what on earth is north shore meant to be.

spr wheelie
spr wheelie Posts: 110
edited July 2012 in MTB beginners
i thought by trawling the inter net that this north shore stuff was the riding on road like things made of plancks but i went on a trail saying that it was a north shore trail and it was like an old foot path that had been left and some sticks thrown on it.

cheers all,
paul
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  • cooldad
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  • YeehaaMcgee
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    It's a style of trail building popularised on the North Shore of Vancouver, Canada. And it basically looks like this picture Cooldad posted.
    Of course there's varying degrees of insanity to the trails, but I believe the original principle was to build these wooden "ladders" ofer ground that was otherwise impassable.

    Sadly, lots of people call anything that has a wooden component to it's construction "north-shore". Just like plenty of people call any descent, a "DH trail"
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  • cooldad
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    I would rather ride my first pic TBH. The other one would scare the sh1t out of me.
    There is a little wooden bridge on one of my regular rides I call north shore to sound heroic, and I once rode a see saw but fell off.
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  • cooldad
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    Or you could play in Tony Doyle's back garden.
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  • spr wheelie
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    cheers folks thats the kind of thing i thought it should have been. but i could have just got lost.
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  • spr wheelie
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    and the pics are a tough choice.
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  • Jedi
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    cooldad, that pic is lemon creek near nelson. its where burl ives and such trails were built. shame it was washed away by a flood :(
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  • DodgeT
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    spr wheelie wrote:
    and the pics are a tough choice.

    well first one looks wet so you might slip and cum a cropper...

    I'd love to have a go on the second. (actually meaning, in my mind i'd love to have a go, but i'd actually just stand there and go "faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkk") :)
  • YeehaaMcgee
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    I'd rather the one on the left.
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  • DodgeT
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    Deal, i'll take the other 2, wouldn't want anyone feeling left out and developing an eating disorder.
  • YeehaaMcgee
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    does anyone else think that hotel must probably be a bit crap if it only has three staff members?
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