Ethan Edman | OZ Trails Bike Park | 208

For episode 208, we have Ethan Edman, the Director of Trail Construction and Maintenance at the OZ Trails Bike Park. If you want a real understanding of how one of the most anticipated bike parks in the country is coming together, this conversation delivers.

Topics Include:

• Ethan on Gravity Based Bike Parks
• Ethan on his role as the Director of Trail Construction and Maintenance
• Bike parks he’d visited, and the experiences Ethan has learned about them
  • Angel Fire Bike Park
  • Spirit Mountain Bike Park
  • Highland Bike Park
• The value gained from riding and experiencing many different places
• The Chairlift at the OZ Trails Bike Park, and the experience it will provide
  • Discussing different uplift experiences
• Details on the 30 trails that the OZ Trails Bike Park will be opening with
  • Maximizing the 280’ of elevation at the Bike Park
  • The importance of Diverse Trail Experiences that will be offered
• Anticipated Opening of the OZ Trails Bike Park
  • Dialing in operations ahead of opening and training staff.
• Unique characteristics of having a truly blank canvas to create this bike park
• Gravity Logic as the main contractor for the bike park, both for building trails and dialing in operations of the bike park as a business
• Hours of Operation
• Other amenities at the OZ Trails Bike Park
  • Rental Bikes
  • Skills Coaching / Lessons
• How this bike park will cater to new riders from a skills perspective
• Mena, AR Bike Park
  • What Ethan knows about the bike park in Mena, AR
  • How the OZ Trails Bike Park will complement a much larger bike park in Mena
  • The scale of the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas

Closing Comments and Thank You’s

Trail EAffect Show Links:

OZ Trails Bike Park: https://www.oztrails.com/oz-trails-bike-park/

Show Support By:

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Trail EAffect Podcast Website: www.traileaffectpodcast.com

Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services