Ok, YouTubers How About A Good MTB Movie?
The New England Mountain Bike Association is launching a mountain bike film festival in 2010. The announcement just came out in order to allow spring, summer, and fall for filming and editing. Submissions are due on November 1st. The event will be held on December 4th.
The film festival seeks to "feature a wide array of video short features from regional filmmakers that capture the spirit, excitement and pleasure of mountain biking in New England." Submissions are limited to 5 minutes, and will be judged in several categories: Best Production, Best Action, Best Plot, Best Film Featuring Scenic XC Riding, and People’s Choice Award.
The event will debut in the Boston area and then roam throughout New England, evolving a bit as it travels. Check out full details on the NEMBA web site.
With all the creative talent in the Boston area, some compelling videos should emerge. Of course, this whole topic reminds me of my favorite biking video -
Inspired Bicycles - Danny MacAskill April 2009
Photo Credit: ssh
3 Ways You Can Help The Middlesex Fells
1. Get up to speed on the latest buzz on the Middlesex Fells.
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has set out to develop a Trail System Plan, aiming to present it to the public in April and put it into effect this summer. In developing the plan, the DCR has been soliciting comments in meetings and via email. This has re-ignited ongoing heated discussions between many trail users, but particularly the Friends of the Fells and the New England Mountain Bike Association (NEMBA).
Check out these articles from the Boston Globe:
Public input sought on future of Middlesex Fells Reservation
Trail bikers make voices heard at Middlesex Fells workshop
The need to focus on Fells' natural resources
Mountain bikers: We're stewards of the trails
2. Think about how you use the Fells and your vision of its future.
How do you use it now? What have your experiences been like? How would you like this resource to be enjoyed by the community in the years to come?
3. Speak up.
Write to the DCR and let them know what you think. Heck, it's as easy as sending in an email.
I'm going to write in and support the NEMBA agenda. Though I'm not a big mountain biker, I've been very impressed with the group. They clearly respect the Fells and do a lot to support the Fells user community.
For example, NEMBA runs some great programs like "No Child Left Inside" and "Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day." Through these programs, they've taught the children and families in attendance not only about mountain biking, but about proper trail use and preservation. They even came out to a local Cub Scout meeting and taught 100 scouts and their families about trail maintenance. Perhaps most importantly, these programs motivated a lot of folks I know to get out and enjoy the Fells.
I'd like to see mountain bike use expanded in the Fells in the way NEMBA advocates. It's a responsible and appropriate approach.
Find more details about NEMBA's take on the issue and call to action here.
Photo Credit: Orangeacid
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