Mountain Action Sports El Paso

Set up for some games 🤘🏽

There is more to it than just the willingness to do something.

What I learned from building a public MTB park In April of 2022 we opened Berm Park to the public, as well as its encompassing park, Chestnut Mountain Nature Park. Today we take a look back at the process...

Funding for Trails + More | IMBA At 10,679 feet, the Sandia Crest is the highpoint of the Sandia-Manzano Mountains, the most visited peaks in New Mexico. The crest boasts of stunning views and, on its east slope, downhill mountain bike trails.

Podium finishers at the EP Enduro race today! Thanks to all who came out! The event was AMAZING because of your participation!
We can’t wait to see everyone at the next one in November!

North Crew Representing @ the H***y Toad Hustle!
A great job done by amazing riders!

Take a minute to nominate us!!!

If you would be so kind as to take two minutes out of your day to fill out a quick nomination for our non profit MASEP! This money would do so much to help with our progress for the surrounding community!
All it asks is for a name, email address and the nonprofit URL down below (will be posted in the comments as well so you can copy and paste)!!!

https://www.facebook.com/maselpaso/

Caring4Community | Local Donation to Charity At El Paso Dentistry 4 Kids, support for our community has always been an integral part of our mission. Therefore, we are pleased to announce Caring4Community! This donation program aims to offer financial support and bring awareness to local organizations positively impacting our community.

Trail Planning & Design on the West Coast | IMBA IMBA Trail Solutions planners, designers, project managers and community engagement specialists span the country each calendar year, crafting the next generation of trail development. The mileage and elevation gains they put on their hiking boots are no match for each of these professionals' passion...

Check out this article from This project is what we are working on to show El Paso what we can have.

https://www.peopleforbikes.org/news/the-power-of-a-bike-park

The Power of A Bike Park | PeopleForBikes “We are a huge mountain bike community but we didn't have anything that was good for kids to learn how to mountain bike in a safe, controlled environment,” said Brian Canales, board member at Desert Downs Bike Park and Mountain Action Sports El Paso (MAS El Paso), a nonprofit that promotes mount...

The winner of the bike! Congratulations Jeff!

JEFF IS THE WINNER!!!!

$93 million. That’s how much the General Assembly of Virginia allocated for trails this year – the most in the state’s history!

And the Shenandoah Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) was involved in the process through statewide coalitions and years of hard work.

In this guest-written blog, SVBC Executive Director Kyle Lawrence shares his experience in working to unlock this historic investment in trails and things the organization learned along the way.

And as evidenced by the photos, he does his work in style and with a great sense of humor. 🍌

https://www.imba.com/blog/mountain-bike-advocacy-part-3

Colonnade Bike Park, located underneath Interstate-5, is a historical landmark for Seattle mountain bikers.

The park was constructed by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance (EMBA) in 2008, nearly 40 years after the freeway was built and divided the neighborhood. Colonnade created a much-needed connection in that community and it was also the first time riders were given permission to build MTB trails and features on public land in the city.

The park originally served as a training location for bigger, more technical out-of-town rides. The builders thought, “what better place to build epic features than under the I-5, close to home and easily accessible after work.”

But as the mountain bike community in Seattle continues to grow, there is a need to renovate sections of the park to incorporate beginner and intermediate features.

IMBA has helped EMBA secure a grant to upgrade Colonnade for a new generation of riders. EMBA is working on upgrading I-5 Colonnade Park by adding durable, progressive features to make the space more welcoming for a diverse set of inner city users.

Learn more about the project: https://www.evergreenmtb.org/blog/bringing-the-colonnade-back-to-life

📸// I5-Troll on TrailForks

The ramps will rise again!!

We are excited to announce our partnership with Outride!
They have committed to a $10,000 grant for the building of a mountain bike skills park, located within the Desert Downs campus. We have to raise $10,000 to match their allocated funds. Your donations will be greatly appreciated and will help bring this dream of a park to life!!
Please donate through the following link to make this happen for El Paso!

https://www.classy.org/fundraiser/3633288

The parks department has made the decision to remove the wooden structures that we have installed at Arroyo Park.

Our original vision was to make the jumps more safe for all skill levels to use. Some community members saw the build as an impact to the nature preserve. We worked hard to bring the community together to support our cause and dedicated many volunteer hours. Although we would have liked to keep them, we understand that not everyone was a fan. We try and respect everyone’s opinion, and have exhausted all efforts to show our perspective. We ask that the MTB community also respect this decision.

MAS-EP will continue to move forward in other ways to help bring the sport to more El Paso community members.

Again, as a community we must remain positive and look for other ways to continue to bring the stoke🤘🏽

v/r,

Manny Arellano
MAS-EP President

The Ultimate Guide to Racing Bikes in College | USA Cycling If you’re a young athlete interested in collegiate cycling, here’s some good news: There’s probably a program out there—somewhere—that’s right for you. So why not give it a shot?

It is possible if the support it’s there 🤘🏻

https://youtu.be/nXLTKtS6nlA

Berm Park is complete! Now what? Berm Park is a free public bike park we began planning over 3 years ago. Since then we found a town willing to work with us, made a plan, raised funds, and h...

Check it out!

Super Sick to see more Mountain Bike Women Riders! Keep up the great work Last Sundays Ride we all appreciate what you all are doing for our sport and our community!

What a Great write up. Come support our cycling community. Don’t forget there are also MTB dirt jumps for all levels Desert Downs BMX!

Go ride your bikes!

✨ Women's MTB Skills Clinic ✨
Join us for a fun, hands-on mountain bike skills clinic on Sunday April 10th, 2022 at Desert Downs BMX Track! In this clinic we will teach and let you guys practice skills that will directly translate to better and safer movements while on the trails.
⭐️ We will have four different stations that include small jumps, curve control, bike control through narrow passages, and more! All skill levels are welcome.
⭐️ To reserve your spot for this clinic, please go to our site at lastsundaysride.com/donate, there is a $35dll fee for registration, that will be used for the fee to enter Desert Downs BMX, a custom Specialized Bicycles bottle, and breakfast and lunch snacks.
⭐️ The clinic is to be held at Desert Downs, located at 8801 Railroad, 79924 from 9:00AM to 12:00PM.

DM us for more info, we’re super thrilled to bring this clinic to you all, we're putting all our effort into making this event awesome for you!

Thank you 💜

How do you rally your community around a new trail project?

Guest written by Weatherford Mountain Bike Club President, Lawrence Colvin, “Ball Pit to Bike Park” is a necessary read if you’re interested in transforming a space in your community to benefit all riders:
https://www.imba.com/blog/ball-pit-bike-park

Everyone is invited and All ages welcome. We have the Jumps El Paso you have been asking for !

3/13 Race day Gates Open at 1 PM for MTB Jumps & Practice and Registration.
3:00 Balance Bike racing will 3:00 and racing will follow.
$10 races for first bike.
$8 for second bike.
$7 practice
$25 family cap
$5 bike rental

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El Paso, we need your input. Please reply to this survey:

The purpose of this survey is to obtain community input on the wood bridges recently built in the Arroyo.

Over the past year and a half the Park Partner groups have been demarcating the areas around the creosote and mesquite “beds” within the sand bowl to help the regrowth of the arroyo vegetation, continuously blocking new trails throughout by using deadfall and debris, as well as planting and watering new creosote shoots.

There have been a number of cleanup days, and temporary signage put in that requests users not to disturb the progress towards slow regrowth. We are also working with the City on more educational and etiquette-related trailhead signs.

Most of the jumps have been removed (9 in total). The compromise by the Park Partners was to keep one main jump line, and to reinforce and maintain it (the jump line includes a total of 4 new bridges). These wooden bridges were installed to make this jump line safer and to cause less erosion. If these wooden bridges remain, 1 foot square pavers will be placed on the lip and landing of each bridge, so no further erosion takes place along these bridges. There will not be any further building or expansion of any more jumps/ramps or bridges anywhere else in the arroyo.

Which one of the following statements do you support:

Billy Rogers Arroyo Park is a Nature Preserve open for the whole county and should allow for all user groups: the wooden bridges should remain, and MAS-EP (Mountain Action Sports-EP, a Park Partner) agrees to maintain them.

Billy Rogers Arroyo Park is a Nature Preserve open for the whole county and should allow for all user groups to use in its natural state with no man-made construction allowed: the wooden bridges should be removed, and the underlying rock berms restored to their original state by the Park Partners.

Please reply to this survey with an email to [email protected] with either:

''Bridges Remain" or "Bridges Removed"