Miramar North School Kids Pump Track
By Vanessa Summers
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NZ $8,160 pledged
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This campaign was successful and closed on 16/01/2017 at 5:00 PM.
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Miramar North School Kids Pump Track
Project 2016-11-07 12:31:05 +1300
Matt Far and Fraser Wilkinson (one current and one future MNS dad!) are keen to put in a small pump track for biking in the area behind the hall. They are sourcing and labour and are enthusiastic about the benefits it could bring not just to the school but the wider Peninsula and Wellington Community.
A pump track is a small man made dirt track built with a looping trail system. They are generally designed with different sized dirt mounds/rollers and corners that have a banked outer edge (called berms). How does this benefit our community you ask?
- They are full of fun.
- Create skills in a safe environment
- They are accessible
- They offer community. Often there will be other riders there to enjoy, watch and be inspired by. The kids will see and pick up on the skills and techniques that similar aged or older kids are using on the track, and soon enough you will see those skills being used in their riding.
- They offer a great safe environment to improve your riding.
- Pump tracks allow you to get used to the bike moving under you. You will start to get a feel for how both the bike and your body move to maintain balance as you ride over the terrain, differing slopes and corners etc. The more you ride them, the more you will gain confidence in your riding. If you become quite skilled at pump tracks they teach you how to use the terrain to assist your riding - allowing you to ride on trails with more flow, speed and control.
- They are great for both strength and fitness improvements.
- They suit a wide range of ages as the rider can tailor the pump track to their capability. Finding an activity to suit the different ages of children in families can sometimes be a challenge; the pump track can offer something for every member of the family – especially the adults
Comments
Updates 2
Funded and built - have you checked it out!!!
25/01/2017 at 5:37 PM
So the track is built! Have you been up to check it out? Thank you to all for making this happen, I've seen a heap of kids up there having fun and enjoying what you helped to make happen so a massive thank you!
Miramar North Pump Track
03/12/2016 at 5:42 PM
We have dirt!!! Matt has managed to get the necessary brown stuff to the school and it's no longer in a giant mound - although that would've been kind of fun to ride, right?!.
Excellent stuff, hope to see some berms and rollers forming over the next wee while. Thanks to all those amazing people who have pledged so far, we have a great community and this will be a fantastic addition!
Pledgers 39
05/01/2017 at 11:31pm
01/01/2017 at 1:54pm
25/12/2016 at 8:50am
24/12/2016 at 10:49am
16/12/2016 at 7:45pm
16/12/2016 at 7:25pm
"Good work Matt and team"
14/12/2016 at 3:31pm
"Wishing everyone all the best of luck for this event!"
13/12/2016 at 4:13pm
"get in behind "
12/12/2016 at 2:22pm
"Another pledge given to me over the weekend by local roofer Roof It....if you need a roof done call Karl on 021973231"
09/12/2016 at 3:49pm
08/12/2016 at 11:01am
"Great project. Look forward to a few cheeky after school laps on it "
06/12/2016 at 11:27am
02/12/2016 at 7:01pm
01/12/2016 at 9:27am
30/11/2016 at 10:10pm
30/11/2016 at 9:03am
29/11/2016 at 8:20pm
"Best with a great project Matt "
29/11/2016 at 3:21pm
29/11/2016 at 1:18pm
"Awesome idea - good stuff Matt"
29/11/2016 at 10:40am
"Quinovic Lambton Quay supports this great initiative .......... Happy to lend some man/woman/teenage hours as and when required. GO FAR!"
29/11/2016 at 9:45am
"Nice work Matt, West Park School has one and the kids love it."
29/11/2016 at 9:35am
29/11/2016 at 7:17am
"Great project!"
28/11/2016 at 3:24pm
"great idea , regional News happy to support "
25/11/2016 at 9:41am
"Pledge is in lieu of payment for work carried out by "seek a leak""
22/11/2016 at 6:37am
"have fun kids..........from the team at seekaleak"
22/11/2016 at 6:33am
"have fun kids...........space construction"
18/11/2016 at 7:45am
16/11/2016 at 8:37pm
16/11/2016 at 8:29pm
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Miramar North School Kids Pump Track
Project 2016-11-07 12:31:05 +1300
Matt Far and Fraser Wilkinson (one current and one future MNS dad!) are keen to put in a small pump track for biking in the area behind the hall. They are sourcing and labour and are enthusiastic about the benefits it could bring not just to the school but the wider Peninsula and Wellington Community.
A pump track is a small man made dirt track built with a looping trail system. They are generally designed with different sized dirt mounds/rollers and corners that have a banked outer edge (called berms). How does this benefit our community you ask?
- They are full of fun.
- Create skills in a safe environment
- They are accessible
- They offer community. Often there will be other riders there to enjoy, watch and be inspired by. The kids will see and pick up on the skills and techniques that similar aged or older kids are using on the track, and soon enough you will see those skills being used in their riding.
- They offer a great safe environment to improve your riding.
- Pump tracks allow you to get used to the bike moving under you. You will start to get a feel for how both the bike and your body move to maintain balance as you ride over the terrain, differing slopes and corners etc. The more you ride them, the more you will gain confidence in your riding. If you become quite skilled at pump tracks they teach you how to use the terrain to assist your riding - allowing you to ride on trails with more flow, speed and control.
- They are great for both strength and fitness improvements.
- They suit a wide range of ages as the rider can tailor the pump track to their capability. Finding an activity to suit the different ages of children in families can sometimes be a challenge; the pump track can offer something for every member of the family – especially the adults
Comments
Funded and built - have you checked it out!!!
25/01/2017 at 5:37 PM
So the track is built! Have you been up to check it out? Thank you to all for making this happen, I've seen a heap of kids up there having fun and enjoying what you helped to make happen so a massive thank you!
Miramar North Pump Track
03/12/2016 at 5:42 PM
We have dirt!!! Matt has managed to get the necessary brown stuff to the school and it's no longer in a giant mound - although that would've been kind of fun to ride, right?!.
Excellent stuff, hope to see some berms and rollers forming over the next wee while. Thanks to all those amazing people who have pledged so far, we have a great community and this will be a fantastic addition!
05/01/2017 at 11:31pm
01/01/2017 at 1:54pm
25/12/2016 at 8:50am
24/12/2016 at 10:49am
16/12/2016 at 7:45pm
16/12/2016 at 7:25pm
"Good work Matt and team"
14/12/2016 at 3:31pm
"Wishing everyone all the best of luck for this event!"
13/12/2016 at 4:13pm
"get in behind "
12/12/2016 at 2:22pm
"Another pledge given to me over the weekend by local roofer Roof It....if you need a roof done call Karl on 021973231"
09/12/2016 at 3:49pm
08/12/2016 at 11:01am
"Great project. Look forward to a few cheeky after school laps on it "
06/12/2016 at 11:27am
02/12/2016 at 7:01pm
01/12/2016 at 9:27am
30/11/2016 at 10:10pm
30/11/2016 at 9:03am
29/11/2016 at 8:20pm
"Best with a great project Matt "
29/11/2016 at 3:21pm
29/11/2016 at 1:18pm
"Awesome idea - good stuff Matt"
29/11/2016 at 10:40am
"Quinovic Lambton Quay supports this great initiative .......... Happy to lend some man/woman/teenage hours as and when required. GO FAR!"
29/11/2016 at 9:45am
"Nice work Matt, West Park School has one and the kids love it."
29/11/2016 at 9:35am
29/11/2016 at 7:17am
"Great project!"
28/11/2016 at 3:24pm
"great idea , regional News happy to support "
25/11/2016 at 9:41am
"Pledge is in lieu of payment for work carried out by "seek a leak""
22/11/2016 at 6:37am
"have fun kids..........from the team at seekaleak"
22/11/2016 at 6:33am
"have fun kids...........space construction"