a question concerning our passion

[cascade_crawler]

Originally Posted by T.Low

I moved 2500 miles to be close to good white water kayaking. Problem is, I never dreamed that with all this mountainous terrain that there would be so little enduro riding available nearby.

I can paddle a 15' waterfall a half mile from my house and ride world class mountain bike trails 7 minutes from my doorstep, but have to go 45 minutes away to ride a crappy little overused rutted out ORV park that is losing trails every month it seems.

They treat us like criminals here. I feel like a skateboarder with a bigger budget.

Used to be tons of riding around, its a sad state for sure. But there is epic riding right over the boarder, probably the same distance as walker...

[GasGas]

Move to CANADA. Lots of riding here. Economy is in a bit better shape than most places too.

[brider]

Originally Posted by Todd5774

I have considered it and am trying to make it happen, I love sand riding, and have very little of it here in the uk one or two sand lanes in the whole of the uk.

So my plan is to move to a country where the prominent surface is sand, it just has to be the right job to enable me to support my wife and I'm leaving this country!

Love sand riding?! I don't think I've met ANYONE who loves sand riding. But I've heard that Belgium, where I believe this thread originated, has LOTS of sand tracks.

I'm here in CT and am awaiting my first dirt bike in 15 yrs, an '06 EC300. I was fortunate to grow up racing motocross in Michigan, home of some of the best track in the US. I Googled my old farmhouse home a while back, and was FLOORED to see a groomed private motocross track 1/4-mi from my old home, in a farmer's field. I used to be able to leave my driveway and have access to ENDLESS trails and practice tracks.

But now in CT, I'm sure I'll be towing the bike up to my sister's in Maine to ride.

[GMP]

bider,

Ping some of the NETRA guys here, like fury, Ed Ventura, or Brian VT. There are lots of events, and I'm sure these guys could get you in the woods somewhere to ride. You could also come down my way, not that far at all. Learn to embrace rocks.

[hannesd]

Originally Posted by boyscout

Hannes,
Move to Texas, bring plenty of that great Belgium beer, and we will ride every weekend--- some weekdays too.

bchatt...i hate you, but i would like to come and visit, sounds awesome.

it's true, we do have some good beer but that drains my batteries aswell as my pocket and the next day i'm not satisfied (hangover)
i do have a massive feeling of satisfaction when i had that great ride!

[hannesd]

Originally Posted by brider

Love sand riding?! I don't think I've met ANYONE who loves sand riding. But I've heard that Belgium, where I believe this thread originated, has LOTS of sand tracks.

lots of sand tracks, here in Belgium?? not to my knowledge...
i'm shure there must be a few but i'm not the track kinda rider.
i cross the french border to Dunckerque (2hr drive to get there) to find da fairly big sand track.
http://www.mxcircuit.fr/terrain-circ...plage-270.html

[brider]

Originally Posted by GMP

bider,

Ping some of the NETRA guys here, like fury, Ed Ventura, or Brian VT. There are lots of events, and I'm sure these guys could get you in the woods somewhere to ride. You could also come down my way, not that far at all. Learn to embrace rocks.

Thank you very much for the offer and contacts, I'll probably take the winter to get it dialed in and do some bootleg rides near home here in CT, then in the spring venture forth...

[brider]

Just looking at that Dunckerque track gives me arm pump. I can barely type this.

I could've SWORN I read in Motocross Action that Roger D. and some of his old cronies from Belgium were sand specialists because of the sand tracks there...could be wrong.

[Todd5774]

Originally Posted by brider

Just looking at that Dunckerque track gives me arm pump. I can barely type this.

I could've SWORN I read in Motocross Action that Roger D. and some of his old cronies from Belgium were sand specialists because of the sand tracks there...could be wrong.

There are some very good sand motocross tracks in belgium, but not alot of legal riding that can be done outside of motocross.

Used to go over there for the weekend and ride different tracks when i was into motocross.

[T.Low]

Originally Posted by cascade_crawler

Used to be tons of riding around, its a sad state for sure. But there is epic riding right over the boarder, probably the same distance as walker...

Vedder Mtn? Taken my 4x4 there to test some things out, and I paddle the Chiliwack a lot, but never had my GG up there.

My main riding partner is my Brother in Law and he lives in Shoreline/Edmonds so we usually meet at Walker.