Shaw Spotlight filmed and edited an awesome new video about our bike park.
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Shaw Spotlight Bike Park Video
Bike Park is Open!
Coast Gravity Creations have finished the construction portion of the project. All that is left is for the fencing and signage to be put in place before the park is rideable.
CR Daybreak Rotary Donates to Bike Park
A big thank you to Daybreak Rotary, who confirmed a $19,900 donation to the bike park last week!
We are getting so much closer to our expected summer build. Read more about it in the Campbell River Mirror:
Rotary Club of Campbell River to Support Bike Park Completion!
The CR Bike Park Society is thrilled to announce that the Campbell River Rotary has approved $100,000 to complete the construction of the Bike Park!
Within the next few weeks we will be clearing the rest of the site so that the final designs can be completed. Once the designs are approved by the city we anticipate construction to start in early next year with completion by late spring.
Volunteers and in kind will still be needed please let us know if you are interested!
Pump Track is Now Open!
Campbell River’s pump track is now open to the public. It’s been a long haul, but we’re super excited to share the new track with the community.
We’ve still got a long way to go with building a shed, putting up a picnic table, and starting on Phase 3 in the fall.
Get out to the pumptrack and try it out. Make sure to share your pics on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Hashtag is #crbikepark
Canada Day Parade
Sprockids in the Canada Day Parade
We have also been invited into the Canada Day Parade as well. Please join us for the parade.
The meeting spot for the parade is Home Hardware at 2pm and goes to around 4:30.
Please wear either a black Sprockids shirt, a red CR Bike Park Society shirt, or anything red and white. Bikes must be decorated for the parade, there will be decorations at Home Hardware in the parking lot at 2pm.
Now Building Phase 1 & 2
It’s an exciting time to be a cyclist in Campbell River!
We are very happy to be able to announce that phase 1 and 2 of the bike park are currently under construction. We are working towards an opening date of June 2019.
Funding for the first two phases of the bike park came from a City of Campbell River of $85,000, and $95,000 in cash and in-kind donations from local companies and individuals.
Phase 3 still requires sponsorship of at least $100,000 of cash and in-kind donations. Learn more about sponsorship opportunities.
Thank you to all our generous sponsors. Please visit our sponsors page and make sure you support them.
Major Sponsors
Supporting Sponsors
On the Rocks Climbing Gym, Periscope Productions, Curtis Wilson – Artist, CBI Health, Hyde Creek Logging, Timberline High School, Zack Penn, Above and Beyond Tree Service, Windsor Plywood, Beachfire Brewing and Nosh House, Western Forest Products, CR Volunteer Firefighters (No 1 Hall), Bluetree Photography, Pedal Your World, Home Hardware, Tayco Paving, Mike Oviatt Trucking, Andrew Sherret, Marine Harvest Canada, Windsor Yard Sales, Swicked Cycles
Nanaimo’s Stevie Smith Bike Park to Open August 9
Nanaimo is opening a bike park on Aug 9, 2017. The park has been named in the memory of professional downhill racer, “the Canadian Chainsaw” Stevie Smith.
You can learn more about Stevie Smith and the bike park in this article from Nanaimo News Now:
The park, with an overall budget of $412,000, will include a dirt jump, pump track and skills park. Several groups, including the Gyro Club of Nanaimo, have been pushing behind the scenes for years to make it a reality. Harding says the concept has been around for a number of years and a bike park was included in the recently updated and approved Beban Park Master Plan. He says a company out of Whistler will be brought in to help with shaping some of the jumps and positioning some of the ramps.