Trail EAffect

Greg Mazu of Singletrack Trails on Trail Maintenance and other stuff (#78)


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Trail EAffect Episode 78 with Greg Mazu talking Trail Maintenance and other stuff

  • Catching up with Greg and his travels so far in 2022
  • Euro Trip
  • IMBA Europe
  • 2022 PTBA Conference in Bentonville
  • Trail Building – Building the next Hometown vs Next Destination
  • Directional Trails
  • Trail Maintenance
    • Do you maintain a trail for your current skill level or how that trail was originally built
  • Trail User Technology has advanced, which allows more distance covered (Hiking, Running, and Riding)
  • How Maintenance from a cultural perspective generally speaking maintenance goes largely ignored
  • How to potentially include maintenance into new build contracts or education into new build contracts
  • Improvements within the Trail Building industry that has helped reduce the level of maintenance
  • E-Bikes and Trails
  • Back into the Pay to Play model
  • Funding for Trails and Maintenance
    • Various states and how they fund their non-motorized trails
  • Ideas for various ways to capture trail use donations
  • The Future of Mountain Biking is not the Bike, but rather the trails (Adam, owner of Revel Bikes)
  • Not having cool trails where you live makes you want to travel places
  • Quality vs Quantity of Trails / Directional Trails
  • Maintenance is the Future of the Trail Building Industry
  • Trail Maintenance on TicToc?
  • A panel of people to discuss the top 5 trail systems in the county with Tequila…
  • Closing Comments
  • Links discussed in the show:

    Singletrack Trails: https://www.singletracktrails.com/

    Tools for Trails: https://toolsfortrails.com/

    Backslope Tools: https://www.backslope.tools/

     

    This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

     

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