Peter Mills of Elevated Trail Design - 170 For Episode 170 we have Peter Mills the owner of Elevated Trail Design as our guest. Elevated Trail Designs is a PTBA Member Company that is based out of the Ashville, NC Region. Peter is a lifelong mountain biker and trail builder that is responsible for some of the newest yet most notable trail projects in the greater Ashville Region and beyond.     Trail EAffect Show Links: Elevated Trail Design: https://www.elevatedtraildesign.com/ Elevated Trail Design on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elevatedtraildesign Chestnut Mountain Nature ..read more

Toby Cortez / Bogue Chitto State Park / Mountain Biking in Louisiana 169 For Episode 169 Toby Cortez is our guest – Toby is one of the masterminds behind the mountain bike trails at Bogue Chitto State Park located in Louisiana. Toby drops a ton of knowledge on this episode, through some incredible stories about how Bogue Chitto came to be, cutting through the red tape that comes with making a trail system reality and what’s in store for the future.   Trail EAffect Show Links: North Shore Off-Road Bicycle Association: https://www.norbatrails.org/ Bogue Chitto State Park: https://www.lastat ..read more

Loam Pass with Rob Brown and Joey Foresta - 168 For episode 168 we’ve got Rob Brown and Joey Foresta – Co Founders of the Loam Pass. The Loam Pass is your North American Gravity Bike Park Pass, and its brand new for 2024. Rob and Joey Teamed up to create the Loam Pass, and it launched in March with 30 resorts and shuttle services, with additional locations cued up to land on the Loam Pass in the near future. Tune in to learn more about the Joey, Rob, the Loam Pass, along with some bonus racing conversations near the end.   Trail EAffect Show Links: Loam Pass: https://www.loampass.com/ &nb ..read more

Women in Trail Building at the 2024 Professional Trail Builders Association Sustainable Trail Conference 167 At the end of day one during the 2024 Professional Trail Builders Association Sustainable Trails Conference Martha Becton took over as host of the Trail EAffect Podcast. Martha brought Erin Amadon, Rebekah Morrisson, and Addie Clayton onto the show to have an open conversation about Women in Trail Building. A Huge Thank You goes out to these four Women for recording this conversation, and a special Thank You goes out to Martha for being the host!   Trail EAffect Show Links: Martha ..read more

Hansi Johnson on the Rise of Upper Midwest Mountain Biking and more! 166 Hansi had a front row seat, and sometimes took control of the wheel when it comes to the rise of mountain biking in the Upper Midwest. He’s got some incredible stories, which set the stage for what we know as some of the best mountain bike and trail communities around. Topics Include: The Driftless Region How Hansi got hooked up with IMBA Duluth, MN Cuyuna, MN The Iron Range in MN Copper Harbor MI Aaron Rogers The MN Land Trust Hansi’s Famous Failure Closing Comments and Thank You’s Trail EAffect Show Links: MN Land Tru ..read more

Preston York – Owner / Operator of FlowMotion Trail Builders 165 Preston brings a ton of machine and trail building knowledge to this conversation. Stay tuned all the way to the end, as Preston drops one of the wildest stories heard on Trail EAffect. Topics Include: How Preston got into Mountain Biking Various career tracks that let Preston to Trail Building Preston on Rich Edwards Equipment and the various machines that Preston uses Machine Built, yet Handcut style of trail building Attention to detail The style of trail that Preston likes to build the most Coldwater Mountain The Coldwater E ..read more

Mountain Biker and Trail Builder the Infamous Randy Spangler 164 Randy has done and seen more than most in the world of mountain biking and trail building. Randy shares some pretty epic stories from the road and from his hometown during this conversation. Topics Include: How Randy got into mountain biking Working with Missy Giove at Walden’s Ridge during design The Drop In Mountain Bike TV Series Riding in New Zealand Randy having a front row seat for the evolution of purpose-built mountain bike trails Riding Story from the Philippians (thanks to Tony Boone for the tip on this story) Getti ..read more

Gary Moore, Gil McCormick and Chris Winn – COMBA – Colorado Mountain Bike Association 163 We are back with a Non-Profit Trail Organization this week, featuring COMBA, The Colorado Mountain Bike Association. We have Gary Moore, the Executive Director for COMBA, Gil McCormick the Trails Program Director for COMBA, and Chris Winn the Communications and Marketing Manager for COMBA. Topics Include: How these three got into mountain biking and trails How COMBA Began Hiring Staff at COMBA The region that COMBA covers COMBA’s Focus on Trails Trek Trails at Virginia Canyon More about the Trek Foundat ..read more

Dafydd Davis - A Pioneer in Trail Planning and Design, based out of Wales 162 Dafydd might be the most impactful mountain bike trail planners and designer period. His thoughtful approach to trail planning and design has resulted in trail experiences that were decades ahead of their time in Wales, which eventually spread throughout the world. You’d think the topics we discussed and Dafydd’s concepts were rather new, but he started this approach in 1994, 30 years ago. Dafydd’s concepts have also be studied and implemented by many other trail planners and designers, and are still extremely releva ..read more

Sean Benish – Trail Builder Magazine / Loam Coffee 161 Episode 161 will be a bit different than most shows as this was a last-minute idea to hop on Zoom Call with Sean Benish. Sean is the person behind Trail Builder Magazine, Loam Coffee, and a whole lot more. I didn’t really have any topics for this conversation so we just went with what popped into our heads.       Trail EAffect Show Links: Trail Builder Magazine:  https://www.trailbuildermag.com/ Loam Coffee: https://www.loamcoffee.com/   Episode Sponsor - Coulee Creative: www.dudejustsendit.com https://www.couleecr ..read more