Winter 2016 28.4

Page 1

WHAT’S AUTHENTIC? 22 NEW CHAPTERS DAVE WIENS AND TALDI WALTER TEEN TRAIL CORPS FAT BIKE PHEASANT HUNT ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORIES SUBARU/IMBA TRAIL CARE CREW

016 // W IN T E R 2

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 1

by Utah. Photo b in Moab, Captain Aha on l tro pa Dawn

eier. Leslie Kehm

2/19/16 4:03 PM


ON AUTHENTICITY WHAT’S LEGIT IN MTB?

L

ast June, IMBA’s board of directors sequestered themselves in Park City, Utah. One of the board’s objectives was to

Trail News

Mike Van Abel, IMBA Executive Director

2

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 2

2/19/16 4:03 PM


IMBA Trail News | U.S. Edition

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Elayna Caldwell Mike Cachat Chris Conroy Howard Fischer Jim Grover Kent McNeill Alden Philbrick Luther Propst Faryar Shirzad, David Treinis Taldi Walter Dave Wiens Robert Winston David Zimberoff

2016 IMBA WORLD SUMMIT BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS TO HOST Chair of the Board

DEPARTMENT AND REGION DIRECTORS

to be the best yet as it has found its home in Bentonville,

Kevin Adams, Vice President of Chapter/Member Services, kevin.adams@imba.com Bruce C. Alt, Vice President of Government Relations, bruce.alt@imba.com Michelle Barker, Midwest and Pacific Northwest Region Director, michelle.barker@imba.com Jason Bertolacci, Colorado-Wyoming Region Director, jason.bertolacci@imba.com Noel Brendefur, Dan Brillon, Vice President of Finance, Administration and Programs, dan.brillon@imba.com Heather Cooper, Senior Director of Strategic Marketing, Anthony Duncan, Atlantic Region Director, anthony.duncan@imba.com Mark Eller, Communications Director, mark.eller@imba.com Laurel Harkness, California-Hawaii Region Director, laurel.harkness@imba.com Patrick Kell, Southwest Region Director, Kerri Salazar, Director of Operations, Tom Sauret, Southeast/SORBA Region Director, tom.sauret@imba.com Steve Schneider, South Central Region Director, steve.schneider@imba.com Mike Van Abel, Executive Director, mike@imba.com Andy Williamson, Great Lakes Region Director, andy.williamson@imba.com

SUBARU/IMBA TRAIL CARE CREW Jordan Carr and Lani Bruntz, jordanandlani@imba.com

IMBA

KEEP UP WITH ALL THE LATEST TRAIL NEWS FROM IMBA

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 3

fb.com/ IMBAonFB and on Twitter @IMBA_US. Check out our trail videos at vimeo.com/ IMBAUSA. newsletters, tailored to where you live, at IMBA.com/traillove.

Arkansas is home to five Epic Rides, including the Syllamo Trails.

3

2/19/16 4:03 PM


Trail News WELCOME TO IMBA’S NEWEST CHAPTERS

Southwest Region • •

Atlantic Region • • • • • • Valley Mountain Bikers in Easton, PA

REGIONAL COVERAGE EXTENDED TO ALL 50 STATES

Alaska Region • California-Hawaii Region • Sierra Eastside Mountain Bike Association in Mammoth, CA Colorado-Wyoming Region •

Changes to existing regions • • Dakotas •

Pacific Northwest Region • • South Central Region • • Destrehan, LA • • • •

• Montana

Southeast Region • •

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 4

New IMBA regions •

Midwest Region •

4

ensure every IMBA member in the United States now has the

United States.

Join

imba.com/join

2/19/16 4:03 PM


Dave Wiens

is hailed as America’s best

IMBA members were a advocacy coalition, to Action Alerts by

environmental, conservation and outdoor recreation communities to advocate for

TALDI WALTER AND DAVE WIENS JOIN IMBA’S GOVERNING BOARD OF DIRECTORS

as their assistant director of the mountain bike hall time with Audubon she was

America’s favorite outdoor

in the bicycle industry for coalition of interests found

Board of Directors added of vital wildlife habitat in Board of Directors of Bike

Colorado University, and is an ambassador for Lifetime Race Series.

diverse interests and of the bicycle industry to

serves the Outdoor Alliance

several times each year to discuss IMBA’s overall

in Seattle. more than ever, it’s vital that mountain bikers, as well as the bicycle industry, embrace

and more than 100,000

other outdoor recreation in communities across the nation.

and fosters collaborative to and infrastructure of

and has ridden and raced his bike on trails all over the

MOUNTAIN BIKERS PLAY MAJOR ROLE IN LWCF SUCCESS Mountain bikers and other outdoor recreation advocates secured a crucial victory

news, it ultimately fell short

IMBA calls on its Advocacy

in trail advocacy from the that, she worked for the

5

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 5

2/19/16 4:04 PM


mountain bikers to Bentonville.

toward fellow trail users and the environment, the

Orlando Mountain

between SORBA and

to become future leaders both on and off the bike.

Parks Service to the City of Orlando. It is the only behavior while out on trails. Orlando area and has PARTNERSHIPS PRODUCING GREAT TRAILS Across the country, IMBA is

is built around IMBA’s key conservation and recreation

of mountain bikers in a In Atlanta, GA, SORBA Atlanta has entered into a Memorandum of

effort between many local Austin McInerny said,

110,000 additional acres as lays the framework for

In Portland, OR, the

REI PARTNERS WITH NICA AND IMBA FOR TEEN TRAIL CORPS INITIATIVE

at the Cochran Mill Park in trail maintenance and

and is a major outdoor recreation resource for

that we educate them on to become effective trail advocates and stewards

be effective advocates and

South Metro Area.

6

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 6

2/19/16 4:04 PM


Left

IMBA and NICA are launching the Teen Trail Corps initiative.

differences will make discussions at each summit unique.

the winter in conjunction with fat bike festivals and •

users. REI takes outdoor

Part of USA Cycling’s Fat Bike National Championship.

bikers who are thirsty to

• Summit in Lyndonville, Part of the Winterbike Fat Bike Festival.

collaboration with IMBA mountain bike team and IMBA is at the forefront

our youth and when the question was asked how

FAT BIKE SUMMITS AND FESTIVALS GAINING TRACTION from this winter, with

• Part of the Inaugural Chugach Fat Bike Bash and Gravity Worlds.

connect them with the trails

IMBA to really solidify our

7

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 7

2/19/16 4:04 PM


THE GOOD FIGHT ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORIES

M It quickly became evident that mountain bikers needed to

As initially drafted, bike travel would have been closed for

JAMIE MALIN Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association Consider the idea of boundary adjustments to be a process of giving a little to get a little. You may give up a trail or area of little recreational value to mountain bikers to protect a trail or area with substantial riding value. Be realistic in understanding that this compromise will likely be necessary to create a viable Wilderness proposal. Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association’s involvement in the

8

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 8

2/19/16 4:04 PM


ERIC MELSON IMBA Northern Rockies Coordinator Wilderness designation is not the only way to protect land. Congress has used a variety of designations to protect lands for recreational, historical and conservation purposes. Congress has designated lands as national parks, national monuments, national seashores, national conservation areas, national recreation areas, national scenic areas, national wildlife refuges and many other titles. This idea is not new. Many of these designations predate the Wilderness Act and actually blazed the trail for it.

on a recreation study.

• • • • • • • • •

Outdoor Alliance Sky Island Alliance Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists

LEE BLACKWELL AND ZACH MCDONALD Sonoran Desert Mountain Bicyclists When negotiating, you must come to the table with an honest and open mind, ready to listen to the other parties’ viewpoints. You must respect other parties as you would have them respect you. Listening and respect are more likely to produce successful outcomes than stubborn insistence on unrealistic viewpoints. Taking this into account, though, you shouldn’t refrain from asserting your own viewpoint and objectives. If negotiation is done well it will build respect for bicycling and bicyclists.

for the Sun Corridor trail.

IMBA’s Wilderness Toolkit

9 7

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 9

2/19/16 4:04 PM


GAME DAY HUNTING BY BIKE

T jeers and jokes were directed at us as we unloaded fat bikes

may be seldom visited by other hunters, and without the noise

— Hansi Johnson is the Director of Recreational Lands for the Minnesota Land Trust. Prior to that he was IMBA’s Region Director for the Midwest territory.

10

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 10

2/19/16 4:05 PM


Bike Hunting Basics

11 7

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 11

2/19/16 4:05 PM


ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS INSPIRING TCC VISITS

L

COON RAPIDS, IA:

PETALUMA, CA:

BAY CITY, MI: SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA: was not just trail users and advocates, but also local business equestrians, hikers, runners and mountain bikers. Everyone quality trail systems in our backyards.

WICKENBURG, AZ:

walked their historic desert trails and discussed ways to make

SUBARU REWARDS IMBA MEMBERS WITH HASSLE-FREE VIP PURCHASES

SUBARU/IMBA TRAIL CARE CREW SPONSORS

family members and IMBA member clubs to

12

Visit imba.com/tcc for details.

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 12

2/19/16 4:05 PM


MAPS MATTER PROTECT ACCESS BY DOCUMENTING TRAILS

ecently, IMBA issued an Action Alert to broadcast

that information they may be able to adjust boundaries or

and evaluations for the Inyo, Sequoia and Sierra

for mountain bikers like the online trail

online trail database from mountain bikers

state and local levels often lack accurate information about trail locations, as well

Spring Mapping Contest on MTBProject.com

13

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 13

2/19/16 4:05 PM


CORPORATE MEMBERS THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS IMBA corporate and destination members are active participants in the mountain bike community and provide essential funding to fuel IMBA’s work. To find out how your company can strengthen engagement with trail users and become a champion for trails, contact development@imba.com.

IMBA U.S. ABOVE & BEYOND Companies in this group go above and beyond their annual membership dues with additional support for IMBA programs and initiatives.

CamelBak Products, LLC

Interbike

Giant Bicycle, Inc. BBP Beat Cycles

Green Guru Gear

Bikulture BOCO Gear Bosch eBike Systems

Catalyst Communication, Inc. CatEye Chamois Butt’r ICEdot Iceman Promotions, Inc. Idyllwild Inn

Jamis Bicycles Country Inn Deerwood Crankjoy.com

Jenson USA

Crested Butte Mountain Resort

Juliana Bicycles

Scott USA Yakima

Deer Valley Resort Dero

CORPORATE MEMBERS

Deuter USA

Big thanks to all current corporate supporters, whose membership drives MTB advocacy and much of our important work.

Adventure Advocates

Lower Colorado River Authority DirtLab Marin Mountain Bikes Marquette County Convention and Visitor’s Bureau

ECOS LLC Elk River Guest Ranch

Moots Cycles Mount Ida Area Chamber of Commerce Mountain Bike Diaries

Advocate Cycles Alberta Mountain Bike Adventures Alyeska Resort

14

Bajadventours

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 14

Gates Carbon Drive

2/19/16 4:05 PM


ELITE PARTNERS With annual contributions of $100,000 or more, these supporters make a significant and positive impact for everyone who rides a mountain bike.

Outdoor Prolink

Performance Bicycle, Inc. Peru for Less Pivot Cycles Planet Bike

Shimano

Roanoke Mountain Adventures, LLC RockyMounts

Specialized

Rodale Inc. RRC Associates Sacred Rides Mountain Bike Adventures

SRAM

SockGuy

Subaru of America

Trek

donation and do even more to create better

Visit Bentonville

Voler

Yeti Cycles er

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 15

15

2/19/16 4:05 PM


NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION U.S. POSTAGE PAID DENVER, CO PERMIT NO. 631

NEW GOODS IN THE IMBA STORE! SPRINGRIDES to save 20 percent into their IMBA.com account. Visit IMBA.com/STORE

248574_2016_ITN_28.4.indd 16

2/19/16 4:06 PM


Turn static files into dynamic content formats.

Create a flipbook
Issuu converts static files into: digital portfolios, online yearbooks, online catalogs, digital photo albums and more. Sign up and create your flipbook.