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Before people get on their soap boxes about dumbing down the shore,
homogenizing the trails and lack of gnar they should at least experience the
following.
1\. Ride in a different country with completely different types of land and
styles of trails.
2\. Ride your own trails with people from other countries or areas.
3\. Help a beginner or child learn to ride on the existing shore trails.
4\. Take a trail building course.
5\. Experience all levels of trail work, including the oh so horrible
decommissioning…
6\. Join a meeting with land owners and insurance providers to understand the
risks, concerns, misinformation and costs of liability.
If you haven't done most these things, your arguments are pretty much invalid.
It's very easy to sit behind a keyboard. it's harder to go do something
constructive. Hats off to those who speak with their actions.
Dec. 3, 2013, 3:30 p.m. - skifreak
#!markdown Before people get on their soap boxes about dumbing down the shore, homogenizing the trails and lack of gnar they should at least experience the following. 1\. Ride in a different country with completely different types of land and styles of trails. 2\. Ride your own trails with people from other countries or areas. 3\. Help a beginner or child learn to ride on the existing shore trails. 4\. Take a trail building course. 5\. Experience all levels of trail work, including the oh so horrible decommissioning… 6\. Join a meeting with land owners and insurance providers to understand the risks, concerns, misinformation and costs of liability. If you haven't done most these things, your arguments are pretty much invalid. It's very easy to sit behind a keyboard. it's harder to go do something constructive. Hats off to those who speak with their actions.