North Island

The Rotorua Trails Trust’s key project this year has been working on segments of a new 35km Grade 2 loop of Whakarewarewa Forest, in colab with Rotorua Lakes Council. The Slush Fund donated $1200 for a battery powered chainsaw.

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 Slush Fund was super happy to provide the $1150 cash for the purchase of a brush cutter, plus we fired a copy of IMBA’s ‘Trail Solutions’ track building guide their way.

The Pohutukawa Coast Bike Club is the largest mtb club in Auckland, based in the Maraetai/Whitford Forest area east of Auckland. The Slush Fund fired the club $2000 cash to help re-build the 'Ground Effect' track after recent logging.

In summer 2018 the Kerikeri Mtb Club got underway with their new up track in Waitangi Forest. Volunteers cleared a track through the gorse, and then handed over to the digger to cut the 3km of trail. The Ground Effect Slush Fund helped out with $1000 towards digger hire.

Over Summer 2017 the Belmont Area Mtb Association (BAMBA) built an 800m long Grade 3 descending track, Electric Avenue, adding to the expanding mtb trail network in Belmont Regional Park, Wellington.  Short $1200 to complete the track the Ground Effect Slush Fund stepped in with the cash.

Simon Kennet, Chair of Makara Peak Supporters Inc. put the call out last year for some funds to help purchase an e-barrow for shifting dirt to build up berms and switchbacks, and gravelling. The Ground Effect Slush Fund said yes with $1000. Apparently it's made a huge difference to volunteer enthusiasm.

The Waiheke Mountain Bike Club has been formed to create and implement a strategic plan for fostering the development of mountain-biking activity on Waiheke Island for both residents and visitors, with particular emphasis on family groups.

Kaitoke Forest is part of the Tunnel Gully Recreation Area, nestled at the foot of Mount Climie just north of Upper Hutt.

Bike Taupo recently received funding from the good buggers at Trailfund via DOC’s Community Conservation Partnership Fund to upgrade these tracks, both oldies but goodies.

The Hawkes Bay Mtb Club are well into development of the 400ha 'Mill Block' at Pan Pac Eskdale Mtb Park.