Episodes

Peter Mills of Elevated Trail Design - 170 For Episode 170 we have Peter Mills the owner of Elevated Trail Design as our guest. Elevated Trail Designs is a PTBA Member Company that is based out of the Ashville, NC …

Toby Cortez / Bogue Chitto State Park / Mountain Biking in Louisiana 169 For Episode 169 Toby Cortez is our guest – Toby is one of the masterminds behind the mountain bike trails at Bogue Chitto State Park located in …

Loam Pass with Rob Brown and Joey Foresta - 168 For episode 168 we’ve got Rob Brown and Joey Foresta – Co Founders of the Loam Pass. The Loam Pass is your North American Gravity Bike Park Pass, and its …

Women in Trail Building at the 2024 Professional Trail Builders Association Sustainable Trail Conference 167 At the end of day one during the 2024 Professional Trail Builders Association Sustainable Trails Conference Martha Becton took over as host o...

Hansi Johnson on the Rise of Upper Midwest Mountain Biking and more! 166 Hansi had a front row seat, and sometimes took control of the wheel when it comes to the rise of mountain biking in the Upper Midwest. He’s …

Preston York – Owner / Operator of FlowMotion Trail Builders 165 Preston brings a ton of machine and trail building knowledge to this conversation. Stay tuned all the way to the end, as Preston drops one of the wildest stories …

Mountain Biker and Trail Builder the Infamous Randy Spangler 164 Randy has done and seen more than most in the world of mountain biking and trail building. Randy shares some pretty epic stories from the road and from his hometown …

Gary Moore, Gil McCormick and Chris Winn – COMBA – Colorado Mountain Bike Association 163 We are back with a Non-Profit Trail Organization this week, featuring COMBA, The Colorado Mountain Bike Association. We have Gary Moore, the Executive Director...

Dafydd Davis - A Pioneer in Trail Planning and Design, based out of Wales 162 Dafydd might be the most impactful mountain bike trail planners and designer period. His thoughtful approach to trail planning and design has resulted in trail …

Sean Benish – Trail Builder Magazine / Loam Coffee 161 Episode 161 will be a bit different than most shows as this was a last-minute idea to hop on Zoom Call with Sean Benish. Sean is the person behind Trail …

Rocket Ramps with Henry and Janker Ted – Building Ramps, Trails and Community in New Mexico #160 Topics Covered in this show: The Rocket Ramp Formation The Trail Building Scene in New Mexico Janker Ted’s entry into Trail Building Where …

Shea Farrell of Flowride Concepts - Trail Building / Community Building #159 Topics Covered in this show: How Shea got into Trail Planning, Design and Building Common Themes of selling Bike Parks and Mountain Bike Infrastructure as a public amenity …

Dovetail Trail Consulting with Quinn Brett and Joe Stone – Adaptive Recreation #158 Topics Covered in this show: Universal Trail Design – Sustainable Trail Design The difference of accessibility and usability Differences in adaptive equipment Adaptiv...

TrailBot – The Trail Conditions Resource for when and where to use trails #157 Topics Covered in this show: How Trail Bot came to be How Trail Conditions are Updated What is a widget – How to link conditions to …

McGill Trail Fabrications #156 Topics Covered in this show: Where the name McGill comes from How the McGill’s came together The Riveter – North Carolina Wintering in the Carolina’s Building at Walden’s Ridge in Chattanooga, TN Building in Frisco, Co …

Tony Boone – Legendary Trail Designer & Builder / Aruba MTB Project #155 Topics Covered in this show: Tony Boone on Jane Goodall 2023 Professional Trail Builder Association Lifetime Achievement Award Trail Builders Worldwide Tony Sponsoring compa...

Sean Leader of Southern Gravity – Downhill Bike Parks / Downhill Racing / And more #154 Topics Covered in this show: Southern Gravity Catching up since Episode 43 the original Sean Leader / Windrock Episode People moving to the area …

Chris Skogen – Industry vs Community and a whole lot more! #153 Topics Covered in this show: Chris’s Wheels Lemon’s to Lemonade Yes, is the answer, what is the question? Almanzo 100 The value of a hand written note The …

Copper Harbor Trails Club – Giving Tuesday with Adam Yeoman and Nathan Miller Topics Covered in this show: What is Copper Harbor as a community Giving Tuesday 2023 – What was raised for funding Partnership with the Copper Shores Community …

Max Penny of Howler Bike Park in Branson, MO #151 Topics Covered in this show: Max’s Backstory Howler Bike Co. The state of mountain biking in Missouri The Stats at Howler Bike Park The Phases of Howler Bike Park The …

Renee Mattson of Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission on: Mountain Bike Trail Development Guidelines for Successfully Managing the Process – Part 3 #150 Topics Covered in this show: What the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trai...

Mike Repyak of IMBA Trail Solutions on: Mountain Bike Trail Development Guidelines for Successfully Managing the Process – Part 2 #149 Topics Covered in this show: What Mike / IMBA Trail Solutions have been up to in 2023 How Mike …

Jake Carsten Author of the book: Mountain Bike Trail Development Guidelines for Successfully Managing the Process #148 Topics Covered in this show: Jakes Backstory relative to how he got into Trail Planning and Mountain Biking Jakes Deep History in T...

Adam McCoy - Treelines Northwest - Trail Building - Retallack Lodge - and More #147 Topics Covered in this show: How Treelines began – Inspired by Snowboard & Skateboard Apparel and Media Builders V. Loggers Video Shoot the Trails and …