We’re hosting monthly pump track work and ride parties every third Saturday of the month. You can see your even calendars on FaceBook and on Yahoo Groups.
Yahoo:
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/OlympiaBikeParks/events
Face Book
https://www.facebook.com/SouthSoundBikeParkAlliance/events
Come hang out, dig and ride!
Hello Bike Park advocates! This is an important time in parks development for the south sound region and Olympia especially.
The 2016 Parks, Arts & Recreation Plan is in review and some updates are coming through. The language for the bike park and the parcel on Kaiser road is still strong.
Summary of changes here.
Read the updated plan here.
In case you missed it, we have a yahoo user group that lets us communicate upcoming events and project news. You can join it here:
Hello Bike Park Community!
While the weather has held out nicely, extending the dry riding season, the switch back to rain and fewer daylight hours is still upon us. The change in seasons means a change in priorities for the pump track. We’ll be monitoring and maintaining the track throughout the wet months ahead with a monthly work party on the 3rd Saturday of every month. We hope to see you there!
Dates:
October 17th, 2015
November 21st, 2015
December 19th, 2015
January 16th, 2016
February 20th, 2016
March 19th, 2016
-SSBPA
On the morning of August 8th our pump track grand opening drew a small crowd of cycling community members. Riders of all ages and ability levels came out to enjoy the well groomed pump track and obstacle course set up by our fantastic volunteer team.
We’d like to thank everyone who came to the event, the parks department for their support and all of the project sponsors who make our work possible.
Cheers to all of you!
It’s almost time for our pump track, Phase I grand opening celebration this August 8th, 10am to noon at the Yauger Park Pump Track. Please be sure to join us for fun bike related games and lemonade. Don’t forget to bring your bike! This is an event for all ages, whether you ride a strider or a 29er.
If you’re interested in helping us get the track in ship shape for August 8th, we’re having a work party this Sunday, August 2nd at 9am. We would love to see our members there to help out and get ready for this big unveiling.
See you all soon!
-SSBPA
This is an announcement and invitation to join in at the work party this Saturday.
Time: 9:00am-1:00
Place: Yauger Park pumptrack and future bike skills park.
(between the side of Safeway and the skateboard park, along Cooper Pt Rd., Westside of Olympia)
The focus will be to give the site a basic clean and polish in preparation for the grand opening being planned for 8/8/2015.
Some surface armoring of the track is planned as well as site cleaning.
All are invited if over 18yrs and anyone 13yrs and older if accompanied by a parent.
Please join us for an hour or two. There’s lots to do and plenty to talk about for the future of bike parks in Olympia.
The grand opening of the phase one of the bike park will take place from 10am to 12pm on August 8th, 2015
Check out some images of our first complete draft of the bike park proposal. We’re currently gathering input from SSBPA members and the public so please don’t hesitate to contact us through facebook or our Yahoo Groups page. Your feedback helps us to design a better plan.
Enjoy!
We had a very successful build session and meeting on Saturday, May 30th. Four of the board members attended and helped to apply a fresh coat of brand new, super nice dirt to the pump track. We also swept the area for trash and reorganized and cleaned up our tool storage shed.
Our next meeting is at the park this Wednesday, 6:30 PM (June 3rd, 2015). All are welcome to attend. Our primary goal for this meeting is to close out the input process for the park layout and features.
Here are some pictures of the 6 hours we spent at the park on Saturday.
Cheers,
Morgan Misek
El Presidente ’15
The Yauger Park Pump Track Phase 1 is done.
Now it’s time to get rider input on what we’re going to do next. Would you like to see an advanced pump track? Jump lines? Skills building features? Soon, the City of Olympia will inform us of the process for phase 2. Stay tuned and keep you shovels at the ready.
