DYLAN SHEFFER - FREERIDE LIVES II

My goal for the trail was to basically take what I learned on my first trail and take the technical aspect of building to the next level. I wanted to build a total dream line where when I was finished, there were no regrets of ''Oh well, I should have built this here and that there.'' More importantly, I wanted each stunt to serve a purpose for getting over the natural terrain in unique ways and for each stunt to be different from the previous one. And finally, I wanted the next big challenge of having to link all these features together in one run which took a lot of time and practice to get dialed.





Dylan Sheffer

Dylan Sheffer grew up watching New World Disorder, Kranked, Collective, and NSX movies, films that featured the most progressive riders and trail builders on the planet. After school on rainy days he'd sit watching classic segments: Simmons' NWD 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 parts, Claw's Roam section, the Coastal Crew's Kranked 8 opus, Boyko's NWD 8 ender - and images of cedar bridges burnt themselves into his mind's eye. He rode in his home town, did trips to Whistler and Kamloops, but nothing came close to the imagined thrill of riding those old cedar masterpieces. In 2012 he decided to create a trail like the ones he'd seen, and in 2013 it was finished. We filmed a video on it ( Freeride Lives ) which people seemed to like. Sheffer didn't build it in search of money or sponsorships or internet fame, he just built it for fun, for the joy of working with your hands and seeing a vision come to life. That first trail was the ultimate crash course in building technique and gave him the tools to create an even more ambitious trail. This line was built by Sheffer and a few friends from May 2014 to May 2015. We hope you enjoy his handiwork.