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Good news about Bike Park Wales.

When it comes to combining mountain bike trails with rewilding there’s a great example in Makara Peak in Wellington, New Zealand. Hand in hand with developing a great network of trails the supporters group has restored native bush across what used to be degraded farmland. IIRC it’s basically a partnership between the volunteer group and the city council.

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super interesting Jon. Thanks for sharing

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Great updates as ever Matt.

The Cole piece throws up a ton of concerns- especially the lack of accountability and the current state of the cancel culture we live in.

Thank you for giving this story the space it needs to be examined.

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Mind if I ask a question - what do you mean by cancel culture in this context? I never really understand what people mean by this phrase.

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I cannot get enough of Simple magic. I mean, it is a lot to read every time but every time I do it, I just love his writing!

Of course, you made me click "order now" for a new book about waves... Of course you did!

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And then I read the specific post.. and I still can't get enough of the writing but it hurts to read such words ...

Everywhere, we still have such a long road ahead of us for accountability and healthy caring about people.

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Yeah he’s so great. Tony has a blog coming next week as well 💪

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The running video is fresh and slightly unexpectedly a good watch. Who knew?

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Ha yeah I was surprised as well

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Appreciate you reading and sharing the piece , Matt

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Such a great piece Cole, and what you say about the state of skate journalism is true for surf and snow journalism too

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