July 19, 2022
Greg Mazu of Singletrack Trails on Trail Maintenance and other stuff (#78)
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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 Maintenance from a cultural perspective generally speaking maintenance goes largely ignored
- How to potentially include maintenance into new build contracts or education into new build contracts
- Improvements within the Trail Building industry that has helped reduce the level of maintenance
- E-Bikes and Trails
- Back into the Pay to Play model
- Funding for Trails and Maintenance
- Various states and how they fund their non-motorized trails
- Ideas for various ways to capture trail use donations
- The Future of Mountain Biking is not the Bike, but rather the trails (Adam, owner of Revel Bikes)
- Not having cool trails where you live makes you want to travel places
- Quality vs Quantity of Trails / Directional Trails
- Maintenance is the Future of the Trail Building Industry
- Trail Maintenance on TicToc?
- A panel of people to discuss the top 5 trail systems in the county with Tequila…
- Closing Comments
Links discussed in the show:
Singletrack Trails: https://www.singletracktrails.com/
Tools for Trails: https://toolsfortrails.com/
Backslope Tools: https://www.backslope.tools/
This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services
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