The Northstar Bike Park opened for the 2014 season this weekend and we made it a point to be there for a day of gravity fed riding. The jump strewn Livewire trail never disappoints and has become my favorite warm up line on the mountain. The terrain at the park is known for dusty and loose […]
Bell Built Grant Finalists now up for voting
Bell Helmets, in conjunction with IMBA is giving away $100,000 to be divided up between three trail building projects spread across the US. As west coast dwellers, we’re happy to see three projects near and dear to us have made it as finalists, and are now up for voting on BellHelmets.com. The west coast finalists […]
Summer Road Trip Destination: Sandy, Oregon
One of our favorite trail systems of all time is Oregon’s Sandy Ridge Trail. Designed for mountain bikers, by mountain bikers, Sandy Ridge is model trail system of what can be done when all the right pieces come together. A land manager that understands mountain biking, and the economic benefits to providing recreation to our […]
Flow Trail Video: Trek Runcatrail, Flims Switzerland
Found on the web this morning, this edit of the TREK Runcatrail in Flims Switzerland has me counting down the days until our summer road trip north to Whistler. The Runcatrail is apparently the longest flow style trail in Europe with a total length of 6 kilometres. That’s about 3.72 miles for us American folk. […]
Tamarancho Flow Trail Construction Update
If you weren’t stoked on the prospect of the Bay Area’s first flow trail currently being under construction and mere months or even weeks away from being a rideable reality, perhaps these images of our roughed in route will change that. Sunday, December 16th was a cold and foggy morning. After getting soaked on an […]
Bay Area’s First Flow Trail Under Construction Now (And You Can Help)
The Bay Area has always been a bit behind compared to the northwest when it comes to the amazing new single track experiences that are being created. After our stint traveling, riding and building trail everywhere from Texas to Fairbanks to Saskatoon, (way out there!) and landing back in the Bay Area (after a stretch […]