Australian Mountain Bike

THE LIFE OF A TRAIL BUILDER

How does one become a trail builder anyway? Building trails, at an employable level, is more involved than dragging your brake down a fall line, moving some rocks or raking up some leaf litter. Australia’s level of trail building is probably more professional than anywhere else in the world, but what’s it like in this type of job?

Ryan De La Rue has been working for World Trail for over 10 years.

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