Executive Director of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association (VMBA), Tom Stuessy, returns to the podcast. Tom shares how the Vermont Outdoor Innovation Coalition (VOICe) has evolved in earning the organization and it’s Chapters consistent funding. And a key part of the success of VOICe has been preventing donor fatigue from sponsors and adopters, insuring funding … Continue reading "Ep 68 – Keeping Sponsors Engaged w/ Tom Stuessy of VMBA & VOICe in Vermont"...
Oct 04, 2019•28 min
Our first episode back after our Summer hiatus we hear from two guests. The first, Morgan Lommele of People For Bikes, fills us in on what the order signed by the Secretary of the Interior allowing e-MTBs on Federal Land actually means. And second, we hear from Martin Littlejohn, Executive Director of the Western Canada … Continue reading "Ep 67 – Morgan Lommele of People For Bikes & Martin Littlejohn of the BC MTB Tourism Symposium"...
Sep 20, 2019•33 min
This episode we hear from the Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz out in California, they share their Mountain Biking Impact Review and the findings made by their Science Committee. We’re joined by Matt De Young, Executive Director and Emma Kelsey, Science Committee Chair. This also marks the final episode of the Season with the podcast … Continue reading "Ep 66 – Mountain Biking Impact Review by the Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz"...
Jun 28, 2019•26 min
We hear from four Mountain Bike Dads: Anthony Duncan, of the International Mountain Bicycling Association and father of 7yo son, Miles. Blake Rowsell, Capilano University Instructor, Board Member of the BC Mountain Bike Tourism Association and dad of Clark, who’s almost 3 and Roy, who is 16 months old. Ben Hall, AKA MTBBen, host of … Continue reading "Ep 65 – Father’s Day Panel Discussion"
Jun 14, 2019•56 min
As a follow up to last episode where all three guests were staff of their local organizations, we’re going to dive into the topic of Paid Employees. Sara Gress, Executive Director with the Wood River Trails Coalition and Ernest Saeger, Executive Director for the Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance join us for another episode. In … Continue reading "Ep 64 – Panel Discussion on Trail Association Paid Staff"...
May 31, 2019•45 min
We hear from three Executive Directors from three different trail organizations: Christine Reid of the North Shore Mountain Bike Association in North Vancouver, BC, Ernest Saeger of the Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance is Colorado and Sara Gress of the Wood River Trails Coalition in Sun Valley Idaho. The later two groups have recently rebranded … Continue reading "Ep 63 – Panel Discussion on Rebranding into a Trail Organization"...
May 17, 2019•35 min
In celebration of the 2nd Annual Women’s Mountain Bike Day on May 4th and Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 12th we hear from three mountain bike moms. Skii Fleeton of the San Diego Bike Coalition, Jules Gujer: NICA Coach in the Minnesota League and Kim Bradley: President of the Southeastern Connecticut Chapter of the New … Continue reading "Ep 62 – Mother’s Day Panel Discussion"
May 03, 2019•54 min
This episode we hear from a panel of guests about the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association, better known as SORBA. Guests include the SORBA Executive Director from Greenville, South Carolina: Tom Sauret, SORBA Executive Committee President and former President of the Northwest NC MTB Alliance Chapter, from Boone, South Carolina: Paul Stahlschmidt and finally, SORBA Associate … Continue reading "Ep 61 – Panel Discussion with the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA)"...
Apr 18, 2019•28 min
Brennan Morrow is a Board Member of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance (COTA) and Madras Chapter Rep. Brennan is sharing COTA’s User Profiles; essentially characters they’ve created to help predict community engagement for programs, events or initiatives they roll out. Commonly used by Website and App Developers to ensure optimal User Interface (UI) experiences. https://podcasts-1.feedpress.co/16677/Ep%2060%20-%20FINAL%20MIX.mp3 … Continue reading "Ep 60 – Understanding Your Community Members: Us...
Apr 05, 2019•39 min
Wrapping up our 5-Part series on Conservation, we hear from Phil Waidner, Program Manager of Camps and the Teen Trail Corps at the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, otherwise known as NICA. Phil shares the past, present and future of the Teen Trail Corps and offers some great inspiration for those looking to start a similar … Continue reading "Ep 59 – NICA’S Teen Trail Corps: Interview w/ Phil Waidner"...
Mar 22, 2019•26 min
At the beginning of January 2019, the “Outside/In” Podcast released an episode called “Rake And Ride”. It tells the story of the impact of illegal or unsanctioned trails, and the interaction between the mountain bikers who created them, the officials who manage them and the users who find themselves on it by plan or misfortune. … Continue reading "Ep 58 – Rogue Trails w/ Outside In Podcast Host: Sam Evans-Brown"...
Mar 08, 2019•37 min
We explore a community with both a multi-use Trail Association and a Mountain Bike Club. My guest is Daniel Cammiade of the Nature Trails Society in Victoria, British Columbia, located in the Southern end of Vancouver Island. We discuss whether an organization should identify as a Bike Club or a Trail Association, and how best to … Continue reading "Ep 57 – Serving Your Community: Interview with Daniel Cammiade of the Nature Trails Society"...
Feb 22, 2019•32 min
We hear from Laura Puckett Daniels, Deputy Director at the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association in Crested Butte, CO. Laura shares with us how her Bike Club added conservation to their mandate and created the Crested Butte Conservation Corps. In addition, Laura tells us about their Women’s Work Force (WWF), a female focused trail day program and the … Continue reading "Ep 56 – Adding Conservation to the Mandate: Interview w/ Laura Puckett Daniels"...
Feb 08, 2019•34 min
Greig Gjerdalen is faculty with the school of Outdoor Recreation Management at Capilano University in North Vancouver, BC, Canada. Greig is currently studying how mountain bikers interact with nature and he’s asking: “Is nature merely scenery and therefore more of a backdrop for outdoor recreation pursuits than the center of our relational immersion?” Grieg shares his … Continue reading "Ep 55 – Are Mountain Bikers Really Conservationists?: Interview with Greig Gjerdalen"...
Jan 25, 2019•36 min
The original question for this episode was asked a year ago by Jennifer Deeks, Communications Officer of the Guelph Off Road Bicycling Association. We’ll hear some previously unheard audio from a number of past guests’ including, Mark Schmidt of Parks Canada, Drew Engelmann of Yamaha Bicycles and the Trail Stewards of San Diego, Tom Stuessy, Executive Director of … Continue reading "Ep 54 – Sharing The Trails: How Trail Associations Can Create Harmonious Multi-Use Trails"...
Jan 11, 2019•24 min
The final episode of 2018 is hosted by Rocky Blondin, past guest and President of the Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Association. Rocky has adapted his two part blog post called: “So You Want To Be a Trail Builder?”. He not only goes through his process of getting involved but also the many steps that someone … Continue reading "Ep 53 – So You Want To Be a Trail Builder? w/ Guest Host Rocky Blondin of the FVMBA"...
Dec 21, 2018•20 min
Membership is a crucial function of most trail associations, and there’s no shortage of services available on the internet. Dana Wacker is the Communications and Promotions Director at the Naniamo Mountain Bike Club and she breaks down a number of options out there, including the choice that her club has made, with TidyHQ. In addition … Continue reading "Ep 52 – Finding The Right Membership System: Interview with Dana Wacker"...
Dec 07, 2018•38 min
We hear from four different guests who each represented their Trail Association at a different event this fall. My guests are Laura Puckett Daniels of the Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association, Steve Sheldon of the Tri-Cities Off Road Cycling Association, Andy Cox of the HydroCut Trail Committee and Gunnar Carlson with the Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists. Each of my guests attended one of the … Continue reading "Ep 51 – Events Roundup: 4 Guests, 4 Trail Associations & 4 Events"...
Nov 23, 2018•36 min
The 50th Episode of Front Lines MTB is here to celebrate all the conversations from the first 49 Episodes. Guests include: Jay Darby, Christine Reid, Tara Llanes, Patrick Lucas, Carrie Karsgaard, Eric McKeegan, Ambreen Tareq, Joshua Rebennack, Bruce Martens, Thomas Schoen, Steve Sheldon, Hansi Johnson, Mike Greer, Calvin Jones, Hank Grey and Len Necefer. Stay … Continue reading "Ep 50 – The Greatest Hits and a Look Back on Where We’ve Been"...
Nov 10, 2018•44 min
October 20th in British Columbia was a municipal election for City Councillor and Mayoral positions. This election cycle saw a number of Trail Advocates on ballots from all over the province. We hear from three of them: Janis Neufeld from Nakusp, Stewart Spooner from Rossland and Jeff Cooke from Squamish. We also here from Cooper Quinn of the North … Continue reading "Ep 49 – Advocates Turned Candidates: Panel Discussion of Municipal Election Candidates"...
Oct 26, 2018•33 min
The world is waking up to the benefits of Mountain Biking, and now communities are asking how they can become the next Mountain Bike town or destination. Caliente, Nevada is doing just that. With the local mine no longer operating, they’re looking to Mountain Biking as the reason to draw visitors into town. We’ll hear … Continue reading "Ep 48 – Creating New Mountain Bike Communities: Interview with Patrick Kell of IMBA"...
Oct 11, 2018•36 min
After our summer hiatus we’re back with some follow up on some past topics and joined by a few guests. First we’ll hear about the Vermont Outdoor Innovation Coalition from Tom Stuessy, Executive Director of the Vermont Mountain Bike Association. Following that, we’ll get an update from Lance Pysher of the Bitterroot Backcountry Cyclists on their … Continue reading "Ep 47 – We’re Back! Check In On Some Past Topics & Guests"...
Sep 28, 2018•47 min
This episode we explore two upcoming events. The first is the 2018 MTB State Summit in Grand Rapids, Michigan; hosted by the Vermont Mountain Bike Association, Michigan Mountain Bike Association and the Jersey Off Road Bicycle Association. Tom Stuessy of VMBA and Melissa Werkman of MMBA join me. And second, Jay Darby of IMBA Canada and Christine Reid … Continue reading "Ep 46 – Details About Two Upcoming Events You’ll Want To Check Out"...
Jul 27, 2018•50 min
Christine Reid of the North Shore Mountain Bike Association (NSMBA) discusses diversity and what it means to be a woman in Mountain Biking with guests: Cynthia Young of the NSMBA, Amanda Schulze, Brand Strategist and Founder of Lithia Effect and Danielle Baker, Freelance Writer and Communications Manager at BC Bike Race. https://podcasts-1.feedpress.co/16677/Ep%2045%20-%202018-07-05%2C%2015.22%20.mp3 Show Notes & Links … Continue reading "Ep 45 – New Voices for Mountain Biking: A Women’s Rou...
Jul 06, 2018•1 hr 2 min
For the 3rd Panel Discussion of the Podcast we hear from four Adaptive Mountain Bikers: Jeremy McGhee of SportON USA and the UnPavement, Ethan Krueger of Adaptive MTB Trails, Andrew Liddawi of Break the Boundary and past guest Tara Llanes of Tara Llanes Industries. We discuss aMTB rating systems, barriers on trails and off and … Continue reading "Ep 44 – Adaptive Mountain Biking Round Table"
Jun 22, 2018•43 min
As a follow up to the last episode we welcome back to the show, Patrick Lucas. He’s the founder of the Aboriginal Youth Mountain Bike Program and shares his “Best practices and guidelines for engaging and working with Indigenous Peoples on trails and outdoor recreation projects”. https://podcasts-1.feedpress.co/16677/Ep%2043%20-%202018-06-12%2C%2009.04%20.mp3 Show Notes & Links https://www.orcbc.ca/new-publication-working-in-a-good-way/?fbclid=IwAR1Te4KoQnV9-KRhdDm2hzLT4e9fyUGflO_BVDHFQ-KMm3...
Jun 08, 2018•37 min
This episode we here from Len Necefer, he’s a Navajo Mountaineer and CEO of NativesOutdoors. Using the Geo-tagging capabilities of Facebook and Instagram, Len has been returning traditional Indigenous names to popular recreation spots. Len also helps us understand the value and importance of those names and the effects of cultural appropriation on Indigenous communities. https://podcasts-1.feedpress.co/16677/Episode%2042%20-%202018-05-24%2C%2015.43%20.mp3 Show … Continue reading "Ep 42 – Traditi...
May 25, 2018•26 min
Diving further into youth programs we look into one particular high school race team’s effort to create trails for their NICA team. We’ll hear from Team Director and Chair of the Stillwater Area Scholastic Cycling Advocates: Calvin Jones, and Dirt Boss and Board Member: Hank Gray about how SASCA is creating trails in Stillwater, MN for it’s … Continue reading "Ep 41 – The Space Between Spaces: Providing Riding Opportunities for Youth in Stillwater, MN"...
May 11, 2018•36 min
For the 40th episode of the podcast we go back to where we started with Episode 1 and focus on Kelowna, BC. We’ll hear about two programs and how they’re reducing the barriers for access in the sport of Mountain Biking. The first guest is Mike Greer, Executive Director of Elevation Outdoors. Second we’ll hear from Norm Vados … Continue reading "Ep 40 – Reducing Barriers for Youth: Elevation Outdoors & BikeWays Bike Shop"...
Apr 27, 2018•29 min
For the finale of our eMTB conversation we’ll hear the second panel discussion of the podcast. Guests include: Joshua Rebennack of City MTB and the Cuyuna Lakes Mountain Bike Crew in Minnesota, Yvonne Kraus, Executive Director of the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance in Washington State, Jerry Greer, President of the SORBA Tri-Cities out in Tennessee, Wendy Sweet, … Continue reading "Ep 39 – The eMTB Part 4: Panel Discussion"...
Apr 13, 2018•1 hr
