Episodes

The Range Report Volume Four with Giants Ridge and Tioga Recreation Area Giants Ridge Intro with Steve Rahkola How the summer season has been so far in 2022 World Class Golf Courses at Giants Ridge Disc Golf at Giants Ridge Climbing Wall Mesabi Trail Hiking The Burnt Onion Restaurant and other eating options at Giants Ridge Paddling / Water opportunities Lodging in the area Events The Grind Mountain Bike Race Rock the Ridge Concerts Tioga Recreation Area Max Peters, the City Admin...

Trail EAffect Episode 76 with Shannon Casson, Founder of the Desert Dose Women’s Mountain Bike Experinces The Shannon Casson Back Story on how she found mountain biking Shannon’s experience with Seth Godin’s altMBA Reframing Coaching and Coaching Certs Coaching Beginners What the Desert Dose Is Brooke Goudy & the Desert Dose The mental side of mountain biking Creating The Desert Dose Location of The Desert Dose Grand Junction Region Accommodations and Pre-Retreat of The Desert Dose If ...

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 We...

The Range Report Volume Three with Giants Ridge Giants Ridge Intro to Heidi Jo Karlsson / Back Story Camps and Programing at Giants Ridge Little Giants Skills Camp for Kids Intro to MTB Youth Camps Ride Like a GRL (Giants Ridge Ladies) Camps Heidi Jo’s Certifications PMBIA Heidi Jo’s Favorite Place to Ride at Giants Ridge Other Activities at Giants Ridge Closing Comments Links: Giants Ridge: www.giantsridge.com Biketown by Freehub Magazine: https://freehubmag.com/biketown The Range R...

Trail EAffect featuring AMBC Knoxville and the 45 in 45 Fundraising Campaign Intro with Matthew Kellogg What the 45 in 45 is - $45,000 in 45 Days Partnership with the Drop Inn Building 4 new trails for public use Easement for perpetual access by the public Designed by C2 Recreational Consulting Built by Ide Ride Partnership with the Santa Cruz Paydirt Fund Fundraising for Trails that are the build process Leveraging Plans for getting stuff done What the Drop Inn is as a business Camping...

Trail EAffect Episode 74 with Gary Sjoquist Mountain Bike Advocate and Hall of Fame Member The Gary Sjoquist Back Story on how he found mountain biking Becoming and Advocate in Mountain Biking and Cycling in General IMBA State Rep in the early 90’s Contracting with the MN DNR for a bicycle conference Could see that access might become an issue across different public agencies Became a voice for Mountain Biking / published a newsletter called off-road rider Cuyuna evolving into the state of...

The Range Report Volume Two Featuring Redhead Bike Park and Giants Ridge Redhead Bike Park in Chisholm, MN Opening with Jordan Metsa Where Redhead Bike Park is Purpose Built Mountain Bike Trails Rock Solid Trail Contractors Scott Linnenburger of Kay-Linn Enterprises Events 2nd Annual Renegade Trail Run 25k & 5k Trail Run MN Cycling Association H.S. State Championships for 2022 Ride a Trolley Train Around the Bike Park The Chisholm Experience Lodging Camping Dining Mesabi Paved Trail ...

Trail EAffect Episode 73 with Terry Coddington The Terry Coddington Back Story Leadership that he learned while in the U.S. Navy including working with the Blue Angels Bike & Pedestrian Coordinator for Conway, AR Cycle-logical Coaching Skills Coaching Confidence = Speed Transition into NICA League Director for the State of Arkansas Started as Team Director and Head Coach in Conway Arkansas Grew the Conway Team to the largest in the state What NICA does for communities NICA Stories as a C...

Trail EAffect Episode 72 with Adam A. Adams of the Podcast on Podcasting The Adam A. Adams Back Story When Adam got into mountain biking, he’s gone all in What has Adam hooked on Mountain Biking What keeps Adam coming back to mountain biking What Adam got for a mountain bike to get into mountain biking (in 2020) What Adam looks for in terms of a trail experience Adam really wants more trails in more communities Because of Trails… Best shape of his life Better dad More happiness Better S...

The Range Report Volume One featuring Giants Ridge Resort and Cuyuna Trails Giants Ridge Opening Date for Giants Ridge June 3rd, 2022 Rock Solid Trail Contracting on site providing support for trail repairs Registration Opening for The Grind XC Mountain Bike Race About the Grind XC Adventure Ride / Race Short Grind 19 miles Long Grind 36 miles Redhead MNMTB Race Series report from the previous weekend Redhead Trail Conditions Tioga Trails June 4th Planned Opening of the Pathfinder Playg...

Trail EAffect Episode 71 Dustin Schiltz and drtpdlrs The Dustin Schiltz Back Story How a mountain bike coaching certification for his professional life lead Dustin into a totally different direction in life How the genesis of drt pdlrs came to be Loppet Foundation Minnesota as a leader in Mountain Biking Dustin and Enduro Racing / why he likes it Giants Ridge as a venue The Journey of Starting drt pdlrs Where drt pdlrs is going in 2022 All-inclusive adventures Making it easy to get kid...

Trail EAffect Episode 70 James Flatten the Original Flow Farmer The James Flatten Story The Story behind the Original Flow Farmer Starting up Flow Farmer LLC. How James & I met by chance What goes into the trail building process for James Building Free Lunch in Grand Junction / Starting working for Singletrack Trails The first Downhill Trail on BLM Land Working with the Bureau of Land Management When Free Lunch was Built in Grand Junction Trail Building in Salida and other iconic locatio...

Trail EAffect Episode 69 Benji Neff and Giants Ridge Bike Park and Resort Benji Neff Backstory and entry into his role as Director of Mountain Sports at Giants Ridge Resort The Role as Director of Mountain Sports – Winter and Summer Why Giants Ridge got into Mountain Biking / Lift Access Mountain Biking The Giants Ridge Advantage for size and topography Giants Ridge Amenities Lodging Dining Climbing Wall Golf Courses Bike Rental Mountain Sports Academy (Women’s & Kids Camps) Kids Camps...

Trail EAffect Episode 68 Jeff Gannon of Affordable Trail Solutions Jeff Gannon Back Story Building in Arkansas Seeps Access and Planning as the way forward for accelerating building Benefits seen in NW Arkansas Trails Arkansas State Parks / and the State of Arkansas embracing mountain biking Starting Affordable Trail Solutions Trail Building Company Working with the Nature Conservancy for Trail Building Trends in Trail Building according to Jeff Trail Maintenance Limited Volunteers for M...

Trail EAffect Episode 67 Erin Rushing of Trailblazers Erin Rushing Back Story The early years of trails and greenways in NW Arkansas Razorback Greenway The Transformation of Trailblazers Unique common areas in Bella Vista that allowed for trail building and access Greenway Extensions into Bella Vista How Trailblazers develops trails Building the Back 40 Trail System in Bella Vista, AR Diversity of Trail Experiences within the Back 40 with different builders 40 miles of trail built in 9 mo...

Trail EAffect Episode 66 Jeremy P McGhee Part 2 the UNPavement Project Typically, this is where I would drop in a list of all the topics covered during the interview, but this interview is different, much different. Jeremy is a character; an inspiration and Jeremy was extremely open and candid about his life both before he was in an accident and afterwards during this interview. This is a very long interview, which is why it’s been broken into two parts. I encourage everyone to listen to the fu...

Trail EAffect Episode 65 Jeremy P McGhee Part I The UNPavement Project Typically, this is where I would drop in a list of all the topics covered during the interview, but this interview is different, much different. Jeremy is a character; an inspiration and Jeremy was extremely open and candid about his life both before he was in an accident and afterwards during this interview. This is a very long interview, which is why it’s been broken into two parts. I encourage everyone to listen to the fu...

Trail EAffect Episode 64 Aaron Rogers of Rock Solid Trail Contracting Topics Covered: Updates with Aaron and Rock Solid from 2020 to now East Bluff Bike Park Additional Trail Development heading towards the Keweenaw Point Split Rock Wilds, In Northern MN Zone 4 in Bentonville – OZ Trails at Handcut Hollow The World Cup UCI Cyclocross Cross in Fayetteville, AR Worldcup XC Course at the same venue Arkansas State Parks Monument Trails What Aaron has Learned and future trends Trail Hubs Cre...

Trail EAffect Episode 63 Charlie Dundas of Tri State Company Inc Part 1 of the PTBA Sustainable Trails Conference 2022 Topics Covered: The Charlie Dundas Backstory and how he got started in Trail Building How a map from 1914 was pivotal Charlie’s first trail build, the 32-mile Kanawha Trace is 60 years old in September of 2022 Early Tools of Trail Building for Charlie How Charlie got into mechanized trail building with a Gravely Tractor and rotary cultivator The Start of Tri State Compan...

Trail EAffect Episode 62 Rob Reed Mountain Bike Journalist Topics Covered: The Rob Reed Backstory Starting up Arizona Offroad Adventures Getting an internship at Bike Magazine Becoming the Editor at Bike Magazine Transition from Bike Mag to Freelance Journalism and some of the assignments Rob took on Writing Way of the Snowboarder Book How Freelance Journalism paved the way to reviewing high end SUV’s in the mid / late 2000’s A hard left into the Software industry from journalism – Foun...

Trail EAffect Episode 61 CJ Scott the Trail Director for Kingdom Trails Topics Covered: CJ’s Back Story From Intern to Trails Director Early Days at Kingdom Trails on the Trail Crew Relationships / Expansion of trails with Private Land Owners Partnerships within the state of Vermont The Kingdom Trails Trail Experience with magical soils for building and riding The balance of building new trails and maintaining the old trails Over sanitizing trails performing maintenance for sustainability...

Trail EAffect Episode 60 Abby Long the Executive Director for Kingdom Trails Topics Covered: Abby’s Backstory A career in Leadville working for the Leadville Race Series Economic Development through the Non-Profit / Race Series Transition to the Leadville Trail 100 Legacy Foundation The Move back to New England Getting Hired as the Kingdom Trails Executive Director The Mission of the Kingdom Trails 104 Private Land Owners makes up Kingdom Trails Rural and Economic Development and the be...

Trail EAffect Episode 59 Bryce Paden and Flowfeed Topics Covered: Bryce’s backstory and how he got into mountain biking The various business ventures Bryce has been involved with Where the Flowfeed App began Flowfeed, and starting with Trail Conditions as the first problem to solve Data that goes into Trail Conditions on Flowfeed Other Flowfeed features that will available on the Flowfeed Platform Future deployment into other regions – getting the NW Arkansas Region dialed first The sim...

Trail EAffect Episode 58 Brian Kennedy / AKA BKXC on YouTube Topics Covered: Catching up with Brian and the 50 State Shred Extended Stay in Bentonville / OZ Trails The positive impact that OZ Trails is having on the trail industry Riding in various locations while at OZ Trails Riding with Rich Drew and the Ride Series Everstoke – the Why & the proximity to the Lost Sierra Downieville and the Lost Sierra Trail One Components Naming of Components at Trail One Crockett Hills Testing Tra...