Originally Posted by Maelstrom

Its not just the trails. The north shore offers completely unique terrain. I have shore trails near me but they can never be real shore trails. North shore due to the rain forest, steep terrain and deadwood etc offer a very unique ride that can't really be duplicated (maybe spots in oregon and other rainforest areas)

Digger gets into trouble due to the extreme of his trails. They are a site to behold as 99% of the riders would crap their pants standing on top of one of his stunts let alone riding it. Crist (the main guy against the shore) is a knob and has a thing against ANYONE beyond the elderly being in those trails. The problem is two fold

1 - crist - knob - claims many many problems with the trails but in the end has a personal vendeta fueled by an unknown hatred for all things bicycle. He has some real valid issues however, the new builders instead of working with the environment are working against it, there is also a serious problem with old trails becoming old and broken hence dengerous. Also...trails are freaking dangerous. Many injuries occur and it is very difficult to get injured riders out, let alone really expensive.
2 - the people who own houses. Fromme (the mountain most people know of the shore) has a high elevation residential area. With no parking or other ameneties at the base of the trails (most trails come from and pour into a certain RICH RICH RICH residential area) kids are changing and being general nuisances in the neighbourhood. With the shores popularity increasing and traffic going beyond the core riders to people from all over the world. The ignorance level increase expodentially (go to any tourist town and ask locals how people visiting act) However this is not a tourist town, its a simple residential area stuck at the base of the most famous mountain bike site in the world. Several options have been offered to fix this (pour trails our elsewhere and remove lower trails that are literally in peoples back yards, also create a parking lot that is semi private etc)

In the end things don't look good on fromme, but this could also be why Cypress is opening a lift assisted shore mountain (cypress is another 'north shore' mountain) and digger I believe is building most of the trails there. Remember, the north shore riders are very active and fighting tooth and nail against one nut AND against the bad riders who give a bad name. Its gonna be tough but really the shore has gotten tooooo popular for its own good.