
Hi Ian, I totally understand and I understand how groups and management can work and how taking over with new management can/does fix or cause other problems. However, hearing that it was a golf developer hit a sore spot in me personally and hits a lot of people local to me as well; as we are trying to retain out rights/privileges to our own land use while these people, these meaning the dickgolfers, are intruding without so much of an approval from the city with paper work. Especially when we have had to go through all the risk management, inspections, funds, sponsorships, approvals to afford what we have with the city and private land of which we operate on.
The dickgolfers here are have also trashed their own courses here by leaving trash everywhere, trampling undergrowth, clear cutting, illegal burning and dumping vandalism of their own areas etc. Basically ruining local ecological systems thusly promoting erosion/hightend ground temps etc which make it hard for vegetation to grow back let alone the dangerous use of needles which are left around thier current trampling grounds. As such the dickgolfers are starting/trying to do it to our most popular local riding spot which just got a huge grant from Specialized/IMBA to build new Whistler style trails 'which everyone is super stoaked on and are turning out awesome!', and I hate hearing how 'lower risk' sports seem to be taking the time/work/dedication away from our sport without so much of a consideration for the work and love people have put into the places that they congregate.
Oct 17, 2010 at 1:14