The GoPro Games hit Vail on June 7 through June 12. Pro athletes, music and vendors descend on Vail Village for rock climbing, dog events, mountain biking events and much more in Vail Colorado.
Goike, 14, was joined by kids 10 years younger than him on the park’s pump track, and 20 years older than him in other areas of the park.
The Vail Valley Mountain Trail Alliance identified the need for a dirt jump park which has features that will cater to the skills of mountain bikers of all ages, and broke ground on the park about a year ago.
Decades earlier, the town of Minturn had acquired the land, an 8-acre plot near the town’s Little Beach Park area on the Eagle River, and earmarked the land for a community park.
In May of 2019 the Town Council approved the bike park, partnering with the Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance to see it through. Both the town and the trails alliance contributed funding, and the alliance also hosted a fundraising campaign which received tens of thousands of dollars in small donations. Local companies including Zehren and Associates, Telluride Stone, Mountain Organic Landscaping, First Chair Designs, Vail Honeywagon, Active Energy Solar cont