For episode 208, we have Ethan Edman, the Director of Trail Construction and Maintenance at the OZ Trails Bike Park. If you want a real understanding of how one of the most anticipated bike parks in the country is coming together, this conversation delivers.
Topics Include:
- Ethan on Gravity Based Bike Parks
- Ethan on his role as the Director of Trail Construction and Maintenance
- Bike parks he’d visited, and the experiences Ethan has learned about them
- Angel Fire Bike Park
- Spirit Mountain Bike Park
- Highland Bike Park
- The value gained from riding and experiencing many different places
- The Chairlift at the OZ Trails Bike Park, and the experience it will provide
- Discussing different uplift experiences
- Details on the 30 trails that the OZ Trails Bike Park will be opening with
- Maximizing the 280’ of elevation at the Bike Park
- The importance of Diverse Trail Experiences that will be offered
- Anticipated Opening of the OZ Trails Bike Park
- Dialing in operations ahead of opening and training staff.
- Unique characteristics of having a truly blank canvas to create this bike park
- Gravity Logic as the main contractor for the bike park, both for building trails and dialing in operations of the bike park as a business
- Hours of Operation
- Other amenities at the OZ Trails Bike Park
- Rental Bikes
- Skills Coaching / Lessons
- How this bike park will cater to new riders from a skills perspective
- Mena, AR Bike Park
- What Ethan knows about the bike park in Mena, AR
- How the OZ Trails Bike Park will complement a much larger bike park in Mena
- The scale of the Ouachita Mountains in Arkansas
Closing Comments and Thank You’s
Trail EAffect Show Links:
OZ Trails Bike Park: https://www.oztrails.com/oz-trails-bike-park/
Show Support By:
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Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com
This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services
