604 / the end

Hey all,

It has been swell... This blog has been at it for 10 years. During that time, it has recorded a small snapshot of bicycle and volunteer related content from the lower mainland. --However, the time has come to discontinue service... Thanks to anyone who stopped by.

Let's end this blog with another final chapter... A few photos of the extinct 604 pumptrack... all taken from the same spot, (up in a tree)...

(For anyone who may be looking for the dirtwest bikepark company, They are at: dirtwest.ca)

It really hits you in the feels. bye!

Invergarry

Little Shredder surfacing

The City of Surrey teamed up with some from volunteers last week to resurface the green flow trail: Little Shredder in Invergarry bike park! No more bumps and rocks poking through the trail. Most of the trail has been capped in crushed gravel to smooth things out and increase durability. The nice thing about crushed gravel is that surfacing material can be material added on top and it will adhere really well. It rides great and is only on rollers and not any berms or corners. The decision was made to use it over the clay-loam due to a lack of moisture in the soil on site at the time of the volunteer event. With no water at Invergarry summer building is tough to do.  

Invergarry

grass reclaiming an underridden section

mid process

a little further

done for now... now we need rain

Sometimes the best time to build new stuff is when its dry and dusty. Its really easy to make some moves on stuff that can't/wont be ridden until the rainy season. This is one such spot... a part of the cornercopia pumptrack was growing grass(a sure sign a line isn't being ridden) so we switched it up... Now to wait for some rain so we can pack and shape it into a working line. That's the trade... easy earth move but a line that wont be finished for a while... 

Invergarry tree planting

Today we planted 95 trees and 105 shrubs in the meadow area between Little Shredder and Excitabike in Invergarry Bike park. We had a great turn out of volunteers from SORCE! Big thanks to the City of Surrey for supplying tools, plants and people power too!  In the past three years SORCE has planted over 500 plants in Invergarry park alone. Food and drinks were generously donated by Guildford Starbucks located at 10174 - 152nd Street

Invergarry

I made this sign for the pump track at Invergarry. It's called the Cornercopia pump track

Also in super exciting news: Alpine Bike Parks is starting construction on shovel buster in Invergarry this week.

Bikepark Wales

Rowan Sorrel has been at it again. This time on the largetst bike park in the UK. Lots of sustainable trails and a shuttle road, what more can you ask for? Watch epsiode 1 of a mini-doc of the build process...

Bikepark Wales - Episode 1: Origins

Cognation's first episode of the Bikepark Wales trilogy filmed by Liam Murphy.

Invergarry is now open

Thanks to all the event sponsors: The Bike Zone, Central City Brewing, City of Surrey! We had a great turn out and got a ton of really excellent work done on the new bike park.

Port Kells Dig Day!

Armed with the new tools provided for us by the City of Surrey we commenced to complete the big set of jumps at Port Kells Lucky Trails. Although we had a modest turn out, a ton of work was completed including a transfer line from the middle set to the big set.

Big thanks to Travis at Velocity Cycles for providing some awesome DVD's and a flat of much needed Red Bull. Thanks as well to Kelly from Eye of One clothing for the sick t-shirts, and Lisa at Price Smart Foods in Clayton Heights for the gift certificates for lunch.

Looking forward to seeing more people coming out to session the jumps and add more features on the next dig day June 16.

More pics after the jump.

SORCE Trail Days

Sign up on the facebook event page.



There are TWO more SORCE trail days at Port Kells Park. The next one is Saturday May 19. Come get your shovels dirty and help get this awesome jump spot ready for the approaching riding season. Lunch will be provided  so it is important to let SORCE know you are coming thru the Facebook page


We need to know how much food will be needed, please sign up!


 Swag/prizes donated by Velocity Cycles. Sign up on the facebook event page.


This event is rain or shine

604 pumptrack

I dropped by the 604 pump track last night to snap a photo. The track is running smooth and looks gorgeous with the springtime transformation taking place. That is all.

Invergarry update

The start of the freeride trail

new lines

The contractor has been hard at work on the features we designed for the new freeride trail in Invergarry Park. Here are a few photos we took this morning in Invergarry Park.

While the bike park is under construction, we ask that you give the machine operators room to do their work. Please Stay out of the work area. It won't be long until its complete!
More photos after the jump>>

TODAY WE SOLD OUT TO THE MAN

Heads up everyone: We have sold out to the man.What does this mean to you, our faithful readers? Well, from now on, you will notice some Google ads hanging around the site and below posts. So, you are saying to yourself "what a greedy, money-hungry-excuse for a dirtwest writer" I know, I know.  But I need more money for more gold teeth, so chill out Bro. Well, That, and a garage full of fancy cars, and a huge rare art collection, and gummy bears.....

SORCE Trail Days

Today 10am-3pm

Sign up on the facebook event page.

There are four upcoming SORCE trail days at Port Kells Park. Come get your shovels dirty and help get this awesome jump spot ready for the approaching riding season. Lunch will be provided by the Surrey Partners in Parks program so it is important to let SORCE know you are coming thru the Facebook page to give us an idea of how much food will be needed. Swag/prizes donated by Velocity Cycles. Sign up on the facebook event page.

This event is rain or shine (let's hope for shine).

Invergarry

E line, jumps 1,2&3

After the step-up got bigger last week, the rest of the jumps on 'E' line were crying out for some attention.

More Photos after the jump>>

SORCE/Dirtwest Partnership

Some really great news has occured over the past couple months. Dirtwest is now partnered up with SORCE. I (Jordan) am now an executive member of Sorce. In my new role I will be focusing on the development of new riding facilities in Surrey.

So what does this mean to you ? First of all SORCE is officially changing their mandate to represent all of Surrey, and will be now working towards the continued maintenance of ALL surrey bike parks including Port Kells, Cloverdale Athletic Park, Invergarry Bike Park, South Surrey Bike Park, and working towards the development of additional facilities in the future (hopefully near future).

Some of the things we have on the go are: the completion of Invergarry bike park (which is slated to be complete by summer), trying to get SORCE represented on the Outdoor Sports Advisory Committee which will give us even stronger representation and lines of communication with the city, the return of the Junkyard Dog XC race, trying to get the 604 pump track legitimized or at least get some kind of official permission from the city for it to exist, and trying to get a plan of action to make the Surrey Bicycle Recreation Facilities Strategy a reality and in a timely fashion, and most importantly to unify the mountain biking community in Surrey to give us a stronger voice.

So what we need from you surrey's riding population is your voice! If you guys could check out the SORCE website and facebook page and click on the like button that would be awesome. If you want to take it a step further and join SORCE that would be 10 times as awesome. The reality of it is the more people we have on board the louder our voice gets, the louder our voice the more we are heard and listened to. More people more cool stuff!!!