Marty Caivano's blog

As the holidays approach, we here at IMBA start to feel a little bit like Santa Claus. Especially where the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew is concerned, since this is the time of year where we decide who gets visits from our team of traveling trail ambassadors.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - In response to increased complaints and collisions on local trails, the National Park Service (NPS) has teamed with the Concerned Off-Road Bicyclist Association (CORBA) to promote safe and courteous riding in the Santa Monica Mountains.

NMBP members continue a great year of successes with two recent events:

Two longtime members of the Backcountry Trail Patrol in Minnesota used their skills to save a life while patrolling the Twin Cities Marathon.

From the patrol:

Yes, you read that right. If, like me, you didn't fully realize there was singletrack open to bikes at the Grand Canyon, you will be even more pleased to know that the USFS is working on more.

The Rainbow Rim trail, located on the remote North Rim, already offers up 18 miles of moderate trail with intermittent, eye-popping views of the "viewer-chosen eighth wonder of the world."

Just in time for summer, we got in a new style of NMBP jerseys. This winter, I heard the pleas for a more traditional, road-style jersey, and now they are here. Remember, you must be logged in to IMBA.com too see the patrol store.

As long mountain bike races continue to gain popularity, they provide a great venue for patrols to show what they can do. Check out this report from the Ocala Mountain Bike Patrol:

Recently, two patrollers from the North Texas Mountain Bike Patrol were quoted in their local media after their attempts to resuscitate a rider they found collapsed on the trail.

From the Star-Telegram:

--Soon afterward, two members of the North Texas Mountain Bike Patrol, a volunteer group that patrols the trails to help bikers, came upon the scene.

Last Saturday, fellow IMBA employee Rod Judd and I attended training to become patrollers for our local group, the Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol. Although I'm still too injured to ride, I can do trailhead outreach, as I will do with another patroller this coming weekend.

Martin Glinsky, patrol director at the Red Rock Mountain Bike Patrol in Sedona, recently got his group some notoriety through a couple of local publications: Sedona Monthly and the Sedona Red Rock News.