Curved Wall Ride

I'm finishing up work on the wooden berm or curved wall ride section. Originally planned as a shorter curved wall with a higher drop at the end , I've decided to make it into an S-curve. More work yes, but it will add to the uniqueness of the whole stunt and more importantly will add to the overall flow. I'm guessing another day of cutting planks and I should be done. A lot of time went into shoveling snow and digging post holes. It will be worth it!

Planking Is Finally Completed

I finally completed cutting all the planks for the ladder bridge, everything's in place and trimmed.
Also built the step-up and carved a Spezialized logo for the trail.

Curved Wall

Building the curved wall is quite time consuming compared to the straight ladders and tables. Seems like I have to play with every single board and adjust the support beams in order to get a smooth line. I found by using longer spikes I'm able to bend the boards to a certain degree. I'm also using a lot of wooden wedges below the boards to adjust the angles. Here I'm using 7' long fir boards. Again a lot of saw work to get those boards cut.

Cutting and Decking

Today I've started cutting boards for the ladder bridge. The most tedious and labor intensive work of the stunt building. The video clip shows how I cut the boards before I buck the log in sections. By cutting in a standing tree I don't have to bend over all the time, the chain keeps clean and I just find it easier to make a straight cut.

Trail Map

Here's an overview of the entire trail network once it's completed.

Jacking up the main support beams

After a massive snowfall yesterday, that kept me ploughing and shoveling all day long, I've did a bit more work on my new stunt today.

Trailbuilding

Started on a new section today, I'll be posting pics as I keep building.

Earthed 3 Preview

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Watched "Seasons" again today, it gets better every time I drop that DVD in.

New Project

I'm planing on building a new stunt and this Pinkbike picture is sort of what I have in mind.
It looks much smaller than in real life, for a better view watch this video.

Wintertraining

Getting on my exercise bike every day is a struggle... what keeps me going is a well stocked library of mountain bike movies. I'm watching everything from Kranked 1 - 7 to New World Disorder, CKD, The Collective, Roam and Seasons, Illusionary Lines, Virtuous and a whole lot more. After a few minutes, with the music cranked up to max I get totally into it and the boring training session becomes fun.... no comparison to the real thing ;-)

Winterblues

Yeah, its a Cariboo winter.... cold, lots of snow and never ending.... for now biking is being replaced by skiing.