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We’re stoked to offer 2023 NSMBA members an up to 30% off MSRP discount when you purchase a complete Knolly bike from Dialed Bike Service! Members will need to show proof of their 2023 builder membership to redeem this offer at their local shop (see associated dealers...

THE BIG SMOOTH (BEER) West Coast Pale Ale What better way to cheers to 25 years of trail building and community than with a nice cold can of this West Coast Pale Ale from our friends at North Point Brewing Co? Just like the infamous Big Smooth, this West Coast Pale...

  The NSMBA was also chosen to participate in the Thriving Non-Profits program run by Scale Collaborative and supported by the West Vancouver Foundation. “Thriving Non-Profits is a learning program developed by non-profit leaders for non-profit leaders. The...

   Nice-ish weather?   We'll take it... Thanks to all of our builders and volunteers who put in some awesome work on the mountains this month.  Keep an eye on our events calendar for some upcoming trail days! Check out below the work that our volunteers...

Dear NSMBA Members,  The District of North Vancouver recently released the draft 2023-2027 budget and it is now in the Public Consultation phase until March 6th, 2023. There are significant proposed cuts to parks, recreation, and active transportation, and a very...

Dreamweaver, Drainage and Dismounting  January continued the trend of relatively dry conditions, which we weren’t complaining about! The trail crew picked up where we left off before Christmas with continuing work on Dreamweaver. A few sections that have been...

  Same Game Challenge Announcement  For those of you who attended the AGM (or watched it online) you may recall I had a couple of “More information coming soon” placeholders under our Strategic Plan update for 2023. The time has now come where I can share the exiting...

Cambodia, Dreamweaver, and plans for 2023!  The first half of December brought us great weather for digging! The trail crew started off with two trail days on Cambodia, along with sponsor SRAM and a few of our volunteer builders. During the rest of those weeks,...

Lower Digger, Snowfall and Memberships!  This month we were able to get a lot done on the trails! November was just a little bit less dry, so trail crew started working our way down Lower Digger to mitigate the damage done by the long summer. It went a little...

   THE snow RETURNS...  November saw our first snowfall of the season, but that didn't stop our seasoned builders from getting out on the trail and making their mark! Check out this month's trail work below. To see what our paid Trail Crew is up to,...

   THE RAIN RETURNS...  The return of the rain means that the dirt was able to flow again! Check out this month's trail work below.Floppy Bunny TAP Sponsor: Sombrio & Obsession: Bike Filled holes, removed protruding rocks, enhanced berms and trail...

Augtober, answered rain prayers and lots of rocks.  All those rain dances worked, because we officially have rainfall! The storm system coming in late this month was much-needed – however, given the prolonged period of dry weather, the gold soil (which we...

   LET'S CROSS OUR FINGERS FOR RAIN THIS MONTH...  Even though the trails have been dry as a bone this past month, builder are working with what they've got and things are looking sweet! Check out this month's trail work below.    Ladies Only  ...

Questions for the Candidates    The DNV municipal election is on October 15thTo help inform your vote we sent all the current mayoral and councillor candidates several questions in order to understand some of their current views regarding recreational trails...