On June 18th, 2020 it was announced that trail contractors were to begin improvements at Sandy Ridge: Attention Sandy Ridge Riders! Trail improvements and work will start on Monday, June 22nd, until further notice. Trail maintenance will be on Quid Pro Flow, Communication Breakdown & Johnny Royal. Eager to view the long-awaited updates, we headed […]
The Johnny Royale Trail at Sandy Ridge is Officially Open (w/Video)
The Johnny Royal Trail at Sandy Ridge is finally open, and we’re obsessed with it — OBSESSED I say! Seriously, I can’t stop thinking about it — this trail is legal crack for jump junkies like myself. I am already shopping for a new bike, just for sessioning this trail. (and trails like it) […]
Sandy Ridge: Johnny Royal Trail Construction Is In Progress
The Sandy Ridge Trail system has continued to get better and evolve since its inception. Each year trails are maintained, improved and hardened to hold up to the use it receives as the most popular trail destination in the Pacific Northwest. This year the parking lot was revamped and expanded to nearly double its previous […]
Portland, Oregon Trails: Sandy Ridge / Flow Motion
Flow motion is one of my favorite trails to ride in the Sandy Ridge Trail System. Although it falls under the flow trail category, it’s not completely buffed out like many of the high speed highway style flow trails that are becoming so prevalent. There are plenty of roots and random dips, peppered with the […]
Fall Sandy Ridge Photo Session
Bermstyle’s Inga Beck recently participated as a rider for a short documentary series on female athletes called The Line. For the shoot she traveled to the Lake Tahoe area, where she met MTB coach and former pro-racer Kat Sweet, and up and coming JR racer McKenna Merten for several days of riding and shooting with […]
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 […]
Defining flow for the masses
Ask a die-hard mountain biker what “flow” is and you’ll likely get an enthusiastic response. Compare the answers though, and odds are you’ll find them to be very different. Ask a random person off the street what flow is in context to the mountain biking experience, and who knows what kind of response you’ll receive. […]
Sandy Ridge Super D
The first Super D race on the Sandy Ridge Trail system was held this weekend, and it was followed up with an awards party with open and flowing kegs at Windells. Even better, the jump lines and concrete parks were open for shredding. It was by far the best day of bike partying I can […]
PDX Trail Updates: Scappoose and lower Hide and Seek now open
Source: NWTA Sandy Ridge update: Lower Hide and Seek is open as of 7/2/10. And it is riding really, really well. A lot of work has gone into re-enforcing the tread with rock and aggregate, and it should hold up much better this winter. A number of sections have been modified as well, and as […]
Sandy Ridge Trail Temporary Closure – updated
UPDATED June 16th- Trail Closure extended due to crappy weather. See: http://nw-trail.org/node/2195 The Sandy Ridge Trail is everyone’s favorite new piece of single track. Unfortunately, the never ending barrage of rain and the huge amount of use has had a substantial effect on the Hide and Seek Trail. The trail has been hit hard, and […]
UPDATE: Marmot is out, Road 14 is in
<UPDATED>We’ll just get to the point regarding the Flow Trails at the Marmot Dam area. Freeride trails were not authorized for the area, and will not be sanctioned at this time. All the wood structures featured in the previous post have been decommissioned. Does it suck? Yes. It is heart breaking to see the hard […]