708 Woods

vid

2011-11-21T08:22:00.000-06:00

The trails are in this video, along with quaggys.

first eddy (D-PORT based) from A-RUSSELL-H on Vimeo.

2011-11-02T01:39:00.002-05:00

Helmet cams at good spots.

2011-11-02T01:39:00.000-05:00

Vinyl Pa Soil POV Feat: Arkus, Popple, Muller, Doyle from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

Vinyl France Trails POV Feat. Tom Arkus from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

POV Trails with Tom Arkus from Vinylbmx on Vimeo.

http://www.vinylbmx.com/

New topend every lap?

2011-11-02T01:29:00.001-05:00

he's fast but super hard on his bikes.

RC wheel loader

2011-11-02T01:18:00.001-05:00

I've emailed this guy in Germany for schematics or blueprints of this machine. His response was in German, but I think it read that he did not make up and save all of the plans.
I could get away with so much stealth digging at spots done quick with this thing.

Snaps off a perfect superman before he eats it.

2011-11-02T01:13:00.002-05:00

first non trails post.

2011-11-02T01:12:00.000-05:00

Trails are always wet and I never have a camera around. I'm just going to post other stuff I like.

2011-11-02T01:02:00.002-05:00

gold?

2011-09-08T20:59:00.001-05:00

prob not but it looks like this rock has gold flake all over it

and veins through it.

more pictures of landscaped jumps soon.

I don't even know what to say about this one.

hop off roll in into landing

tunnel of love

2011-09-08T20:53:00.000-05:00

love flowing trails.

no spine

2011-09-08T20:49:00.001-05:00

It rained all summer, a record setting level in July i've heard. Rain makes for not much riding.
The Dirt spine is gone, everyone hated it anyways. The middle line now runs all the way through, with good flow.

http://moostrails.blogspot.com/

2011-06-23T03:56:00.000-05:00

I've seen Dan (trailboss of moos) post pics of the trails on Pinkbike for a while. I recently seen a link to their blog, so I thought I'd post it up. They reminded me of Willow St trails, that Quaggy and crew run around these parts. Similar dirt, jump building style and layout of the jumps/lines.
Moos had a soil sample done and its pretty much exactly what I figured it would be made up of from the pics I've seen of the soil. I'm intrested in seeing how many other soils I'm close to. I have a full chart of soils from trails I've been to while traveling in a notebook somewhere. I also seen tons of larger 5-6 inch rocks in the pictures, if I were them id be saving every last one for stacking backs and sides of jumps and berms. Best erosion protection ever, I know they have moss but that dies in summer heat and the moss will die in summer heat. The moss will grow on the rocks too I supose. Either way they are having some local trouble with the jumps and the city, so go to their site and support a good cause.
My favorite picture of moos, it would be so fun to ride this.

Not cool.

2011-06-23T02:23:00.000-05:00

Not cool at all.
                  barber chaired tree that fucked up the small roll in, I already chopped it all the way off though.
                             It definitely fell on the bridge and knocked the fresh poured sidewalk off it.

                                   The only landing that had a concrete retaining wall falls down, what is that shit.
                                A lot of it washed away too, this landing was 9 1/2 ft down to about half that.
                               I found most of the blocks scattered at the edge of the creek and dug the rest out,
                                                 I suppose ill use them for something else.

Videos below for those who never belive an ankle deep stream can get that deep.

Next time it happens im jumping off the big roll in into the creek.

Finally got the HD to upload to youtube,

Now if only the Eastside video would have worked in HD like it is on my computer.

liquid dirt, trails that flow like water

2011-06-09T03:26:00.002-05:00

stony creek progress

2011-06-04T13:46:00.001-05:00

This may or may not happen to you if you jump this jump

maybe it will be cool and you will do a backflip.

re post

2011-05-04T12:34:00.000-05:00

Re-posting the vid I made from Feburary, since I saw it on http://prettyshady.com/, which is the best site for trail updates.

field

2011-05-03T18:26:00.000-05:00

I know I have to slap them in better. but the clay is so tough,

Billy said it feels like he's beating a tree with a baseball bat.

I should really post more updates.com

2011-04-25T12:34:00.000-05:00

Now that the jumps are in place I've been planting flowers, trees, laying sod and filling dig holes in.

Im also trying to pave the paths, for wheelbarrowing in or after the rain. Hopefully this will help keep kids from walking all over the jumps to avoid muddy paths when they are cutting through. I've been building a brush fence/wall to keep people out, but its going to take a while.

Paver walking path,

with drain boxes at the top and bottom.

rock path through the muddy areas

Bridge over old dig hole so now you don't have to wheelbarrow up and down a 10 ft drop.

Heres it before, I drew a red line at the old ground level because most people don't realize

its part of the same hole as the one the camera man is standing in. The red post on the right is

what that ground height used to be.

More of that same clay hole below/ hole the guy taking the pic above was standing in.

As it goes with all good holes this one is being filed back in with logs, black dirt and leaves/grass.

fallen soldiers graveyard.

More signs

View from the roll in under the bridge.

looking down after the first hit.

Back of the second jump

Big hit

With a cobblestone bowl?

Just need to get some soil tac or soil glue like Rockford so I can 86 these tarps and carpets.

It would look so nice back there with just clay jumps and not carpet world/ bright blue tarps.

I did learn that all that soil bond shit is just polyvinyl acetate, which is the main chemical in wood glue.

Since soil tech is like $800 a gallon to get shipped here, it would be much cheaper to just get a 55gal drum of polyvinyl acetate.

For Draper

2011-04-12T22:19:00.000-05:00

when keeping it real goes wrong. Suicide No Hander over a 35ft double on the YFZ.

slow jumps.

2011-04-01T01:39:00.000-05:00

Lobster crayfish that crawled out of a scoop of clay.

the pink beaster.

Austin pictures.

2011-04-01T01:34:00.000-05:00

Speedball widowmaker hip.

Czech line at hush, R.I.P. It's got a pretty crazy long and low into a 4 ft wide hole, they tore it down as soon as the Czech kids got on the plane back to the republic.
my scanner is messed up, so bad quality pictures of pictures going on here.

Eastside.

hush

Back from Austin.

2011-03-29T20:54:00.004-05:00

Texas was fun. I will have some pictures of jumps, and a vid of everyone riding soon. It's really great to ride good trails with good people. Ninth street is pretty much a bust, but billy needed some smaller trails. The lines look and flow real well but are just pretty haggard and they were freshly covered in sand. I seen matt priest kill triple crown so I know they work. Seems like most of the trails are ridden by out of towners. There were people from all over the US, Chezk republic, France, Uk, Canada, it was pretty nice to see everyones different style. Eastside is a Treat. Speedball is fun, I wish the creek didn't wash away the second big hip that goes my way. Hush is pretty chill, worth a mention. The T-1 ramp is much larger in real life, drop in first air is accidently 10 ft out. Drew B tailwhiped the Wert gap. Draper has a nice mini in his yard and is a straight G. Im pissed I rode it on his bike and mattys skateboard, but never brought my bike back. Lots of other good spots were ridden the TA cruized thanks to everyone at the trails who make it possible especially patrick bringin water in his truck, and Chris to hookin us up to stay at Logans.

Heres a pic Rick took of me at the trails on the spine set.

good chicagoland video

2011-01-11T02:28:00.001-06:00

Steves moto to table is so good.

almost forgot about this

2011-01-03T15:06:00.000-06:00

New roll in under bridge.

lips are easier then landings.

2011-01-01T23:10:00.003-06:00

I was widening a landing when these showed up.

Are these wolves?

They both had some crazy blue eyes

The smaller one inspecting my work.

Filler Logs and Eagles.

2010-11-08T19:58:00.000-06:00

pic post

2010-10-18T22:31:00.001-05:00

Funday sunday, pictures by Jerry.

Ryan table main line

dock

digger

2010-09-10T02:52:00.000-05:00

Were getting the details worked out, but this weekend or next weekend we will have a bobcat t190 to play with and help us save 2 years of stacking.

more holes

2010-09-10T01:43:00.001-05:00

CLAYIN
the credit for this hole goes 85% to billy

Progress report soon.. trying to get the big line running.

Willow st.

2010-08-24T14:31:00.000-05:00

Thanks to quaggy for building some smooth sets.

The bigger line was slightly damp, so we took off and went to check out a dirt jump comp fat randy and quaggy are building up. Seems pretty cool, I believe its the 16th or18th of septemeber so try and make it out.

2010-07-31T05:19:00.002-05:00

The garden, chicagos public bike park.

The garden.

clay holes

2010-07-16T21:56:00.000-05:00

Ive probably dug about 12-15 of these clay pits all 4x4 wide with a cove cut in it and 8-12 feet deep depending how close it was to the creek. The deep marine blue clay is worth getting, although the holes eventually get filled in with black dirt or turned into jumps..

sun

2010-06-28T15:09:00.001-05:00

Come ride.

We need tire marks to pack the jumps during this week of sunshine.

more progress

2010-06-24T17:26:00.000-05:00

Rocks

Bench

Rain, new begining and one year

2010-06-09T08:27:00.001-05:00

its been about a year since the trails were started.. heres some recent pics

sweet pics

2010-05-26T15:42:00.000-05:00

Seen this on cycles website. come do this at the trails

Cave?

2010-05-20T21:39:00.000-05:00

Burbank pictures by Tim

2010-05-15T14:06:00.002-05:00

Smith to tailwhip

Smith to oppo tailwhip

Smith to throw bars

Smith to 180 throw bar

Downside whip around the puddle

lazy superman air

no hands land backwards

puddle reflection

Turndown air

progress

2010-04-26T21:25:00.003-05:00

Stony Creek progress

Grassed in landing

tc wasting his time at hazard

He builds as long as it takes him to drink a 6 pack.

gettin stacked

good day at the trails.

Big line.
Grand caynon jump, vampire jump, jump over the quarter pipe un-named so far.

Checkpoint is getting re-vamped too, last week there was 15 kids there a day digging box jumps if thats what your into, also heard one of the polish local kids broke his arm yesterday there.. bummer.

dig.

2010-03-28T20:09:00.001-05:00

Billy 360

Weapons of Mass Creation.

2010-03-12T07:57:00.001-06:00

Pick your weapon.

What it takes.

Tools of the trade.

What lies over the fence

Everyones digging shoes.

The start.

SPRING IS HERE!

2010-03-10T21:06:00.001-06:00

Stony is getting more and more dialed each day. Did tons of work on the paths, finishing the B- line and Orange line Down/ Orange line start. Billy and I rebuilt Teddys downstairs jump at Dales, mellowed out and clayed the lip, the creek flood had washed away most of the landing. I will get pics of both spots soon.

It's been too muddy with the spring thaw with Stony and dales being Black dirt..

Hazard's solid clay though so heres some pics from today

The snow is Melting.

2010-02-23T15:17:00.001-06:00

The snow is melting, new lines are forming.. progress is good. We recently have had an account setup at http://www.buildthewoods.co.uk/ and coverage at http://prettyshady.com/ which is really rad! So go check them out!

2010-02-06T20:21:00.003-06:00

Taking down the last of the ramps to make room for the trails.

Don't think we forgot.

Comment the posts, talk in the chat, go Dig.

Big winter post!

2009-12-30T05:14:00.009-06:00

Winter is in

I can't wait till summer to go to the dunes again with my new bike. Heres 2 vids and a pic from last summers trip.

Heres my new bike..dialed, Too bad its to icey to ride it.

I really need to get one of these.

seen on Ninth streets site.

Fun In this cold weather on Kyles banshee.

Stony creek MX track? Not anymore..

Old pics.

2009-12-30T04:30:00.001-06:00

Me riding the Night/Main line At Stony creek.

Progress at Stony.

2009-12-04T18:52:00.004-06:00

Made the final decision to get rid of the Atv/Mx warm up track to add more bmx lines. We now have a 20 footer and Step down to step up line through The orignal clay hole. More additions comming soon.

Trails

2009-12-04T18:21:00.001-06:00

When I first started riding, trails were the only thing to ride. There weren't really any skateparks around and street is hard when your 12 and can barely bunnyhop. Id seem like there was so many different trails to ride though, people built jumps everywhere. I suppose not everyone rode dirt, if you didn't ride dirt you were a racer, which is still jumping..or you stuck to flatland. Still though Most of the people went to dirt, and they were dedicated. The jumps would get plowed they would rebuild or move to a new spot. The problem is those people got older and grew out of riding and the younger generation figured it be easier to ride street, which became so popular, or a skatepark which is built for them. The Uk seems to have a booming trail scene like we used to have in the 90's which is great, I just wish we could get some more people involved here. I see a lot of kids at the skatepark who can't jump a jump or even air out.. but can bunnyhop tailwhip. Seems like they are learning riding backwards. Ill keep trying to get diggers and keep diggin myself. So far a few people help from time to time, but I need it to be like back in the day, when youd think about a new jump you were gonna build that day, and 4 other people were makin their own jumps too at the trails that day. The few people who are intrested in digging today don't know how to make transitions, or plan jumps. It makes me think that one day there will be no trails. If im one of the only trail diggers left, who will build after I stop?

locals.

2008-12-10T19:44:00.000-06:00