Gamut At Home: Simon Silver Shreds in Santa Cruz - Video

 A lot of companies have and are contributing to the Santa Cruz scene. Hopefully it continues to grow. But more important than corporate money is actual local riders ACTUALLY doing something to help. Showing up to meetings town halls, voting, etc. That's where the changes are going to happen.

I'm pretty sure EVERY santa cruz based mtb company is kicking down dough and/or doing dig days.

 Well I didn't know it was an illegal trail until you said anything. I'm guessing the people at Gamut didn't either. For someone who's never ridden it, how am I, or anybody else that's never ridden it, supposed to know it's an illegal trail? Could've be on someones private property for all I know.

 Duh, isn't every trail on public land that looks like this one in the Santa Cruz area "illegal" in the sense of not authorized and therefore in violation of a "stay on authorized trails" rule? It seems rough to bash Gamut for this, or for being a "corporate entity"; they are a very small company, a few bike nut engineers basically.

My main comments on the video -- I can't get comfortable with this level of steeps and the deep-powder-style braking technique required to control speed. Probably never will. It looks cool though. And hard to tell from the video what Gamut is selling (chain guides? pedals?).

 @jfloren: Indeed I do not mean to bash Gamut specifically, I could have done a better job wording that post for sure. I also didn't expect this comment to be prevalent (near the top) of the comments section. With the current climate of trail access in our area though I can't help but express discontent. I know Gamut is small and in no way do I expect them to spearhead advocacy.

As @onemanarmy pointed out, the onus is on us, the mtb community, to drive for change. That being said, money talks. Just ask the handful of horseback riding rich folks that have widespread access to singletrack that we have built. Bike companies bring jobs, tourism, etc -- read: money, to the table. I'm not asking for a check from them but a loud voice, would be more than enough.

 Not legal and should not be ridden of filmed for that matter.

 @grantlacey: If you could go ahead and name all of the trails he is riding and the builders and provide maps too that would be great! Publicity and naming stuff makes it tough for the folks trying to expand access...but hey, you get two brownie points for knowing a tiny bit of something...illegal trails are just that.

 @nicolai12: No one new that until you decided to say something

 @Barelam21: What negative comes from the expressing the reality of it? We don't deserve unlimited access because we want it. Plus, everyone who rides it, knows there could be some form of LE waiting at the bottom of hw9. Demo forest is just around the corner.

 @grantlacey Supplementing Strava (who makes $ of our data), media plays a big role in influencing how land managers, LE etc. make decisions - the data in the form of this stuff is powerful and important to note. As @Photosyn stated we need to play according to the rules and if so we have a chance at expanded access. Please be respectful and refrain from jeopardizing near future plans to expand riding options in SC county.

 @nicolai12: Pretty sure that legally it can not be filmed. You're required to get permission to film and I guarantee you they did not get permission to film there.

just saying.