[TortugaTonta]

so quit yer bitchen about silly bikes and start stackin dirt!

I am still under a foot of snow in spots but I have to get at it. Burn off some cabin fever and get some work out of the way to be ready for may.

 

[TheTruth]

ok Good luck...

 

[pnj]

Berms.

 

[eaterofdog]

Two more weeks til daylight savings time gives me an extra hour to ride after work.

 

[Stoked]

let's do this! pumped to get new stuff going.

 

[jonKranked]

Two more weeks til daylight savings time gives me an extra hour to ride after work.

it's that close? hurray!

 

[Beast]

Two more weeks til daylight savings time gives me an extra hour to ride after work.

You just made my day.

 

[Cru Jones]

Two more weeks til daylight savings time gives me an extra hour to ride after work.

Thank goodness. Changing that was the only positive thing to come out of G-dub's administration...

 

[TortugaTonta]

Cleared the snow off a couple lines today. Tomorrow start working on drainage for deeper bowls

Felt good to be workin on trails. . .

 

[yesimaddicted]

worked for hour and some today, hands feel good to be wrapped around the shovel again

 

[kidwoo]

I'm still skiing. Every time I go try to dig, I end up mud wrasslin. This ****'s gotta stop. Or at least some chicks need to start showing up.

 

[sittingduck]

Berms.

Nice berms!

 

[Flat tyres]

Snows almost gone in Jerz, the last I looked - place didnt hold up to well. looking forward to this years battle. Gotta love it.

 

[rollertoaster]

I haven't ridden in forever. I wonder if my tools are still were I left them in the woods. Hopefully the snow storms are done for the year.

 

[Savage_Animal]

worked for hour and some today, hands feel good to be wrapped around the shovel again

Nice dude. You should hit me up if you need help moving that dirt know what im saying...

 

[yesimaddicted]

day 2-went on 2.5 hour hike looking for new spots

Nice dude. You should hit me up if you need help moving that dirt know what im saying...

yea yea. u d to dig afternoons during the week?

 

[don]

Snows almost gone in Jerz, the last I looked - place didnt hold up to well. looking forward to this years battle. Gotta love it.

Stopped by a spot yesterday and it's holding up ok. I did get a week or 2 in Jan were I could stack and shape but then the snow came. Battle is right. Can't wait tho - need to get stuff up a foot or 2.

 

[MIDigger]

What do you guys do when you can't move the lips and landers further apart because of limited space for the line? My current bigger line is pretty tight and super flowy but all three jumps need about 2ft more gap and I just dont have the ability to make the line longer (runs into neighbors property). I also cannot imagine completely changing the line as i am a solo digger.

 

[Stoked]

What do you guys do when you can't move the lips and landers further apart because of limited space for the line? My current bigger line is pretty tight and super flowy but all three jumps need about 2ft more gap and I just dont have the ability to make the line longer (runs into neighbors property). I also cannot imagine completely changing the line as i am a solo digger.

you could go up with the jump. think spine-like. lip and landing both taller/steeper.

 

[MIDigger]

Yea I've done some of that but the line is so tight that I can't really add any more thickness onto the landers before the line becomes non-flowy. I'm content with how well it rides currently but would love it if they were bigger.

 

[TortugaTonta]

This might not make sense but make a hip landing on the right side of the fist jump and make a left hand banked roller next to the second jump and then a hip back int to the third lander so basically you have the straight set of 3 the way it is but with two big hips separated by a roller next to it. Think, up down, left right not just longer.

Have fun

 

[MIDigger]

This might not make sense but make a hip landing on the right side of the fist jump and make a left hand banked roller next to the second jump and then a hip back int to the third lander so basically you have the straight set of 3 the way it is but with two big hips separated by a roller next to it. Think, up down, left right not just longer.

Have fun

I've kinda done that but am limited because the trails are thru a semi-set of planted pine tree rows. Here is the setup i'm working with.. (first couple are outdated):

 

[pnj]

We are working on a small/tight pump track. It's a hard area to get good pics of but here are a few angles of the same section.

 

[Flat tyres]

Our Jerz stuff is finally almost thawed. Some snow left, lots of grease in the pits, but very promising. Heres what day one looked like, then I returned 2day and slapped up a 6' lip w/ a short gap into an existing lander. On my first run of 2010 I cleaned the line until the last big set, I forgot to pack it the day b4 and all my speed was scrubbed off on the take off, i bailed the bike but landed on it. Im out - Hope to be back riding soon, but walking is gonna be my 1st priority. Good luck to everyone else.

 

[TortugaTonta]

Great weekend for digging in PA. 50's and sun, the snow is almost gone and the dirt is real soft for easy dig and stack. Bbq was smokin for the first time this year, man I miss the ruckus burgers

 

[don]

pnj - love the tight looking layout there You guys in the PNW have beautiful woods too - I also dig seeing the ferns and big trees in the background.

flattyres - bummed about the bail. I saw some tread marks when I stopped by later in the day and was wondering if someone was getting thru. New stuff looks sweeet in person. It will seperate the riders from the kooks.

TTonta - what do ya have planned for this year? Any expansion or just some tweaks to the current stuff? Once we get our spots going - you'll have to take a trip out to Jerz.

 

[DamienD]

yea North West Trails. pics soon

 

[jeepmauler]

haha.......we've been busy....my little dog stands guard

 

[livewakesnow]

is that out at duthie jeff? or hidden somewhere reeeeeeal nice

 

[Stan_Ireland]

No snow in Ireland...just a lack of motivated digging companians

 

[pnj]

haha.......we've been busy....my little dog stands guard

You need help throwing dirt?

 

[TortugaTonta]

TTonta - what do ya have planned for this year? Any expansion or just some tweaks to the current stuff? Once we get our spots going - you'll have to take a trip out to Jerz.

Same general layout. Deeper bowls on everything heading over to the concrete 180 plus some more transfers. Concrete the bowl on the side you guys were shredding. Set up a log ride with a rail on the side for feeble grinds and whatnot. If I have the energy and time dig out a big bowl/pump track kind of thing that will probably get concreted over time.

Plus I am still trying to decide just how realistic the concrete loop/sphere thingy will be. . . .

 

[yesimaddicted]

finished the "sand box"

 

[Flat tyres]

finished the "sand box"

That looks like tons o fun.

 

[yesimaddicted]

That looks like tons o fun.

the spray painted wall broke last night. more digging to come

 

[FR4life.]

Ive been working on a slopestyle-type line at my local spot with lots of switchbacking jumps down a hill. $hits gonna be raw.. Im super excited.

 

[WestCoastHucker]

I've kinda done that but am limited because the trails are thru a semi-set of planted pine tree rows...

dude, you have tons of room, i'm not sure what you are complaining about. our jumps are over twice that tall with half as much room between them and they are flowy as sh!t. seems like your solution is an easy one...

 

[MIDigger]

dude, you have tons of room, i'm not sure what you are complaining about. our jumps are over twice that tall with half as much room between them and they are flowy as sh!t. seems like your solution is an easy one...

So you're saying they need to be much taller and steeper. What are the gap sizes of your jumps? That's the biggest issue is the gaps need to be much longer on mine. Guess I just gotta quit my bitchin and do work this spring Do you have any pics of your trails for reference?

 

[WestCoastHucker]

our gaps vary from about 22 feet to 17 feet. our place started as a small six pack that gradually got bigger and bigger, so we had nowhere to go but up unless we wanted to just tear down the whole line and start over. a lip that shoots you up, will take care of the gap distance issue...
i'll look around for some pix, i know there are a bazillion of them all over the intrawebz..

 

[MIDigger]

I think i'm ultimately faced with a total rebuild of the line. The gaps just aren't big enough. That line was my first ever that I dug myself, so while its fun and flowy, it just leaves something to be desired now. Looking forward to seeing your pics!