"We really looked at who are the people that enjoyed our festival and what are the biggest demographics, and really it's families with kids," says Beck. And while Beck notes that some people will be upset over the loss of the Post Office jumps, it was always the plan for Barry Swenson Builders to eventually close the jumps and begin construction on a long-anticipated mixed-use development.īesides, let's face it-most mountain bikers ride single track, not giant, terrifying dirt jumps, thrilling as they are to watch. The location puts the festival a 10-minute ride via the bike path on the levee from the Emma McCrary Trail and the vast network of Wilder Ranch and UCSC singletrack, sanctioned and not, to which it connects-a far cry from the fire road of Nisene Marks and smattering of singletrack south of the steel bridge. This weekend, April 11-12, the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival will take over San Lorenzo Park in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz. Read the 2015 Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival - Sunday schedule Read the 2015 Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival - Saturday schedule "We're getting back to the trails and getting the next generation involved in the festival," says Beck, whose day job is Recreation Program Specialist for the City of San Jose. You bring in more music for that happy festival feeling.
You bring in more clinics, including two days of instruction for the groms. You buff up the kids' section with a rodeo for the tots and a bike course for the older kids.
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You have loads of manufacturers-15, the most the festival's ever hosted-offering free demos. You find a super-convenient event site near the best network of singletrack in three counties (or the world, depending on who you're talking to). If you're Justin Beck, and you're in charge of the first Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival without the Post Office Jumps, you get back to basics. Story by Traci Hukill/Photos courtesy MBoSCĪpril 7, 2015-What do you do if you're the first-time director of a festival that just lost a world-class spectacle that made it famous and drew mobs of fans from all over the region?
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