I remember when I first made the switch from BMX to MTB. I bought a demo Shore from the shop I was working at and when I told my longtime friend the news he was almost as stoked as I was. He took me out to NF that weekend with a shit eating grin on his face the entire drive up and kept saying "just wait man, just wait" over and over again. My first run was down Moto to break me in and as soon as the trail dumped out into the road I dropped my bike and gave him a high five. HOLY SHIT, I have never ridden anything that felt so free! We spent the rest of the day riding that trail and Race Horse; I was hooked after that day. From there on I kept coming back almost every Sunday drinking Rainier and riding with people I knew and didn't know. I have traveled all over the USA since that summer a couple of years back and I will have to say, NF is by far the place I have ever ridden. You will never find a group of people that down to earth and so welcoming to anyone who shares the same love for mountain biking. There are no inflated egos, no competitiveness... just a group of people that will treat you like family. That you to everyone who has helped build, the supporting girlfriends who have shuttled us, and all the riders I spent the best two years of life with in a place with no phone service to distract us from what we love. Brad, THANK YOU so much for all of your hard work.