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3 FREERIDE SOLUTIONS

4 FREERIDING- a style of mountain biking that celebrates the challenges and spirit of technical riding and downhilling. The North Shore B.C. CANADA

5 Trends in the Evolution of Freeriding The Test Site, Tamarack IDAHO

6 TECHNICAL X-C TRAILS Dragon s Back, Gwydr,, WALES

7 ELEVATED TRAILS CBC Trail,Vancouver, CANADA

8 TRIALS Pt. Moody Skills Park, BC

9 BMX Babes On Bikes, girl s BMX team, Boise ID

10 FULL SUSPENSION Rutabega Rock, Whistler CANADA

11 DOWNHILL RACING Marla Streb,, Les Gets World Cup DH, FRANCE

12 FREERIDE EVENTS Red Bull Challenge, UTAH

13 JUMP PARKS The Test Site, Tamarack IDAHO

14 35 New Freeride Centers in North America, Europe and Australia Finale Ligure,, ITALY

15 The Flydown Finale Ligure,, ITALY

16 The Flydown Finale Ligure,, ITALY

17 Unauthorized freeride trails are also growing worldwide Track 72, Cascade Brewery Estate, TASMANIA

18 potentially threatening mountain bike trail access. Dalby Forest, ENGLAND

19 Many of the same solutions we have created for traditional mountain biking can be used for freeriding Glen Jacobs, DH Course Designer Cairns, Australia

20 Several new trails, freeride zones and downhill courses have developed in Cairns since our first IMBA visit. World Cup XC Course, Cairns AUSTRALIA

Freeriding and Risk Management: 15 Steps to Success 1. Be Aware of Social Issues 2. Partnerships and Communication 3. Shared Use or Single Use 4. Local Liability Laws 5. Understand Related Case Law 6.

21 Freeriding and Risk Management: 15 Steps to Success 1. Be Aware of Social Issues 2. Partnerships and Communication 3. Shared Use or Single Use 4. Local Liability Laws 5. Understand Related Case Law 6. Provide for Skills Progression 7. Place Technical Features Mindfully 8. Utilize Trail Filters 9. Provide Optional Lines 10. Adequate Fall Zones 11. Follow Construction Guidelines 12. Inspection and Maintenance Log 13. Effective and Concise Signage 14. Risk Management 15. Be Prepared to Give Answers Ka ahumanu,, HI

22 1. Be Aware of Possible Social Issues Wa ahila Ridge, Oahu HI

23 Consider affect freeride zone will have on neighbors, other trail users and the land. Olinda Endangered Species Propagation Facility

24 2. Build Partnerships and Communicate Pt. Moody Skills Park, BC

25 Pt. Moody Skills Park, BC

29 3. Determine Shared Use or Single Use Mathew Winters, Jeff-Co

30 Mathew Winters, Jeff-Co

31 Single-use trails Glentress,, SCOTLAND

32 Single-use Freeride Zone: Abandoned Rock Quarries Mine Dumps Ski Resorts Vacant Lots Beneath overpasses Accessible by bike from town Areas already disturbed

33 4. Understand Local Liability Laws Snowboard Terrain Park, Keystone CO

34 Freeride Park, Keystone CO

35 5. Understand Related Case Law Risk The relationship of the trail user to the dangers involved of traveling through a uncontrolled environment. The level of legal exposure incurred by land managers for providing access to recreational trail users.

36 Recreational Use Statutes

37 Assumption of risk and perception of risk Low skill, low risk, high level of duty of care.

38 Duty of Care Foreseeable Hazards

39 6. Provide for Skills Progression The Test Site, Tamarack IDAHO

40 The Test Site, Tamarack IDAHO

41 The Test Site Tamarack, ID

42 The Test Site, Tamarack IDAHO

43 The Test Site Tamarack, ID

44 Titleist Down, Tamarack, ID

45 Tamarack,ID

46 7. Place Technical Features Appropriately Tumbarumba,, AUSTRALIA

A. B. C. Existing Natural Features Enhanced Natural Features Constructed Technical Features Existing features, found in nature. No human manipulation. No imported or man- made materials.

47 A. B. C. Existing Natural Features Enhanced Natural Features Constructed Technical Features Existing features, found in nature. No human manipulation. No imported or man- made materials. Examples: Rock outcropping Talus field Slick Rock Rock garden Exposure Fallen Log Manipulation of materials found in nature. No imported or man- made materials. Examples: Log-pyramid Log rides Drop-offsoffs Boulder causeway Creation of structures using imported &/or man-made made materials (ie.. lumber, nails, screws, etc.) Examples: Ladder bridges Teeter-totterstotters A-frames

48 A. Existing Natural Features: Rock Outcropping

49 B. Enhanced Natural Features: drop off with chock stone

50 C. Constructed Technical Features: Teeter-Totter Totter Mansfield Outdoor Center, Ont CANADA

51 8. Utilize Trail Filters The Big Smooth, BC

54 9. Provide Optional Lines SIMBS Trail, Victoria BC CANADA

55 Creating Optional Lines Creating Optional Lines Challenging option. Primary trail.

56 Enhanced Natural Features: : Log-pyramid Shawnee Ntl Forest, Illinois

57 Enhanced Natural Features: : Log-pyramid Shawnee Ntl Forest, Illinois

58 Enhanced Natural Features: : Log-pyramid

59 Enhanced Natural Features: : Log-pyramid Shawnee Ntl Forest, Illinois

60 Enhanced Natural Features: : Log-pyramid

61 Enhanced Natural Features: : Log-pyramid Shawnee Ntl Forest, Illinois

62 Enhanced Natural Features: : Log-pyramid

63 10. Provide Adequate Fall Zones The Skills Park, Tamarack ID

64 Fall Zone Fall Zone Fall Zone Technical Trail Feature Clear potentially hazardous objects from all areas where riders may fall (Fall Zone).

65 11. Follow Construction Guidelines The CBC, Vancouver BC

66 Wooden Structure Construction DO: Do use rot-resistant resistant lumber. (cedar, cedar, locust, pressure-treated, etc.) Do de-bark lumber. Do use screws / bolts. Do cut runners square with stringers. Do add texture & traction with saw-cuts, rustoleum, sand. Do build solid supports out of lumber or rock. DON T: Don t use shoddy materials. (skids, pallets, soft woods) Don t use rotting materials. Don t use nails. Don t extend runners past stringers. (piano key, levers) Don t use chicken wire, shingles, roll-roofing. roofing. (more maintenance & liability) Don t nail to live trees.

67 Don t extend runners past stringers. (piano key, levers) Do cut runners square with stringers.

68 Do build solid supports out of lumber or rock.

69 Don t use chicken wire, shingles, roll-roofing. roofing. (more maintenance & liability) Do add texture & traction with saw-cuts, rustoleum,, sand.

70 Do de-bark lumber.

71 Do use rot-resistant resistant lumber. (cedar, cedar, locust, pressure-treated, etc.) Don t use shoddy materials. (skids, pallets, soft woods) Do use screws / bolts. Don t use nails.

72 12. Develop an Inspection and Maintenance Log Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield Beach, FL

73 Club Mud Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield Beach, FL

74 Quiet Waters Park, Deerfield Beach, FL

75 13. Develop an Effective Signage System Keystone Freeride Center, Keystone CO

76 14. Designate a Risk Management Coordinator Keystone Freeride Center, Keystone CO

77 Keystone Freeride Center, Keystone CO

78 15. The Final Step: Be Prepared to Give Answers Whistler Bike Park, BC

79 Insloped turns Sterling Lorence Photo A-line Trail, Whistler BC

80 Roll-able jumps used as grade reversals Sterling Lorence A-line Trail, Whistler, BC

81 Sterling Lorence Photo A-line Trail, Whistler, BC

82 Innovation, passion and commitment Whistler Bike Park, B.C. CANADA

85 Existing Natural Features

87 The Boogie Man, BC

88 Man-made Technical Features

9. APPENDICES Disciplines of Mountain Biking

9. APPENDICES Disciplines of Mountain Biking 9. APPENDICES 9.1. Disciplines of Mountain Biking Cross-country Cross-country mountain biking is the oldest discipline within the sport and is analogous to cross-country running or skiing. It involves