El Gringo

As to Suburban Ninja, PLEASE stay off the jump line at the top. We were doing maintenance/revisions on Sunday. The step down is dope now, but the second jump is still under revision. We're making it lippy-er to give better flow, but I had to bail and am now in Australia. My son and wife should fix it within the next couple days, but please respect the closure in the meantime. Thanks!

Wait . . . So this is no longer weird? I thought that because Jodi is a lesbian, it was ok. Or was that before we got a "T" added to LGB? I'm confused . . . maybe even more so than they.

I bought a One Up and it's been so-so. Out of the box, it would not return to the full upright position. I tried Slick Honey, re-did air pressure, loosened the seat clamp to the point the post would drop to the collar. Nothing worked. After a month, I took it to the Peddler to warranty it. The factory requested that we take it apart and grease the internals. Turns out this has been a widespread issue. Evidently, they sent a number of them into the market without sufficient (or any) grease in the internals. 2 months later, the issue is starting to occur again. If you do purchase a One Up, save yourself the headache and disassemble and lube the post before installing. Hopefully, this won't be something I have to repeat every couple of months. When it works, it's fine - but in hindsight, I would seriously consider alternatives (especially BikeYoke).

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/mountain-biker-75-continues-riding-for-30-minutes-after-rattlesnake-bite.html

It's both - and nowhere near complete.

Thanks! What we built out there was modeled on what we saw/experienced at other bike parks, discussions with coaches like Kat Sweet, and FR512 member feedback. Much of that has been recreated out at RHR. Actually, I think both the drop zone and beginner jump lines are better than what we had at TP. We have plans to put in a more progressive skinny network, as what we have now is not that beginner friendly. We have a pump track roughed-in, whose design was based on the Pump Track Challenge at Crankworx. Weather and other projects have caused that to fall into disrepair, but if we got a group of dedicated volunteers, we could get it up and running. There are also plans for a shuttle line. Stay tuned...

Look at FR512.

No extra charge for climbing - and there's plenty of it!

Enjoy. https://www.pinkbike.com/news/video-brandon-semenuk-tells-the-story-behind-most-viewed-mountain-bike-shot-of-all-time.html

The most laughable example I've seen regarding concerns over "erosion" is Walnut Creek. IMBA goofs came through Austin looking to do some good deeds. They closed one of my favorite sections of trail to "prevent erosion." I rode that section for years and never saw any significant changes. 2 months later, a huge portion of cliff, just across the creek, collapsed - enough to literally dam the creek. A few years later, all that fall-in is gone. The force of the Creation is out of, and beyond, our control. As George Carlin said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W33HRc1A6c

NLand was sold to a Kelly Slater's company in December. https://www.tetongravity.com/story/surf/kelly-slater-wave-co.-buys-austins-nland-surf-park. One thing to keep in mind about surfing: I grew up on Sunset Cliffs, right across the street (literally) from the ocean. I could be on my board in the water in <5min. Still, I would've done a surf park if they had one. Surfing in is highly variable. Conditions depend on wind, tides, seasons, storms, etc. You can go sit in the water for an hour without seeing a good wave. When conditions are right, you've got to go then and now. It's not like MTB, where you say trails are G2G, I'll go after work. Surf parks offer the perfect wave (smooth, tubed, with a good break) consistently and on demand. They provide the type of break you either have to wait for that perfect offshore day, or go to Hawaii, to surf.

I am. But the pricing will keep me from riding there. I'm blessed to be able to work remotely in the summer, so we go to Whistler, usually starting in July. Obviously, we get season passes, which are ~$487 USD. We used to ride Angelfire earlier in the season (and we went there a lot), but when they stopped offering discounts with the FR512 pass, it just became cost prohibitive. For me and my wife, 3 days of riding racks-up $300 - and we're not going to spend $538-$698 for another set of season passes. So we pretty much limit our DH now to Whistler, shuttle runs, and other bike parks we hit along the way. I'd really like to see Spider be a success, but they're following the AF pricing model, which already priced us out (and that was for 2,500 of elevation and we have no problem with the drive). If they did something like open that season pass to cover Spider until May and then extend to Pajarito in the summer, that might work. I do hope they get creative, maybe offer family passes, and leverage their resources.

Attorney chiming in here . . . ^^ All due respect, this is not correct. If I volunteered my services as an electrician to a property owner free of charge, performed negligent work, and a tenant got electrocuted, who do you think is going to be liable? More importantly, regardless of actual liability, who do you think is going to get sued? Answer: EVERYBODY. The land owner, the property manager, and anyone associated with the work - regardless of whether they were paid or not. Additionally, even if the plaintiff doesn't sue you, the property owner's insurance company may very well subrogate the claim and go after you. If this is going to be accessed by the general public, be smart and do it under the umbrella of a MTB Club that has insurance. You can argue all day long about recreational use statutes, etc., but the reality is that regardless of whether or not you end up being found liable, getting sued is a financial catastrophe in and of itself.