Fall Cleanup in Cape Breton: Get Ready for Winter the Easy Way
Fall on Cape Breton is beautiful—but it also leaves a mess behind. Leaves pile up, branches come down, and before long, the first storm of the season is on its way. That’s where we come in. At Shoreline Dirtworks, we help homeowners and seasonal property owners take...
The Social and Economic Advantages of Bike Parks
Often when we talk about building mountain bike trails or pump tracks, we talk about how much fun people can have riding them. We talk about the qualitative benefits of a tourism and community strategy that involves cycling infrastructure but we often understate the...
Our Yard Was Boring: A Less Than Love Story
Tired of mowing your lawn? Sick of your kids telling you there’s nothing to do? We’ve got a solution. Build a bike park in your backyard. It’s not as hard as it sounds.
We Want To Build A Bike Park, Where’s The Starting Line?
After the ride, you all stop and enjoy the moment. Everything is perfect. Except that now you have to get home. As you drive home covered in sweat and smiles, everyone asks the same question;How come we can’t have this at home?Depends on where you live, that ride home...
What Success Looks Like: Keppoch
Love what you do. We know that it’s not always possible, but we think that all things being equal...this is something we should all strive for. When it comes to explaining what we do, love barely covers it. The people at Keppoch love their community. But they also...
Bike Shop Love: Why We Love Our Local Shops
To the untrained or inexperienced eye, it’s a bike shop. It is a place to buy a bike when you need a new bike or a place to take a broken bike to make it not so broken anymore. You can buy a helmet or maybe a new water bottle. But to suggest that a bicycle shop is a...
Ever GREEN: The Economic Impact of Building a Bike Park
We build parks for people. That might sound a little simple, but the simplest of ideas is often what is actually true. We build bike parks and bike trails because we know what great spaces can do. We know that it can improve physical and mental health. We know that it...
Lonely Lands and Changing Times – An Ode to Ski Hills That Sit Half the Year
In Nova Scotia the ski season is sometimes short and usually unpredictable. We’ve got a few beautiful spots for people to ski but we’ve also got these amazing properties across the province where there is the potential for something truly amazing if only someone would...
Why Should Your Town Build a Bike Park?
What is a Bike Park? It’s a surprisingly good question. A lot of people think a bike park is a pump track. Some people think that a bike park has to have dirt jumps and others thing it needs to involve a fun, flowy downhill ride. The truth is that a bike park could be...
SwitchCraft
Switchcraft is a trail built at The Keppoch in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. It’s machine built and features 23 berms and a delicious helping of rollers you can jump or roll. Keppoch is growing rapidly as a facility for mountain biking, hiking and even swimming in the summer months. There’s something for all members of the family.