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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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Possible new bike park in Castle Rock, Washington- Action Needed

If you are a rider living near Portland, Oregon, Longview or Vancouver Washington, help is needed in spreading the word. Local riders in and around the city of Castle Rock have an opportunity to get a bike park going, but the city is still developing its Park and Recreation Plan. We all know we need [...]

01.08.2011 News 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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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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The Salem Expo Bike Park Part 2

We first reported on the Salem, Oregon jumps and BMX track when we passed by the fairgrounds after the Black Rock Shuttle Day. As I was injured from a crash at Black Rock, I was unable to do anything but take a few photos. Fortunately I was able to get down for an afternoon shred [...]

09.21.2010 Features Read the full story →
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Eichler Bike Park Project in Beaverton gets the green light

Awesome news for mountain bikers in Portland, Oregon: local mountain bike advocacy group, the Northwest Trail Alliance, is about to move ahead with what will be the first sanctioned bicycle skills park (on dirt) in the Portland Metropolitan area. We first reported on the Eichler Park Bike Jump area back in May of this year, as part [...]

09.20.2010 Oregon Bike Parks Read the full story →
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The Whistler Pump Tracks

One thing about the trail builders at Whistler; when they take on a project, it gets taken to the next level. Case in point: the pump track constructed for the Ultimate pump track challenge. The symmetrical design and the addition of the center platform removes the need for timers, and creates a head to head race format [...]

09.11.2010 Features Read the full story →
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Spot Check: Salem State Fairgrounds Dirt Jump Park and BMX Track

On the way back from Black Rock for the Shuttle Day, I went searching for the dirt jump park at the Expo area. Turns out it wasn’t at all where I thought it was. After driving around for over 20 minutes, I found the entrance. Since I’m such as swell frood, I made ya’ll a [...]

08.09.2010 Oregon Bike Parks Read the full story →

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