Join us for a wonderful conversation about building community on two wheels, through the joys of mountain bicycling, with Access for Bikes Executive Director Vernon Huffman, along with his amazing daughter, Gabby Huffman, an Enduro Mountain Biking champ and media creative. In this episode we discuss, the love of connecting with natiure on two wheels, how to create community through mountain biking, and a little around the politics of bike access on our local singletrack trails here in Marin County.

Vernon Huffman is the executive director of Access for Bikes a group that advocates for fair, equitable and sustainable trail access here in Marin County. With Vernon's leadership the organization transformed from a Political Action Group to a 501c3 trails advocacy organization in 2007. Vernon's passion has always been about mountain biking and helping others discover the passion of riding, especially on single track trails, where he is most at home. Vernon has worked as a park ranger for the USFS and NPS, Vernon and Access 4 Bikes produce a series of amazing events including Ales and Trails, Biketoberfest, Valley Bike Fest, and Marinduro.

Gabby Huffman is a passionate mountain bike advocate, storyteller, and media creative based in Marin County. An alum of the University of the Pacific and the NorCal NICA League, Gabby now works in media and marketing for the National Interscholastic Cycling Association (NICA), the California Mountain Biking Coalition, and Access4Bikes—organizations dedicated to growing and protecting access to trails and empowering the next generation of riders. Lately, Gabby’s been diving deeper into the Enduro and downhill scene, re cently claiming the #1 spot at Marinduro and gearing up to race TDS this weekend. She’s often found riding her favorite trails in the San Geronimo Valley with her trail dog Yuba leading the charge.”