Just Start Showing Up: Paula Burton, NEMBA's Trail Blazing Trail Builder
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Back in July, I posted my episode with Nicole Freedman, the executive Director of NEMBA, and she was the one who introduced me to Paula Burton, a long-time mountain biker, NEMBA CT chapter founder, and instructor for NEMBA Trail School.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to meet Paula in person at the trail school I attended back in June, but we did connect over Zoom for an article I was writing for the NEMBA Single Tracks newsletter.
We hadn’t been talking for long before I realized that Paula was just the kind of guest I love, love, LOVE to have on this podcast - a real person doing really integral work that is constantly improving the outdoor experience for newbies and weekend warriors like me!
Paula’s been riding since before mountain biking was really a “thing”, and she’s got tons of stories to share that serve to highlight how far we’ve come in outdoor representation in the last 30+ years…. but also how not everything has changed quite so much.
Enjoy this special Friday Funday Feature!
NEMBA (New England Mountain Bike Association) - https://nemba.org/
IMBA (International Mountain Biking Association) - https://www.imba.com/
And a few more fun links:
- Thunder Mountain Bike Park (Charlemont, MA)
- Appalachian Mountain Club
- Connecticut Greenways Council
- George Waldo State Park (Southbury, CT)
- What is a pump track?
- Rockhouse Hill (Oxford, CT)
- What is a Class 1 Ebike?
- Bluff Point State Park (Groton, CT)
- Highland Mountain Bike Park (Northfield, NH)
- Pittsfield State Forest (Pittsfield, MA)
Building your Biking Bucket List? Paula’s recs:
- Baja California (Mexico)
- Bear Ears National Monument (UT)
- Grand Staircase - Escalante National Monument (UT)
- Moab (UT)
- Grand Junction (CO)
- Fruita (CO)
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