IMBA Publishes Freeride Guide With Support From Rocky

The spring edition of IMBA's newsletter focuses entirely on freeriding and challenging trails. This growing segment of mountain biking has emerged as a major topic for land managers, riders and IMBA.The special issue features a dozen articles, including a list of
freeriding areas, IMBA's position on freeriding, a look at freeriding pros and cons, and new resources to help create freeriding areas and technical trails.

IMBA corporate member Rocky Mountain Bicycles sponsored the Freeride Guide, and an expanded freeriding section of the IMBA website containing new resources, advice, and trailbuilding techniques.

The Freeride Guide was mailed to IMBA members in mid-March. Hard copies are available by contacting info@imba.com and a PDF version can be downloaded from IMBA's website. The expanded freeriding section of the IMBA website is located at www.imba.com/resources/freeriding.


IMBA's leadership role in freeriding goes well beyond publishing the
Freeride Guide. Both Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews and the fee-based IMBA Trail Solutions program have helped develop new freeriding areas, dirt jump parks, and technical trails. IMBA-affiliated clubs around the world are creating new freeriding areas as well.