Fox Factory created Trail Trust in November 2021 to become a new kind of champion – one that leads the way in delivering sustainable adventure to everyone. In just one year, Fox Factory has donated over $1 million to more than 70 nonprofit organizations across seven countries worldwide.
“As an industry leader, we believe it’s our responsibility to ensure that our playgrounds continue to exist for generations to come, and that the outdoor adventurers enjoying these playgrounds represent people of all ages, genders, races, backgrounds, and ability levels,” explains Jackie Martin, Fox Factory’s Chief Purpose and Inclusion Officer.
From volunteer-led grassroots organizations to national nonprofits, Trail Trust partners are building and maintaining new trail systems, educating the public about responsible recreation, and expanding access. In just one year, support from Trail Trust enabled over 10,000 individuals from underrepresented communities to experience the thrill of adventure.
Kootenay Adaptive Sport Association, Trail Trust partner and nonprofit organization, advocates for access, trails, and recreation opportunities for adaptive mountain bikers.
“Thanks to support from Trail Trust, we have been able to expand our reach and role within the aMTB [adaptive mountain bike] community, build and develop important policies, and lay the groundwork for even more access to sport and recreation in North America. We’re grateful for Fox Factory’s commitment to making mountain biking more inclusive,” shares Mike Riediger, Chief Executive Officer of Kootenay Adaptive.
When it comes to off-road motorized recreation, Trail Trust’s continued partnership with the National Off-Highway Vehicle Conservation Council is focused on educating stakeholders about how to design, construct, maintain and manage sustainable OHV trails. Trail Trust is also working with organizations like Nevada Outdoor School to educate adventurers of all ages about how to safely and responsibly engage in off-road recreation.
Follow along the Trail Trust journey by visiting "
The Journal," which highlights partners and showcases the impact of their work.
Fox Factory aims to invest $10 million globally through Trail Trust by 2030. That’s $10 million going toward new trails, education initiatives, youth programs, bike parks, desert clean ups, and more. The goal is to specifically expand access to 100,000 adventurers from underrepresented populations.
Join the journey to champion sustainable adventure for all. Know of a nonprofit organization that shares this vision? Encourage them to visit
www.trailtrust.com to learn more about this Fox Factory initiative and apply for funding.
To add the trail designers hired are typically from other areas (not local) and bid these projects at astronomical numbers. They'll probably eventually be installing E charging stations as well to these trails LMAO!!!! Be prepared to spend upwards of 30 % more for your suspension eventually as well.
Maybe lets focus on a percentage of revenue? There are a few brands that donate to trail building AND other causes. I am pretty sure SRAM runs this worldbicyclerelief.org and looks like they are closing in on donating 700k bikes to people in Africa.
Pretty sure Santa Cruz has donated 7 figures to trails, Specialized I think has more than one charity they run, on and on.
That being said, Thanks Fox. Now we know what the tail is doing, is the fox head doing any cool stuff?
In the Pacific Northwest we have a massive number of purpose-built mountain bike trails of all different kinds. You can essentially ride whatever type of trail you want to ride with an easy striking distance from Seattle. Personally I love it - I don't need to ride one type of trail all the time to feel happy about mountain biking and in fact like variety.
What makes this possible is that our mountain bike trail building organizations have a shit ton of funding. Then you look at a place like San Diego were they don't have good funding and most trails are dog shit random hiking tracks beat the shit and unmaintained.
More money for trails is a good thing.
There's no part of it that makes mountain biking worse once there's enough money for a lot of trails.
12 V.S.A. § 5793.
"(a) Land. An owner shall not be liable for property damage or personal injury sustained by a person who, without consideration, enters or goes upon the owner's land for a recreational use unless the damage or injury is the result of the willful or wanton misconduct of the owner."
This relatively simple provision has provided the basis for access to a massive amount of private land for recreation. VMBA also provides insurance to landowners which covers the cost a lawyer to get claims against landowners thrown out of court via the above provision.
If your State doesn't have this type of law. Bring the language to your local legislator, along with stats regarding the massive positive impact of outdoor recreation (and mountain biking in particular). It is a no-brainer as it reduces frivolous lawsuits (which everyone hates) and supports landowners opening up their land for recreation (which is great for the mind, body, and public wallet).
Landowner Liability Act: legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/12/203#:~:text=%C2%A7%205793.&text=(a)%20Land.,wanton%20misconduct%20of%20the%20ownera.
VMBA's landowner resources: vmba.org/landowner
region as PNW it has their shit together... and I agree 100%. PNW has such a diverse landscape and top notch trails with a plethora of well designed well maintained progressive trails; combined with funding and trail builders that know WTF and how to properly make trails and maintain them. In many parts of the East for example, there is a ridiculous political type approach with a model for (sanitized- flow reroutes) everywhere, all of which have terrible rollers every 15 ft, + corners that have massive water drainage ditches or a goofy roller instead of berms! They introduced this way of designing trails some time ago and are on a destructive -fast paced path to, eventually abolish all trails that don't fit their crazy model idea.
I got involved with my local trail chapter so I could build trails that I want to ride. So far it's going quite well.
I agree so hard with @trashpander275. If you have time to comment on every PB article you have time to get involved.
G5 Collective and those NorCal investor rich kids w/ their $185 flannels are working it every week with rakes.
Worst part is their LOPPERS. They're cutting all the embedded roots of living trees in the trail to make it possible for beginners to pedal up a BLACK trail. Their trail work is doing far more damage than good.
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It never needed drying out. It was never wet. Friends used to love to trail run up it (4 miles "up"). Now, not a hiker wants anywhere near it. It's a flow track. And "Seth the internet profiteer" & all the other media grabs are using it to promote "TrailsNC". They can preach noble intent, but it's overkill. That organic, solid earth wilderness trail was beautiful. Now...it's a BIKE TRACK. It blended into the forest & meandered. Now..it's a rocket ship with muddy mini-kickers, 4 foot high clay berms
yeah man, that sucks.
My point stands. If you hate that then get in the drivers seat. That’s all I’m sayin.
Fox could have just passed that money on to their shareholders/owners instead.
And even if it was $150,000 that’s still more money than you or I have spent.
We should be trying to look for the positives and not trying to drag everyone down.
Let the corps with deep pockets build the flow trails and jumps. The local builders can build the gnarlier stuff.
Everyone wins.
But please, keep complaining about *checks notes* new bike trails
The best trail networks have both renegade and sanctioned trails.
Let the corps with deep pockets build the flow trails and jumps. The local builders can build the gnarlier stuff.
Of course if you build janky sketchy shit then it gets shut down. If you build on private property it gets shut down. But proper double blacks and proper tech are embraced regardless of who/how it gets built.
This is the way
I do feel bad for other regions where there is only one way to do things and often it's via bureaucratic management that results in lowest common denominator vanilla flavour of trails
But I've honestly avoided parking up there b/c I can see all of them posting their hot laps on Strava like crazy. Even I'm smart enough to avoid that conflict. There are new rangers in the district finally that have been hired and are being tasked with "educating" so maybe change will happen soon before NONE of us get to ride anything.
Meanwhile, G5 Trail Collective & PAS are tossing more bedrock & soil off the edge of trails in search of bigger and bigger grants & ignoring shutting down bandit stuff that will get them and us all booted. So many pats on the back & beer hugs with that crap right now.
There are those in the trail clubs with good intentions, but the $185 flannel shirted Keen footwear urbanites and their collapsible do gooder tools are too busy bragging, boasting and blabbing to just shut up and get a sawyer license to clear downed trees or remove invasive plants.
Oh, by the way...I'm headed down to Tryon within the next few weeks to learn permanent kudzu removal techniques. Conserving Carolina has this almost impossible to attend 9-11am weekly meet up down there.
Having a paid trail org administrator also means having someone who can apply for and write grant proposals to gain funding to pay for trail maintenance. Putting money towards the advocacy/admin side of a trail org is an investment in the truest sense of the word as the benefits of that money can be multiplied to gain even more funding. When limited dollars are available, investing in admin/advocacy pays a big return that in the end can net you more money to be put towards building/maintaining. Dollars to pay trail crews are important, but imho dollars invested in admin/advocacy will pay off even more in the long run.
(writen by open ai) - though it might be amusing to get AI to write my comments for me....
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CM!
That's a very vegan piece of grammar.
After having ridden a higher-end Manitou, DVO or Suntour? Not necessarily...