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flag goytay
Posted: Jul 4, 2014 at 9:22 Quote
going up tomorrow,anyone up for a ride.
i'll be shuttling with transit.

brian
flag ridingloam
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Posted: Jul 9, 2014 at 14:16 Quote
Why yes, that is Jay Hoots building a pump track and 3 new DJ lines across from the bus loops and Cornerstone building at UniverCity.

Now, before heading down, you can warm up on the pump track, designed for cool transfer options, and then move the the tabletopped DJ's. Grab a drink at Nesters, then head down the mountain for a lap or 3.

Should be done in about 3 weeks. Please DO NOT use the facility at ANYTIME during it's construction. Please respect the work and Jay's equipment.

More Details:

The facility will be a small community-based facility that will include a pump track with a variety of line options and transfers and 3 dirt jump lines - small to large; all table-topped.

The facility will be located directly across from the Cornerstone building and central SFU bus loop where folks have probably stared at a pile of dirt for several years. This future development site is currently home to the "sales centres" for residential home developers at UniverCity and will act in this capacity for several more years. The north portion of this site has been a dirt stockpile.

It has been decided that a better use of this land, until such time as the site is developed as the final mixed-use building at UniverCity, is as a community amenity. As such, over the next 3 weeks, riders and the community can watch Jay Hoots work his magic in the dirt to create a new place to play for the next several years.

Ideally over this time, we will see the asset of such a facility and a permanent home of a similar facility can be found somewhere on the mountain. Until that time, this will be a great resource for riders and families on Burnaby Mountain.

Throw Jay a high 5 if you're passing by, but PLEASE DO NOT RIDE ON THE SITE UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETE.
flag sushifor2
Posted: Jul 9, 2014 at 16:02 Quote
whitehonky wrote:
Why yes, that is Jay Hoots building a pump track and 3 new DJ lines across from the bus loops and Cornerstone building at UniverCity.

Now, before heading down, you can warm up on the pump track, designed for cool transfer options, and then move the the tabletopped DJ's. Grab a drink at Nesters, then head down the mountain for a lap or 3.

Should be done in about 3 weeks. Please DO NOT use the facility at ANYTIME during it's construction. Please respect the work and Jay's equipment.

More Details:

The facility will be a small community-based facility that will include a pump track with a variety of line options and transfers and 3 dirt jump lines - small to large; all table-topped.

The facility will be located directly across from the Cornerstone building and central SFU bus loop where folks have probably stared at a pile of dirt for several years. This future development site is currently home to the "sales centres" for residential home developers at UniverCity and will act in this capacity for several more years. The north portion of this site has been a dirt stockpile.

It has been decided that a better use of this land, until such time as the site is developed as the final mixed-use building at UniverCity, is as a community amenity. As such, over the next 3 weeks, riders and the community can watch Jay Hoots work his magic in the dirt to create a new place to play for the next several years.

Ideally over this time, we will see the asset of such a facility and a permanent home of a similar facility can be found somewhere on the mountain. Until that time, this will be a great resource for riders and families on Burnaby Mountain.

Throw Jay a high 5 if you're passing by, but PLEASE DO NOT RIDE ON THE SITE UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETE.
F*ckin sick!!!!
flag Creegz
Posted: Jul 9, 2014 at 16:07 Quote
Stoked! I'll have to make the trip sometime.
flag Cameron-Quadrelli
Posted: Jul 9, 2014 at 21:37 Quote
This is awesome!! But is it going to be ment for dh/ freeride, or dj/ bmx?
flag goytay
Posted: Jul 9, 2014 at 21:52 Quote
so that what's was going on today!! wondered who was going nuts with the bobcat.
I'll check it out Sat.
flag ridingloam
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Posted: Jul 9, 2014 at 23:27 Quote
Cameron-Quadrelli wrote:
This is awesome!! But is it going to be ment for dh/ freeride, or dj/ bmx?

Not sure what you mean by this.

Most modern design for tabletop DJ lines will accommodate a variety of bikes. The basis for any design is a classic DJ hardtail re: wheelbase and angles. This is the "test bike". If a DJ is built well for a DJ bike or even Slopestyle bike, then it will work for BMX or FS bikes if the pilot is skilled enough. These kind of facilities are not really designed around a big DH bike, but that's not really Burnaby Mtn either. All trails ride as fast, or faster on a shorter travel AM bike.

As for the pump track, they will always work better and faster with a hardtail or DJ bike, but again, under the right pilot, an FS bike can be used and lots of skills can be practiced and learned. The more you can pump any bike, the better rider you will be and the better workout you will get.

This facility is not designed to be "HUGE". It is a community park for UniverCity and is open for all to ride. There will be small (think rollers), medium, and large DJ lines with large being like the large line in the 3-pack at Mountain Air, but not the huge DH line that runs from the top of the park.

Pump tracks are never really "hard" or "huge", but they are as challenging as you make them out to be. Can you really ride it without pedalling? How many laps? How fast? Are you finding transfer lines? Can you run it both ways? So much to do on a pump track. They aren't meant to be huge, but are meant to be hugely challenging for advanced riders and simply easy for beginners.

That said, if there are any non-authorised alterations or digging on this facility, it will be closed permanently immediately. This is a condition of the insurance and liability and this is done voluntarily and entirely at the expense of the master developer for the community until such time as that parcel of land gets developed. Basically, a gift to the community, rather than just a vacant pile of dirt. Treat it with respect, enjoy it, don't dig or alter, and keep it clean, and this resource will be there for a few years.
flag aidanz
Posted: Jul 11, 2014 at 10:25 Quote
Sick cant wait!
flag jonlambofgod666
Posted: Jul 17, 2014 at 19:56 Quote
Yeah!! Hoots is the man!
flag goytay
Posted: Jul 18, 2014 at 14:17 Quote
heading up around 430-445 today,anyone up for a ride?.
flag l8igz
Posted: Jul 22, 2014 at 11:56 Quote
a picture i took of the new bike park
the new bike park on SFU (burnaby mountain)
flag vicejuly
Posted: Jul 22, 2014 at 16:23 Quote
whitehonky wrote:
Why yes, that is Jay Hoots building a pump track and 3 new DJ lines across from the bus loops and Cornerstone building at UniverCity.

Now, before heading down, you can warm up on the pump track, designed for cool transfer options, and then move the the tabletopped DJ's. Grab a drink at Nesters, then head down the mountain for a lap or 3.

Should be done in about 3 weeks. Please DO NOT use the facility at ANYTIME during it's construction. Please respect the work and Jay's equipment.

More Details:

The facility will be a small community-based facility that will include a pump track with a variety of line options and transfers and 3 dirt jump lines - small to large; all table-topped.

The facility will be located directly across from the Cornerstone building and central SFU bus loop where folks have probably stared at a pile of dirt for several years. This future development site is currently home to the "sales centres" for residential home developers at UniverCity and will act in this capacity for several more years. The north portion of this site has been a dirt stockpile.

It has been decided that a better use of this land, until such time as the site is developed as the final mixed-use building at UniverCity, is as a community amenity. As such, over the next 3 weeks, riders and the community can watch Jay Hoots work his magic in the dirt to create a new place to play for the next several years.

Ideally over this time, we will see the asset of such a facility and a permanent home of a similar facility can be found somewhere on the mountain. Until that time, this will be a great resource for riders and families on Burnaby Mountain.

Throw Jay a high 5 if you're passing by, but PLEASE DO NOT RIDE ON THE SITE UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETE.

Is the work complete?
flag l8igz
Posted: Jul 22, 2014 at 17:23 Quote
vicejuly wrote:
whitehonky wrote:
Why yes, that is Jay Hoots building a pump track and 3 new DJ lines across from the bus loops and Cornerstone building at UniverCity.

Now, before heading down, you can warm up on the pump track, designed for cool transfer options, and then move the the tabletopped DJ's. Grab a drink at Nesters, then head down the mountain for a lap or 3.

Should be done in about 3 weeks. Please DO NOT use the facility at ANYTIME during it's construction. Please respect the work and Jay's equipment.

More Details:

The facility will be a small community-based facility that will include a pump track with a variety of line options and transfers and 3 dirt jump lines - small to large; all table-topped.

The facility will be located directly across from the Cornerstone building and central SFU bus loop where folks have probably stared at a pile of dirt for several years. This future development site is currently home to the "sales centres" for residential home developers at UniverCity and will act in this capacity for several more years. The north portion of this site has been a dirt stockpile.

It has been decided that a better use of this land, until such time as the site is developed as the final mixed-use building at UniverCity, is as a community amenity. As such, over the next 3 weeks, riders and the community can watch Jay Hoots work his magic in the dirt to create a new place to play for the next several years.

Ideally over this time, we will see the asset of such a facility and a permanent home of a similar facility can be found somewhere on the mountain. Until that time, this will be a great resource for riders and families on Burnaby Mountain.

Throw Jay a high 5 if you're passing by, but PLEASE DO NOT RIDE ON THE SITE UNTIL THE WORK IS COMPLETE.

Is the work complete?

I think the official opening is tomorrow but ever thing is rideable. My friends said that the buildears had allowed people to ride it before the opening because it is finished
flag aidanz
Posted: Jul 22, 2014 at 20:32 Quote
Great timing on my part to sprain my hand just before opening.
flag vicejuly
Posted: Jul 22, 2014 at 21:57 Quote
l8igz wrote:
I think the official opening is tomorrow but ever thing is rideable. My friends said that the buildears had allowed people to ride it before the opening because it is finished

That's awesome! Now I can just walk to a dirt jump park in 10 mins. instead of driving to Barnet Hwy.

 


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