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New Zealand Pumptrack Radness

New Zealand has been popping up quite a bit on the radar lately, and the more I hear, the more I want to figure out a plan for getting down there and checking it out. A few weeks ago I was out with local DH Racer/ Ripper Mikey Haderer and we were putting the New [...]

12.20.2011 pump tracks Read the full story →
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A backyard with a view

Last Friday night was a good one. Riding bikes with some cool dudes in one of the sweetest, most photogenic pump track backyards to date will do it. This backyard with its mounds of carefully shaped soil in the shadow of Mount Diablo  ranks up there on the wish list of any mountain biker. (although [...]

08.23.2011 pump tracks Read the full story →
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Zen garden of awesome: pump track sweetness in Santa Cruz County

Pump tracks, backyards, bbq and beers always equal an awesome time. Sadly, it has been a while since I’ve ridden a cool pump track. While they are really popular in the northwest, I haven’t really ridden that many since coming back to the Bay Area. I’m guessing this is likely attributed to a few things: one, [...]

06.29.2011 pump tracks Read the full story →
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A bike park project that failed— what happened to the Ashland BMX Park?

Ashland, Oregon is known best in mountain biking circles for the riding in the water shed on you guessed it- Mt. Ashland. Its now the site of a Super D race that is growing in popularity every year. The Rogue Valley has a variety of other trail options as well, making the area a great [...]

01.20.2011 Features Read the full story →
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Flashback to sunnier days: summer pump track party at Paddy’s

The location: Northeast Portland, Oregon. We’re visiting our friend Paddy C’s backyard for what has become a 4th of July tradition, the yearly pump track party. The barbeque has been fired up, beers are flowing, and we are ripping circles over and over on the backyard track. Back yard pump tracks are still a new [...]

12.28.2010 Blog Read the full story →
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SF Urban Riders Pump Track build at the SF Bike Expo

The SF Urban Riders spent the weekend of October 30 building a pump track for 2010 Bike Expo at the Cow Palace to raise awareness for the Mclaren Bike Park project as an example of what could be. The guys spent a week dialing the track in, and it was open for one day to [...]

11.23.2010 News Read the full story →
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Backyard spotlight: the ih8bikes pump track

Having your own backyard pump track is a lot of fun. We didn’t get to ride ours as much as we would have liked this summer due to the distant location, but the sessions we did have were a blast. I built an new outer loop extension to the track that really opened up a [...]

10.19.2010 Features Read the full story →
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Eichler Park: A few possible design layouts

Portland, Oregon area riders got a small win with the approval and go ahead of an Adopt-a-Park agreement between Tualatin Valley Parks and Rec and local advocacy group the Northwest Trail Alliance. The NWTA will officially be partnering with Parks to take over maintenance of a small BMX park in Beaverton, a suburb of Portland. Conveniently [...]

10.17.2010 Blog Read the full story →
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Woodward MTB Park in Fresno

On my way south through California, I’ve been making it a point to stop by and check out the status of a number of bicycle skills parks. Although it has been ridiculously hot, it hasn’t stopped me from taking the long way on my trek south to check out a few public riding spots I’ve [...]

10.11.2010 California Bike Parks Read the full story →
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Backyard spotlight: John and Maggie’s pump track

While visiting some friends in San Diego, we had the opportunity to check out a sweet backyard pump track. John and Maggie are mountain bike advocates with the San Diego Mountain Bike Association, and happen to have  the nicest landscaped pump track we’ve seen to date. Check it out: John has done some cool stuff [...]

10.04.2010 pump tracks Read the full story →

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