Video: Mixed Feelings - Coastal Crew

Oct 11, 2012
by Coastal Crew  
Logging and forestry can be a love - hate relationship in our region. On one hand it’s unfortunate to see our massive forests be mowed down, but on the other hand the hundreds of years of logging have brought us access to so many parts of the mountains we ride around our home turf. Without logging roads we wouldn’t be able to ride even half the zones we make use of on a regular basis, and that applies to a lot of places in the world too. We are able to explore deep into new zones to find unique features to build and natural lines to ride. Through our hikes and time spent in the woods it’s not hard to miss the constant amount of flagging tape on trees, which marks out future cuts. It is easy to ignore the flagging because you never know when a zone will get logged.

Mixed Feelings - Coastal Crew

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In one particular section of forest we spent many man-hours building a variety of features that we filmed for ‘From the Inside Out’. We didn’t get to film all of the features we had built due to injuries, time and weather, so a few lines we left un-ridden, and undocumented. Recently we got word that the zone had become an active logging site so we had to check it out. Unfortunately a new logging road had been plowed directly through the zone we built our features in, leaving them un-rideable, and basically un-repairable.

Mixed Feelings - This zone is now fully logged.

We made use of the last bit of riding we could fit in before we had to say our last goodbye to a zone we put so much effort into. It is bittersweet, but we know when we head into the woods we are on borrowed time, no matter how deep we go, and that we are fortunate to be able to build and ride as we wish.

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92 Comments
  • 38 1
 It must be devastating going back to a trail you've put hard work into to get wright to find it's being logged or destroyed completely!! And that was part of one Sweeettttt trail I would have love to have seen the rest of it!
  • 12 74
flag Angryham (Oct 11, 2012 at 11:41) (Below Threshold)
 grammar nazis, *right
  • 11 1
 Haha sorry hammy I'm on my phone stupid predictive text!
  • 19 28
flag Angryham (Oct 11, 2012 at 11:56) (Below Threshold)
 ah. anyway, they are some mint specializeds!
  • 6 0
 I know love the orange and black one looks sweet!
  • 9 1
 similar thing happened to my trail, except it was burned by a forest fire.
  • 28 3
 @Angryham, capital letters * Ah, anyway. If you're going to be a grammar Nazi, do it right.
  • 4 1
 Powell river my ass...
  • 5 0
 I agree Ty....I don't think it is Powell River. False advertising in the movie?
  • 2 0
 Its further down the coast past roberts creek
  • 2 3
 (first comment) dude i totally share your feelings, one time i was riding a trail that i had ridden many times before with some friends and we were on the trail and didn't know where we were!
  • 3 0
 Ahhh Lruchh.... I think you'll find that's punctuation, not grammar.
  • 2 0
 i know what these guys are going thru my local trails are getting ready for logging went out today and i passed bulldozers building some more skid sites and new roads, its heart breaking. i hope like hell they build more before the logging commences.
  • 1 0
 What is a skid site? I hear that word thrown around a lot when when talking about logging.
  • 2 0
 I think a skid site is a clearing to drag fallen trees now logs up to a clearing to be sorted and loaded!? But I could be wrong Smile
  • 1 0
 lol i had at least 3 local trails... all of them are gone...
  • 1 0
 Ohhh yes. I remember watching a TV show about that. Quite a dangerous job.
  • 3 0
 a skid site is like the main place where the downed trees are dragged to to be sorted trimmed and loaded onto the trucks, basicly a flat platou with off cuts and branches pushed of the side down the hill with a forestery road going thru it
  • 19 0
 " we know when we head into the woods we are on barrowed time."

Damn right and such is life. Make your time worthwhile and make great friends while you are at it. Look back and be happy at the moments you shared.
  • 14 3
 I'm a forestry major in Humboldt, and love building trails and riding in the woods...its an interesting balance because managing the woods is important, but trailwork takes a lot of time! A lot of people don't like the look of logging, but its neccesary. Man, I would love to spend some time in BC...
  • 6 15
flag jcinkits (Oct 11, 2012 at 23:17) (Below Threshold)
 Necessary ? are you kidding ! not sure what planet your on but most logging [ is STILL clear cut ] AND, is NOT necessary, nor is the excessive consumerism that creates the demand for the brainfart 'look of logging'...and as much as i rip DH trails up on the coast [ Mach Chicken etc etc ] i would give it up in a New York Minute if those logging roads were the ONLY access to trails ! i'm sure most of those greedy corporate Dicks have 'Forestry Major' diplomas hung over their office desk too, but most of them couldn't ' manage ' a forest any better than a purposely lit forest fire - i have seen - up close - the ' look of logging ' and it rips your heart out to see a whole mountain side destroyed along with habitats of all the creatures that lived there including irreversible destruction of watersheds, as well as erosion - do us a favor and don't spend time here, your idea of 'managing' the 'woods' sucks.
  • 10 4
 A common response from someone who knows nothing about the industry. Im sure you have no wooden furniture in your house eh???
  • 4 3
 he complains about HOW it's done, not THAT it's done. You can get this wood without destroying the whole environment, but it's the cheaper way if you do so...
  • 2 0
 From a management point of view mountain biking is quite low down the list, especially when it's management objectives are primarily timber production. It sucks but that is just the way it is, you still have far better trails than we do even with living in the mountains...
  • 8 0
 At least they can build and ride in the forests , in Ireland , coillte - government forestry agency have passed bylaws to make it illegal to mountain bike and they won't even meet and talk with us to negotiate some sort of deal that we can use some forests .
  • 5 0
 Yep. Losing the trail you put sweat and tears into sucks, but there are so many miles of forests, and so many amazing building opportunities here - sometimes we don't realize how lucky we are.
  • 2 0
 Dude that f*cking sucks!! I would be lost without my Forrest areas they are the best places to ride! I feel for you man Frown
  • 8 0
 This is happening to my local trails at the moment, the trees were planted to be cut down and have provided years of riding so once all the trees have been cut down and replanted I look foreward to building new trails !!
  • 3 1
 When one of our spots got logged they left it in such a mess there was no opportunity to rebuild there .
  • 5 1
 Mess makes for awesome features. Nothing worse than bland, flat, featureless trails.
  • 6 0
 When I say mess I don't mean ruts , ditches and bomb holes, more like 3 foot of branches and tree stumps.
  • 2 0
 @dfiler really nothings worse then a featureless trail, I could think of a few things.
  • 4 0
 It is so rad how these guys can go out for a day and make a complete video that makes me wanna ride and build! The whole vibe of the video is positive despite the fact the trails are getting smashed. Great work guys, always looking ahead!
  • 3 0
 I would look at this as just a bump in the road for you. Yes, the trail got damaged. But the loggers didn't take the dirt or the rocks. I see it as a clean slate, And now you know that your "borrowed time" will be many years.
  • 3 0
 Another great edit by the coastal crew...If you read this Norbs your showing at the Rmapage really upped your game. it may not have showed it on the results but you sure earned alot of respect from your peers and i think that matters way more then what a few judges think. Keep up the great videos and great riding ...RESPECT!!
  • 4 0
 I'd rather lose my trail than have them torn down because "they are a safety concern." Lost my dirt jumps this summer. Sweet riding. Can always count on the coastal crew.
  • 3 1
 I know this isn't the first time it's been said - and I doubt it will be the last. But man, these guys live THE lives. Such an awesome existence. When you're out there in the middle of your morning shredding trails like that whilst other people are at work. Doing 9-5 office jobs. I know what I'd rather do!
  • 2 0
 I can truly say I have seen all the hard work that goes into those trails in BC. We have an office in RIchmond so I bring my bike for every trip, except in the winter. I get totally spoiled and can't ride for at least a week when I get back to Georgia. On the bright side of logging in BC there is so much to ride there you can always find another place. Or do like one of colleagues does and start building higher on the mountain.
  • 4 0
 clearcuts can be a bitch but they also open up new terrain and new opportunities. Sometimes so-so trails get cleaned up after clearcutting and they're better than ever.
  • 2 0
 The Coastal crew and their trails have given me a lot of inspiring video watching over the years, this is sad news and i know exactly how they feel as i have the same thing happen to me last year. I went back to my old trail yesterday on a xc ride and its like a grave yard, i could just about make out the faint outline of one of the small tabletops...... very sad!

On the plus side tho, these guys being the coastal crew means they will probably use this opportunity and emotion to go out and create another one of their epic trail masterpieces closely followed by a jaw-dropping video edit, which will get me hyped up and make me want to go out and do some trail bashing of my own! Smile
  • 6 0
 "way of the road boys"
  • 4 0
 didn't see em pising in any jugs
  • 1 0
 Sucks to see trails go that way, I remember when I was 17 we had built a big dirtjumping area with a sweet wallride and all.. showed up one day after school to see bulldozers and machinery flattening it for an incoming mining venture. Horrible to see years of work go down the drain in minutes.
  • 2 1
 even more horrible to see the manifestation of forest that took thousands of years to grow go down the drain in minutes
  • 1 0
 jesse you such an idiot,just stop commenting no one want's to hear a spoiled little bitch whine
  • 1 0
 I am 25 now and have been living in BC my whole life. Me and my friends built several trails when we were 12 to 15. All of them are gone because of either logging or houses being built in the area. The gov't is just going to keep plowing down trees to make money
  • 4 0
 Add to my Favorites cause ...Coastal Crew
  • 2 1
 One of our favourite spots is marked for logging also , pretty devastating really to see years of trails gone , they aint gone yet but the access road is now cut in so only a matter of time ...
  • 3 0
 Gotta pay for all that land somehow. Whether it be managing public land or paying taxes on private land.
  • 1 1
 We're still fighting to protect some local trails from logging, and it's coming down to the wire now. Close to $200k and thousands of volunteer hours went into the area, and a big chunk might go *poof*. I'm not anti-logging [where would I get my TP from?], I just wish that there was a bit more balance.
  • 3 3
 you got it ! but unfortunately as long as the 1% is in control with their greedy short sighted little brains, balance to them is all about balancing the books - in their favor -
and the forest be damned .
  • 2 0
 yah fuck all those guys that feed and clothe their children from working in the logging industry,who do they think they are.
  • 2 0
 Woot! 8-hour meeting between trail users, the loggers and the gov't - 50m no-cut buffer zones on almost all trails. Not really a win, but not a loss.
  • 1 1
 @ rideonjon - no, f*ck idiots like you who make dumbass statements : there are other jobs out there to feed and clothe your kids and when all the clear cut is done what about the kids of those kids - or do you think tree planting will provide jobs and actually return the habitat back to normal when untold flora and fauna, lakes and rivers, fish and countless other wildlife from OVER LOGGING and clear cut has destroyed all this ! Next time you make a absolutely stupid comment, try to look at the bigger picture even if it does hurt your brain !
  • 2 0
 It sucks to see trails ripped down but BC and Canada are world leaders in sustainable forest practices, its part of life here on the island.
  • 4 5
 that statement is an ABSOLUTE [ sad ] joke ! and simply not true ! not sure where you got your facts from but Canada is definitely NOT a world leader in stewardship of sustainable forestry - what island are you living on cause it sure as hell isn't any island of consequence - for sure smaller communities have had a stronger voice and outcome for sustainability [ Saltspring, etc ] but generally this province has destroyed untold forest and watersheds and is still attempting to do so - Tamagami is in a life or death struggle as i write this, as is Elphinstone Mountain outside of Gibsons - there is not enough room allowed me here if i were to list the areas in BC that are undergoing decimation with the agenda disguised as a 'progressive economic necessity' The whores in BC government are in bed with anyone on this issue who will pad their coffers and keep them in power - thank god so far their are just enough of those voices against the rape of forest here to slow it down long enough to give some little hope for the future of BC forest and the creatures who inhabit them....sustainable indeed !
  • 3 0
 There are some very poor logging practices still going on the world today, but that doesn't mean that all forest operations are the same. I don't live in BC so I cannot say anything about the regulations there, but I do know many many very good foresters in CA and they do some beautiful work in the woods without the destruction you have seen. REAL sustainable forestry DOES exist.
  • 1 0
 Those guys knew before they even built anything that the area was going to be logged at some point. Thats the whole reason that road was built in the first place. It was built by a logging company...
  • 1 0
 Our local trail had a section clear cut approximately a year ago and we rebuilt it with a lot of cool terrain left behind...by far my favorite section now. No need to throw in the white flag and give up.
  • 3 0
 Its shit when that stuff happens.
  • 4 1
 it would have been so nice to see all the feature ridden!
  • 2 0
 Totally agree with you!
  • 4 1
 Buy "From The Inside Out" and you can see all the features ridden.
  • 1 0
 i did if you read what they are saying in the article you will see why i said that.
  • 2 0
 ya according to what CC was saying is that not all the features made it into From the Inside Out and if you watch the trailer there are features and trail sections that are not in the movie. They probly built some epic lines
  • 3 0
 Everything the costal crew produce looks so good
  • 2 0
 We found our trail destroyed once. Got to be one of the worst feelings. Still, looks like you've got a load more to ride Smile
  • 2 0
 At least in bc your tree lifetimes are like 100 years. In nz we have around a 30 year cycle...
  • 2 0
 Clarification: Native forest in NZ is not logged. Plantation forest (with a 30 year cycle) makes up less than 7% of land area.
  • 1 0
 Wish we could say the same in Oz, old growth native forest is still getting logged in certain areas, in particular, Tasmania. Will be interesting to see what happens now that Gunns has gone belly up.
  • 1 0
 Old growth still gets logged in B.C. too.
  • 1 0
 True native forest doesnt get logged. But most of our tracks are in plantation due to its location, access, and better riding conditions.
  • 2 3
 ive spent 13 year riding my local trail from building it , having my first real crash on it ,and learning how to ride like i do today to only turn up 9 months ago and find that all had suddenly chopped dwn and destroyed. crazy thing is i only rode it 2 days before LEAVE THE FORESTS ALONE U TREE CHOPPING FUCKS
  • 3 0
 looks like one of the blocks i laid out
  • 2 1
 Damn , we got forests here in Cheshire but not as good as bc , shame to see trees go Frown
  • 1 0
 wer in cheshire u from
  • 1 0
 Delamere
  • 2 0
 Love this video and the camera and the bikes that have
  • 2 0
 Fucking filthy riding.....mad respec
  • 2 0
 The pot of gold is at the end of that rainbow !!
  • 1 0
 Nothing is permanent...except for the brain damage I have incurred watching the CC's videos...
  • 1 0
 In a way it is a good thing that the forest gets cleared, they leave behind logs for easy building!
  • 1 0
 thats kinda true dude
  • 1 0
 Qik landing edit at 1:11? Feeling the tunes with this great story of an epic line. Rise above
  • 1 1
 With out logging roads you could still get out there, you just couldn't drive up there. Push or ride your bike into the woods, what a novel concept.
  • 2 0
 so vary true
  • 3 2
 No matter how you look at it, clear cutting sucks. :/
  • 1 0
 I think I love Coastal Crew a bit too much...
  • 1 0
 orange & black demo..........
  • 1 0
 i would hit that rock gap all day too!!!
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