9/22/2024 JORBA Fest 2024 (aka The NJ Mountain Bike Festival)
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Guided rides + Clinics + Food + Camping + Mountain Bike Community + Awesome Vendors + Demo Bikes = FUN Welcome to the NJ Mountain Bike Festival, or as we often refer to it – JORBA Fest! This annual fundraiser for JORBA allows us to continue to be your advocate for better trails and more…
Act, Advocacy, Event, Fundraising, Home, Passaic County, Ride, Ringwood, Ringwood Ramapo Chapter, Volunteer9/22/2024 – JORBA Fest 2024 (aka The NJ Mountain Bike Festival)
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Welcome to the NJ Mountain Bike Festival, or as we often refer to it – JORBA Fest! This annual fundraiser for JORBA allows us to continue to be your advocate for better trails and more trail access throughout New Jersey. It’s also a great opportunity to gather with like-minded people, ride some of the awesome…
JORBA Partner VMBA Hosts Flow State Mtn Bike Festival
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JORBA partner VMBA is hosting the Flow State Mountain Bike Festival, July 26 – July 28. Please consider joining them for fun and mountain bike related activities! FLOW STATE is a three-day celebration of all things mountain biking at the Ascutney Outdoor Center in Brownsville, Vt. Set in the heart of Ascutney Trails’ 35-mile network…
Act, Advocacy, Chapters, Event, Fundraising, Home, JORBA Admin, JORBA Board Members, JORBA Executive Committee, JORBA Park Rep, Membership, Ride, Trail Work, Training, UncategorizedQ2 2024 Executive Committee Update/Message from the President
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Greetings during this summer riding season! I hope to compose an update on the latest JORBA news approximately once per quarter to keep our members informed on new developments and enlist your support where needed. Highlights: Have a great season of riding filled with many smiles and miles!!
Advocacy, Black Run Preserve, Cherry Hill, Cherry Hill Chapter, Cumberland County, Event, Home, RideBlack Run Preserve Poker Run
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3rd Annual Black Run Preserve Poker Run Saturday, April 13, 2024Rain Date April 27, 2024 $25 Entry Fee ($30 day of)$20 for FBRP MembersPre‐Registration OnlineEvent Day Registration: 8:00 a.m.Start/Finish: Rice Elementary SchoolBike Route: 9.2 milesRun Route: 4.2 milesEach course has 5 checkpoints. Participants pick a playing card at each check point. Participants present their poker…
The Festival is Cancelled
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The weather is trending the wrong way, and we’ve come to the unfortunate conclusion that the 2023 NJ Mountain Bike Festival scheduled for September 24 is canceled. This is not a decision we took lightly, but felt it was best for the safety of our riders, vendors, venue, and volunteers. If you registered through BikeReg,…
The Hilltop Grasshopper Kids Bike Race
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The 12th running (riding) of the Grasshopper is in the books and we want to thank all who came out to make it a good day for kids on bikes Parents thanks for finding this kid’s bike event. Volunteers, lots of them, thanks for support. Cyclecraft made sure it was a safe biking day and…
NJ Mountain Bike Festival Registration is Open
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Join us Sunday September 24th for the NJ Mountain Bike Festival. Visit our registration page to register.
Black Run Preserve Poker Run
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Win prizes while helping to raise money in support of Friends of the Black Run Preserve
Ringwood Duck Pond Closure 2/6-2/28
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Duck Pond Loop Closure TEMPORARY AREA CLOSURE: The Duck Pond Loop section of Skylands will be closed between Parking Lot B and the Skylands Road gate from Monday, February 6 through Tuesday, February 28 for a Special Use Permit event. There will be NO PUBLIC ACCESS to this area – including motor vehicles, bikes, and pedestrian travel…
High Bridge Flow Trails Receive GoHunterton Award
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Avid Trails, High Bridge Borough, the Jersey Off Road Bicycling Association (JORBA) and numerous community volunteers came together to create the High Bridge Flow Trails, New Jersey’s first downhill mountain biking trails on public land.
2022 Grasshopper Kid’s Race Recap
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WOW, what a great day of racing for kids on the Kid’s Korse, A total of 76 racers came out, the largest classes were the Boys PreK – Grade 1 and Grade 2 – 3 with 11 starters in each class The conditions were superb and kids were really flying around each 0.3mi lap. The…
Grasshopper Kid’s Bike Race, August 13, YES KIDS ARE RACING!!
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The Hilltop Grasshopper Kids Bike Race is coming soon at the new location in Cedar Grove below the new Community Center on Fairview Avenue. August 13 at 0900 is the first start time for PRE K – Grade 1 Sign up right now at this link to Bike Reg http://www.bikereg.com/grasshopper-kids-bike-race-11th-annual All the details are included…
High Bridge Flow Trails in the News
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The secret is out, High Bridge flow trails are fun. But they don’t happen without your support, please consider making a donation to the High Bridge Flow Trails, and if you’d like to see more of these trails near you please join JORBA. Read the full article here. Story also ran in all the NJ…
Lawrence Hopewell Trail Full Moon Ride
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The Lawrence Hopewell Trail is pleased to offer its 7th annual Full Moon Ride on Saturday, July 9, at Mercer Meadows. Adults and children of all ages are welcome to the bike ride, which features classical musicians, a country singer, and techno DJ entertainment. The festivities begin at 8 p.m. Online registration is encouraged. Please…
Grasshopper Kid’s Bike Race, August 13, YES KIDS ARE RACING!!
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The Hilltop Grasshopper Kids Bike Race is back at the new location in Cedar Grove below the new Community Center on Fairview Avenue. August 13 at 0900 is the first start time Sign up right now at this link to Bike Reg This is a grassroots kids bike event that succeeds because of…
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Free Admission to State Parks, Forests & Recreation Areas
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Ride Free With the start of Memorial Day weekend this Saturday, entry to all of New Jersey’s state parks, forests and recreation areas this summer will be free of charge, Governor Murphy and Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced. Park entrance fees will be waived for all visitors arriving by foot, bicycle,…
Black Run Preserve Poker Run
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Come out and experience some of South Jersey’s JORBA work, which is part of the (JAR) Jersey Action Riders/Cherry Hill Chapter. Click the link for more details.
Did you have a good ride? Add a trail report.
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Add one for your bad rides too. Trail reports are submitted by riders have several uses. Each trail and region has a history of all the reports, the most recent report on a trail effects that trails status. Indicator of the current status of a trail (open, closed, issues or hazards) Inform riders of the…
2021 Highlights: Marty’s Memorial Trail
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Marty’s Memorial Trail Dedication The Marty Epstein Memorial Trail was officially dedicated on September 19, 2021 and is a fitting recognition to all of the contributions that the late Marty Epstein made to the cycling community. The clockwise direction of the trail, which is just about a mile long and located on the Randolph side…
