Cover photo courtesy of Aaron Theisen
Progression Trail: Designed to help riders level up skills without immediately wrecking themselves.
Gravity Trail: Built for going downhill fast with gravity doing the heavy lifting.
Tabletop: Jump with a flat top between takeoff and landing.
Flow Trail: Smooth, berm-filled rollercoaster dirt designed for rhythm, speed and big grins.
Skinnies: Narrow, elevated wooden features.
Stunts: Wood features, ladders and teeter-totters.
Loamer: Soft, loamy dirt trail.
Chunder: A mess of rocks, roots and bumps that rattle riders.
DH: Short for downhill.
Grom: Short for grommet, a grom is a young rider who’s somehow already better than most adults.
Freeride: Style of riding focused on creativity, jumps, drops and style.
Tech: Short for technical terrain.
New School: Modern trail design.
Booter: A jump with enough pop to send riders impressively airborne.
Gap Jump: A jump with empty space between takeoff and landing.
