Biking: Nate’s Fun Muddah reflects the late valley resident's joyful spirit
Voices cracked. Tears were shed. Smiles stretched wide, and laughter punctuated the alpine landscape.
Family, friends and colleagues of Nate Waterhouse turned out last Sunday at the Fields of Attitash to ride the trails close to the heart of the man known for his impact in the valley’s bike and ski worlds.
Nate’s Fun Muddah, the first stop in a trio of Summer Race Series events (summerraceseries.com) presented by White Mountains New England Mountain Bike Association, was a tribute to Waterhouse, with proceeds going to the Bartlett Recreation Department where he coached and mountain biked with children through the Bartlett Bike Club.
Wheel Family Fun: Summer mountain biking opportunities for kids in the valley
Parents, have your kids outgrown riding around the block or on the Rec Path with you? Do they complain that they’re bored or tired on rides, then come home and run around?
Kids, are you looking for more exciting riding and want to learn new mountain bike skills? Would you rather ride, shred, or race with other kids than go riding with your parents? Do you want to ride over features, not around them?
If any of you, adult or child, said “yes” to these questions, then it’s time to move the young rider up the mountain bike ladder. Sign them up for a summer youth mountain bike program, race series or bike park session.
Summer Newsletter
What’s Going On ? Bike Borderlands has expanded its network to 16 networks including WMNEMBA! Bike Borderlands is a collaboration of 16 mountain biking destinations across the Northern Forest. We are stoked to join this collaboration! Bike Borderlands has created a Bike Borderlands Strava Club Challenge to encourage riders to visit all of the networks starting June 20. Go to Strava and join the Bike Borderlands Club for details. This is a pretty cool way to show the strength of this group of clubs and networks. Bike Borderlands has been working with these original networks for some time now and really fostered their creation and growth. You might be familiar with the COOS system which has been part of the initial phase of this organization. I’m stoked for the opportunity to work with all of these leaders in continuing to grow Mountain Biking in northern New England.
Spring Newsletter
What are we planning ?
First on our list, signage, finally! : We fell short of this goal last year but everything is in place to make it happen this year. Lagers Lane realignment: Lagers will get a small realignment so that it aligns with the High School trail trailhead. There will also be a connector to the gate on FS rd. 379 which will complete the goal of routing bike traffic off of FS roads with vehicle traffic. Electric Loop bridge: The old long skinny bridge is in need of replacement…