last year, but somehow the trip never happened for some reason; not having a dedicated park bike could have been part of it. Though I’ve ridden Whistler on a 6″ travel enduro […]
Portland’s First Bikepark Opens: the Gathering at Gateway Green
The past weekend marked a significant milestone in the history of Portland cycling. After years of planning and development, the Dirt Lab at Gateway Green was opened to the public in an event titled the “Gathering at Gateway Green.” The day had hundreds (if not thousands – we’ll update this post when we receive an […]
Big Dig at Gateway Green: 2/11/17
Big news for Portland Mountain Biking: $2 million in funding towards Gateway Green announced plus a Big Dig day scheduled for Gateway Green. First off, the big news. Portland Parks & Recreation has announced $2 million in funding has been dedicated towards the first phase of Gateway Green. While the first phase of the Dirt […]
Gateway Green Build Journal: Week 7 Update
We’re seven weeks into the the Dirt Lab build at Portland, Oregon’s Gateway Green. While it’s been a bit wet, construction continues with progress on track for spring when volunteers will be gathering to dial in both single track and dirt jump lines. Dirt jumps have been formed as well as a single track loop, both of […]
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