James Flatten The Original Flow Farmer (#70)

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 locations
  • The Dude Abides
  • Hooligan
  • Clients asking for more optional lines with trail construction
  • El Duderino
• Trail Building in Iowa
• Building the Palisade Plunge Trail – Massive Endeavor!
• Bike Parks
  • Building at Powderhorn Bike Park
  • Purgatory Bike Park
• James on the Separation of Trails at Bike Parks for a more family friendly experience #MachStupid
• Trends that James has seen with Bike Parks and in the Bike Park industry
• What James looks for in a Mountain Bike Community
• James and The Flow Farmer LLC Trail Building Company
• Where James would like to see Trail Building go as an industry
  • The hunger for world class riders getting tested on legal world class trails
• The Trail that James is building right now in Bentonville in the Handcut Hollow Zone
• More Trails Close to Home
• Closing Comments by James

Links:

Palisade Plunge: https://www.copmoba.org/palisade-plunge/

The Original Flow Farmer on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/originalflowfarmer/

Powderhorn Resort and Bike Park: https://www.powderhorn.com/explore-summer/about/powderhorn-in-summer.html

Purgatory Bike Park: https://www.purgatory.ski/activities/mtn-bike-uplift/

This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

Trail EAffect Show Support:

Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com

Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com