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The Whistler Pump track looks sweet.

The Whistler pump track looks rad. These days pump track design had been going in two distinct directions: one way, race-course style, and more of a free-form dirt skate park style. Either way, done right both are wicked fun. Check this bad boy out:
At the moment it sounds like I’m going to make it to [...]

07.16.2010 Read the full article →
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Backyard Spotlight: Izaak’s Pumptrack

If you can’t live next to an epic route or killer dirt jump trails, the next best thing is having enough backyard available to build your very own pump track. That is exactly what my brother Izaak did. A few years back, after hearing about my visit to the holy grail of pumps also known [...]

06.04.2010 Read the full article →
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The Backyard Blam Pump track

The weather here in the northwest is starting to be livable again and now that the sun is back out and hopefully sticking around for a bit, it means it is time to get the BBQ fired up, put some beers on ice, grab the shovels and head to .. the backyard?
Jared invited me to [...]

05.14.2010 Read the full article →

Backyard bikepark project: Phase II begins

After the experience of clearing brush and building a pump track almost completely solo, (and by hand, at that) I knew that mechanized tools would be required to create a private bike park in the backyard that would live up to the vision I have.
The plan all along has been to bring heavy machinery in [...]

10.02.2009 Read the full article →

The backyard bike park project

All you need is dirt, water, some tools, and a lot of time. The plan: create the most awesome backyard possible within the given amount of time and resources. Seeing as I’m currently in transition and have a healthy amount of downtime in the Astoria area while looking for work in Portland,  moving a ton [...]

09.15.2009 Read the full article →

Pump Track action at the Worlds

What’s cooler than being able to go for a bike ride first thing after brushing your teeth in your own backyard? How about having the cream of the crop of the MTB pro echelon in your backyard racing for the title of unofficial Pump Track World Champion?

Check out the story on the-riotact.com and on [...]

09.05.2009 Read the full article →