2010 IMBA World Summit – Day 1 http://www.imba.com/summit/2010_World_Summit.html Not only is Augusta, Georgia (USA) the birthplace of the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, it is also the location for the 2010 IMBA World Summit. It has been one hell of a trip to get here and I am still not fully adjusted to the time zone, but IMBA Australia is here to gather as much info as possible to bring it back home. It also means I have been on the road for over a month now. So if you think I am really bad at returning emails and phone calls, maybe now you can understand why; apologies nonetheless. Yes, I am a lucky duck, but hey there has got to be some kick backs for being the National Director for IMBA Australia. It is certainly important to meet with my peers, re-energise my passion for trail advocacy and keep my finger on the pulse of the latest and greatest in MTB trail development. Day 1 has been pretty cool with some great presentations, particularly that of Mike Mecuri from SRAM. It is very inspiring that the bicycle industry can commit so many dollars to IMBA and trail advocacy here in the States – more trails = more sales – which is definitely something we need to work on in the land of Oz. In the afternoon we were invited to ride some great bikes from Specialised, Trek and Giant at the Forks Area Trail System (FATS). Something like 40 miles of purpose built MTB single track and oh yeah it is sweet as (hope to post some head cam visions later). I took out a Specialised (carbon) Enduro (once we swapped the brakes over to moto – Aussie Aussie Aussie). As some of you know the Enduro with the gravity dropper is one very cool bike. I wonder if I can get it into my back pack. check this out: Coming up next on Day 2 (a couple of hours from now) Hans Rey is going to be speaking about “flow trails” indeed “Flow Country”, the next big thing in MTB. The kinds of trails that make everyone feel like a hero. More later.... The big question is, what shall I ride today? |
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