The fastest (legal) trail development ever? Meet the HTA at Hawes in Mesa, AZ.

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Cornering: www.patreon.com/posts/27981205
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Boost jumps: www.patreon.com/posts/24161821
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Utilizing the wheelie on the trail: www.patreon.com/posts/23017910
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@chucko4415 2 жыл бұрын

As an Arizona local, I can say that Hawes is a miracle. Over the last 2 years, more trails have been built than i can count, with rebuilds of old traild and excelent trail maintenance happening often. Definitely a must ride if you are in the valley.

@gekkardboy 2 жыл бұрын

Hawes is truly a blessing for us locals. It has leveled up beyond SoMo in my humble opinion. Thanks for highlighting HTA and some key members of Hawesaholics.

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Joey

@joshbenson8039 2 жыл бұрын

I ride those trails all the time, 2-4 times a week depending on the season. I don’t speak for myself when I say those trails changed everything for me and I have such a deep gratitude for the HTA

@onetimer100 Жыл бұрын

Cut my teeth out at Hawes in 2003 and have been riding there ever since. For many years right from my front door to Las Sendas fence-line was ~ 5min ride. Still ride there weekly after moving 10 miles away but thanks to Trailforks and stuff like this channel it's become a cluster at peak times. Same old story of every good trail in history, I know. Solace can be found still on weekdays, especially in the heat. Too many folks won't brave temps over 85-90 degrees. The plus side (and resultant crowding) is the fantastic trails that have been added in the last 5- 7 years. This place (including East out towards Usery) has developed exponentially, and ultimately is why folks come. A big Thank You goes out to all the trail builders for the amazing work. Options, and quality ones at that, are good. Not bashing Jeff, love your stuff. Just say'n it is what it is. I mean wouldn't we all like our own private Idaho? One can dream. Until then I'll continue to enjoy the Hawes trail system and look forward to continued expansion while simultaneously longing for a time past.

@ryankennard6626 2 жыл бұрын

What!?! I moved from AZ in 2015 and loved riding Hawes, because nobody rode there. I don’t recognize it at all. What a change!!! Way to go HTA!

@johnglynn7795 2 жыл бұрын

Jeff, I would like to thank you for supporting / sharing my home town trails along with the HTA. The founders are absolutely incredible and appreciated very much for their hard work and efforts for all to enjoy one of the most incredible areas to mountain bike. Thanks again, Jg

@katandantonio 11 ай бұрын

Just getting into MTB here but discovering that we live in a place with so many awesome trails and awesome people that make it happen, it's really amazing!

@JLambinator 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome vid Jeff. Was great meeting you. Thanks for supporting HTA, Hawesaholics and the Hawes system. Oh, and thanks for the shout out!

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha cheers man!

@VoiceOverTrailReviews 2 жыл бұрын

Hiring a machine operator to build your trails is crucial. There’s always a place for hand built, raw trails, but when it’s time to contour in a long lasting, high traffic trail the machine builder is where it’s at! Great video! Makes me want to head down to Arizona one of these days!

@CP-qx2ff 2 жыл бұрын

Hiring the right machine operator that is also a rider is crucial. As more trails are built, the right blend of machine built along with hand crafted trail will keep things interesting. With machine built trails only, we're going to be riding different versions of the same flow trail with no character.

@dennisyuroshek4771 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode Jeff! I am a BeerDuro past champion. One of the coolest races I’ve done. Super low key, high vibez and I even won a king of Hawes beer bottle. Super impressed with the trail network they have built over the last 10 years. Good work guys!

@powellfain 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Hawes is my home trail system. Thanks for making this

@daarcher21 2 жыл бұрын

Just donated $50

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan!

@Sjzinn 2 жыл бұрын

As an Oklahoman. I travel to Phenox a lot. Haws and south Mtn is a blessing to have so close together. To have that elevation to work with is awesome .

@ericklaurila1293 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for highlighting the excellent work that Grant and others at HTA are doing for the Arizona mountain bike community.

@martiawesome Жыл бұрын

I wish we have trails like these in the west valley.

@darkcoda3264 2 жыл бұрын

See u at the sea otter classic tomorrow!! Super excited

@chrissanders733 2 жыл бұрын

Really cool to meet you at Sea Otter Jeff! HTA is on my list. I'll check it out on my way to Steamboat Springs CO next month. I hope Santa Cruz can put together a plan to make all of the underground trails legal, and more importantly, sustainable by repairing and preventing damage due to the erosion caused by high mtb (and emtb) traffic. I love the trails in SC, and introducing more professional trail builders would ensure longer lasting, and safe features. Great channel and content. Keep up the great work. I'm liking your merch too: Trail Advocate, Local Loam! Very cool. See you on the trails sometime.

@treyclay9786 2 жыл бұрын

I live in Tucson, and I've been driving up to ride at Hawes on the weekends. L'Alpe d' Huez is an excellent climbing trail to access the goods up top. Sunset Ridge DH is super legit awesome gnarly rocky lines. Big Sister is a great polar opposite fun flowy goodness. Finish it off with some sick jumps at the Old NRA Pit and I'm happy. I'll be making more trips soon. There's so much more! I've heard from a few locals that Iron Goat to Pure Ovaries is there favorite. My props to the HTA volunteers. You have a great trail system for the people.

@DanielAlcon 2 жыл бұрын

Any trails in Tucson? Or Phoenix the place to go?

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

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@samgreene7961 2 жыл бұрын

@@DanielAlcon 50 year in Tucson

@jeffjacksonmtb8236 2 жыл бұрын

@@samgreene7961 going there today!

@bradcarrington9889 2 жыл бұрын

Shawn Gregory is pretty good rider as well as trail builder. He placed 3rd in the 2012 Leadville 100 with a time of 9hrs 1min in the single speed class

@zhanglinda7557 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video!! Love it

@Badger36912 5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤Great video,love that place

@BoonMountainBike 2 жыл бұрын

very nice video Jeff. All respect to people that builds trails. I volunteer when I can and it is work..😅

@phylzub Жыл бұрын

Love this place

@MorganGlassco 2 жыл бұрын

So cool seeing my local trails featured! Great video and much props to the HTA. Lots of good XC trails down in the lower elevations too. Hawes has something for everyone

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Morgan!

@ryanmiskin 2 жыл бұрын

That's the best thing about Hawes, they have something for everyone. It doesn't matter what your skill level or style of riding. There are jumps, flow, tech whatever you are into, you can find at Hawes.

@senderoni5oh 2 жыл бұрын

I love hawes. I rode there almost 5 days a wk for 2 months. I’ll be back in December. Good times and I met so many cool people riding there 🤘🤘

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Right on man!

@X0oSCOTTo0X 2 жыл бұрын

volunteered to build some trail at Hawes when I lived in phoenix. Great trail system there!

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Right on Scott!

@Zee-hl5iu 2 жыл бұрын

Just rode there tonight...i love my trails

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Right on Zee!

@michaelcary7580 2 жыл бұрын

Come to flagstaff!! Trails are drying up and getting good. 👍👍

@mikestivers8302 Жыл бұрын

jeff you gotta come back and ride the new and improved NRA party line (park run #4) - the HTA is adding 1/2 mile of downhill flow jumps, tables, and burms. also, boulderdash is coming soon! think of it as "sunset ridge, light".

@tim3kgt 2 жыл бұрын

Jason is such a Lamb... (great family)

@kylefitzgerald1851 2 жыл бұрын

I need to get back there. It’s been 8 years, it looks like there is some much more now.

@50whatnomadtravelnursemtb5 2 жыл бұрын

I also rode there back in December of 2019, it was my first Mesa/Arizona desert experience. Looks likes it’s changed a lot! I liked twisted sisters and the mine trail. Was just talking about this on Nate Hills channel.

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@50whatnomadtravelnursemtb5 2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffKendallWeed you’ve got great videos no problem. Sorry about the long flow trail I recommended you…Lol. I’m heading back to Seattle in May for work, will be heading up to Galbraith for the first time, I’m stoked!

@onewheeldrive2645 2 жыл бұрын

I just tried Hawes and it has some awesome views and trails. Sunset ridge was too much for my weak riding skills hahaha.

@Shagz2149 2 жыл бұрын

man, this is so awesome! the are I live in (in Germany) unfortunately doesnt have any trail building community.

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Start one up Marco! That’s all it takes.

@Jacob99174 2 жыл бұрын

JKW in da house! Love these story vids

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim! These are a TON of work, but I feel they are important!

@nmnate 2 жыл бұрын

Around here we get a lot of clashes between various types of trail users. It definitely seems to slow down or kill some of the proposed projects. Some of our coolest trail systems out here are on private property with public access.

@samgreene7961 2 жыл бұрын

Some points they didn’t cover but I think contributed to the speed - some of the trails were previously planned and approved and were then quickly built. Some were already social trails. Most of the area had trails already, this was a build out. The pro trail builder established the trails and volunteers finished them.

@HotSpicySalsa 2 жыл бұрын

This man really loves a good manual w a go pro

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

If you only have one trick, be sure to do it everywhere!

@darkcoda3264 2 жыл бұрын

See tomorrow at Sea Otter Classic!!!❤️❤️❤️

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll be there on Saturday at the Jenson USA booth for the 1pm trackstand challenge!

@darkcoda3264 2 жыл бұрын

@@JeffKendallWeed awesome!! I was just there!! Kyle and April were awesome!!! Can’t wait to see u there and get some photos!!! 👍👍👍👍

@porta_patrols 2 жыл бұрын

cool

@MagnusThornberg 2 жыл бұрын

Cool story. Couple of Swedish names Norberg and Stenmark. Are there a Swedish connection around the area? :)

@mattgraves3709 2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe all happening on Hawes mtn

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a lot, but it’s definitely well needed! Was cool to learn “the story behind the story” as they say!

@ryanmiskin 2 жыл бұрын

HTA are gods among men.

@speedsquishstupid 2 жыл бұрын

That corner @6:18 - normal human beings vs. JKW, lol.

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks Jason!

@robgoffroad 2 жыл бұрын

I lived in Mesa for five years, only two miles from this trail system without even knowing it was there. But I hadn't gotten back into riding yet. Now I have.. and guess what? EVERY TRAIL I LOOK UP ON TRAIL FORKS IS MARKED OFF-LIMITS TO EBIKES. This is, to be honest, complete bullshit. I'm fed up with it. It's time that we as a group stand up to the US Forest Disservice and DEMAND that Class 1 ebikes be allowed on ALL TRAILS. None of this "it's up to the land manager" crap. If mountain biking groups want my support (and I want badly to become active with many of them), they will have to do this. They/we need to be showing up in droves flat out demanding the Forest Disservice reclassify Class 1 ebikes to allow them on all trails. I have already written many letters.. to state reps, to the USFDS, to the BLM, etc, etc about this. All I get is a canned reply, and in the case of the USFDS, some rambling about how many trails are "already" open... which by my math is like 1% of existing trails. AND.. hell, I have a motorcycle to ride those trails, and that's a heck of a lot more fun on THOSE trails than on an ebike. If it seems like I'm pissed off, it's because I am.

@mattgraves3709 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I did proper MTB when I lived in mesa... for 20 years I endured the desert but alas too many bad memories of a corrupt government and sherif posse. Ya never going back to the valley... I never want to be that person again, nor see those people again... ah but I pine for the Superstitions on a proper MTB.

@JeffKendallWeed 2 жыл бұрын

The desert is a unique place for sure. Thanks Matt!

@Blackevilmisanthrope 2 ай бұрын

Think it’s time to divorce the “yew”. It sounds completely idiotic.

@BAYAREAMX Жыл бұрын

If you want fresh cut trails stop crying about dirt bikes and team up with them.

@JeffKendallWeed Жыл бұрын

That happens in lots of places! This section of the Hawes zone is non-motorized, so no moto action in there. In lots of other parts of AZ, there is some good 2 wheeled collaboration. While I wish more MTB riders would support the MTB advocacy groups, I've noticed an even lower percentage of moto folk join their local advocacy groups. Moto advocacy is even more challenging than MTB advocacy.