The plan was to build what we could with a couple shovels and pulaskis. I was hoping for a couple step downs and a jump to be built in a few hours. Little did I realize how large of a goal that was.
With zero machinery and just a handsaw, building anything that needed to be framed in would have to wait. In the beginning of this trails existence we had started building a small table top jump on the lower section. I had hoped to get there and throw a little dirt on it, give it a nice curve and move on to the step downs. When I saw how much the jump had been beaten down from the weather I soon realized that the jump needed a major renovation and not just touch-ups.
The lip and transition were almost completely washed away and the run in wasn't looking so hot either. We ended up spending the entire day working on just building up the lip of the jump(minus 15 minutes throwing some dirt on the stepdown). There is still a lot of work to do to build the lip to a point that it will get you vertical and not just launch you out. The transition will need some major work to build it back up but it will be worth every ounce of energy to have a public dirt jump in KC....and more to come.
With a little love and some machine work it will definitely be the start to a relationship between the more progressive riders in KC and the land managers.
Here are some pics of the beginning to the lip.
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