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07-07-2020, 12:43 PM #551
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what comes after that berm? ooohhhh it looks fast
Sent from my SM-G930F using TGR Forums mobile appi dont kare i carnt spell or youse punktuation properlee, im on a skiing forum
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07-07-2020, 02:20 PM #552
My "backyard" ride has a little pit and some kids built a drop-in thru the pit to a step-up. Conservation got a pissy, so the kids took a shovel to it and cut it down...to this...it is and always has been a steep little pit, so it can be a little jump.
So then today this shows up to mow everything down as much as possible. Conservation commission spending their money wisely instead of cleaning up the junk cars and other shit out there.
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07-11-2020, 08:15 PM #553
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07-12-2020, 11:14 PM #554
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07-13-2020, 07:39 AM #555
Some channels that have been giving me some inspiration to dig around the house during the pandemic:
Matt Jones
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXE...UWwhVhcMyXNHgg
NR8 dirt jumps
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbb...H_hDJ8hVOh_I_w
Built with Dirt Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/builtwithdirt/www.dpsskis.com
www.point6.com
formerly an ambassador for a few others, but the ski industry is... interesting.
Fukt: a very small amount of snow.
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07-13-2020, 05:47 PM #556
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07-14-2020, 08:51 AM #557
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07-14-2020, 05:36 PM #558
So we had a big ass rock pile to pick from and an excavator to help load the truck, and since it's the start of a trail it's literally right off a service road. So most of the rocks 'only' had to come downhill, just be sure with your selection! Still, yarding them around and into place while perched on a steep hillside with unsure footing will definitely take it out of ya!
I'm not as good at taking progress pics but at least I got a before and after. we armored down past the little spruce and a bit before the corner. Then brought down a bunch of dirt on top to seal it up, eventually most all the rock will show thru and be the tread. Should be a pretty damn permanent fix.
Also one last view shot, giving the same old trail some much needed love
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07-15-2020, 10:00 AM #559
^did you guys think about throwing a water bar in there? Looks like a pretty good pitch, so wondering if it will erode around the rocks? Or maybe the water will flow over the rocks? Hard to tell in pics. Nice job though! That's damn hard work.
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07-15-2020, 10:39 AM #560
We did some work with the excavator at the top to divert any water from or coming down the road away from the trail so it won't be a large area of runoff to deal with. I did set the rocks with a little wobble, canted left then a more exaggerated tilt right to help keep you centered down the ride line and to also shed water off to one edge then the other. It will cross the trail where the some of the biggest stones are set. After a while I expect this part to be pretty much all stone once it's aged a bit. These old trails never had much thought for water runoff, so fixing them up is a definite challenge. We want to keep the old school steep feel but also need them to be able to withstand the constant barrage of riders, most death gripped to their rear brake and also not totally neuter that janky rogue trail/pirate trail feel and piss off all the jaded locals (an impossible task, I know)
However with that said these trails of the old park went basically unmaintained for years and years. This spot in particular we may have to come in once or twice a year and fill back in some erosion damage on the edge of the ride line and maybe somewhere down the line armor the little patch in between.
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07-15-2020, 01:56 PM #561
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07-15-2020, 02:08 PM #562
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07-15-2020, 05:20 PM #563
That thought definitely entered my mind. What's that old saying? Jerry proof something and the world builds a better jerry
One of the most frustrating/addicting things to me about building is that no matter what you 'want' people to do, there is always just one line that forms.. and if people are cutting rogue trail.. ya done fucked up somewhere. How do you build it so your way is 'the way'? That's the challenge.
We do have two other rock roll steep sections like this already, so it shouldn't catch people too off guard. tho neither are as friendly as this one, with the stones faced up to the tread and the ride line pretty smooth. The rocks don't totally fill the V ditch that they replaced so it's still the natural low spot. I think what we have to out advantage is how old and rode in these trails are, 'the way' has already been beaten in. One other thing I can share that in my opinion really helps with builds like this, at least for our mineral dirt here in the San Juan, is build as much as you can with the largest materials you have, big stones, then as you work down the trail work smaller rocks and stones into the gaps, in steeps they just naturally fall into place, then as you come thru with dirt separate it into gravel and lastly the fines and if you do it that way everything binds together super solid and also helps a ton with
drainage.
Here's one more pic I got, looks pretty friendly to me.. but what do I know
Last edited by rip; 07-15-2020 at 06:49 PM.
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07-16-2020, 08:08 PM #564
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07-16-2020, 08:48 PM #565Registered User
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That green just blows my mind.
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07-17-2020, 07:29 AM #566
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07-17-2020, 03:53 PM #567Registered User
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07-17-2020, 05:43 PM #568
You know it. I've been doing rake and rides through the forest this year and as it beds in then we reshape the trail.
That's how Sharon created this trail we worked on which she called Greenland. Since then there's Iceland, Cambodia and others around this particularly green forest
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07-18-2020, 10:02 AM #569
Moved the boulder (red X pic) out of the middle of this new line. 6' breaker bar and gravity did all the work.
Gaining on the new trail. The landowner called the new trail "gnarly" and is requesting B lines. There's only so much we can do with a valley for terrain.
Looking down. Rides nice and smooth.
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07-19-2020, 07:42 PM #570
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07-21-2020, 06:34 PM #571Registered User
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manipulating human behavior is what i enjoy most about trailbuilding... idk what that says about me though haha
here is my most recent manipulation attempt
this is the end of a small jump line, the intent was to turn right, the riders decided instead to go up and over the feature and into the berm on the other side, which is the end of a separate jump line, these lines should not merge... and i got sick of watching close calls with kiddos
the vision in my mind, open up exit corner before hand wider to the right
then move the pile of dirt 5ft to the right and make a wedge roller with small hip option
reworked berm exit
reworked roller
another angle
took a solid day of solo shoveling, and a few days of finish work, but so far its worked and everyone seems happy with the change
nice to see the stoke in this thread staying active!
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07-25-2020, 11:08 AM #572
For sure, and with a completely new trail design it’s like you are programming an experience. That can hopefully be replicated over and over. So many factors like terrain and weather that get in your way and it never comes out ‘perfect’ but when it does come together and you get it right it Goddamn does it feel good.
Nice work on the reroute, that is not a minuscule amount of dirt to move by hand...tricks deserve applause, style deserves respect
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07-26-2020, 12:39 PM #573
Sometimes building takes twice as long as expected. This one boulder appeared like we'd be able to move it fairly quick and it ended up taking forever! Buried way deep and wedged by other buried deep boulders. Finally got it and the backside was flat so now it's a sidewalk. Gaining.
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08-08-2020, 07:24 AM #574
As much as I like building trails, it's really annoying when riding them that my mind focuses on fixing the "shit" instead of enjoying the ride. Today I fixed a corner that has sucked ever since I first made it. Instead of being annoyed, I'll be happy on this turn now. Yeah! #mentalissues
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08-09-2020, 03:53 PM #575Registered User
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no pics, it wasnt that type of dig day, just some watering and basic maintenance on the local djs to keep things running along
but today was important
ive mentioned how fun it is to design trail features and manipulate how people ride them, creating an experience for the user as a reward, but theres another reward to trail building, the volunteers
today a local neighborhood kid came out to volunteer, i ran into him earlier in the week and mentioned a few of us would be out sunday morning to get some work done, and he wanted to come out and help
i was working on buttering up a crumbling berm which is kind of an experience required job, so put him to work digging a whole for a "wrong way" sign i wanted to install at the end of the track
everyone else had head out after the midday heat crept in so it was just the two of us finishing up installing the sign
as we tamped in the sign we were just chatting about random crap, when he mentioned my fitbit and that he had got one recently and was trying to do his 10,000 steps each day
this kid is what one might call "husky", and has only recently gotten into bikes, from how much he talked about it he really enjoys fortnite... but he understands he needs to be healthy and is trying to get more active
it was refreshing to hear and i was starting to feel some optimism for societies future in a time of craziness, but what he said next kind of got to me
he said, "ive lost 10 pounds last month from riding here", and "its so much fun i want to come every day", as well as "i love this park, i will help volunteer whenever i can"
i just about melted...
this is why we do what we do, a kid, overweight, local to the park, gets off his ass, finds some confidence and builds some ego, takes pride in volunteering and helping take care of what he uses, this is the real goal
today was good
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