Slush Fund

The Ground Effect Slush Fund has put its name to a couple of the 13 prescribed trail routes at the Wairoa Gorge MTB Park, and donated $1000 cash to help the Nelson Mtb Club maintain and continuously improve the Wairoa Gorge trails.

The Ground Effect Slush Fund has hooked up the custodians of Lyttelton Mountain Bike Trails with some cash to purchase tools to help with trail maintenance and building efforts at Urumau.

Ground Effect's Slush Fund helps out with funding of materials to construct a Kauri Dieback Wash Station at the Coromandel Bike Park.

The Kaikoura Cycling Club completes the new 11km Kaiterau loop track on Mt Fyffe.

The Rotorua Trails Trust’s key project this year has been working on segments of a new 35km Grade 2 loop of Whakarewarewa Forest.

Fund raising has begun at Mountain Biking Otago to gravel the top section of Nicols Creek Switchback Track.

A group of keen Heathcote Valley mountain bikers are setting up a mtb skills' park in the valley.

Over the past two years the Manawatu Mountain Bike Club has added 15km of new trail at the Arapuke Mtb Park.

Late last year Whakatane Mtb Club took over the administration and maintenance of the Onepu Mtb Park after losing access to trails in the Rawhiti Forest behind Ohope.

Spirit of Coromandel Trust are setting up the Coromandel Bike Park, with the intention of building trails for walker and bikers, plus providing a hub for local young people.

The Hunter Mtb Association is based in the Awaba Mtb Park in the foothills of the Watagans near Newcastle. The Ground Effect Bridge on the main trail at Awaba turned 10 this year, and needed some love. The Slush Fund was super happy to contribute $1000 towards the purchase of the enviro mesh decking to keep it sweet for another 10 years.

VOGA (Villages of the Old Goldfields Association) Cycle Club is made up of a passionate group of cycle enthusiasts based in and around Creswick, Victoria. The club work closely with the Hepburn Shire to deliver the 100km of Creswick Trails and part of the MOU is to carry out ongoing trail maintenance. They put the call out to Ground Effect for a leaf blower, and the Slush Fund handed over $1000 for its purchase.