South Texas Off Road Mountain-Bikers – STORM
30 years as the leading mountain bike and trail advocacy organization for San Antonio and surrounding areas
International Mountain Bicycling Association
If you’ve spent any time mountain biking in the San Antonio area, you’ve probably heard of STORM, but you may not know exactly what the organization is, what it does, or why you should join.
In short, STORM is your best advocate for expanding mountain biking access and opportunity in our region.
Continue reading “Five Reasons Why You — And Your Riding Buddies — Should Join STORM”Unauthorized (i.e., rogue, bandit, illegal, etc.) trails and trail “maintenance” have become an increasing issue in the city parks and greenways. There’s a simple rule that everyone should be able to follow: If it’s not your property, don’t do any trail work, building, re-routing, etc. without authorization from the land owner/manager. In the case of city parks and greenways, the land manager is San Antonio Parks and Recreation (SAPAR). STORM currently has an agreement in place with SAPAR to perform trail development and maintenance. If you feel something needs to be done on any of the trails in the city parks or greenways, please contact SAPAR or STORM. There has been some serious damage occurring on the trails by people who are not obtaining the proper authorization and obviously do not understand the repercussions of their actions. While not all of these occurrences are at the hands of mountain bikers, these actions are threatening the relationship between SAPAR and the mountain biking community and potentially threatening trail access for the mountain biking community as a whole. For more information, please read this summary of the IMBA World Summit 2010 Resources – Dealing With Unauthorized Trails