Ferntree Freeride

Long time no see!

2010-03-12T10:03:00.003+11:00

well it's been an age since i last wrote here, mainly because i sort of forgot about it. lots has happened since last time, the Bullit is gone and has been replaced by a 2010 Mongoose Boot'R Team, which is actually farkin sick for an off the shelf rig, and cost lest than most fancy frames as a full build! Big thanks go out to Rob @ Sprung in Launceston for sorting that out and putting up with my harassment while it was on its way!

Boot'r!

On the trail front not much has happened, the new section of North South has opened, (a while ago now) and is great, but still not quite what we're after i think.

Here at home i've been very slack, though finally got the ladder drop on Quarry Link happening, but the double logride on Timber! is currently out of commission (needs re-slatting), and the yet to be named DH trail hasn't been finished yet, just haven't worked at it at all over summer, though i reckon it'll get done soon with winter coming and more time to build now i'm at Uni.

Got a new camera too, pretty stoked on it. here are some of my favourite shots from Wyena2 (#4 2010).

Developments

2009-06-19T12:44:00.002+10:00

The riding scene seems to be at a bit of a critical point in it's existence at the moment. We've got surveys flying left, right and centre, marketing reports coming out, various community forums to attend, and now is the time for us to make a difference to our own riding experiences!

Get in there an complete the survey! Turn up at the community forums!

North West Community Forum

22 June

7:00-9:00 pm

Ulverstone Surf Life Saving Club

Northern Community Forum

23 June

7:00-9:00 pm

West Tamar Council Chambers, Riverside

Southern Community Forum

24 June

7:00-9:00 pm

Domain Athletics Centre, Hobart

On a completely different topic, what does everyone think of a poker race? we'll have uplift shuttles running all day here, and at the end of each run every rider gets a playing card, with a max of 7, and the rider with the best 5 card hand at the end of the day wins the major prize... let's hear your opinions!

Holidays Over :(

2009-06-14T21:19:00.003+10:00

Where has the time gone, the first week went so slowly, and the second just disappeared! i spent most of it chasing up pats new bike, getting lost on the way to acton to see it, ordering a new shock, hunting a machinist to redo the mounting hardware to fit a vivid in there... it'll be sick when it's done tho! i'll throw pictures up soon...

In workshop news, cyclingo went and threw out their old tool board, (i caught it) and it now resides happily in my shed, with my rather dismal array of tools hanging from it... i need some good alan keys!!!

havent done any more building lately, unfortunatley, but started work on a flyer for the race :p get out your enduro dhing - trail shredding skills, and your sense of have-a-go and lets get to it!

Ben

Rainy first week of the holidays

2009-06-07T10:06:00.002+10:00

Hey all,

well, I'm sure we're all fully sick of this weather and just wanna get out and ride, but this rain is making that a fairly uninspiring prospect and so building has been a bit of the order of the day. we've got a bit done on a our swoopy little single-track piece, gotta put a bit more time in to finish the bench cuts and tidy up a few little gaps over the creek. might try and get a bit of footage of it asap, but i'd like to wait till it dries up a bit.

anyway, here's a sweet little video i came across on pinkbike in one of my needing bike inspiration to stomp my sad feelings over not being able to ride...

Also to look forward to, I'm in the process of tidying up some of our trails for a little event I'm keen to run here after school finishes, of the enduro dh variety, but more info and a poster on that when all the right people and organization fall into place.

Another thing I'm keen to get happening on this site is a series of interviews on some of the guys and gals who've been in the riding scene down here from early on and have had an impact on the Tasmanian scene, so keep an eye out for that soon...

Wyena!

2009-05-31T20:55:00.004+10:00

Hey,

Well, 6:15 this morning saw me drag myself out of bed (and the rest of the hobart crews who headed to wyena) and get my bike on the back of the car in the dark. Made it down to pick up point Officeworks in time to freeze my arse off for half an hour, but eventually the Lo-Lux showed up, preceded by loud muffler sounds and revving of the t-roy vehicle!

Rolling into Wyena for the first time ever is farkin exciting, you see the size of the hill, all the utes and riders at the top, and you're like "this is where it's at!!" Everyone busts out of the truck, unloads the bikes, fixes up Rob Potter's paperwork (it must be said, give the man a medal, he's a legend!) and gets into it! Jimmy followed Matty Fitzpat down, and was hitting most of the jumps without even checking them out, until he ate shit hard on the big step down! Jervis got a pic, but he hasn't posted it up just yet, i'll link it in when it gets done.

I can't stress strongly enough, if you haven't ridden wyena DO IT! it's the best thing since sliced bread, perhaps better! no rocks, no roots, plenty of jumps (all with b-lines for the chickens like me) and a healthy heaping of speed!

Big ups to rob for organising, shuttling, and generally gettin' her done! he's absolutely legend, and mtbing needs more blokes like him!

soon will be bring you an interview of one of the guys who's been in tassie mtbing the longest, keep an eye out of it.

i'll leave you with some sweet pics!

Sunday Night Update #1 - 24.5.09

2009-05-24T22:02:00.006+10:00

Well, it's sunday night, and we haven't done too much since last time. Went riding yesterday up at the Lea DH track, (which there's a log over about 1/3 of the way down, so watch out!) but didn't take a camera so no shots of that.

Went out building today, just did a bit of bench cutting along the Gully DH trail, and build a little kicker to boot over the creek. Also started carrying a pallet down to chuck over a little log, but didn't get far, it got heavy quick!

The good news is that we're getting through it slowly, should be able to ride all the way through by the end of these coming holidays, and then we'll invite you lousy rabble up to have a rip and ride it in a little.

Welcome!

2009-05-21T09:59:00.000+10:00

Hey!
welcome to the blog of the ferntree freeride park. Hopefully as the park grows and progresses, i'll be bringing you stories, pictures and video of the goings on here.

but for now, i'll leave you with some images of what's here already!

Ben