Episodes

Trail EAffect Episode 97 Copper Harbor Trails Club 2022 Updates / SRAM Partnership Intros for Nathan Miller and Adam Yeoman Giving Tuesday Campaign – Adam SRAM $500,000 Partnership for Five Years – Nathan Triple Your Donation to Copper Harbor Trails Through Giving Tuesday when you donate to Copper Harbor Trails Club through the Portage Health Foundation, which is then matched by SRAM 31,000 Acres of land acquired through The Nature Conservancy of Michigan for the purpose of continued recreat...

Trail EAffect Episode 96 with Cody Wilkins of Sensus R.A.D. Trails Pre show talk Building in Jackson Hole, WY Cody Wilkins Backstory The Sensus R.A.D. Trails Backstory Started by Cam Zink Run as a Non-Profit Lessons and learning from going to City Council Meetings for Trail Advocacy Lessons learned through running Sensus R.A.D. Trails Places that Cody has built Trail Planning and Design and how that helps make trails reality Direct return investment in trails Directional Trails and Co...

Trail EAffect Episode 95 with Susie Murphy of the San Diego Mountain Bike Association Susie Murphy Back Story The Structure of how the San Diego Mountain Bike Association operates Full Time Trails Coordinator Communications and Marketing Trail Specialist SDMBA Board Trail Liaisons How San Diego County is laid out in terms of Trail Systems Working with all the different land managers Splitting the workload between staff Trail Liaisons and requirements to be one The growth and access of ...

Trail EAffect Episode 94 Rezduro with Germaine Simonson and Marvin James Episode 94 features Marvin James and Germaine Simonson of Rezduro. Rezduro represents a mountain bike community within the Navajo Nation aka the Diné Tribe of Northern AZ. Rezduro is the first and only Indigenous-led mountain bike enduro race. We are organized by Diné (Navajo) for Diné on Diné Lands. Marvin James Hardrock, AZ Mending the Hoop The impact of Resource Extraction 5 Finger Human Being Being out of Balanc...

Trail EAffect Episode 93 with Adam Craig Professional Mountain Biker, Trail Builder and Advocate The Adam Craig Back Story The intersection of Mountain Bike Trails, Communities and Products First World Cup XC Racer with a single chainring setup Moving back to Maine Transitioning into a Role at Sugarloaf Resort Getting an Enduro World Series Event at Sugarloaf Resort Building all the race tracks before the event The reception of the event from the racers Inspiration from other Enduro World...

Trail EAffect Episode 92 with Dave “Coolio” Schulz Creating Community through Missouri with Trails and Bike Parks The Back Story Dave Creating GORC Gravity Dave’s knowledge picked up in previous careers The Hack to speed up the trail project process Helping Communities learn how to spend money on themselves Diving into this process through projects completed Eureka Mountain Bike Park Famous Failure / Lessons learned Seeking land that works for trails but nothing else Stabilizing the hi...

Trail EAffect Episode 91 Jarrod’s Place Bike Park with Josh Cohan and Jarrod Harris Georgia’s first Shuttle Service Bike Park The Back Story of Josh Cohan The Back Story of Jarrod Harris The Back Story of Jarrod’s Place Bike Park Josh’s take on creating Jarrod’s Place Bike Park The Property that Jarrod’s Place Bike Park is located on 230 acres 900’+ of vertical drop Inspiration that Jarrod pulled from other Bike Parks for Jarrod’s Place Building out the Bike Park Trail Experiences foun...

Trail EAffect Episode 90 The Trail Whisperer, Kurt Gensheimer Trails are the Nucleus of our Sport The Back Story of Kurt Gensheimer Ely Nevada Why Reno Nevada for Kurt Mountain Biking in Reno Nevada Kurt on Single Speeding and losing his Street Cred What Kurt is riding these days for bikes E Bikes How Kurt became the Trail Whisperer Reno & the 2023 PTBA / American Trails Conference The Process of finding Trails and the Downieville / Lost Sierra Region Opening up old Gold Mining trail...

Trail EAffect Episode 89 Drew Rohde from The Loam Wolf Mountain Bike Site The Drew Rohde Back Story The Loam Wolf Back Story Some Vintage DH Mountain Biking talk Bend Oregon Trail Builders / Trail Building How / Why The Loam Wolf chooses different communities for Mountain Bike Test Shoot outs / to test products Knoxville, TN Bike Park Reviews on The Loam Wolf E Bike Destinations Tour coming out yet in 2023 One thing that Drew took away from the Bike Park Review Seasons that other Bike P...

Trail EAffect Episode 88 Mitchell Allen Trail Project Manager for the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation The Mitchell Allen Back Story The relationship between conservation and recreation Developing properties in Arkansas that allow for more recreation to help connect people with the land, and help to engage new users onto the properties The difficult part of collecting user data on properties What the Arkansas Parks and Recreation Foundation is Mitchell’s role as Trail Project Manag...

Trail EAffect Episode 87 Scott Linnenburger Designing and Building the Iron Range Destination Mountain Bike Trail Systems How Scott got involved with the Iron Range Destination Mountain Bike Trail Systems: Tioga Trails, Redhead Bike Park, and Giants Ridge Bike Park How Mining Tax income helped fund this project Fencing around the Mining and legal access that needed to be changed to allow trails in the mining zones How trails create “repeat customers” for communities Redhead, and tackling so...

Trail EAffect Bonus Episode with Todd Poquette #BlameTodd – Deep Thoughts by Todd – Finish What You Start – For You! Bonus Content a week or so out from the Marji Gesick 2022. Do Hard Things, Blame Todd, Finish What You Start – For You! Todd Unpacks a lot here about what he has learned in life, his wisdom, and through 906 Adventure Team, Marji Gesick, Crusher, Crusher EX, Polar Roll, Unforgettable, and more. Links discussed in the show: 906 Adventure Team: https://906adventureteam.com/ Marji...

Trail EAffect Episode 86 Joe Stone – Adaptive Mountain Biker – Universal Trail Design The Joe Stone Journey Speed Flying Murderball Hitting and surpassing multiple goals The Joe Stone Foundation Bridging the Disability Gap Wydahoe Rendezvous Teton Adaptive Living in Jackson Hole Not Forcing Things Editing / Long Form Platforms Film: Digging for Answers about Universal Trail Design Trail: Deepest Darkest at Jackson Hole Resort Going back to 2011 – where Adaptive Mountain Biking began f...

Trail EAffect Episode 85 Annijke Wade, Adaptive Mountain Biker Annijke Wade Back Story Annijke recounting the day of her injury Going back to Angel Fire where Annijke’s injury occurred Starting to work with Angel Fire for more adaptive access on the mountain Annijke and Snowsports Bowhead and their adaptive mountain bikes Bowhead Reach Learning to ride AMTB Riding at Panorama Resort in BC The purpose for traveling to Canada for the Dunbar Series Annijke Celebrating her Alive Day Engagin...

Trail EAffect Episode 84 Simon French of Dirt Art and Maydena Bike Park in Tasmania Rounds One and Two of the Enduro World Series kicks off in Tasmania for 2023 Simon French Back Story Dirt Art Trail Building Company Maydena Bike Park Story World Heritage Site / Area The History of this site / tourism venture by the Government Hosting National Championships at Maydena Bike Park The Trail Experience at Maydena Bike Park The Planning that went into Maydena Bike Park Permitting and other hu...

Trail EAffect Episode 83 Aaron Peterson from Aaron Peterson Studios Part Two 24 Leeches and the Backstory behind the most important movie Aaron has ever created Featuring Josiah and Isla Narrated by Josiah Climate Change and how Josiah views it Filmed at the Slate Islands in Ontario Canada Josiah’s Story Finishing the 24 Leeches Project 24 Leeches going to Film Festivals and winning awards Aaron's approach to professional work now More Blame Danny discussion The Marji Gesick Experience ...

Trail EAffect Episode 82 Aaron Peterson from Aaron Peterson Studios Part One The Aaron Peterson Back Story How Aaron got into Photography and Videography Changing the Conversation in the U.P. (Upper Peninsula of Michigan) Aaron Quitting his job and going on his own Becoming a stay-at-home dad & work on the house and raise the kids Copper Harbor and the role it played in exposing Aaron to Video A fateful interaction with Aaron Larocque The Three Aaron’s How the movie Cold Rolled about Fat ...

Trail EAffect Episode 81 Caitrin Maloney Doer of Many things Trails and Mountain Biking in Poultney Vermont The Caitrin Maloney Backstory Communication & Science with the Public Transitioning into the Stowe Land Trust as the Executive Director Meeting People where they are in terms of communication The balance of Conservation and Recreation through the Stowe Land Trust 2016 Strategic Conservation Plan for the Stowe Land Trust The Balance of Public / Private Partnership for public access o...

Trail EAffect Episode 80 with Tom "Pro" Prochazka, of Gravity Logic and Former Whistler Bike Park Manager Tom “Pro” Prochazka Backstory How Gravity Logic as a company began Tom is one of the Three original Founders of Gravity Logic Early Years of Gravity Logic and the Evolution of the Bike Park / Bike Park industry Excavating B-line, first Machine Built Trail at Whistler Adding Jumps, which created A-Line at Whistler Becoming More inclusive to all rider abilities / adding more beginner and ...

Trail EAffect Throwback Thursday Sean Leader – Windrock Bike Park Topics Covered: How Windrock turned into a Legit Downhill Park The Sean Leader and Neko Mulally Business Plan Keeping American Downhill Alive Horseface: https://youtu.be/c3wcw_VaF8g Tracks Vs Trails How Suspension technology is driven by DH Racing and testing Schedule of shuttle stops Links: Windrock Bike Park: https://windrockbikepark.com/ Windrock Vlogs and Originals on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCywWFBO-...

Trail EAffect Episode 79 with Brice Shirbach, Mountain Bike Story Teller Under Exposed Series – Pearl iZUMi Port Gamble Washington Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance Birdsboro, PA Berks Trail Works North East / Vermont and the Pacific Northwest Oaxaca, Mexico Pearl iZUMi Athlete Summit Trip Roster of Pearl iZUMi Riders / Athletes Pivot Sight Unseen Guatemala A new perspective on Shared Use Trails Traveling and how Brice pulls this off with a full family Flying vs Driving when traveling ...

The Range Report Volume 5 with Dustin Schiltz and The Rich Drew Dustin Schiltz of drtpdlrs – Giants Ridge and Tioga Recreation Area Giants Ridge perspective from Dustin Compare and Contrast Giants Ridge with Spirit Mtn Progression of Trails at Giants Ridge New Skills Area at the bottom of Giants Ridge Kids Perspective of Giants Ridge New Run – Return to Send’er Trail Conditions at Giants Ridge Tioga Recreation Area Experience Pathfinder Playgound – Best Skills Area in the region accordi...

Trail EAffect Episode 78 with Greg Mazu talking Trail Maintenance and other stuff Catching up with Greg and his travels so far in 2022 Euro Trip IMBA Europe 2022 PTBA Conference in Bentonville Trail Building – Building the next Hometown vs Next Destination Directional Trails Trail Maintenance Do you maintain a trail for your current skill level or how that trail was originally built Trail User Technology has advanced, which allows more distance covered (Hiking, Running, and Riding) How M...

The Ride Series 2022 Update with Rich Drew Early Part of 2022 in the South West The YT Mill Sedona Mountain Bike Festival Bentonville Bike Fest Coming to the Upper Midwest Minneapolis Stop La Crosse, WI Stop The Rest of 2022 for The Ride Series Potential stops back to the Upper Midwest – Late August / Early Sept? Bentonville Stops Back to Dallas Texas Partnering with Trek and Sram YT Mill Give Away YT Jeffsy 6 via The Rich Drew YouTube Channel – Tune in soon! Halloween… More Phoenix, ...