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September 2013 Spring Edition Edition

Contents

Sydney Trails Update

2013 WA Trail Workshop Tour

Moose on a Loose

Talking ShopMaintenance Recommendations

Australasian Summit Re-schedule

Sponsorship Opportunities

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Sydney Trails Update From our Sydney based trail advocate and single track champion, Alan David

There is a lot happening in and around Sydney. Here is a summary of some of the Sydney based trail projects and campaigns that are currently under away. Sydney: NorthSNORC Trail days have started on a regular basis at Old Man Valley Trails - first Saturday on each month. Participation rates have been excellent. More info here www.snorc.org.au if you’d like to get involved.

Stage 2 of The Hornsby trails is still waiting for the tender process to be completed (but in the work… yeow !!).A review of the Berowra Valley Regional/ National Park Plan of Management (POM) is currently starting and SNORC have had the opportunity to comment on this.Broadly, Trailcare as usual have been active with a shizzle load of meetings with the gaggle of land owners and managers that own or manage the patchwork of lands that the multitude of trails criss-cross in and around Wakehurst Parkway and beyond. In early May Trailcare walked with various regional, area and Department heads of NPWS reviewing and comparing various unauthorised trails in the area.

Trailcare have been both persistent and consistent in the environmental sustainability message that they share with the conservation groups, Land Managers and policy makers. Although it has been a long and hard road, the tide is changing in their favour.

Time will tell with the Redhill area; Submissions have been made with regards to the Lane Cove NP Plan of Management review; Bantry Bay is coming along with the appointment of Synergy trails as the preferred contractor. A group of Mountain Bike reps walked with NPWS and other stakeholders over the proposed trail alignment and its looking like a good amount of technical terrain aimed at experienced riders, all whilst skirting critically endangered ecological communities and significant heritage sites. These plans still need to get through public consultation; it looks like a real paradigm change within NPWS. This highlights that all the hard work is coming to fruition. Good work to all involved and a prime example of how getting involved can lead to positive outcomes… eventually.Aside from this Trailcare are busy finalising Dirt Jump construction and usage guidelines which are currently being

peer reviewed. This document is being prepared for the insurance industry and will open the door with Councils and other land managers for more advanced jumps, allowing for more standardised risk assessment and insurance coverage by Councils.

Trailcare is also working with Warringah Council for a Dirt Jump site to replace the informal Freedom Jumps and to provide more advanced lines than The Grove. It is understood that both IMBA Australia and Brett Barnes from Dirtz, Trax and Trailz have been providing planning and development advice on this project.

Trailcare are continuing to work towards the Bare Creek Mountain Bike Park at Belrose, assisted with user group concept designs and have met with the relevant Minister to show our support. This will provide official FR and beginner gravity trails in Sydney. OMG

Trailcare is also working to formalise a DH specific track in the Northern Beaches with a local council. Environmental and trail design audits will be completed soon.

Lastly, but most important of all. Trailcare has also been active in the State Legislative Councils inquiry into recreational access to public lands with the view to obtaining a pool of funding for trails across multiple land owners in NSW.

Sydney: SouthWest Menai/Lucas Heights has been the focus of the Southern Sydney Off Road Cyclists (SSORC)/Sutherland Shire Cycling Club (SSCC). Volunteers and Council Staff have been progressing with monthly trail days on the second Saturday of the month. At this stage trails on ANSTO lands are still off limits, however a good 20+ group of vollies that seems to revolve and evolve monthly has been getting out there on the sections of Council owned lands, whilst agreements are finalised between ANSTO, Sutherland Shire Council and the MTB community via SSORC & SSCC. We’ve been cutting a new single track, building rock features to enhance drainage and discourage unauthorised use of trails by other user groups.There is over 20km of track to be designated, repaired and converted to MTB specific trails so the more volunteers the better. If you’d like to get involved email ssorc@hotmail.com to be included on the email list and get pointers to the online

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induction that all volunteers need to complete.Big thanks to Pez, Steve, Justin, Mark and all the regulars from Silent Revolution, Rotorburn, staff from various local bistros and more importantly local riders

Sydney: South-WestAppinThe Wollondilly Trailblazers MTB Club President Grant Byrne has been working on regaining formal access for mountain bikers to the Appin area. Since November 2012, when the site was officially closed to everyone, the club has been engaging with the Tharawal Local Aboriginal Land Council and has in principle agreement that MTB on TLALC lands is possible. Currently pending a legal brief as to how the NSW Civil Liabilities Act affects land owners like the LALC, so fingers crossed. Mowbray Park FarmEarlier in March, 2013, the Wollondilly Trailblazers MTB Club was contacted by a representative of Mowbray Park Farm about the possibility of building a mtb track on their land. After exploring and scouting around the available terrain it was decided that the area is a fantastic location to build a flowing style mtb course for club, Mowbray Park Farm patrons and public use. Blair Briggs, one of the property owners, has been extremely positive about the venture – helping with construction, offering ideas for possible routes and sharing the great knowledge of the area he has. It’s been a very positive and co-operative experience so far. Bargo CollieryA lesser known area but one that some Wollondilly Trailblazers MTB Club members rate as the best technical xc/am riding in NSW. This area has been officially closed for three years, despite mtb access being formalised in the 1990’s through the now defunct Razorback Rangers MTB Club. A lot of work has gone into liaising with two councils and the land manager Xstrata about access to this area and the club is continuing to work on regaining access to Bargo Colliery.Any help with any of these areas is appreciated by the club. Contact grant.byrne@wollondillytrailblazers.asn.au if you think you can help!

Sydney WestConstruction of the Knapsack reserve Downhill track commenced in February with a number of volunteer trail days well attended after Paul King

(Kingy) put the call out. BMORC worked with staff to build the upper reaches of the track, with Dirt Art engaged as contractors to build the remaining trail which was in Critically Endangered Ecological Communities (EEC).

The trail remains closed pending signage installation and final endorsement, however, after 4 years since Old Bathurst Road was closed we can wait a little while longer to get our legal trail signed sealed and delivered. Planning for the 6kms of XC trail will recommence once the DH track is finalised and opened to the public.If you’d like to get involved or ride with like minded people visit www.bmorc.com.

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October 2009 – IMBA australia’s first visit

to Bantry Bay with National Parks staff

and local rider reps. Can’t wait to see this

area authorised for MTB – permanently!

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Special thanks to our partners Department of Parks and Wild-life (DPAW, previously DEC) and Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR), Albany Cycling Club, Collie Cycling Club, City of Albany, Great Southern, Margaret River Off Road Cy-clists Association (MRORCA) and South West MTB Club.

Well, it started with an idea. Between John Wallace, Troy Rarick (OTE) and I, we had been considering a follow up vis-it to the SW of WA after some great outcomes in the region in June 2012. John Wallace has been instrumental in the for-mulation of great working relations with (then DEC) for the whole south west region and he has done serious “club” time with the South West MTB Club and Collie Cycling Club over the last 20 years. So the motivation was to “up the advo-cacy ante”; to keep the momentum flowing and make sure more great trails could roll out across the region. Anyway, amongst all the serious discussions about how we could make this work, who may cover funding and which communities needed to be targeted, Troy says “Hey why don’t we drive

over this time?” meaning from Adelaide to the West Coast. Never having driven across the Nullarbor, after a moment of contemplation, I said “sure, why not, that could be rad!”

Certainly that kind of sideways expedition could be expensive so I planned to take some leave, TOIL and cover fuel costs for the extra kms myself, to keep costs down. First I began to research vehicle options. Could we take bikes, couldn’t we take bikes… etc etc. Which flights did we need to link in with….. Through the process I stumbled on Cheaper Camp-ers, which turned out to be a brand of Apollo, but we end-ed up with a free upgrade that entailed a massive motor home with 6 speed diesel and all the trimmings. Sweet as bro! Besides, two blokes in a camper for nearly two weeks, we were going to need all the space we could get, if you know what I mean. Plus I had a big box of the very new IMBA Australia jerseys and shirts which I was keen to distribute.

Troy had naturally been at the 2013 Fat Tyre Festival in

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2013 Western Australia Trail Advocacy and Workshops Tour Aka, “The WA Road Trip”

Photo Nick Bowman: Big wide open

spaces - Nullarbor 2013

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Melrose, with the Over the Edge Crew and local MTB club the Southern Flinders Rough Riders. Thus the plan was to pick him up from Melrose on the way through to Eyre Pen-insular, so why not take the opportunity to help the local club look at the future trail expansion ideas. It was a fair-ly productive meeting and the local trail gurus have plen-ty of good ideas to enhance the local trails. IMBA Australia is keen to support their awesome trail plans and upgrades.

By the time we left Melrose it was getting dark and it had started raining, but when you’re hammering down the high-way in a plush RV, a little precipitation seems like a minor distraction. Refuelling and dinner at Port Augusta was both uneventful and necessary. Then we were on our way west. We had the loose plan to make it to Elliston so we could drive al-most all of the Great Australian Bight the next day! Bight me.

We hit the highway hard the next day. A breakfast pastie and expresso in Elliston, snack in Streaky Bay, coasted into Ceduna on an empty tank, because we like to cut it fine and then the Nullarbor – full bore. We drove all day to make the border, and were lucky enough to see some whales at the “Head of the Bight” as well as make new friends for good company and a choice camp site on the just before the border check point. Some might think that the Nullarbor is just that, “null”, no trees, boring, but seriously; I beg to differ. That time on the highway is a chance to clear the head and take in the sights. After some decent rains, the plains were simply splendid. You can see so far that you can even “feel” the curvature of the earth. The biggest open space of all, which makes you feel small and part of something bigger all at the same time. I can say I loved ev-ery moment of that drive. I guess it was just what I needed.

Next day we made it through to the border check point. Ha they let us in! They let us in! No; not that dramatic, just that WA didn’t know what they were in for when we let Troy Rarick loose to speak his mind about living awesome and making trails that are world class. Anyway, drove all day again and got to Esperance on dusk – far out people – this here island is a big country. Esperance is astounding. With the advan-tage of an RV, I woke up to the sounds of crystal clear surf breaking on granite monoliths and caught a glimpse of dol-phins catching a wave or two on their way by. Wow. Well that is probably enough about my brief recuperation period on the road. Back to work. Let’s get to Albany. Nevertheless, that intro played a key part in how Troy and I built up our energies so we could inspire the communities that we were scheduled to visit. We wanted them to take their ideas to a whole new level and create truly spectacular trail experienc-

es that will last for generations to come. And when we are “sharing our love of the trails” we go all out, holding noth-ing back and generally everyone is so stoked to see us and hear the story of great trails, that our minds, bodies and souls are left withered, abused and used like that old trail building mattock in the back of the shed. And that’s a job well done.

The first real stop was in Albany. But the sensory overload did not stop there. Every part of “the Great Southern” is littered with mind blowing scenery and it is absolutely stunning. And these guys want to create a “trails hub” of international re-nown, plus they have extensive state government support and planning to give them a head start. I think IMBA can help with that. During our visit we learned that Albany City Council has a significant grant to develop a regional trail plan. That’s great news, and it is very refreshing to talk with a community who are committed to solid, strategic planning and destination de-velopment. With foundations like these how can you go wrong.

Mt Clarence DH has been the main MTB attraction for Al-bany and yes it is pretty dam cool. This track has become a low impact success, thanks to the collaboration between the City of Albany, The Albany Cycling Club and Paul Neve of Three Chillies. It is a work of art all of its own, with ocean views and unique Australian flora all the way along the cor-ridor. Impressively our friends in the west can always make some rad descending trails even without much elevation. The good news for Albany is that they have more elevation to play with across the region than most of the rest of that very extensive state. At the moment, the town likes the idea of locking in the annual downhill event, but I was pushing them to think bigger than that. Much bigger. With DPAW coming to the party and talking about some blocks of land outside of town, the potential for single track development is totally outrageous. On top of that, the City of Albany is redeveloping the BMX track area next to the skate park and they could well end up with the Aussie version of the Valmont Bike Park if all goes well. The local stakeholders and council staff certainly like the idea. We look forward to hearing who will be developing the Regional Trail Plan in the near future.

Once we were done and dusted in Albany it was time to tra-verse the continent a little further on a westerly bearing, so as to revisit Margaret River. One of my first site visits as the Aussie IMBA rep was to meet riders and event planners in Margaret River, back in October 2009, so it is very reward-ing to note the changes, growth and improvement of the lo-cal trails and the trails community since that first visit. IMBA can’t take too much credit for that process, it has come about

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through the hard work of locals, but I am confident that we helped to plant the seed of knowledge for better trails as well as helping to bridge the gaps between the local riding com-munity and the state agency officials who are charged with protecting the truly unique and pristine wilderness areas of the SW region. Well, the schedule looked pretty hectic and as we pushed through the PC / laptop communication break-downs, some fumbled power point moments, it all seemed a bit rushed and somewhat off beat to me, but the main mes-sages still shone through. We were still hitting home. Troy was still inspiring and offending people at the same time. So yep, we were still on task. On top of this, we had to (yes had to) check the local trails and indulge in the local cuisine and wine. These things are part of everyday MTB as you should know, unless you are some kind of performance driven ath-lete, which most of us are not, MTB is about having fun with your mates on single tracks in the Bush. The great news is that Margaret River is well on its way, and will be included in the SW MTB Plan which has recently been awarded $5 million for implementation. I think this MTB stuff just went to the next level. Done. Can I go home now? No really this is very excit-ing! Can’t wait to get some progress updates on that one.

Next stop Collie which was the 4th visit for me. Again, I can say that everytime I go back, the is more happening and everyone is even more stoked on single track, and in this part of the world; there is so much space to create trails. Cooeee!

The trail that was developed as part of the Collie workshop was something special. Much debate, some compromise.

There were many enthusiastic ideas, a few strong personali-ties and a stupid amount of potential to create iconic trail fea-tures, so out with the big melting pot, wammo, world class product. Absolutely, it was a very creative and intense experi-ence that is hard to describe. I hope you can experience this process yourself one day. Trails by an impassioned committee that actually works! The result: A heap of WA flavour in the one section, which by the way was a reroute of a fall line sec-tion out near Rays’ Trail! Inspiring, inventive and educational. That’s rare. Yep, our job is definitely done here.

As part of this Collie visit Troy and I were dragged along to the SW MTB club 20th Anniversary. That’s a lot of trail advocacy. Sure, it contributed to the magic and I was happy to celebrate with the down to earth legends that make up this club. Bravo. Glad I was there. By the end of it all, I was feeling pretty spent, but confident in the fact that we had made a difference. Great quality and more awesomeness.

All good things come to an end, so it was on to Perth to catch our flight back to the east. Troy and I presented at a Seminar in Kyogle 2 days later, and then went to Sydney. From there I headed to Alice Springs to run another Workshop and Troy prepared for his trip back to the US, but all of those details, are part of another series of stories.

Thanks to everyone who help make it happen. Awesome.

Keep up to date with West Coast News: http://wamba.org.au

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Photo Nick Bowman: Surf some dirt

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July was a pretty busy month for IMBA Australia with work-shops and projects on the go at all ends of our Great South Land.

We first visited NSW to run a trails workshop with the good folks from Dubbo MTB. The venue was Geurie, a friendly and super-chill little town 20 minutes up the road from Dubbo with an excellent general store that does quality burgers and great coffee. It also has ready access to a fine little network of trails in bushland literally a stone’s throw from the coffee machine.

The workshop was split between covering the theory of sustainable trail design, construction and maintenance, and getting our hands dirty putting it into action. We hit an area called Oaks Flat, 5 minutes out of town right next to the beautiful Macquarie River. By the end of the week-end it was starting to look like a new trails centre, so next time you’re visiting the Western Plains Zoo or just pass-ing through the region don’t forget to bring your MTB.

As part of the visit we also audited existing trails at Mugga Hill, another great little loop just outside of Dubbo. Our trail audits provide land managers with a hit-list of upgrades they can then use to guide trail maintenance and development, whether it’s by professional contractors or local volunteers. It’s about making trails more erosion-proof and lighter-on-the-landscape, while maximising the stoke per metre figures.

It’s great to see local trail networks developing and expand-ing in small communities as well as regional centres right around the country. While over the last 2 decades or so skate parks & BMX tracks have appeared in nearly every country town and every suburb in Australia, we’re working towards making sure that a sign-posted shared-use (or MTB-spe-cific) trail is within easy reach of every single person too.

The Top End was next on the tour and a first visit there for IMBA Australia. Good timing too; while southern Oz was knuckling down for a chillie Winter Darwin was basking in 30 degree sunshine. We had a small but enthusiastic group of volunteers over a balmy July weekend adding some flow & flavour to the already great fun trails of Charles Darwin National Park. Awesome to see that Parks & Wildlife NT are supporting MT-Bing and we really appreciate their support for the workshop.

Speaking of Parks & Wildlife NT, they’re working with Tour-ism Central Australia in Alice Springs to develop the MTB tourism potential of the Red Centre. Plenty of Aussie riders would be well aware of the great expanses of desert trails surrounding Alice Springs. We headed down there to audit a selection of trails at the Telegraph Station, working with the land managers to set up some initial sign-posted gateway trails. Soon Joe ( & Jodie) Bloggs will be able to head out for a ride from Alice confident they won’t suffer the same fate as Burke & Wills thanks to a new system of trail-markers.

Then to round out a trifecta of Aussie workshops we paid a visit to Geraldton on the Western Australia coast. Their local MTB trails are focussed on the banks of the Chapman Riv-er which flows through town. Geraldton is like a microcosm of the challenges facing MTB trail access all around Austra-lia; riders, hikers, joggers, dog-walkers, motos… all looking for a place to do their thing…. yet this reserve has a really quite amazing array of biodiversity, under constant pres-sure from encroaching suburbia as well as the risk of being loved to death. This trail network is yet another example of a hidden gem; there must be hundreds like it tucked away in the hills and valleys around all of Australia’s population centres. Around 30 people came to the workshop includ-ing several elected members of local government, some passionate conservationists and of course local riders. Af-ter the weekend there was plenty of reason for enthusiasm as they all found a bit of common ground and got inspired about developing the trails in a way that benefits everyone.

Back home in rAdelaide now for a bit of a spell, but we have quite a few more trail workshops coming up in the next few months, mainly in Victoria, including Mornington Peninsula, You Yangs, Anglesea and Bright in October and November. Please get in touch with us if you want to get involved….in the meantime keep ya roots in the dirt and happy trails!

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Moose on a Loose By Marty Krieg

Photo Marty Krieg: Marty delivers a workshop to the

happy people at Geraldton working on their hidden gem

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Talking Shop Trail Maintenance Recommendations and Ongoing Management

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OverviewMaintenance Plans should be in place as early as possible. Preferably, before trails are completed. The initial develop-ment or overhaul of your local trails will ensure they are for-malised appropriately. This work may have been carried out by:

· trained volunteers,

· trained local agency staff,

· or trail building professionals,

They may use hand tools or machinery to develop the trails. If this initial construction or overhaul process is carried out correctly, then the majority of ongoing maintenance can be carried out by local volunteers using hand tools with guidance and management by the relevant land manager, primarily because the Technical Trail Features (TTFs) and other infra-structure will be developed according to higher standards, and therefore more resilient to a major rain event for ex-ample. Even so, it is highly recommended that both coun-cil staff and local volunteers undergo some training in the IMBA principles of trail design and construction to ensure that all stakeholders understand the theory and implementa-tion of the sustainable trail elements and the management of trails. This process, of fostering trail stewardship, is the key to the success of any trail proposal. Without commu-nity support and informed management decision making, the trails will not be maintained to the correct standards.

Nonetheless, even with a highly successful trail stewardship pro-gram, there will be times when major weather events or fires for example, require trail repairs to be carried out by professionals.

Trail Maintenance PlanTrail Maintenance Recommendations:Regular trail maintenance is essential for any great trail net-work. In some cases, “Responsive Management” may be re-quired after extreme weather events such as strong winds, bush fire or heavy rain, where damaged trails should be fixed as soon as possible. In some cases, it may be the vege-tation along the trails that requires a management response if it poses any risk to trail users. Thus IMBA Australia recom-mends the following protocols in regard to trail maintenance:

1. Trail Maintenance SchedulesResponsive Maintenance (Where trail damage posses imme-diate danger to trail users) :

· Clear fallen trees (as required)· Repair stormwater impacts (as required)

· Assess safety of trail and nearby vegetation after in-tense fire – implement appropriate response.

Regular Trail Maintenance (each quarter):· Prune vegetation in the corridor· Clean out drainage features and grade reversals· Remove fallen trees (as required)

· Reinstate out-slope or develop “knicks” in strategic locations

· Add rolling grade dips to fine tune drainage solutions· Remove fall hazards at the base of all TTFs

· Check the trail signage is correct and in place

2. Trail Repair Resourcing Guidelines· Minor Repairs = Trained MTB volunteers· Moderate Level Repairs = Trained Shire / Agency

Staff

Photo Nick Bowman: Photo Nick Bowman: Shane Rogers, IMBA Oz trail machine / consultant, converting a

fallen tree into a piece of awesomeness on the new CORE Loop ascent at Fox Creek, SA. NB: make sure you

have the correct PPE and necessary tickets to keep your land mangers happy and trail partnerships healthy.

Dates for the Australasian Summit have been moved to April 2014 to coincide with the World Cup in Cairns next year to better suit the bike industry, rider groups and trail advo-cates. Essentially a core sponsorship deal that we had been working on fell through and coupled with the slashing of travel budgets for state agencies across the country, we needed to change the focus, or rather the “target market” of the Summit. Still the change has a big silver lining and we hope to engage more fully with the Australian bike indus-try to deliver a great Summit! Certainly there are still spon-sorship opportunities available for the upcoming Summit. Refer to the sponsor package brochure (attached / linked). If you or your business is interested in getting involved in this exciting project, we would love to hear from you.

It’s clear to me that the local MTB clubs are right behind us on this event, with Cairns MTB Club, Mareeba Moun-tain Goats and the Tablelands Collective (TIMBA) all chip-ping in to help run the rides at their respective networks. This grass roots contribution to the Summit is invaluable and I am so very grateful that they are keen to work with us to showcase their most awesome achievements. As a result, we are dedicated to ensuring that summit dele-gates experience single track bliss every day of the event.

Key note speakers that are confirmed include:

· Glen Jacobs (Aust)

· Joey Klein (US)

· Brandon Kirk (HK)

· Tony Boone (US)

We also hope to be able to deliver content from Brazil, NZ and Singapore to really add to the regional focus of this in

augural conference. Over the next couple of months we will be locking these folks into the program and sending out updates. A detailed program will be available very soon.

Potential additional programs include a meeting of pro (MTB) trail builders to discuss the future of the industry and industry standards for trail creation. All the pro builders I have spoken to are very keen to make this meeting happen and discuss the long term sustainability of professional trail construction.

Ultimately, this Summit will be inspiring and informative. I hope that it can also be a celebration of all the totally awe-some things that have happened for MTB in Australia and the Asia Pacific region over the last 15 years. Those that have been around long enough, in the crazy game of trail provi-sion and development, know full well, that there has been a massive turn around in the last decade of what state agen-cies and local councils are prepared to adopt. In all states, territories and nations in the region, we are not just asking for access. Now small and large communities, even govern-ments throughout the region, are now realising the benefits of mountain bike recreation and tourism and investing in proper trail infrastructure. Trails provide many of the answers. They are cost effective, sustainable and often generate in-come for whole regions and many small businesses. And MTB rocks! It’s fun, it’s healthy and it gets the kids outside! It’s time to celebrate and share our success. I’m looking forward to it! Please join us to share what you know, learn about tech-niques for improving your trails or local community and sam-ple some the very best trails in Tropical North Queensland.

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IMBA-Au Australasian Summit Update By Nick Bowman

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For full summit updates and summit schedule you can follow our Facebook events Page, or visit our website www.imba-au.comOnline Registration is now open.

Sponsorship opportunites are availble. For further information please contact Nick Bowman: nick@imba-au.com

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2014 IMBA Au Australasian Summit Rates Summit Package Package Inclusions Price (incl GST)Mega Members *Offer Early Bird Rate $577.50 Full Summit Registration Scheduled Rides (Day 1 & 2) Evening Entertainment Epic Ride and BBQ

Non Members Bonus Offer Early Bird Registration $715.00 Scheduled Rides (Day 1 & 2) Evening Entertainment Epic Ride and BBQ Members * Early Bird Summit Only - Full Registration $539.00 Schedued Rides (Day 1 & 2) Evening Entertainment

Non Members Early Bird Summit Only - Full Registration $561.00 Schedued Rides (Day 1 & 2) Evening Entertainment

Summit Speaker Rate Summit Only - Full Registration $495.00 Schedued Rides (Day 1 & 2) Evening Entertainment Epic Ride Only Epic Ride and BBQ $60.50

Full Partner Program Scheduled Rides (Day 1 & 2) $363.00 Evening Entertainment Epic Ride and BBQ *Current IMBA Australia and MTBA members

August 22nd - 25th 2014

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Affiliation with IMBA Australia can provide a variety of benefits to your business, be it a bike shop of otherwise. Bike riders, particularly mountain bike riders are part of a movement that is community minded. If you support IMBA Australia, then mountain bike riders will be keen to support you.As well as knowing that you are contributing to better trails, your Corporate Membership will help to establish better manage-ment outcomes for Australian landscapes. IMBA Australia is working hard to foster greater respect for our unique ecosystems and develop community stewardship for Aussie trail networks in each state. Not only are you helping riders and encouraging health and well being, you are also supporting environmentally sensitive recreation across the board. It’s a win / win out-come! Corporate membership includes invitations to state based trail workshops and epic rides.You can check out all our Sponsorhip packages at www.imba-au.com/imba-sponsors

A Big IMBA-Au Thank You! to all our valuable sponsors:

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Employment Opportunities

IMBA Australia is looking for dedicated indi-viduals who can work in remote areas with Australian communities to deliver weekend trails schools (Club Trail Workshops) and other trail consultancy tasks in the Eastern States and West Coast of Oz. Demonstrated skills, experience and ability in building trails and implementing the IMBA trail guidelines essential. Qualifications in land management, environmental management and or work-place training are desireable. If you are interested and reckon you have got what it takes to be a trail guru, email a letter of introduction and resume to:

Nick BowmanIMBA Australian National Director nick@imba-au.com

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