Donate to the Scottish Trail Fund & POW UK for a Chance to Win a Limited Edition Stumpjumper Evo [Ends Tuesday 15th]
Last few days to support trails in the UK for a chance to win a very special Soil Searching Limited Edition Stumpjumper Evo!
Since the release of the film ‘Winds of Change’, Manon Carpenter and “Specialized” Soil Searching have been raising money to support mountain bike trails in Scotland through the Scottish Trail Fund, which is managed and promoted by Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland, and systemic action on climate change to protect the outdoor spaces we love with Protect Our Winters UK. The raffle ends at midnight on Tuesday 15th August so don't miss this chance!
Click to donate for a chance to win a Soil Searching Limited Edition Specialized Stumpjumper Evo:
For every £5 donation, you will earn one chance to win this very special Soil Searching Limited Edition Stumpjumper Evo. Only 70 of these unique bikes exist in the world and are exclusively for trail advocates and fundraisers. Each entry increases your chance at winning and proceeds will be divided equally between the Scottish Trail Fund and Protect Our Winters UK. This raffle is open to anyone of age 18 and over living in mainland Great Britain.
What is Winds of Change and why are we raising money?
Winds of Change is a film which highlights the impact of severe storms, which hit the UK in the winter of 2021-22, on mountain biking communities, and the huge recovery effort to re-establish access to their highly valued trail network. The film explores how these communities are adapting to a more extreme climate in an effort to secure resilient trails, and landscapes for the future.
Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland played a key role in helping re-establish trails lost through storm damage, and continues to support the growing number of trail associations across Scotland. Unique in the UK, Developing Mountain Biking in Scotland is an organisation that supports the sustainable growth of mountain biking across all areas of the mountain biking community, and we hope that one day similar initiatives will spread into other countries of the UK, to help the many existing groups who are working to support mountain biking into the future.
Protect Our Winters UK is a charity which focuses on achieving systemic solutions to climate change, and works to help our passionate outdoor communities join this mission and become effective climate advocates. Through education and empowerment of individuals, close work with outdoor businesses, and engaging directly with policymakers, Protect Our Winters UK is pushing hard to get our voices heard and protect the places we love.
Winds of Change is a Specialized Soil Searching film directed by Manon Carpenter and Tommy Wilkinson, produced by DWACO content studio who are based in Northumberland National Park, situated a few hundred yards below Simonside, a forest massively impacted by the storms.
Soil Searching is the global trail advocacy program at Specialized Bicycles to recognise, celebrate and support the unsung heroes of mountain biking - the trail builders, advocates and activists who shape our trails and our stoke. Soil Searching’s primary goal is to ensure the health of our trail ecosystem and the future of mountain biking.
Photos by Sam Saskia Dugon
With thanks to Trail Collective North Wales & co, who themselves lost trails during Storm Arwen, for the awesome trails!
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Opportunities for people to get outside into nature is super important, and helps rural communities who want to welcome tourism (from near as well as far). With some imagination, which is happening already, this can be done more sustainably too.
To see action on climate change, we need all the help we can get. I welcome bike brands stepping up to support and talk about this, and I’d love to see more people on bikes advocating for action on climate change - and getting out to vote accordingly.
Climate change is and will always be an on going battle as long as there are wealthy western people and 90 % of them don’t care .
Agree manufacturing has a lot of room for improvement, and bike brands are working on ways to do this (POW UK has included a number of bike brand strategies in their latest report). All the more reason to keep the conversation alive to see a difference faster!
Yes defo , all the eco warriors with E cars think lithium drops out of the sky
Bike manufacturing is a tiny portion of Far Eastern manufacturing in general .
Being eco building bikes won’t stop climate change . The biggest polluters don’t ride bikes .