Trail EAffect - "Episode 51 - Greg Mazu - Singletrack Trails" (December 28, 2021 | #1416 | Host: Josh Blum)

December 28, 2021
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ABOUT THE EPISODE

Topics Covered in this Episode:

• Greg Mazu intro and backstory
• The early days of trail building for Greg
• Starting Singletrack Trails Inc
• Growing Singletrack Trails by branching out across the country
• Trails and Projects that stick out to Greg
• Palisade Plunge Trail backstory – 32-mile epic trail build
• Trail Planning, the importance of this and thinking about how a trail plan is like a business plan
• The Manifesto
• Creating Mortgage Paying Jobs
• Selling the fact that Trail Building is a real profession to the masses (for those unaware)
• How trails provide value to communities
• The importance of having a variety of trails within trail systems / trail communities
• Vee Hollow and how Vee Hollow provides that variety of trails within one system
• Handcut Trails / Handcut Hollow in Bentonville
• Advantages of Hand Built Trails
• What the Ideal Trail Community looks like according to Greg
  • The Garage is my Trail Head
• Mountain Towns and Jobs
• Famous Failure(s)
• Gregs Multiple Businesses
  • Desert Rat Tours
  • Tools for Trails
  • Backslope Tools
  • Recreation Fabrication – New for 2022
• Redesigning the McLeod
• Supply Chain Issues for Trail Building Tools
• Closing Comments

RELATED SHOW NOTES

Singletrack Trails: https://www.singletracktrails.com/
Backslope Tools: https://www.backslope.tools/
Tools for Trails: https://toolsfortrails.com/
Desert Rat Tours: https://www.desertrattours.com/home

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