I live in North Vancouver BC and I was one of the very first people to be mountain biking. I built the very first trail on the North Shore and I invented many iconic trail features. I was the first person to make ands sell a mountain biking movie over twenty years ago. I also co-created the North Shore Mountain Bike Association to protect our trails we worked so hard on.
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Building for the Masses |
A Continuing Journey |
When I first started building it was just me and a few other people riding my trails so sustainability was not a factor in my builds. Nowadays however, Vancouver is a mountain biking hotspot where millions of people come each year so it's safe to say my trails get some traffic. Currently I am building my trails to last, armoring them, adding rocks and wood so people can continue to enjoy them every year.
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Even after 30 years of trail building and film making I am still going strong. I am volunteering my time on trails that I built long ago to keep them running strong. In my free time I work on other projects. Currently, I am even working on making a book which is a new chapter for me. I have zero experience but my goal is to tell the evolution of the North Shore and show some of my inventions to the world.
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