So, in this months issue of BIKE Magazine there is an article about Slaughter Pen Mountain Bike Park and it references the website I worked on at Rockfish for them. The site was built in Flash AS2 and has some really cool features. The magazine also shows a picture of one of the ramps that I tagged a while back. Congrats to Tom and Woody on this one, I'm looking forward to the Halloween Jam looks like it's going to be Awesome! So, check out the site at www.slaughterpen.com and I hear they are working on adding more ramps and 6 miles of trails in Phase 2 so stay tuned to the site and see the progress. The magazine also mentions the Progressive Trail Design Company who built Slaughter Pen (Their first gig and I must say, not too bad!) and I collaborated a bit on that site design so check it out too www.progressivetraildesign.com.

So in my sparetime (what I have been able to find) I have been working on my web developer skills and created a site for a buddy mine that I designed and developed. All I can say about developing this one is "Damn IE!" I can't tell you how many late nights I had trying to line up something that looked perfect in Firefox. Anyways I really liked what this site was about and what these guys do. They build trails in urban and rural areas for people of all ages, mostly for mountainbikers and crazy freeriders. 

At RFI I got to design the site for Slaughter Pen Mountain Bike and Freeride Park www.slaughterpen.com and that got me interested in what these guys do. I would like to see more of these types of venues pop up in more places, I know as a kid in Dallas I would have loved something like this to get away to. Anyways check out the site and tell me what you think, I also hooked them up with a blog over at Wordpress I think it compliments the site nicely. Check them out:

www.progressivetraildesign.com 

Progressive Trail Design Blog: http://progressivetraildesign.wordpress.com/

Saturday's BMX event at Slaugher Pen in Bentonville, AR was cool, the park was nice and well kept and the riders did some cool tricks, we had a good time there here are some pics below, enjoy!

Bentonville, Arkansas 10/27/2007

The 1st annual "Slaughter Pen Jam" is coming soon!!!
Pro Entry: $15
Amateur Entry: $10
Spectator entry will be $5head + donations and proceeds will go to the Stephen Murray Family.
Stephen Murray Background: On June 22nd at the AST Dew Tour BMX Dirt Finals, Stephen took a horrific fall on the final set of the dirt section while sending a double back flip. Stephen has received career ending injuries to his spinal cord and vertebrae.
Unlike the NFL or other major professional sports which have unions that provide funds to athletes who are injured, BMX has nothing like this. BMX however is much more like a family than any other sport. Now is the time we need to reach out and support one of our family members like never before. (source; www.stephenmurrayfamilyfund.com)

We have food, music, and and the perfect venue (we have been working on the park every week in order to build it up to a Pro level), we just need your support to take this event to the next level and provide aid for a good cause.
Thanks for all your help,
Woody (Nathan Woodruff) 479-966-0286
Check out www.slaughterpen.com for more info on the venue itself.

Here's a link to a google map for directions: http://trails.mtbr.com/cat/united-states-trails/trails-arkansas/trail/PRD_401559_4514crx.aspx