All of the roll–in towers were built by the locals and friends, all of them are still holding up strong, so no complaints about the building there.
Your parents seem pretty happy with the set–up, but was it difficult to convince them in the beginning that you knew what you were up to?Our parents have been amazing for letting us use the area of woods for the trails, they have had no concerns with the set–up so far as long as rubbish is kept down and roll–in towers are not too sketchy.
If you had to start over is there anything you would do differently?If I had to start again the only thing I would change would be to organise the lines together so there is more space for more of them.
Everyone that has ridden here has come away smiling and is really impressed with the way the trails ride and flow. Where did you learn the art of building and were there any existing trails that you borrowed physics from?A massive shout–out must go to the guys down at 4A trails. As well as putting some wicked ideas into building the trails and digging loads, their trails definitely inspired us at Holdshott to build smooth flowing trails. Another shout–out to Ryan Nangle for all the technical help when building trails.
You are both pretty busy working on the family farm, how much time in a week do you get to spend down here compared to tending cattle?We try to get down to trails in any spare time that we both get. Mainly most of the digging and riding gets done on the weekends when no one has other commitments such as work or college.
You’ve had near–on the complete list of UK pro riders down here, what is it like to be able to see them enjoying something you’ve created?Seeing other riders enjoying something that you have built and created from nothing is one of the best things about trail building. Also being able to enjoy the trails yourself is a great motivation to get a spade out and go digging.
Do your future plans see it getting bigger or is it now more of an exercise in maintenance?I feel the trails will always be improving and getting bigger and better.
If more building is on the cards then what is the next feature or line you have planned?Possibly a new slope style line on its way with some cool features such as a boner–log, step–up/step–down and some drops to.
Any shout outs?Massive shout outs to all the locals. All the 4A guys and friends who have helped build up the trails, also Ryan Nangle and Ben Dobbin for all the help digging and ideas (whether the ideas work or not!).
