Ashley Korenblat Mountain Bike Advocate and Hall of Fame Inductee (#75)

Trail EAffect Episode 75 with Ashley Korenblat Bike Advocate and Hall of Fame Member

• The Ashley Korenblat Back Story on how she found mountain biking
• Getting involved with NEMBA
• Getting involved with IMBA
  • Early Fundraising for IMBA
  • IMBA Trail Care Crew
• The Wilderness Act
• When Conservation and Recreation fight – Someone else wins…
• Mining / Oil & Gas Reform
• Public Land Solutions
• Mountain Biking in Urban Communities / Communities with good industry
  • Naturita, Co
• The Importance of Plans
• Western Spirit Cycling Adventures
  • Outfitters / Mountain Bike Tours
• Outerbike
  • Moab UT, 2022
  • Bentonville AR 2022
  • 2023, Many more places
• Ashley’s thoughts on Arkansas becoming a powerhouse for cycling
• Mountain Biking driving mainstream and main street economic development
• Your Friend in the Bike Business (Part of Outerbike)
• Famous Failure / Learning Experience
• What Makes a Great Mountain Biking Community?
  • Get Integrated with the rest of the community.
  • Do you want to be a “Little Niche” activity or do you want to be part of “Mainstream” – and part of the community
• NICA Courses Driving Trail Development in communities
• Closing Comments from Ashley
  • Get involved, you can’t just ride and not get involved!

Links:

Mountain Bike Hall of Fame: https://mmbhof.org/ashley-korenblat/

Public Land Solutions: https://publiclandsolutions.org/

Western Spirit Cycling Adventures: https://westernspirit.com/

Outerbike: https://www.outerbike.com/

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