Anyone know the link (if it exists anymore) to the St. Edwards/Finn Hill tribute video that some guys made a few years ago? Back when there were doubles, drops, ladder work, etc at St. Edwards.
Old Tribute to Finn Hill/St. Eds video
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It's actually possible that I have that video saved somewhere. I used to save all the videos to watch again... If I remember I'll look tomorrow and see if it's on my external harddrive, and if it is I can upload it, if it isn't still online somewhere.
That would awesome if you had it. I still ride there, and I can never quite put into words how great that place used to be when I talk to other about it. The video was awesome, and highlighted the glory days when you could go to St. Eds and actually learn how to freeride or dirt jump, if you had never tried it before.
That would be sweet. The BBTC (or it's new name) are the ones that do the upkeep there anyway. Closing the park just means we have to piss in the woods.
But really, should parks be the first thing they cut? That's just lame.
But really, should parks be the first thing they cut? That's just lame.
I think it's just the pool that will possibly close, not the entire park.
I ran out of time and didn't search for it today. I'll try to remember in the morning.
I may have found the video, but first I need to ask something since I'm not local to there and haven't heard talk of the place for a long time, but was (or is) 76 another name for Finn Hill? One video I have has the filename "finnhill" and it starts with the text "76 will be missed."
If this is the video, I'll post it.
If this is the video, I'll post it.
I grew up riding there, and I still ride there at least once a month. I remember riding my first ladder and teeter totter there on my Costco Mongoose MGX bike
. I could love to be able to hit up dirt jumps or freeride stuff, it's too bad there is absolutely nothing anymore.
. I could love to be able to hit up dirt jumps or freeride stuff, it's too bad there is absolutely nothing anymore.
yes it is. those jump lines were sweet!!!
I had another one called '76 revisited' so I uploaded that too, as the second link below:
http://www.esnips.com/doc/f885b255-f34a-4380-b15d-2870333c9a2e/finnhill
http://www.esnips.com/doc/db88a602-909e-4c98-9783-f460c75681d2/76_revisited
http://www.esnips.com/doc/f885b255-f34a-4380-b15d-2870333c9a2e/finnhill
http://www.esnips.com/doc/db88a602-909e-4c98-9783-f460c75681d2/76_revisited
Thanks for the videos! Those are not the tribute videos I was referring to, but those are similar. The dirts jumps in your videos used to be down the road from St. Eds/Finn Hill, right next to a fire station. They dozed those jumps around the same time that they ruined all the ladders, dirt jumps, drops, logs rides, teeter totters, etc. at St. Eds/Finn Hill. I think that was back in 2003-2004?
Back then, there was a very regular crew of kids (14-16yr old?) that did most of the work. They went off to work or college, the year after the county (or city) tore down everything, so there was no one around to build it back up. Some of those guys made a real nice tribute video, and posted it on there personal website that was devoted to mountain biking I think. That was probably more than 5 years ago now...
Back then, there was a very regular crew of kids (14-16yr old?) that did most of the work. They went off to work or college, the year after the county (or city) tore down everything, so there was no one around to build it back up. Some of those guys made a real nice tribute video, and posted it on there personal website that was devoted to mountain biking I think. That was probably more than 5 years ago now...