Trevor N said:
JoshToy said:
Trevor N said:
Well you obviously have never spent a lot of your time working on a set of trails.
The last thing you want is a bunch of kids with dirt scooters rolling in and casing every single jump. Then the crew spends over an hour fixing the jumps just to have kids that wreck everything show back up.
So don't talk shit about something you don't know about.
Woooord. I hated having to fix jumps when people visted my trails while I wasn't there. And I put a lot of work into making my trails smooth, can't stand bumpy runways and packs. Whenever some random would tag a set at my trails, and I was there. My local buddies and I would yell "FIX IT!" And literally wait until he patched in his rut correctly before we'd ride again.
I miss building. And having people help me build.
Good man. I am glad you can empathize with this.
I have to start building all over again because this last week my local jumps got plowed.
I was really bummed.
Yeah, man. My trails got plowed every Sept. or Nov. They plowed them once a year, whenever they took out the overgrowing grass and tumbleweeds. I hated it because one day I would ride, next day come back and they would be plowed. I had to think of it in a positive way and say that it was a chance at building something even better every time. I guess I was just lucky they only plowed once a year, most trails in my area were gone in weeks. One of the best spots was down the train tracks from mine, and they turned the spot into a parking lot. Then those builders setup the infamous "Backyard" trails that were super popular for pros to ride. Now that land was bought out and is being used for gardening and crops, haha.
I noticed your picture is at Fullerton Skatepark. I assume you ride at St. Jude Trails?! My buddy David made the original jumps right down the hill behind the tennis ball courts. Then he stopped riding, we went back a couple years later and people started building more to them, before they got plowed and the riders/builders moved down the hill to the trees.