Donate to the Trails Forever Fund - Keep the North Shore Alive

Nov 18, 2012
by Mike Kazimer  
The North Shore of Vancouver is renowned among mountain bikers for its network of challenging, technical trails. Home to classics like Ladies Only, Expresso and Boogie Man, the Shore is considered by many to be the birthplace of freeriding. But these rock and root filled trails didn't build themselves – a dedicated group of volunteers have invested countless hours of labor into building the North Shore into the world class destination it is today. But although the labor might be free, it still costs money to buy the tools and supplies necessary for trail building and maintenance. It's for this reason the North Shore Mountain Biking Association (NSMBA) is seeking donations to its Trails Forever Fund.

The Trails Forever Fund was created to help ensure the North Shore's trails can be enjoyed for years to come. The NSMBA knows that many mountain bikers are passionate about the Shore and want to give back, but are unable to attend build days due to their busy schedules. Donating to the Trails Forever Fund lets those who can't donate their time donate their money; all funds raised go towards building and maintaining trails. As an added incentive to support this worthy cause, a local citizen has offered to match all donations up to $15,000. This means that even if you can only donate twenty dollars, forty dollars will end up in the Fund.

Even for those who've never made the pilgrimage to the North Shore, a donation today helps make sure the trails will be there when you finally get to visit the place where it all began. To donate or learn more, visit nsmba.ca/trailsforever/.

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37 Comments
  • 108 0
 "As an added incentive to support this worthy cause, a local citizen has offered to match all donations up to $15,000."

Props to this guy!!
  • 28 1
 Truly a rare breed nowadays Razz
  • 10 13
 More like a biking god
  • 2 11
flag Rambo1501 (Nov 18, 2012 at 16:09) (Below Threshold)
 Balls to this guy!
  • 6 1
 what the hell does he do for a living??
  • 3 0
 Does he really need balls...?
  • 1 0
 That's what I'm thinkin' @finnrambo but you truly have to love this sport to offer that kind of donation, but the more donations, the more trails there are going to be
  • 24 1
 I love how big mountain biking is in BC it is truly amazing! I am so lucky to live in such a place!
  • 6 1
 I remember my first time on Fromme, I was there with the Norco Product launch, coming from the east coast of Canada, the trail network left me awestruck. I only wish I could live in North Vancouver to ride these awesome trails day in day out and of course to possibly give a hand to the hard working trail crew.
  • 4 0
 one of my fondest mt .bike memories was a night ride on the shore , cbc to neds (i think) .
i still remember ripping down the road from the top to get to the trail with the city lit up in the background, was surreal .
then halfway down my buddy bailed and broke his light....he ended up riding the rest of the trail between us.
that was over 10 years ago.
gotta get back in 2013.
  • 3 0
 Let's thank all the people who help to keep the trails going. The builders, the stores, the TAP program, NSMB, NSMBA, the trail crews, people who donate time or money and Pinkbike. Let's stop complaining and do something to keep these amazing trails so new riders and our children's children can enjoy these amazing trails.
  • 2 0
 Fair play to all that help. Im a volunteer trail builder for my local bike center, and fully understand the hardship of funding. Were cruelty running very low on funding and volunteers. Yet we see other people making massive amounts of money from our hardwork. I just hope we can find someone like you have to match your donations. I wish you the best of luck with all your plans and keep digging.
  • 5 1
 I'm grateful for my once-a-year pilgrimage. Donation made. Give what you can. Even a tenner is better than nuthin.
  • 3 2
 fromme is great but the other north shore mt, need alittle more love and tlc... cypress and Seymour... cypress is being destroyed by housing projects and no buddy says anything about it they need support and fundraising .. there pushing us all to fromme .. cypress needs mountain biker love or the trails will be killed off like family guy and other great runs.. just sayin
  • 3 0
 cypress does need support but whats wrong with seymour? only thing i can think of is a few ruts here and there
  • 3 1
 Cypress needs support, it's the best of the 3 mountain for DH
  • 2 0
 Seymour is getting quite a bit of work fyi. As for Cypress - its getting work on it to. Just a bit less official and under the radar as we haven't had official sanction to work on trails there. Totally agree that Cypress must be kept as hard as possible
  • 2 0
 if everyone here on PB drank one less beer a week and one less 420 choice we could dig for a year. Cough up some dough riders
  • 3 0
 If the canadian bike part distributors actually charged the same as the US distributors, we could dig for a lifetime.
  • 1 0
 Ill keep my money to invest in our own trail network, believe me I do invest a lot in it. But one thing is for sure, if I ever make it to NS one day, I will support them as much as I can.
  • 4 1
 what about us irish we'd love some money too! Frown
  • 16 0
 you guys have the gold at the end of the rainbow
  • 15 0
 recession took it all :/
  • 1 0
 Rufo ask Bono for gold and cash.
  • 1 0
 i have a DH bike dude is no made 4 peddling i love fromme is the best no shit
  • 1 0
 how long is this going on for?? if there was group incentive ... it may take longer than sooner ... to pool money!
  • 1 0
 If the prices for bikes and parts werent be that ridiculously high i would have enough money to spend on things like this
  • 2 1
 Shut up and take all my money!
  • 2 2
 and charge 10 dls for each car go up
  • 1 0
 Cars can go to Cypress or Seymour. If you can't/won't pedal or hike up Fromme, there is plenty of other trails nearby.
  • 1 1
 and install a pre paid automatic door
  • 1 0
 sure take my money
  • 1 0
 i dont have a ship bike
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