Greg Mazu of Singletrack Trails on Trail Maintenance and other stuff (#78)

Trail EAffect Episode 78 with Greg Mazu talking Trail Maintenance and other stuff

Catching up with Greg and his travels so far in 2022
- Euro Trip
- IMBA Europe
2022 PTBA Conference in Bentonville
Trail Building – Building the next Hometown vs Next Destination
Directional Trails
Trail Maintenance
- Do you maintain a trail for your current skill level or how that trail was originally built
Trail User Technology has advanced, which allows more distance covered (Hiking, Running, and Riding)
How Maintenance from a cultural perspective generally speaking maintenance goes largely ignored
How to potentially include maintenance into new build contracts or education into new build contracts
Improvements within the Trail Building industry that has helped reduce the level of maintenance
E-Bikes and Trails
Back into the Pay to Play model
Funding for Trails and Maintenance
- Various states and how they fund their non-motorized trails
- Ideas for various ways to capture trail use donations
The Future of Mountain Biking is not the Bike, but rather the trails (Adam, owner of Revel Bikes)
Not having cool trails where you live makes you want to travel places
Quality vs Quantity of Trails / Directional Trails
Maintenance is the Future of the Trail Building Industry
Trail Maintenance on TicToc?
A panel of people to discuss the top 5 trail systems in the county with Tequila…
Closing Comments

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