Over 18 months ago we first started scouting a new zone that would be an ideal spot to build a fast, flowly jump trail. Inspired by videos of endless trails we started asking ourselves, why doesn't’ that exist around here? We were always disappointed to find these videos were either short runs, or a collection of one off hits that were edited to look continuous. We wanted to build a single trail that we could continue to ride long after we had a shot a video - with that vision in mind we found the perfect zone and started digging….
For the next 18 months, every weekend we carved berms, packed lips and sculpted wood features. Through blistering summer heat, pelting rains and snow flurries, we continued with our progress. With each weekend that passed we neared the day when we would set off with our bikes in hand rather than tools. The end result was a 3 minute descent filled with fast flowy hand built berms, gap jumps and wood features.
It has been a experience to say the least - the building bug bit us hard. The weekend could never come fast enough. Not so we could get in our fix of two wheeled fun, but rather so we could finish a feature or scout the next section. As riders, we often see the end result of a build, but we don’t often get to see the sweat equity that goes into building a new trail. Our goal was to capture a little bit of what building and riding your own creation feels like. This is what one year, and one trail looks like - the building of Loam Line.
Builders: Lyle Warren, Greg Warren, and Clark Cernoia
Riders: Greg Warren and Clark Cernoia
Video: Lyle Warren
Awesome work and dedication. Enjoy that trail.
you can check it out on instagram --> elicgrossmann.mtb
BUT:
after a few seconds watching the video i was like "Noooo way" could this have been possible in Austria (unless you own a forrest or your best friend owns the forrest) because cutting down trees or really just going into somebody's forrest will get you into massive issues with the land owners.
We had a trail and the hunters or whoever started to just slightly cut down our wodden features so you would crash when you go over it... pretty f'ed up but yeah.
Happy for you guys
Until we went up one day to find all the berms wrecked and they'd attempted to pull out the wood from the jumps.
So my comment is about people who wanna destroy stuff which has no impact what so ever on their lives, we dig and build at our local (official) trails in the winter.
So we know about 'picking up a shovel'. We just wanted something of our own, which didn't involve a 40+ min' drive to ride.
Loam is made up of 40% sand, 40% silt, and 20% clay along with a relatively higher level of organic matter (humus) than most other soils.
In other words, its the most desirable soil to have for just about any type of use, including shredding the she-gnar-gnar
Looks like fun.
2nd song - soundcloud.com/dimondsaints/layla-smokestacks-dimond-saints-rework
Do you ever ride Signal Hill by the way? I found an amazing rocky DH-ish trail over there that I used to do often when I was there. The best descend I found in the City Bowl area