"Freeride Track"

[and1]

Just wondering - what is the point of a freeride track? How is it any different to a downhill track - as they tend to go down a hill. All of these so called freeride tracks only have one line as well, or at best a dodgy b-line. The term freeride track just pisses me off.... discuss...

[LEX]

Quiet matt b4 i bitch slap u around just for fun :lol:
Not that i dissagree, But a freeride track to me is a track that has many different types of obstacles ie Shore, Jumps, burms, wall rides, drops etc.
I agree that the term is thrown around allot tho.

[Jordy]

a free ride track is a type of downhill track.....however it is not a RACE track. Free ride tracks have large "hucks" , Northshore and more technical man made stuff whereas a race track is made to flow

[Malfuctioning Eddie]

Well and1 how many 'freeride' track have you riden? Sydney has about 5 freeride tracks, as in Lizard rock and red hill (to name a couple). They all have multiple lines at each section. Their soul purpose is to allow riders to ride the track section by section where they can stop, hit a drop/jump/shore multiple times and then move onto another section.
A freeride track usually has 1 main entrance and finish, though it may have a number. It may also have many different branching tracks, usually linking up onto a main track further down.

I personally find them boring and would rather do runs of a decent DH track, but that's the general idea.

Also to make your Freeride track successful you generally need a DH style run to build your stunts off. Thats why many old DH tracks end up becoming Freeride tracks, as they use the old Dh run as a main track and build alternate lines off of it. you could have a freeride track which had only one line off of everything, aslong as it was well maintained and the stunts were large and well spaced.
There are also freeride areas which usually have a bunch of lines/drops and jumps all leading into a central place, usually a clearing. Tese are generally gullies, quarries or all tips.

Most people build a track and throw in a couple of pallets and 'hucks' and think it's a freeride track. Generally these places are good for 11 year olds to learn how to piss of residents, nothing else.

That about sums it up.