A big thank you!!
Thank you.. Seriously, and in pun. I couldn't agree with Rosedale more. A HUGE WTF PEOPLE? This needs to STOP, and ASAP. I know the spots he's talking about and this is really getting out of hand. What makes you a better rider is just being erased. This is a recycled issue, but always needs to be addressed. If you KNOW of the person doing this, or are the person doing this, please stop. These are not your trails, they are OUR trails, everyone's. Don't change the trail to apply to YOU, make you apply to the trail, or move to one that is your skill level. Have respect for the trail builder - they made it the way it was, otherwise it would be like it is today.
One or more of three things need to occur if you decide on changing the trail to benefit you: 1. Walk it - no one will (or should) make fun of you because you are riding over your head or feel uncomfortable, they will thank you they don't have to pick up your lifeless body or call 911. 2. Keep trying - go back and try again, and again, and again, and if you can't make it, walk it - you suddenly got kudos for all that effort. 3. Ride with better riders - riding with people better than you only improves your skill and ability as they will help you clean sections and ride down, or up, things you never thought possible.
The lower new link trail at CB (Kibbles n Bits) has the same thing occurring. Things are moving and easy lines are being made all the time. It's CB - those trails have always been on the upper scale of technical ability, and I don't know anyone that hasn't ridden there who, in the back of their mind, thought "today is the day".
In all seriousness, a change to a trail whether making it easier or harder increases the chance of someone getting really hurt because they will not expect the line to be changed and crash hard. You've got your big hoops, just ride over the stuff, or build your skills. Just don't change it please. Please.