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Ahhh man could I rant for a while on this one. But I will just say this:
1.)Bridges suck!!! The number one way to piss a land owner or Forest Service off is to build bridges. They look intimidating to viewers and generally require the distruction of trees to help build them. They were a major reason behind those trails in Colorado Springs getting shut down and now our only front range DH spot is gone because of them too. Don't bother with them, they're not even fun and they look dumb too.
2.)Be respectful!!! A land owner gives you minimal stipulations to use his property at no charge and you can't even abide by that? C'mon! I understand that the people that were building those bridges were responsible for securing the site anyway and without that we wouldn't have had the time we did on it, but when you do something like this, you not only lose a spot for yourself and all of us but you put yet another black eye on our portion of the sport. Think!
3.) Finally, I am utterly disgusted that the people that were supposed to be the voice for colorado downhillers a couple of years ago(remember the CDCC) are the same people(for the most part) that have lead the charge in building poor trail on the two most recent shut down spots. It's no wonder we are in the state with our trails that we are.
That's all I have to say. It was good while it lasted and ultimately I would hope that our local downhillers would learn from this and stop building stuff that land owners don't want them to. However, ultimately I know some goon is going to show up and build bridges on the next good spot that pops up so what can I do but sit here and rant. This industry makes me frustrated to say the least.
Ahhh man could I rant for a while on this one. But I will just say this:
1.)Bridges suck!!! The number one way to piss a land owner or Forest Service off is to build bridges. They look intimidating to viewers and generally require the distruction of trees to help build them. They were a major reason behind those trails in Colorado Springs getting shut down and now our only front range DH spot is gone because of them too. Don't bother with them, they're not even fun and they look dumb too.
2.)Be respectful!!! A land owner gives you minimal stipulations to use his property at no charge and you can't even abide by that? C'mon! I understand that the people that were building those bridges were responsible for securing the site anyway and without that we wouldn't have had the time we did on it, but when you do something like this, you not only lose a spot for yourself and all of us but you put yet another black eye on our portion of the sport. Think!
3.) Finally, I am utterly disgusted that the people that were supposed to be the voice for colorado downhillers a couple of years ago(remember the CDCC) are the same people(for the most part) that have lead the charge in building poor trail on the two most recent shut down spots. It's no wonder we are in the state with our trails that we are.
That's all I have to say. It was good while it lasted and ultimately I would hope that our local downhillers would learn from this and stop building stuff that land owners don't want them to. However, ultimately I know some goon is going to show up and build bridges on the next good spot that pops up so what can I do but sit here and rant. This industry makes me frustrated to say the least.